#1Sports
Rebecca Adlington
born 1989British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
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Famous people · Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Mansfield’s famous people span 348 years: 149 births from 1653 to 2001
Best known of all is Rebecca Adlington, written about in 31 languages. The next two names are Ed Davey and Kris Commons. The largest group, 74, was born in the 20th century. Mansfield ranks 2nd of the 65 towns in Nottinghamshire with anyone listed.
Born here
149
notable people
Best known
Rebecca Adlington
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1653
Humphrey Ridley
Youngest
2001
Eiran Cashin
Most common field
Sports
108 people
What stands out about Mansfield’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mansfield’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 24 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mansfield
Two of the three are athletes.
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Kris Commons
born 1983Scottish association football player (born 1983)
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Known for
What Mansfield is known for
Mansfield has 1.5× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Mansfield
A further 146 follow, born between 1653 and 2001.
Helen Wilson
1864–1951English social purity campaigner and physician (1864-1951)
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Thomas Lionel Hardy
1887–1969Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Who is the most famous person from Mansfield?
Rebecca Adlington (British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 31 languages. Next come Ed Davey and Kris Commons.
How many famous people were born in Mansfield?
149 people born in Mansfield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 158 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Mansfield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 108 of the 149. That is 72% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mansfield?
Humphrey Ridley, born in 1653. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.
Who counts as from Mansfield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mansfield’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 (44)
- Rebecca Adlington: Rockybiggs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Davey: ©House of Commons, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kris Commons: TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Perch: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holmes Herbert: Terry O. Morse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Whetton: Unknown (Asahi Shinbun), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy Atkinson: W!ZARD Radio Media, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jo Potter: Markbriggs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Medley Wood: The original uploader was Paul venter at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Owen: Carl Lindberg, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- James Graham: Starhunterfan, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ric Lee: Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Sue Redfern: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eiran Cashin: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Ball: Dun.can, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leo Lyons: Eckhard Henkel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Wilson: Niner4nine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Dodsley: Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrell Clarke: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Ferguson: DerHexer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Holmes: TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Arnold: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Robinson: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Bacon: James Cridland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles James Martin: Scan: Pea Hicks; Photograph: Caroline Geiger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlotte Henshaw: University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Martin: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ingythewingy/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Ryde: Box Repsol, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Wilson: Andymac1967 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyril Ellis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Leese: Amplified2010, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Otto Bishop: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Hammer: Lorraine.Rikie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Wilson: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Deborah Houlding: Deborah Houlding, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- John Radford: Matthewjoule, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keaton Ward: Skippo10, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Holmes: ChrisSteffler, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pollyanna Woodward: DWilikinson08, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Swan: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Baptiste: Jrppezza, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Larwood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Statham: MTV International, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aden Flint: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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