Photo: Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people near Middleton: 28 in Belper
In all of Derbyshire, the famous people on record come from 96 towns. Not one famous person on record comes from Middleton yet. The longest list in Derbyshire is Derby’s, with 468 names. Chesterfield has the second-longest list in Derbyshire, after Derby, with 197.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Middleton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Middleton yet.
Famous people born near Middleton
The longest list nearby is Belper’s, with 28.
Belper · 7 miSuzy Kendall & 27 more
Matlock · 3 miKeith Ellis & 18 more
Wirksworth · 1 miLawrence Beesley & 9 more
Cromford · 1 miGeorge Turner & 5 more
Shirland and Stonebroom · 8 miNiamh Emerson & 5 more
Darley Dale · 5 miNigel Bond & 4 moreFSCrich · 5 miFrank Shacklock & 1 moreJISouth Wingfield · 6 miJamie IngramQuestions about famous people from Middleton
Who counts as from Middleton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Middleton’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)
- Suzy Kendall: Utente:Vabbè. Original uploader was Vabbè at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Ellis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Beesley: Central News And Illustrations Bureau, Public domain, 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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