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Photo: Richard Vince · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Crich, Derbyshire
2 famous people call Crich their birthplace
Articles in 3 languages make the cricketer Frank Shacklock the best known. The only other name is the British flying ace Herbert Rowley. A short trip away, Belper (4 mi) counts 28 famous people, Suzy Kendall among them. The oldest name on the list belongs to Frank Shacklock, born in 1861, the newest to Herbert Rowley, born in 1897.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Frank Shacklock
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
Frank Shacklock
Youngest
1897
Herbert Rowley
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Crich
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Known for
What Crich is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
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 best known from each town within 12 miles of Crich, with how many people each has.
Belper · 4 miSuzy Kendall & 27 more
Matlock · 5 miKeith Ellis & 18 moreABAlfreton · 4 miAlf Bentley & 16 moreESSomercotes and Swanwick · 4 miErnald Scattergood & 13 more
Wirksworth · 4 miLawrence Beesley & 9 more
Cromford · 4 miGeorge Turner & 5 more
Shirland and Stonebroom · 4 miNiamh Emerson & 5 moreJISouth Wingfield · 2 miJamie IngramQuestions about famous people from Crich
Who is the most famous person from Crich?
Frank Shacklock (cricketer (1861-1937)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Herbert Rowley.
How many famous people were born in Crich?
2 people born in Crich have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Crich known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Crich?
Frank Shacklock, born in 1861. The youngest on the list was born in 1897.
Who counts as from Crich?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Crich’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 (5)
- Suzy Kendall: Utente:Vabbè. Original uploader was Vabbè at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Ellis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Beesley: Central News And Illustrations Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Turner: Keene studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Niamh Emerson: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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