#1Famous people · Calver, Derbyshire
One famous person was born in Calver
The English rugby union player John Edmund Bentley was born in 1847. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Just 8 mi away, Chesterfield’s list holds 197 names, John Hurt the best known.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
John Edmund Bentley
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
John Edmund Bentley
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Calver
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Chesterfield has the most on record: 197.
Chesterfield · 8 miJohn Hurt & 196 more
Matlock · 9 miKeith Ellis & 18 moreJPBrimington · 10 miJoe Payne & 14 more
Dronfield · 7 miGary Cahill & 9 more
Bakewell · 4 miIvor Grattan-Guinness & 8 more
Darley Dale · 7 miNigel Bond & 4 moreWPWingerworth · 10 miWilliam Pedley & 1 moreVGBaslow · 1 miValerie Hunter GordonQuestions about famous people from Calver
Who is the most famous person from Calver?
John Edmund Bentley (English rugby union player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Calver?
1 people born in Calver have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Calver 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 Calver?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Calver’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)
- John Edmund Bentley: Francis Marshall (book), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hurt: Walterlan Papetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Ellis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Cahill: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness: Renate Schmid, Copyright is with MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Bond: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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