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Balustrades, Gateway and Bridge on Terrace to South East of Risley Hall · Photo: Harry Mitchell · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Risley, Derbyshire
2 famous people were born in Risley
Nick Fulwood, the British tennis player, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The only other name is the British writer Teresa Hooley. The nearest list is in Ilkeston, 4 mi away: 42 names, starting with Robert Lindsay. From Teresa Hooley to Nick Fulwood, the births on the list run from 1888 to 1963.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Nick Fulwood
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Teresa Hooley
Youngest
1963
Nick Fulwood
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Risley
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Known for
What Risley is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Ilkeston has the most on record, with 42.
RLIlkeston · 4 miRobert Lindsay & 41 more
Long Eaton · 2 miLaura Knight & 19 more
Beeston · 3 miHenry Ireton & 16 moreLPBreaston and Draycott · 2 miLawrence Plackett & 7 more
Stapleford · 2 miSir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet & 6 more
Aston-on-Trent · 5 miFrank Forman & 4 moreDBWest Hallam · 4 miDennis Booth & 1 more
Long Eaton · 2 miLaura Knight & 19 moreBeeston · 3 miHenry Ireton & 16 moreLPBreaston and Draycott · 2 miLawrence Plackett & 7 moreStapleford · 2 miSir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet & 6 moreAston-on-Trent · 5 miFrank Forman & 4 moreDBWest Hallam · 4 miDennis Booth & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Risley
Who is the most famous person from Risley?
Nick Fulwood (British tennis player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Teresa Hooley.
How many famous people were born in Risley?
2 people born in Risley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Risley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Risley?
Teresa Hooley, born in 1888. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Risley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Risley’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)
- Laura Knight: Prabaasi Patrika, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ireton: Attributed to Robert Walker / After Samuel Cooper / After Anthony van Dyck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet: Daniel Orme, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Forman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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