#1Famous people · Old Tupton, Derbyshire
5 famous people come from Old Tupton, John Lowe the best known
John Lowe, the English darts player, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Second place goes to the English cricketer Guy Jackson, third to Jim Hutchinson. In the Victorian era, 3 were born, the most of any period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Joseph Hancock, born in 1876, the newest to John Lowe, born in 1945.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
John Lowe
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
Joseph Hancock
Youngest
1945
John Lowe
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Old Tupton
All three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Old Tupton’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Old Tupton
Another 2, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Chesterfield’s, with 197.
Chesterfield · 4 miJohn Hurt & 196 moreJPBrimington · 5 miJoe Payne & 14 more
Newton and Blackwell · 5 miSophie Baggaley & 11 more
Clay Cross · 1 miDennis Skinner & 9 moreGGPilsley and Lower Pilsley · 3 miGeorge Gregory & 5 more
Shirland and Stonebroom · 4 miNiamh Emerson & 5 moreLWTibshelf · 4 miLew Wyld & 5 morePBGrassmoor · 1 miPaul Burrell & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Old Tupton
Who is the most famous person from Old Tupton?
John Lowe (English darts player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages. Next come Guy Jackson and Jim Hutchinson.
How many famous people were born in Old Tupton?
5 people born in Old Tupton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Old Tupton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 5. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Old Tupton?
Joseph Hancock, born in 1876. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Old Tupton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Old Tupton’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)
- John Lowe: Jonesy702, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hurt: Walterlan Papetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Baggaley: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Skinner: Robin Hood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Niamh Emerson: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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