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Photo: Wayland Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Willington, Derbyshire
Willington counts 2 famous people, first among them John Wetton
The best known is the English musician John Wetton, with articles in 29 languages. The list has one more: the English cricketer Thomas Wright. A short trip away, Derby (5 mi) counts 468 famous people, Herbert Spencer among them. From Thomas Wright in 1842 to John Wetton in 1949, the births cover 107 years.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
John Wetton
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
Thomas Wright
Youngest
1949
John Wetton
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Willington
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Known for
What Willington is known for
Musicians are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
Nearby, Derby has the most on record, with 468.
Derby · 5 miHerbert Spencer & 467 more
Burton upon Trent · 5 miPaddy Considine & 168 more
Swadlincote · 5 miCarl Dickinson & 28 moreJDTutbury · 5 miJohn Henry Davies & 3 moreRORepton · 1 miRussell Osman & 2 more
Rolleston on Dove · 4 miRobert Sherborne & 1 moreJPWoodville · 6 miJane Plant & 1 moreHMHilton · 3 miHerbert MasseyQuestions about famous people from Willington
Who is the most famous person from Willington?
John Wetton (English musician (1949–2017)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 29 languages. Next come Thomas Wright.
How many famous people were born in Willington?
2 people born in Willington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Willington known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Willington?
Thomas Wright, born in 1842. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Willington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Willington’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)
- Herbert Spencer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paddy Considine: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Dickinson: Wfcfan1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Sherborne: Edwardx, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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