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Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Repton, Derbyshire
Russell Osman tops a list of 3 famous people born in Repton
Most widely known is Russell Osman, the English footballer, with articles in 10 languages. Behind the leader come Neville Ford and Frederick Peach. Frederick Peach (1882) and Russell Osman (1959) mark the two ends of the list. For more famous names, Derby is 6 mi away: its list has 468, led by Herbert Spencer.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Russell Osman
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1882
Frederick Peach
Youngest
1959
Russell Osman
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Repton
Russell Osman, Neville Ford and Frederick Peach are written about in 10, 5 and 3 languages.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Derby · 6 miHerbert Spencer & 467 more
Burton upon Trent · 4 miPaddy Considine & 168 more
Swadlincote · 4 miCarl Dickinson & 28 more
Melbourne · 5 miThomas Cook & 8 moreJWWillington · 1 miJohn Wetton & 1 more
Rolleston on Dove · 4 miRobert Sherborne & 1 moreJPWoodville · 5 miJane Plant & 1 moreHMHilton · 4 miHerbert MasseyQuestions about famous people from Repton
Who is the most famous person from Repton?
Russell Osman (English footballer (born 1959)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Neville Ford and Frederick Peach.
How many famous people were born in Repton?
3 people born in Repton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Repton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Repton?
Frederick Peach, born in 1882. The youngest on the list was born in 1959.
Who counts as from Repton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Repton’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)
- Herbert Spencer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paddy Considine: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Dickinson: Wfcfan1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cook: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Sherborne: Edwardx, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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