#1Famous people · Harpur Hill, Derbyshire
Bobby Blood, born in 1894, is Harpur Hill’s famous person on record
The English footballer Bobby Blood was born in 1894. That places their birth in the Victorian era. Their name appears in articles in 4 languages. Within 10 mi, Macclesfield lists the most: 94, with Peter Crouch first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Bobby Blood
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Bobby Blood
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Harpur Hill
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Macclesfield has the most on record: 94.
Macclesfield · 10 miPeter Crouch & 93 moreRSBuxton · 1 miRobert Stevenson & 33 more
Bakewell · 9 miIvor Grattan-Guinness & 8 more
Chapel-en-le-Frith · 6 miJohn Hartle & 7 moreJBBollington · 9 miJames Bailey & 6 moreBJWhaley Bridge · 7 miBill Jones & 1 moreDMDove Holes · 5 miDavid MillnerNATideswell · 6 miNigel AyersQuestions about famous people from Harpur Hill
Who is the most famous person from Harpur Hill?
Bobby Blood (English footballer (1894–1988)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Harpur Hill?
1 people born in Harpur Hill have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Harpur Hill known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Harpur Hill?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Harpur Hill’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)
- Bobby Blood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Crouch: Original: CFC Unofficial (Debs) / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness: Renate Schmid, Copyright is with MFO, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hartle: Joop van Bilsen / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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