#1Famous people · Swadlincote, Derbyshire
29 famous people from Swadlincote, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the English footballer Carl Dickinson, covered in 15 languages. The English footballer Alan Jackson ranks second, ahead of Billy Draycott. 19 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period. From John Hulme to Lucas Towers, the births on the list run from 1862 to 2003.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
Carl Dickinson
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
John Hulme
Youngest
2003
Lucas Towers
Most common field
Sports
26 people
What stands out about Swadlincote’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Swadlincote 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.
The best known
Born in Swadlincote
Ranked by languages covered: Carl Dickinson with 15, then Alan Jackson with 7 and Billy Draycott with 6.
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Through the years
When Swadlincote’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 9.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Swadlincote
Here are 26 more, born from 1862 to 2003.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
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Who is the most famous person from Swadlincote?
Carl Dickinson (English footballer (born 1987)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 15 languages. Next come Alan Jackson and Billy Draycott.
How many famous people were born in Swadlincote?
29 people born in Swadlincote have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 32 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Swadlincote known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 26 of the 29. That is 90% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Swadlincote?
John Hulme, born in 1862. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Swadlincote?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Swadlincote’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 (9)
- Carl Dickinson: Wfcfan1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hulme: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Webster: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Stretton: MGPetch, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Peet Dawes: Charles Peet Dawes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Beesley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paddy Considine: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Williamson: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geraldine Jewsbury: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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