#1Famous people · Cromford, Derbyshire
6 famous people come from Cromford, George Turner the best known
Articles in 21 languages make the British artist George Turner the best known. Alison Uttley, the English writer, comes second, with Ian Buxton third. The largest group, 4, was born in the Victorian era. 3 of them are writers and artists, more than in any other field.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
George Turner
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1841
George Turner
Youngest
1945
Michael Wynne-Parker
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Cromford
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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Through the years
When Cromford’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 2 births.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cromford is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 4.3 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cromford
3 more, from 1877 to 1945.
Michael Wynne-Parker
born 1945British consultant, author and lecturer (born 1945)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Belper: 28.
Belper · 7 miSuzy Kendall & 27 more
Matlock · 3 miKeith Ellis & 18 moreABAlfreton · 8 miAlf Bentley & 16 more
Wirksworth · 2 miLawrence Beesley & 9 more
Shirland and Stonebroom · 7 miNiamh Emerson & 5 more
Darley Dale · 4 miNigel Bond & 4 moreABMorton · 7 miAlbert Blount & 2 moreFSCrich · 4 miFrank Shacklock & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Cromford
Who is the most famous person from Cromford?
George Turner (British artist (1841-1910)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 21 languages. Next come Alison Uttley and Ian Buxton.
How many famous people were born in Cromford?
6 people born in Cromford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cromford known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cromford?
George Turner, born in 1841. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Cromford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cromford’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)
- George Turner: Keene studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Niamh Emerson: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Bond: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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