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Photo: Rpriv2000 Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Stanley, Derbyshire
Stanley has one famous person on record
In 1873, the association football player George Hardie was born. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in one language. Just 3 mi away, Ilkeston’s list holds 42 names, Robert Lindsay the best known.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
George Hardie
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
George Hardie
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Stanley
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Ilkeston has the most people on record, 42 of them.
Questions about famous people from Stanley
Who is the most famous person from Stanley?
George Hardie (association football player) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Stanley?
1 people born in Stanley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Stanley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Stanley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stanley’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)
- Henry Garnet: anonymous, European School., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Hitchin: Renate Schmid, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- John Flamsteed: Thomas Gibson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Porter: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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