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Photo: Andrew Abbott · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Brassington, Derbyshire
One famous person was born in Brassington
The English cricketer Thomas Gould was born in 1863. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 3 languages. Suzy Kendall heads the list in Belper, 9 mi away, which has 28 names.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Thomas Gould
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Thomas Gould
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Brassington
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Belper: 28.
Belper · 9 miSuzy Kendall & 27 more
Matlock · 6 miKeith Ellis & 18 more
Wirksworth · 4 miLawrence Beesley & 9 more
Bakewell · 9 miIvor Grattan-Guinness & 8 more
Cromford · 4 miGeorge Turner & 5 more
Darley Dale · 6 miNigel Bond & 4 moreFSCrich · 7 miFrank Shacklock & 1 more
Mayfield · 7 miBertram Coghill Alan WindleQuestions about famous people from Brassington
Who is the most famous person from Brassington?
Thomas Gould (English cricketer (1863-1948)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages.
How many famous people were born in Brassington?
1 people born in Brassington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brassington known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Brassington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brassington’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 (7)
- Suzy Kendall: Utente:Vabbè. Original uploader was Vabbè at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Ellis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Beesley: Central News And Illustrations Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness: Renate Schmid, Copyright is with MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- George Turner: Keene studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Bond: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertram Coghill Alan Windle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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