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Famous people · Killamarsh, Derbyshire
6 famous people from Killamarsh, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the English footballer Arthur Groves, covered in 5 languages. The next two names are George Ashall and Billy Batty. Born in 1886, Billy Batty is the first name on record, and Lee Askham, born in 1990, the most recent. In the 20th century, 3 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Arthur Groves
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Billy Batty
Youngest
1990
Lee Askham
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Killamarsh’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Killamarsh is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Killamarsh
The three best known are all athletes.
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Through the years
When Killamarsh’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1900s come out on top, with 1 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Killamarsh
3 more, from 1890 to 1990.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Staveley has the most on record, with 20.
Questions about famous people from Killamarsh
Who is the most famous person from Killamarsh?
Arthur Groves (English footballer (born 1907)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come George Ashall and Billy Batty.
How many famous people were born in Killamarsh?
6 people born in Killamarsh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 7 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Killamarsh known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 6. That is 83% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Killamarsh?
Billy Batty, born in 1886. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Killamarsh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Killamarsh’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 (3)
- Fred Greaves: Unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Spedding: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul West: Liz Butler, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
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