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John Flamsteed
1646–1720English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal
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Famous people · Denby Bottles, Derbyshire
Denby Bottles counts 3 famous people, first among them John Flamsteed
Best known of all is John Flamsteed, written about in 56 languages. Second and third on the list are James Oldknow and William Wilmot. The neighbour with the longest list is Belper, 2 mi away: 28, led by Suzy Kendall. Over 227 years of births, the list goes from John Flamsteed (1646) to James Oldknow (1873).
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
John Flamsteed
in 56 Wikipedia languages
First
1646
John Flamsteed
Youngest
1873
James Oldknow
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Denby Bottles’ famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Denby Bottles
First, John Flamsteed (56 languages), then James Oldknow (3) and William Wilmot (3).
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Known for
What Denby Bottles is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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
Of the towns nearby, Belper lists the most people: 28.
Questions about famous people from Denby Bottles
Who is the most famous person from Denby Bottles?
John Flamsteed (English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 56 languages. Next come James Oldknow and William Wilmot.
How many famous people were born in Denby Bottles?
3 people born in Denby Bottles have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Denby Bottles known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Denby Bottles?
John Flamsteed, born in 1646. The youngest on the list was born in 1873.
Who counts as from Denby Bottles?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Denby Bottles’ 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)
- John Flamsteed: Thomas Gibson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzy Kendall: Utente:Vabbè. Original uploader was Vabbè at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Garnet: anonymous, European School., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Hitchin: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- George Porter: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lomas: Zehringer Raymond Albert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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