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Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Creswell, Derbyshire
4 famous people were born in Creswell
Most widely known is Haydn Hill, the English footballer, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Liam Marsden and Derrick Flint. The list comes to 6.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Derbyshire, at 8.7. 4 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Haydn Hill
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Joe Mills
Youngest
1994
Liam Marsden
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Creswell
All three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Creswell’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1910s, with 1 births.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Creswell
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Shirebrook has the most on record, with 21.
Shirebrook · 4 miJason Statham & 20 moreCEBolsover · 4 miCharlie Elliott & 19 moreJAClowne · 2 miJoe Ashley & 12 moreCAWhitwell · 2 miChris Adams & 11 moreABBarlborough · 3 miArthur Buxton & 1 moreFSShireoaks · 5 miFrederick Stocks & 1 moreBFMarket Warsop · 5 miBruce French & 1 moreGLHarthill · 4 miGeorge LakingQuestions about famous people from Creswell
Who is the most famous person from Creswell?
Haydn Hill (English footballer (1913-1992)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Liam Marsden and Derrick Flint.
How many famous people were born in Creswell?
4 people born in Creswell have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Creswell known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 4. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Creswell?
Joe Mills, born in 1895. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Creswell?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Creswell’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 (1)
- Jason Statham: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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