#1Famous people · Shirebrook, Derbyshire
Jason Statham leads the 21 famous people born in Shirebrook
97 languages have an article about the English actor Jason Statham. The largest group, 17, was born in the 20th century. Athletes are unusually common here: 19, 1.8 times the usual share. The first birth on record is Dennis Jones’, in 1894, and the last Chris Timons’, in 1974.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Jason Statham
in 97 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Dennis Jones
Youngest
1974
Chris Timons
Most common field
Sports
19 people
What stands out about Shirebrook’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Shirebrook
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Known for
What Shirebrook is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Shirebrook’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Shirebrook
18 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Mansfield · 5 miRebecca Adlington & 148 moreCEBolsover · 3 miCharlie Elliott & 19 moreJFStanton Hill and Skegby · 5 miJohn Froggatt & 10 moreJOMansfield Woodhouse · 3 miJohn Ogdon & 6 moreHHCreswell · 4 miHaydn Hill & 3 moreBFMarket Warsop · 3 miBruce French & 1 moreMRGlapwell · 3 miMark ReynoldsJHForest Town · 4 miJoseph HodgettsQuestions about famous people from Shirebrook
Who is the most famous person from Shirebrook?
Jason Statham (English actor (born 1967)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 97 languages. Next come Ray Wilson and Walter Keeton.
How many famous people were born in Shirebrook?
21 people born in Shirebrook have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 23 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Shirebrook known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 19 of the 21. That is 90% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Shirebrook?
Dennis Jones, born in 1894. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Shirebrook?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Shirebrook’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 (3)
- Jason Statham: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Wilson: Mat macwilliam at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Adlington: Rockybiggs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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