Hardwick Wood has yet to put a famous person on the list
Within 3 mi, Chesterfield lists the most: 197, with John Hurt first. 96 towns across Derbyshire can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Derbyshire belongs to Derby, with 468.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Hardwick Wood’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Hardwick Wood yet.
Famous people born near Hardwick Wood
Chesterfield has the longest list next door: 197.
Chesterfield · 3 miJohn Hurt & 196 moreJPBrimington · 5 miJoe Payne & 14 more
Clay Cross · 2 miDennis Skinner & 9 moreGGPilsley and Lower Pilsley · 4 miGeorge Gregory & 5 more
Shirland and Stonebroom · 5 miNiamh Emerson & 5 more
Old Tupton · 2 miJohn Lowe & 4 morePBGrassmoor · 2 miPaul Burrell & 4 moreJENorth Wingfield and Holmewood · 3 miJohn Eyre & 3 moreQuestions about famous people from Hardwick Wood
Who counts as from Hardwick Wood?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hardwick Wood’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
- Dennis Skinner: Robin Hood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Niamh Emerson: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Lowe: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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