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Famous people · Ironville, Derbyshire
4 famous people were born in Ironville
With articles in 5 languages, John Davis is the most widely known. William Wood-Sims is second and Frank Tarr third. Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them. From William Wood-Sims in 1858 to Walter Tinsley in 1891, the births cover 33 years.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Davis
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1858
William Wood-Sims
Youngest
1891
Walter Tinsley
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Ironville
All three are athletes.
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#3Through the years
When Ironville’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ironville
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Heanor, at 28.
Heanor · 3 miHenry Garnet & 27 more
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Newton and Blackwell · 4 miSophie Baggaley & 11 more
South Normanton and Pinxton · 3 miJedediah Strutt & 8 moreAJSelston · 2 miArthur Jepson & 7 more
Jacksdale and Westwood · 1 miNigel Mills & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Ironville
Who is the most famous person from Ironville?
John Davis (English cricketer born 1882) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come William Wood-Sims and Frank Tarr.
How many famous people were born in Ironville?
4 people born in Ironville have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ironville known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 4. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ironville?
William Wood-Sims, born in 1858. The youngest on the list was born in 1891.
Who counts as from Ironville?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ironville’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 (6)
- Frank Tarr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Garnet: anonymous, European School., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D. H. Lawrence: Unknown authorUnknown author (passport office), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Baggaley: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jedediah Strutt: Joseph Wright of Derby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Mills: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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