#1Famous people · Matlock, Derbyshire
19 famous people were born in Matlock, most of them in the 20th century
Most widely known is Keith Ellis, the British musician, with articles in 9 languages. Graham Brown, the British scout and association football player, comes second, with Mick Green third. From John Cawood to Henry Coates, the births on the list run from 1775 to 2006. More are athletes than anything else, 11 in all.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Keith Ellis
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1775
John Cawood
Youngest
2006
Henry Coates
Most common field
Sports
11 people
The best known
Born in Matlock
Keith Ellis leads with articles in 9 languages, ahead of Graham Brown (6) and Mick Green (6).
#1GB#2
Sports
Graham Brown
born 1944British scout and association football player (born 1944)
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
MG#3
Through the years
When Matlock’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 6.
SportsMusicScience & MedicineNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Matlock is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 3.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Matlock
Of the other 16, 10 are athletes.
Joseph George Cumming
1812–1868British geologist and archaeologist (1812-1868)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Matlock, with how many people each has.
Wirksworth · 4 miLawrence Beesley & 9 more
Clay Cross · 6 miDennis Skinner & 9 more
Cromford · 3 miGeorge Turner & 5 more
Shirland and Stonebroom · 6 miNiamh Emerson & 5 more
Darley Dale · 3 miNigel Bond & 4 more
Old Tupton · 6 miJohn Lowe & 4 moreABMorton · 7 miAlbert Blount & 2 moreFSCrich · 5 miFrank Shacklock & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Matlock
Who is the most famous person from Matlock?
Keith Ellis (British musician (1946–1978)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Graham Brown and Mick Green.
How many famous people were born in Matlock?
19 people born in Matlock have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 26 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Matlock known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 11 of the 19. That is 58% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Matlock?
John Cawood, born in 1775. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.
Who counts as from Matlock?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Matlock’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 (11)
- Keith Ellis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Sleath: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph George Cumming: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Crewe: Simon Baynes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Barrett: 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
- John Lowe: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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