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Famous people · West Hallam, Derbyshire
From 1799 to 1949, West Hallam was the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the English footballer Dennis Booth, with articles in 5 languages. The list has one more: the British naturalist Thomas Rossell Potter. Just 2 mi away, Ilkeston’s list holds 42 names, Robert Lindsay the best known. Dennis Booth was born in 1949.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Dennis Booth
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1799
Thomas Rossell Potter
Youngest
1949
Dennis Booth
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in West Hallam
#2Science & Medicine
Thomas Rossell Potter
1799–1873British naturalist (1799–1873)
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Known for
What West Hallam is known for
Share of West Hallam’s famous people in each field.
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
The most names next door are in Ilkeston: 42.
Questions about famous people from West Hallam
Who is the most famous person from West Hallam?
Dennis Booth (English footballer (born 1949)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Thomas Rossell Potter.
How many famous people were born in West Hallam?
2 people born in West Hallam have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is West Hallam 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 West Hallam?
Thomas Rossell Potter, born in 1799. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from West Hallam?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside West Hallam’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 (6)
- Thomas Rossell Potter: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Garnet: anonymous, European School., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D. H. Lawrence: Unknown authorUnknown author (passport office), 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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