#1Famous people · Kimberley, Nottinghamshire
Of the 12 famous people born in Kimberley, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the British geographer Jamie Peck, covered in 8 languages. More than half were born in the Victorian era, 10 in all. Only 14 of the 65 towns in Nottinghamshire with anyone on record list more. From Mordecai Sherwin in 1851 to Jamie Peck in 1962, the births cover 111 years.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Jamie Peck
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1851
Mordecai Sherwin
Youngest
1962
Jamie Peck
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Kimberley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Kimberley is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Kimberley
Three names lead: Jamie Peck (8 languages), Mordecai Sherwin (6) and Harry Clay (5).
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Through the years
When Kimberley’s famous people were born
The 1850s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Kimberley
A further 9 follow, born between 1856 and 1931.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Kimberley, with how many people each has.
Nottingham · 4 miM. Stanley Whittingham & 996 moreRLIlkeston · 3 miRobert Lindsay & 41 more
Hucknall · 3 miParis Lees & 31 more
Heanor · 4 miHenry Garnet & 27 more
Eastwood · 2 miD. H. Lawrence & 25 more
Stapleford · 5 miSir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet & 6 moreDBWest Hallam · 5 miDennis Booth & 1 moreCSBestwood Village · 4 miClarence SpencerQuestions about famous people from Kimberley
Who is the most famous person from Kimberley?
Jamie Peck (British geographer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Mordecai Sherwin and Harry Clay.
How many famous people were born in Kimberley?
12 people born in Kimberley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kimberley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 11 of the 12. That is 92% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Kimberley?
Mordecai Sherwin, born in 1851. The youngest on the list was born in 1962.
Who counts as from Kimberley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kimberley’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 (7)
- Jamie Peck: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mordecai Sherwin: Photo by E Hawkins of Brighton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- M. Stanley Whittingham: Stanford Energy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paris Lees: Starseekers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Garnet: anonymous, European School., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D. H. Lawrence: Unknown authorUnknown author (passport office), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet: Daniel Orme, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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