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Famous people · Makeney, Derbyshire
From 1783 to 1920, Makeney was the birthplace of 5 famous people
David Skinner, the English cricketer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are John Heathcoat and Ellen McArthur. The list’s best known name, David Skinner, dates from 1920. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 10.7, close to the 8.7 of the typical Derbyshire town.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
David Skinner
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1783
John Heathcoat
Youngest
1920
David Skinner
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Makeney’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Makeney’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Makeney
Three names lead: David Skinner (4 languages), John Heathcoat (4) and Ellen McArthur (3).
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Known for
What Makeney is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Makeney
2 more, from 1833 to 1872.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Derby’s, with 468.
Derby · 5 miHerbert Spencer & 467 more
Belper · 3 miSuzy Kendall & 27 more
Holbrook · 2 miNigel Hitchin & 5 more
Denby Bottles · 3 miJohn Flamsteed & 2 more
Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse · 3 miGeorge Porter & 1 moreDBWest Hallam · 5 miDennis Booth & 1 more
Milford · 1 miBill LomasJHLittle Eaton · 2 miJohn HopeQuestions about famous people from Makeney
Who is the most famous person from Makeney?
David Skinner (English cricketer (1920-1998)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come John Heathcoat and Ellen McArthur.
How many famous people were born in Makeney?
5 people born in Makeney have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Makeney known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Makeney?
John Heathcoat, born in 1783. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
Who counts as from Makeney?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Makeney’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)
- John Heathcoat: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. Yo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Spencer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzy Kendall: Utente:Vabbè. Original uploader was Vabbè at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Hitchin: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- John Flamsteed: Thomas Gibson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Porter: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Lomas: Zehringer Raymond Albert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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