#1Famous people · Brailsford, Derbyshire
The Australian politician Tom Harrison is the one famous person from Brailsford
Tom Harrison, the Australian politician, was born in 1864. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Their story is told in 2 languages. Go 7 mi to Derby and the list grows to 468, with Herbert Spencer at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Tom Harrison
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1864
Tom Harrison
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Brailsford
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Derby: 468.
Questions about famous people from Brailsford
Who is the most famous person from Brailsford?
Tom Harrison (Australian politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Brailsford?
1 people born in Brailsford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brailsford known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Brailsford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brailsford’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)
- Tom Harrison: unknown (studio photographer?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Spencer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzy Kendall: Utente:Vabbè. Original uploader was Vabbè at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Hitchin: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lomas: Zehringer Raymond Albert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertram Coghill Alan Windle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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