#1Writing & Arts
Paris Lees
born 1986British journalist and activist for transgender rights
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Famous people · Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
Athletes stand out among the 32 famous people born in Hucknall
Best known of all is Paris Lees, written about in 16 languages. Behind the leader come Eric Coates and Enoch West. The largest group, 15, was born in the Victorian era. The earliest on the list is Ben Caunt, born in 1815, and the youngest Freya Christie, born in 1997.
Born here
32
notable people
Best known
Paris Lees
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
Ben Caunt
Youngest
1997
Freya Christie
Most common field
Sports
26 people
What stands out about Hucknall’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Hucknall is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Hucknall
Paris Lees has articles in 16 languages, Eric Coates in 14 and Enoch West in 11.
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#3Through the years
When Hucknall’s famous people were born
The 1880s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicFilm, TV & StageBusinessScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Hucknall
Of the other 29, 25 are athletes.
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1929–2012British civil engineer and earthquake engineering expert
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Nottingham, with 997.
Nottingham · 5 miM. Stanley Whittingham & 996 more
Eastwood · 4 miD. H. Lawrence & 25 more
Arnold · 4 miRichard Parkes Bonington & 17 more
Kimberley · 3 miJamie Peck & 11 more
Newstead · 3 miJohn Byron, 1st Baron Byron & 10 moreAJSelston · 5 miArthur Jepson & 7 moreCSBestwood Village · 2 miClarence Spencer
Annesley Woodhouse · 4 miBill VoceQuestions about famous people from Hucknall
Who is the most famous person from Hucknall?
Paris Lees (British journalist and activist for transgender rights) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 16 languages. Next come Eric Coates and Enoch West.
How many famous people were born in Hucknall?
32 people born in Hucknall have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 33 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hucknall known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 26 of the 32. That is 81% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hucknall?
Ben Caunt, born in 1815. The youngest on the list was born in 1997.
Who counts as from Hucknall?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hucknall’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 (15)
- Paris Lees: Starseekers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Enoch West: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Freya Christie: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Gunn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gunn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Caunt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Williams: Thebees1889, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Wright: Photo by E Hawkins, Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Watson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- M. Stanley Whittingham: Stanford Energy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D. H. Lawrence: Unknown authorUnknown author (passport office), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Parkes Bonington: Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Peck: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Byron, 1st Baron Byron: William Dobson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Voce: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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