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Photo: Ian Calderwood · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Overseal and Castle Gresley, Derbyshire
From 1733 to 1910, Overseal and Castle Gresley was the birthplace of 5 famous people
Most widely known is Charlie Freeman, the English footballer, with articles in 7 languages. Close behind are Ernest Hart and Jack Kirby. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all. Charlie Freeman, the best known, was born in 1887.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Charlie Freeman
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1733
Joseph Wilkes
Youngest
1910
Jack Kirby
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Overseal and Castle Gresley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Overseal and Castle Gresley’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1880s, with 1 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Overseal and Castle Gresley
Three names lead: Charlie Freeman (7 languages), Ernest Hart (6) and Jack Kirby (5).
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Known for
What Overseal and Castle Gresley is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Overseal and Castle Gresley
The other 2 span the years 1733 to 1818.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Burton upon Trent has the most on record: 169.
Burton upon Trent · 5 miPaddy Considine & 168 more
Swadlincote · 2 miCarl Dickinson & 28 more
Ashby-de-la-Zouch · 4 miRoger Williamson & 28 more
Measham · 4 miGeraldine Jewsbury & 9 moreJBLinton · 1 miJeff Bourne & 1 moreJBMoira · 2 miJohn Bourne & 1 moreJPWoodville · 3 miJane Plant & 1 moreJJBlackfordby · 3 miJohn JoyceQuestions about famous people from Overseal and Castle Gresley
Who is the most famous person from Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Charlie Freeman (English footballer (1887-1956)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come Ernest Hart and Jack Kirby.
How many famous people were born in Overseal and Castle Gresley?
5 people born in Overseal and Castle Gresley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Overseal and Castle Gresley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Joseph Wilkes, born in 1733. The youngest on the list was born in 1910.
Who counts as from Overseal and Castle Gresley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Overseal and Castle Gresley’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 (4)
- Paddy Considine: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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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