RN#1
Photo: Mark Anderson · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Darley, North Yorkshire
Darley has one famous person on record
Roderic Noble, the British actor, was born in 1957. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 4 languages. A short trip away, Harrogate (7 mi) counts 123 famous people, H. L. A. Hart among them.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Roderic Noble
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1957
Roderic Noble
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Darley
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Harrogate, at 123.
Harrogate · 7 miH. L. A. Hart & 122 moreDKRipon · 10 miDerek Kevan & 39 more
Otley · 8 miJulian Sands & 23 more
Ilkley · 9 miGeorgie Henley & 19 more
Knaresborough · 9 miMother Shipton & 18 moreWBBurley in Wharfedale · 9 miWalter Burley & 2 moreLVHampsthwaite · 4 miLaura Veale & 1 more
Pateley Bridge · 5 miRobert MawerQuestions about famous people from Darley
Who is the most famous person from Darley?
Roderic Noble (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages.
How many famous people were born in Darley?
1 people born in Darley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Darley known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Darley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Darley’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)
- H. L. A. Hart: Robespierre 7, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Sands: 5of7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgie Henley: Khedara Ariyaratne, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mother Shipton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Mawer: Storye book, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.