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Gary Cahill
born 1985English association football player (born 1985)
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Famous people · Dronfield, Derbyshire
The 10 famous people born in Dronfield, led by Gary Cahill
At the top of the list is the English association football player Gary Cahill, covered in 60 languages. William Hallam, born in 1856, is the earliest name and Ben Algar, born in 1989, the latest. In the 20th century, 4 were born, the most of any period. 3 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Gary Cahill
in 60 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
William Hallam
Youngest
1989
Ben Algar
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Dronfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Dronfield
Languages with an article: 60 for Gary Cahill, 29 for Rick Allen, 9 for Roy Goodall.
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Roy Goodall
1902–1982English footballer and manager (1902-1982)
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Through the years
When Dronfield’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dronfield is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.4 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dronfield
Another 7, 5 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Sheffield, at 1,191.
Sheffield · 5 miJoe Cocker & 1,190 more
Chesterfield · 4 miJohn Hurt & 196 more
Staveley · 5 miChris Spedding & 19 moreJPBrimington · 5 miJoe Payne & 14 more
Eckington · 4 miPaul West & 6 moreAGKillamarsh · 7 miArthur Groves & 5 moreWPWingerworth · 7 miWilliam Pedley & 1 moreVGBaslow · 7 miValerie Hunter GordonQuestions about famous people from Dronfield
Who is the most famous person from Dronfield?
Gary Cahill (English association football player (born 1985)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 60 languages. Next come Rick Allen and Roy Goodall.
How many famous people were born in Dronfield?
10 people born in Dronfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Dronfield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 10. That is 70% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dronfield?
William Hallam, born in 1856. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Dronfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dronfield’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)
- Gary Cahill: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Allen: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Cocker: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hurt: Walterlan Papetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Spedding: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul West: Liz Butler, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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