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Church of St Michael · Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Pleasley, Derbyshire
2 famous people call Pleasley their birthplace
At the top of the list is the English footballer Herbert Cartwright, covered in 3 languages. The other is James Bradley, the cricketer. For more famous names, Mansfield is 3 mi away: its list has 149, led by Rebecca Adlington. Derby has the most of any town in Derbyshire: 468.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Herbert Cartwright
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
James Bradley
Youngest
1916
Herbert Cartwright
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Pleasley
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Pleasley, with how many people each has.
Mansfield · 3 miRebecca Adlington & 148 more
Sutton in Ashfield · 3 miAlex Baptiste & 54 more
Shirebrook · 3 miJason Statham & 20 moreCEBolsover · 4 miCharlie Elliott & 19 more
Huthwaite · 4 miAden Flint & 12 moreJFStanton Hill and Skegby · 2 miJohn Froggatt & 10 moreJOMansfield Woodhouse · 3 miJohn Ogdon & 6 moreLWTibshelf · 4 miLew Wyld & 5 moreQuestions about famous people from Pleasley
Who is the most famous person from Pleasley?
Herbert Cartwright (English footballer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 3 languages. Next come James Bradley.
How many famous people were born in Pleasley?
2 people born in Pleasley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Pleasley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Pleasley?
James Bradley, born in 1913. The youngest on the list was born in 1916.
Who counts as from Pleasley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Pleasley’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)
- Rebecca Adlington: Rockybiggs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Baptiste: Jrppezza, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Statham: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aden Flint: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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