#1Sports
Steven Gerrard
born 1980English association football player and manager (born 1980)
97 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Prescot, Merseyside
Steven Gerrard leads the 40 famous people born in Prescot
Steven Gerrard has articles in 97 languages. Since 1970, 26 were born, the most of any period. Births span 1829 to 2001, from George Findlay to Bobby Duncan. The list comes to 10.2 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Merseyside, at 10.1.
Born here
40
notable people
Best known
Steven Gerrard
in 97 Wikipedia languages
First
1829
George Findlay
Youngest
2001
Bobby Duncan
Most common field
Sports
26 people
What stands out about Prescot’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Prescot
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Sports
Martin Kelly
born 1990English association football player (born 1990)
43 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Prescot’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 9.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Prescot is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Prescot
A further 37 follow, born between 1829 and 2001.
Stuart Maconie
born 1960English radio presenter, television presenter, journalist and author
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Dave McCabe
born 1980English recording artist; singer, songwriter and guitarist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
George Findlay
1829–1893British civil engineer and railway manager (1829-1893)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Walter H. Longton
1892–1927British aviator and flying ace of the First World War (1892–1927)
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
John Walter Leather
1860–1934English agricultural chemist who worked in India
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Liverpool has the most on record: 2,441.
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Huyton with Roby · 3 miRex Harrison & 44 more
Billinge · 6 miKen Owen & 17 more
Haydock · 6 miEdmund Arrowsmith & 11 more
Knowsley · 3 miChristopher Wood & 9 moreDORainford · 6 miDanny O'Donnell & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Prescot
Who is the most famous person from Prescot?
Steven Gerrard (English association football player and manager (born 1980)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 97 languages. Next come Melanie C and Martin Kelly.
How many famous people were born in Prescot?
40 people born in Prescot have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 45 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Prescot known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 26 of the 40. That is 65% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Prescot?
George Findlay, born in 1829. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Prescot?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Prescot’s 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 (27)
- Steven Gerrard: Эдгар Брещанов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melanie C: The Academy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Kelly: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cfcunofficial/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willy Russell: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kym Marsh: Marple Bridge Photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Travis: ITFC1234, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Howarth: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Foster: WallysWonders, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucy Martin: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- James Roby: Gerard Barrau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly McDougall: Clavdia chauchat, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Maconie: Bryan Ledgard from Yorkshire, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave McCabe: Tim Cochrane from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Findlay: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Briggs: Britcinescribe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Hardman: Fleets, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natalie McCool: Shay Rowan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Crook: Caramboo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stankevitch: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulholloway/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Walter Leather: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lennon: Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Yates: Joella Marano, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Glover Barkla: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rex Harrison: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Owen: Shadowgate, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Arrowsmith: Arrowsmith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Wood: Christopher Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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