Photo: AtticTapestry · CC BY-SA 4.0No one born in Upper Tean has made the famous people list yet
Across Staffordshire, the lists cover 59 towns. For more famous names, Stoke-on-Trent is 9 mi away: its list has 750, led by Robbie Williams. Stoke-on-Trent’s 750 names make the longest list in Staffordshire. After Stoke-on-Trent, the next longest list in Staffordshire is Burton upon Trent’s, with 169.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Upper Tean’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Upper Tean yet.
Famous people born near Upper Tean
Stoke-on-Trent has the longest list next door: 750.
Stoke-on-Trent · 9 miRobbie Williams & 749 more
Uttoxeter · 6 miAdam Peaty & 11 more
Cheadle · 2 miMary Adela Blagg & 7 moreCCRocester · 6 miColin Campbell & 5 moreABBlythe Bridge and Forsbrook · 3 miArthur Bridgett & 2 more
Cheddleton · 8 miLee Pearson & 2 moreSWBarlaston · 8 miStar Wedgwood & 1 moreHLWeston · 8 miHenry LeekeQuestions about famous people from Upper Tean
Who counts as from Upper Tean?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Upper Tean’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 (4)
- Robbie Williams: Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Peaty: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil, CC BY 3.0 br, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Adela Blagg: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Pearson: Flickr user Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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