Photo: Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people from Shardlow
Of its neighbours, Derby, 6 mi away, lists the most: 468, Herbert Spencer first. No famous person’s birth in Shardlow is on record yet. Derby has the most of any town in Derbyshire: 468. After Derby, the next longest list in Derbyshire is Chesterfield’s, with 197.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Shardlow’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Shardlow yet.
Famous people born near Shardlow
Derby leads the towns around it, with 468 names.
Derby · 6 miHerbert Spencer & 467 more
Long Eaton · 3 miLaura Knight & 19 more
Melbourne · 4 miThomas Cook & 8 moreLPBreaston and Draycott · 2 miLawrence Plackett & 7 more
Stapleford · 6 miSir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet & 6 more
Aston-on-Trent · 1 miFrank Forman & 4 moreGRCastle Donington · 2 miGeorge Richards & 1 moreGBKegworth · 4 miGeorge Bryan & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Shardlow
Who counts as from Shardlow?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shardlow’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
- Laura Knight: Prabaasi Patrika, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cook: 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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