#1Famous people · Belper, Derbyshire
Belper counts 28 famous people, first among them Suzy Kendall
Most widely known is Suzy Kendall, the British actress, with articles in 19 languages. Hollie Webb and Samuel Slater follow. In the 20th century, 14 were born, the most of any period. 6 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Suzy Kendall
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1768
Samuel Slater
Youngest
1990
Hollie Webb
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Belper’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Belper’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageBusinessPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Belper
First, Suzy Kendall (19 languages), then Hollie Webb (16) and Samuel Slater (14).
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What Belper is known for
16 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Belper
The rest number 25, with 15 athletes among them.
Ross Davenport
born 1984British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist
SportsWikipedia ↗
Monica Edwards
1912–1998English children's writer of the mid-twentieth century
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Belper, with how many people each has.
ESSomercotes and Swanwick · 5 miErnald Scattergood & 13 more
Holbrook · 2 miNigel Hitchin & 5 moreDSMakeney · 3 miDavid Skinner & 4 more
Denby Bottles · 2 miJohn Flamsteed & 2 more
Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse · 2 miGeorge Porter & 1 moreFSCrich · 4 miFrank Shacklock & 1 more
Milford · 2 miBill LomasJDRipley · 3 miJames Disney
Holbrook · 2 miNigel Hitchin & 5 moreDSMakeney · 3 miDavid Skinner & 4 moreDenby Bottles · 2 miJohn Flamsteed & 2 moreKilburn and Horsley Woodhouse · 2 miGeorge Porter & 1 moreFSCrich · 4 miFrank Shacklock & 1 moreMilford · 2 miBill LomasJDRipley · 3 miJames DisneyQuestions about famous people from Belper
Who is the most famous person from Belper?
Suzy Kendall (British actress) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 19 languages. Next come Hollie Webb and Samuel Slater.
How many famous people were born in Belper?
28 people born in Belper have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Belper known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 16 of the 28. That is 57% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Belper?
Samuel Slater, born in 1768. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Belper?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Belper’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 (13)
- Suzy Kendall: Utente:Vabbè. Original uploader was Vabbè at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hollie Webb: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Slater: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Swettenham: John Singer Sargent, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Davenport: MIKISTUDIOS, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alison Spedding: Galrebix, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Herbert Strutt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trevor Soar: Mass Communication Specialist Maria Yager, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Alexander Swettenham: Regina of Arbeia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Hitchin: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- John Flamsteed: Thomas Gibson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Porter: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lomas: Zehringer Raymond Albert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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