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Notable
'Molly' Clutton Brock
1912–2013Brit expelled from Zimbabwe for not supporting apartheid 1912-2013
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Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Disley, Cheshire
4 famous people were born in Disley from 1389 to 1912
'Molly' Clutton Brock leads the list, covered in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are Beatrice Webb and Piers Legh. The list’s best known name, 'Molly' Clutton Brock, dates from 1912. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.3 on the list, well above the typical Cheshire town’s 5.4.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
'Molly' Clutton Brock
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1389
Piers Legh
Youngest
1912
'Molly' Clutton Brock
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Disley
'Molly' Clutton Brock leads with articles in 2 languages, ahead of Beatrice Webb (1) and Piers Legh (1).
BW#2
Science & Medicine
Beatrice Webb
1863–1951English medical practitioner
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PL#3
Through the years
When Disley’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Science & MedicineNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Disley is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Disley
1 more, best known first.
Thomas Brown
1772–1850English surveyor, civil engineer, businessman and landowner
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No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Disley
Who is the most famous person from Disley?
'Molly' Clutton Brock (brit expelled from Zimbabwe for not supporting apartheid 1912-2013) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Beatrice Webb and Piers Legh.
How many famous people were born in Disley?
4 people born in Disley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Disley known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Disley?
Piers Legh, born in 1389. The youngest on the list was born in 1912.
Who counts as from Disley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Disley’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 (5)
- Alan Beith: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mabel Hardie: unknown - Mabel Hardie in 1887 or 1888, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Brandreth: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Newton: Open Library, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Skelton: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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