Photo: Michael Patterson · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Duckmanton is listed yet
John Hurt heads the list in Chesterfield, 4 mi away, which has 197 names. The Derbyshire lists hold names for 96 towns. No town in Derbyshire lists more than Derby, with 468.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Duckmanton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Duckmanton yet.
Famous people born near Duckmanton
The most names next door are in Chesterfield: 197.
Chesterfield · 4 miJohn Hurt & 196 more
Staveley · 2 miChris Spedding & 19 moreCEBolsover · 2 miCharlie Elliott & 19 moreJPBrimington · 2 miJoe Payne & 14 moreJAClowne · 4 miJoe Ashley & 12 more
Eckington · 4 miPaul West & 6 morePBGrassmoor · 4 miPaul Burrell & 4 moreJENorth Wingfield and Holmewood · 4 miJohn Eyre & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Duckmanton
Who counts as from Duckmanton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Duckmanton’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 (3)
- 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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