Photo: Dave Dunford Dave.Dunford · Public domainNo famous person yet from Birch Vale
For more famous names, Glossop is 4 mi away: its list has 39, led by Hilary Mantel. In all of Derbyshire, the famous people on record come from 96 towns. No town in Derbyshire lists more than Derby, with 468. Chesterfield has the second-longest list in Derbyshire, after Derby, with 197.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Birch Vale’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Birch Vale yet.
Famous people born near Birch Vale
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Birch Vale
Who counts as from Birch Vale?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Birch Vale’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 Hartle: Joop van Bilsen / Anefo, CC0, 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
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