#1Famous people · Castleton, Derbyshire
Castleton’s famous people span 251 years: 2 births from 1715 to 1966
Most widely known is Debbie Rush, the British actor, with articles in 7 languages. The list has one more: the English businessman Charles Roe. Debbie Rush, the best known, was born in 1966. Of its neighbours, Buxton, 8 mi away, lists the most: 34, Robert Stevenson first.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Debbie Rush
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1715
Charles Roe
Youngest
1966
Debbie Rush
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Castleton
#1#2Known for
What Castleton is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Buxton, at 34.
Questions about famous people from Castleton
Who is the most famous person from Castleton?
Debbie Rush (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Charles Roe.
How many famous people were born in Castleton?
2 people born in Castleton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Castleton known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Castleton?
Charles Roe, born in 1715. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
Who counts as from Castleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Castleton’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)
- Debbie Rush: stephen broadhurst from SALFORD, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Roe: Jerry "Woody" from Edmonton, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hartle: Joop van Bilsen / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Edmund Bentley: Francis Marshall (book), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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