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Village Cross · Photo: Neil Theasby · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Barlborough, Derbyshire
2 famous people were born in Barlborough
Arthur Buxton, the English footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The other is John Osborne, the English footballer. Just 3 mi away, Staveley’s list holds 20 names, Chris Spedding the best known. The first birth on record is Arthur Buxton’s, in 1908, and the last John Osborne’s, in 1940.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Arthur Buxton
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Arthur Buxton
Youngest
1940
John Osborne
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Barlborough
JO#2
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Staveley: 20.
Questions about famous people from Barlborough
Who is the most famous person from Barlborough?
Arthur Buxton (English footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come John Osborne.
How many famous people were born in Barlborough?
2 people born in Barlborough have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Barlborough known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Barlborough?
Arthur Buxton, born in 1908. The youngest on the list was born in 1940.
Who counts as from Barlborough?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Barlborough’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 (2)
- Chris Spedding: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul West: Liz Butler, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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