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Paul Burrell
born 1958Former domestic servant of the British Royal Household
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Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Grassmoor, Derbyshire
Paul Burrell tops a list of 5 famous people born in Grassmoor
Paul Burrell leads the list, covered in 11 languages. Second and third on the list are Matthew Burton and Edwin Smith. 3 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. The earliest on the list is Ellis Gee, born in 1877, and the youngest Paul Burrell, born in 1958.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Paul Burrell
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
Ellis Gee
Youngest
1958
Paul Burrell
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Grassmoor
The three are covered in 11, 5 and 4 languages: Paul Burrell, Matthew Burton and Edwin Smith.
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Through the years
When Grassmoor’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Grassmoor is known for
Grassmoor has 1.6× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Grassmoor
2 more names, born between 1877 and 1900.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Chesterfield, at 197.
Chesterfield · 3 miJohn Hurt & 196 more
Staveley · 5 miChris Spedding & 19 moreJPBrimington · 4 miJoe Payne & 14 more
Clay Cross · 2 miDennis Skinner & 9 moreGGPilsley and Lower Pilsley · 3 miGeorge Gregory & 5 more
Old Tupton · 1 miJohn Lowe & 4 moreJENorth Wingfield and Holmewood · 1 miJohn Eyre & 3 moreABMorton · 4 miAlbert Blount & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Grassmoor
Who is the most famous person from Grassmoor?
Paul Burrell (former domestic servant of the British Royal Household) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come Matthew Burton and Edwin Smith.
How many famous people were born in Grassmoor?
5 people born in Grassmoor have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Grassmoor known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 5. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Grassmoor?
Ellis Gee, born in 1877. The youngest on the list was born in 1958.
Who counts as from Grassmoor?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Grassmoor’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 (4)
- John Hurt: Walterlan Papetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Spedding: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Skinner: Robin Hood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lowe: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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