#1Famous people · Foremark, Derbyshire
Foremark’s famous people span 112 years: 2 births from 1743 to 1855
Francis Burdett, the British nobleman, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the cricketer Herbert Allsopp. A short trip away, Derby (5 mi) counts 468 famous people, Herbert Spencer among them. No town in Derbyshire lists more than Derby, with 468.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Francis Burdett
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1743
Francis Burdett
Youngest
1855
Herbert Allsopp
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Foremark
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Known for
What Foremark is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, 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
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Derby · 5 miHerbert Spencer & 467 more
Swadlincote · 5 miCarl Dickinson & 28 more
Melbourne · 3 miThomas Cook & 8 more
Aston-on-Trent · 5 miFrank Forman & 4 moreRORepton · 2 miRussell Osman & 2 moreJWWillington · 3 miJohn Wetton & 1 moreJPWoodville · 5 miJane Plant & 1 moreJJBlackfordby · 5 miJohn JoyceQuestions about famous people from Foremark
Who is the most famous person from Foremark?
Francis Burdett (British nobleman (1743-1794)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come Herbert Allsopp.
How many famous people were born in Foremark?
2 people born in Foremark have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Foremark known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Foremark?
Francis Burdett, born in 1743. The youngest on the list was born in 1855.
Who counts as from Foremark?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Foremark’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)
- Francis Burdett: Joseph Wright of Derby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Spencer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Dickinson: Wfcfan1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cook: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Forman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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