#1Famous people · Milford, Derbyshire
The British motorcycle racer Bill Lomas is the one famous person from Milford
The British motorcycle racer Bill Lomas was born in 1928. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 15 languages. Go 2 mi to Belper and the list grows to 28, with Suzy Kendall at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Bill Lomas
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Bill Lomas
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Milford
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Belper, with 28.
Belper · 2 miSuzy Kendall & 27 more
Holbrook · 1 miNigel Hitchin & 5 moreDSMakeney · 1 miDavid Skinner & 4 more
Denby Bottles · 2 miJohn Flamsteed & 2 more
Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse · 2 miGeorge Porter & 1 moreDBWest Hallam · 5 miDennis Booth & 1 moreFSCrich · 5 miFrank Shacklock & 1 moreJHLittle Eaton · 2 miJohn HopeQuestions about famous people from Milford
Who is the most famous person from Milford?
Bill Lomas (British motorcycle racer (1928–2007)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages.
How many famous people were born in Milford?
1 people born in Milford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Milford known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Milford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Milford’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 (5)
- Bill Lomas: Zehringer Raymond Albert, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
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