#1Famous people · Cheddleton, Staffordshire
The 3 famous people born in Cheddleton, led by Lee Pearson
Articles in 13 languages make the British para equestrian Lee Pearson the best known. The next two names are Alan Muntz and Roy W. Chappell. Of its neighbours, Stoke-on-Trent, 6 mi away, lists the most: 750, Robbie Williams first. Lee Pearson, born in 1974, is the youngest, and Roy W. Chappell, born in 1896, the first on record.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Lee Pearson
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Roy W. Chappell
Youngest
1974
Lee Pearson
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Cheddleton
Lee Pearson has articles in 13 languages, Alan Muntz in 3 and Roy W. Chappell in 3.
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Science & Medicine
Alan Muntz
1899–1985British consulting aeronautical engineer (1899-1985)
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Known for
What Cheddleton is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Stoke-on-Trent: 750.
Stoke-on-Trent · 6 miRobbie Williams & 749 more
Leek · 3 miAnna Watkins & 31 more
Kidsgrove · 9 miR. J. Mitchell & 11 more
Cheadle · 6 miMary Adela Blagg & 7 more
Biddulph · 6 miJames Wilson & 7 moreABBlythe Bridge and Forsbrook · 7 miArthur Bridgett & 2 more
Endon · 3 miT. E. Hulme & 1 moreRBHarriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel · 7 miRalph Barlow & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Cheddleton
Who is the most famous person from Cheddleton?
Lee Pearson (British para equestrian) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Alan Muntz and Roy W. Chappell.
How many famous people were born in Cheddleton?
3 people born in Cheddleton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Cheddleton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cheddleton?
Roy W. Chappell, born in 1896. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Cheddleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cheddleton’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 (7)
- Lee Pearson: Flickr user Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robbie Williams: Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Watkins: Jim Thurston from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- R. J. Mitchell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Adela Blagg: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wilson: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. E. Hulme: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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