Famous People Born In Cheshire

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Lewis Carroll

(English Author Best Known for His Works: ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland’ & Its Sequel ‘Through the Looking-Glass’)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: January 27, 1832

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Died: January 14, 1898

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Tim Curry

(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: April 19, 1946

Sun Sign: Aries

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Patricia Routledge

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: February 17, 1929

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

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(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: September 9, 1952

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

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Manchester, England

Hertfordshire, England

Surrey, England

Paula Radcliffe

(British Former Long-Distance Runner)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: December 17, 1973

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 5'8" (173 cm)

Andy Goldsworthy

(Sculptor & Photographer)

Listed In: Photographers

Birthdate: July 26, 1956

Sun Sign: Leo

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

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(British Actor and Voice Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: May 1, 1984

Sun Sign: Taurus

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Tim McInnerny

(Best Known for His Role on the British Sitcom ‘Blackadder’)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: September 18, 1956

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

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(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: February 2, 1944

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Died: July 27, 2012

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Matt Hancock

(Politician)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: October 2, 1978

Sun Sign: Libra

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(Keyboardist)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: August 25, 1952

Sun Sign: Virgo

Rupert Holmes

(Composer)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: February 24, 1947

Sun Sign: Pisces

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(CFO of Alphabet Inc and Google)

Listed In: Business People

Birthdate: 1958 AD

Christopher Isherwood

(Novelist)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: August 26, 1904

Sun Sign: Virgo

Died: January 4, 1986

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

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(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: February 4, 1915

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Died: January 16, 1979

Russ Abbot

(Musician)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: September 18, 1947

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 6'4" (193 cm)

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(Comedian)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: June 14, 1955

Sun Sign: Gemini

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

Will Mellor

(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: April 3, 1976

Sun Sign: Aries

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

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Lincolnshire, England

Norwich, England

Portsmouth, England

Wendy Hiller

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: August 15, 1912

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: May 14, 2003

Kathy Staff

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: July 12, 1928

Sun Sign: Cancer

Died: December 13, 2008

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

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(Musician, Songwriter)

Listed In: Singers

Birthdate: November 24, 1962

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Nick Robinson

(Journalist, Blogger)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: October 5, 1963

Sun Sign: Libra

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Warwickshire, England

Sussex, England

Berkshire, England

Stephen Morris

(Musician)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: October 28, 1957

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Miles Dempsey

(Senior officer)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: December 15, 1896

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: June 6, 1969

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(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: December 6, 1982

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Selwyn Lloyd

(Politician)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: July 28, 1904

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: May 18, 1978

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(Playwright and a two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: August 15, 1924

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: February 20, 1995

Arthur Cotton

(Engineer)

Listed In: Engineers

Birthdate: May 15, 1803

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: July 24, 1899

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(Filmmaker)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: February 2, 1960

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Matt Barbet

(Journalist, Television presenter)

Listed In: Media Personalities

Birthdate: June 8, 1976

Sun Sign: Gemini

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Sunderland, England

Wimbledon, England

Buckinghamshire, England

Raphael Holinshed

(Chronicler)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: 1529 AD

Died: 1580 AD

Margaret Ward

(Saint)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: 1550 AD

Died: August 30, 1588

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(Musician)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: October 20, 1927

Sun Sign: Libra

Died: November 24, 2011

Anna Keaveney

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: October 5, 1949

Sun Sign: Libra

Died: November 20, 2004

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Preston, England

York, England

Staffordshire, England

Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley

(Judge)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: 1540 AD

Died: March 15, 1617

Derek Bickerton

(Creolist, University teacher and Writer)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: March 25, 1926

Sun Sign: Aries

Died: March 5, 2018

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Oxfordshire, England

Wolverhampton, England

Nottinghamshire, England

Clifford Cocks

(Cryptographer, Mathematician known for RSA encryption, Public-key cryptography, Cocks IBE scheme)

Listed In: Business People

Birthdate: December 28, 1950

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Luke Greenbank

(Swimmer)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: September 17, 1997

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

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Bury, England

South Shields, England

Romford, England

Mary Fitton

(Noblewoman)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: June 24, 1578

Sun Sign: Cancer

Died: 1647 AD

Marit Allen

(Journalist)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: September 17, 1941

Sun Sign: Virgo

Died: November 26, 2007

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(Rower, Writer)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: December 23, 1967

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Sophie Reade

(Model & Reality Show Star)

Listed In: Fashion

Birthdate: May 18, 1989

Sun Sign: Taurus

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(Town Planner)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: June 6, 1879

Sun Sign: Gemini

Died: March 23, 1957

Robert Hope-Jones

(Musician)

Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers

Birthdate: February 9, 1859

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Died: September 13, 1914

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Derby, England

Middlesbrough, England

Northamptonshire, England

Arthur Aston

(Soldier)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: 1590 AD

Died: September 11, 1649

Elizabeth Gardner

(Former Physicist best known for her groundbreaking work on a phase transition known as the Gardner transition and on disordered networks)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: August 25, 1957

Sun Sign: Virgo

Died: June 18, 1988

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Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Chester, England

Dorset, England

Elizabeth Gilbert

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: April 23, 1916

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: December 30, 2014