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Famous people · Brimington, Derbyshire
15 famous people were born in Brimington, more of them athletes than in most towns
Most widely known is Joe Payne, the English footballer, with articles in 7 languages. George Davidson, the English cricketer, comes second, with William Cropper third. The largest group, 11, was born in the Victorian era. From William Mycroft to Andrew Needham, the births on the list run from 1841 to 1957.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Joe Payne
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1841
William Mycroft
Youngest
1957
Andrew Needham
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Brimington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Brimington is known for
Brimington has 1.9× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Brimington
The three best known are all athletes.
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Through the years
When Brimington’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brimington
Another 12, the earliest born in 1841.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Chesterfield leads the towns around it, with 197 names.
Chesterfield · 2 miJohn Hurt & 196 more
Staveley · 1 miChris Spedding & 19 moreCEBolsover · 5 miCharlie Elliott & 19 more
Dronfield · 5 miGary Cahill & 9 more
Eckington · 4 miPaul West & 6 morePBGrassmoor · 4 miPaul Burrell & 4 more
Old Tupton · 5 miJohn Lowe & 4 moreJENorth Wingfield and Holmewood · 5 miJohn Eyre & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Brimington
Who is the most famous person from Brimington?
Joe Payne (English footballer (1914-1975)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come George Davidson and William Cropper.
How many famous people were born in Brimington?
15 people born in Brimington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 17 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Brimington known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 14 of the 15. That is 93% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brimington?
William Mycroft, born in 1841. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Brimington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brimington’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)
- George Davidson: Photo by E Hawkins, Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Arthur Markham, 1st Baronet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- John Lowe: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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