Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person from Netherseal yet, but Swadlincote next door has 29
Across Derbyshire, 96 towns list someone born there. Derby’s 468 names make the longest list in Derbyshire. After Derby, the next longest list in Derbyshire is Chesterfield’s, with 197. The best known born in Swadlincote is Carl Dickinson.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Netherseal’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Netherseal yet.
Famous people born near Netherseal
The longest list nearby is Swadlincote’s, with 29.
Swadlincote · 4 miCarl Dickinson & 28 more
Ashby-de-la-Zouch · 5 miRoger Williamson & 28 more
Measham · 3 miGeraldine Jewsbury & 9 moreCFOverseal and Castle Gresley · 2 miCharlie Freeman & 4 moreJBLinton · 2 miJeff Bourne & 1 moreJBMoira · 3 miJohn Bourne & 1 moreJPWoodville · 4 miJane Plant & 1 moreWRAppleby Magna · 3 miWilliam RileyQuestions about famous people from Netherseal
Who counts as from Netherseal?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Netherseal’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 (3)
- Carl Dickinson: Wfcfan1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Williamson: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geraldine Jewsbury: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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