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Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Barrow Hill, Derbyshire
Barrow Hill is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Joseph Cupitt, the English cricketer, with articles in 4 languages. Second place goes to the association football player Joseph Orme, third to Ron Hewitt. The oldest name on the list belongs to Joseph Cupitt, born in 1867, the newest to Ron Hewitt, born in 1924. Chesterfield, 3 mi away, has 197 on its list, the best known John Hurt.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Joseph Cupitt
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
Joseph Cupitt
Youngest
1924
Ron Hewitt
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Barrow Hill
The three best known are all athletes.
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Sports
Ron Hewitt
1924–2011British association football player (1924-2011)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Chesterfield has the longest list next door: 197.
Chesterfield · 3 miJohn Hurt & 196 more
Staveley · 1 miChris Spedding & 19 moreCEBolsover · 5 miCharlie Elliott & 19 moreJPBrimington · 2 miJoe Payne & 14 moreJAClowne · 5 miJoe Ashley & 12 more
Dronfield · 4 miGary Cahill & 9 more
Eckington · 2 miPaul West & 6 moreAGKillamarsh · 4 miArthur Groves & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Barrow Hill
Who is the most famous person from Barrow Hill?
Joseph Cupitt (English cricketer (1867-1932)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Joseph Orme and Ron Hewitt.
How many famous people were born in Barrow Hill?
3 people born in Barrow Hill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Barrow Hill known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Barrow Hill?
Joseph Cupitt, born in 1867. The youngest on the list was born in 1924.
Who counts as from Barrow Hill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Barrow Hill’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)
- John Hurt: Walterlan Papetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Spedding: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Cahill: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul West: Liz Butler, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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