Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0Ashbourne has yet to put a famous person on the list
Uttoxeter, 10 mi away, has 12 on its list, the best known Adam Peaty. The longest list of any town in Derbyshire belongs to Derby, with 468. After Derby, the next longest list in Derbyshire is Chesterfield’s, with 197. Famous people are on record for 96 of the towns in Derbyshire.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Ashbourne’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Ashbourne as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Ashbourne
The fullest list close by belongs to Uttoxeter, with 12.
Questions about famous people from Ashbourne
Who counts as from Ashbourne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ashbourne’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 (6)
- Adam Peaty: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil, CC BY 3.0 br, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Beesley: Central News And Illustrations Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Turner: Keene studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertram Coghill Alan Windle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Harrison: unknown (studio photographer?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lomas: Zehringer Raymond Albert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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