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Photo: Redvers · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Meols, Merseyside
Meols has one famous person on record
John Brocklebank, the British cricketer, was born in 1915. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 5 languages. Just 5 mi away, Birkenhead’s list holds 334 names, Glenda Jackson the best known.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
John Brocklebank
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
John Brocklebank
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Meols
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Birkenhead has the most people on record, 334 of them.
Birkenhead · 5 miGlenda Jackson & 333 moreOSWallasey · 4 miOlaf Stapledon & 113 more
Bebington · 8 miLottie Dod & 81 moreGGCrosby · 8 miGerald Gardner & 52 more
Hoylake · 1 miChris Boardman & 18 more
Heswall · 5 miJohn Peel & 17 more
West Kirby · 2 miJoanna Scanlan & 16 more
Neston · 9 miTim Hunt & 9 moreQuestions about famous people from Meols
Who is the most famous person from Meols?
John Brocklebank (British cricketer (1915-1974)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Meols?
1 people born in Meols have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Meols known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Meols?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Meols’ built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Glenda Jackson: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lottie Dod: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Boardman: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Peel: JP_BBC.jpg: Arno Matthias derivative work: January, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joanna Scanlan: Marcus Liversedge, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Hunt: Machmit (Machmit), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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