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Famous people · Clowne, Derbyshire
13 famous people from Clowne, many of them athletes
Joe Ashley, the footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Behind the leader come Alf Ball and Alf Bennett. The largest group, 10, was born in the 20th century. The list runs from Alf Ball, born in 1890, to John Galley, born in 1944.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Joe Ashley
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Alf Ball
Youngest
1944
John Galley
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Clowne’s famous people
The best known
Born in Clowne
All three are athletes.
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#3Through the years
When Clowne’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 3.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Clowne
10 more, 10 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Bolsover leads the towns around it, with 20 names.
CEBolsover · 3 miCharlie Elliott & 19 more
Staveley · 4 miChris Spedding & 19 moreCAWhitwell · 2 miChris Adams & 11 more
Eckington · 5 miPaul West & 6 moreAGKillamarsh · 4 miArthur Groves & 5 moreHHCreswell · 2 miHaydn Hill & 3 moreABBarlborough · 1 miArthur Buxton & 1 moreGLHarthill · 3 miGeorge Laking
Staveley · 4 miChris Spedding & 19 moreCAWhitwell · 2 miChris Adams & 11 moreEckington · 5 miPaul West & 6 moreAGKillamarsh · 4 miArthur Groves & 5 moreHHCreswell · 2 miHaydn Hill & 3 moreABBarlborough · 1 miArthur Buxton & 1 moreGLHarthill · 3 miGeorge LakingQuestions about famous people from Clowne
Who is the most famous person from Clowne?
Joe Ashley (footballer (1931-2008)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Alf Ball and Alf Bennett.
How many famous people were born in Clowne?
13 people born in Clowne have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 14 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Clowne known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 13 of the 13. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Clowne?
Alf Ball, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1944.
Who counts as from Clowne?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Clowne’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 (3)
- Alf Bennett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Spedding: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul West: Liz Butler, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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