#1Famous people · Denton, Lincolnshire
2 famous people were born in Denton
Nina Welby-Gregory leads the list, covered in 6 languages. The list has one more: the British politician Alfred Welby. For more famous names, Grantham is 4 mi away: its list has 94, led by Margaret Thatcher. Over 18 years of births, the list goes from Alfred Welby (1849) to Nina Welby-Gregory (1867).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Nina Welby-Gregory
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1849
Alfred Welby
Youngest
1867
Nina Welby-Gregory
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Denton
#1#2Known for
What Denton is known for
Writers and artists 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
Of the towns nearby, Grantham lists the most people: 94.
Questions about famous people from Denton
Who is the most famous person from Denton?
Nina Welby-Gregory (sculptor; (1867-1955)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Alfred Welby.
How many famous people were born in Denton?
2 people born in Denton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Denton known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Denton?
Alfred Welby, born in 1849. The youngest on the list was born in 1867.
Who counts as from Denton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Denton’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 (5)
- Nina Welby-Gregory: Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea (1843-1907), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Welby: John Benjamin Stone, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Thatcher: Rob Bogaerts, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Brooke: Catherine Read, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cranmer: Gerlach Flicke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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