#1Famous people · Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Laura Knight tops a list of 20 famous people born in Long Eaton
Articles in 23 languages make the English artist Laura Knight the best known. Close behind are Mark Draper and Saira Khan. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names. Fewer than a quarter of the 96 towns in Derbyshire with famous people list more.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Laura Knight
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
John Griffiths
Youngest
1991
Bru-C
Most common field
Sports
13 people
The best known
Born in Long Eaton
Laura Knight has articles in 23 languages, Mark Draper in 15 and Saira Khan in 8.
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#3Through the years
When Long Eaton’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1860s, with 5 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Long Eaton is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Long Eaton
Of the other 17, 12 are athletes.
Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby
1898–1996British politician (1898-1996)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Eric A. Walker
1910–1995President of Pennsylvania State University (1910–1995)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Beeston, at 17.
Beeston · 3 miHenry Ireton & 16 moreLPBreaston and Draycott · 2 miLawrence Plackett & 7 more
Clifton · 4 miViv Anderson & 7 more
Stapleford · 3 miSir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet & 6 more
Aston-on-Trent · 5 miFrank Forman & 4 moreGBKegworth · 4 miGeorge Bryan & 1 moreGRCastle Donington · 4 miGeorge Richards & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Long Eaton
Who is the most famous person from Long Eaton?
Laura Knight (English artist (1877-1970)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 23 languages. Next come Mark Draper and Saira Khan.
How many famous people were born in Long Eaton?
20 people born in Long Eaton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 24 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Long Eaton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 13 of the 20. That is 65% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Long Eaton?
John Griffiths, born in 1863. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Long Eaton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Long Eaton’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)
- Laura Knight: Prabaasi Patrika, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saira Khan: TheAsianAwards, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bru-C: Don't Flop Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ireton: Attributed to Robert Walker / After Samuel Cooper / After Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Viv Anderson: Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet: Daniel Orme, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Forman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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