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Famous people · Glossop, Derbyshire
39 famous people come from Glossop, Hilary Mantel the best known
Hilary Mantel, the British writer, is the most widely known, written about in 57 languages. The largest group, 15, was born in the Victorian era. From Nicholas Garlick in 1550 to Alisha Palmowski in 2006, the births cover 456 years. 6 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
39
notable people
Best known
Hilary Mantel
in 57 Wikipedia languages
First
1550
Nicholas Garlick
Youngest
2006
Alisha Palmowski
Most common field
Sports
25 people
What stands out about Glossop’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Glossop
The three are covered in 57, 17 and 10 languages: Hilary Mantel, Ellie Simmonds and Andy Wilman.
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#3Through the years
When Glossop’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Glossop is known for
Glossop has 1.3× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Glossop
36 more names, born between 1550 and 2006.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Hyde’s, at 29 names.
Questions about famous people from Glossop
Who is the most famous person from Glossop?
Hilary Mantel (British writer (1952–2022)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 57 languages. Next come Ellie Simmonds and Andy Wilman.
How many famous people were born in Glossop?
39 people born in Glossop have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 42 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Glossop known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 25 of the 39. That is 64% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Glossop?
Nicholas Garlick, born in 1550. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.
Who counts as from Glossop?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Glossop’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 (16)
- Ellie Simmonds: allen watkin from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Wilman: desertdingo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandra Fuller: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Vincent: Exxy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Hill-Wood: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alisha Palmowski: Mitchea99, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Vernon Lord: The Salariya, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Mohan: Sophiejames1984, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Calvert: Charles Calvert of Manchester, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Collier: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Martin: Stew jones, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Holding: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Brooks: Hotel de France, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vivienne Westwood: Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mabel Hardie: unknown - Mabel Hardie in 1887 or 1888, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Newton: Open Library, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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