Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0No one born in Matlock Bath has made the famous people list yet
The longest list in Derbyshire is Derby’s, with 468 names. After Derby, the next longest list in Derbyshire is Chesterfield’s, with 197. Famous people are on record for 96 of the towns in Derbyshire. Matlock’s list is led by Keith Ellis.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Matlock Bath’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Matlock Bath yet.
Famous people born near Matlock Bath
Of the towns around it, Matlock has the most on record: 19.
Matlock · 2 miKeith Ellis & 18 more
Wirksworth · 3 miLawrence Beesley & 9 more
Clay Cross · 7 miDennis Skinner & 9 more
Cromford · 1 miGeorge Turner & 5 more
Shirland and Stonebroom · 7 miNiamh Emerson & 5 more
Darley Dale · 3 miNigel Bond & 4 moreABMorton · 7 miAlbert Blount & 2 moreFSCrich · 4 miFrank Shacklock & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Matlock Bath
Who counts as from Matlock Bath?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Matlock Bath’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)
- Keith Ellis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Beesley: Central News And Illustrations Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Skinner: Robin Hood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Turner: Keene studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Niamh Emerson: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Bond: Benutzer:Bill da Flute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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