#1Writing & Arts
Vivienne Westwood
1941–2022British fashion designer (1941–2022)
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Famous people · Hadfield, Derbyshire
Vivienne Westwood tops a list of 11 famous people born in Hadfield
Most widely known is Vivienne Westwood, the British fashion designer, with articles in 63 languages. Harold Rhodes, the English test and County cricketer, comes second, with Harold Wild third. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 6.8, close to the 8.7 of the typical Derbyshire town. Athletes make up the largest group, 7 of them.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Vivienne Westwood
in 63 Wikipedia languages
First
1755
James Ridgway
Youngest
1998
Matthew Sonczak
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Hadfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Hadfield
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1HR#2
Sports
Harold Rhodes
born 1936English Test and County cricketer (born 1936)
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
HW#3
Through the years
When Hadfield’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1890s, at 2.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hadfield is known for
7 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hadfield
Another 8, the earliest born in 1755.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Ashton-under-Lyne, at 134.
Ashton-under-Lyne · 5 miGeoff Hurst & 133 moreHMGlossop · 2 miHilary Mantel & 38 more
Hyde · 4 miLee Martin & 28 more
Stalybridge · 3 miRob Holding & 22 more
Dukinfield · 4 miTony Brooks & 13 more
Denton · 6 miJimmy Armfield & 10 moreGKMossley · 5 miGerard Kearns & 9 moreGTRomiley · 5 miGeorge Thornewell & 6 moreQuestions about famous people from Hadfield
Who is the most famous person from Hadfield?
Vivienne Westwood (British fashion designer (1941–2022)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 63 languages. Next come Harold Rhodes and Harold Wild.
How many famous people were born in Hadfield?
11 people born in Hadfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Hadfield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 11. That is 64% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hadfield?
James Ridgway, born in 1755. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Hadfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hadfield’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 (7)
- Vivienne Westwood: Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Broadbent: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Hurst: Keven Law from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Jimmy Armfield: Angstpristine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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