Bakewell; Robert (1682-1752); Artist in wrought iron. Created the 'Birdcage' arbour at Melbourne Hall, and the wrought iron screen and the gates at the west door, Derby Cathedral. There are also wrought iron gates by Bakewell at the Derby Industrial Museum, and ironwork by him in Alvaston, Ashbourne, Borrowash, Duffield, Etwall, Foremark, Radbourne and Staunton Harold.
Brown; Lancelot (1716-1783); Landscape gardener; redesigned Chatsworth park and gardens in 1760.
Paxton; Sir; Joseph (1803-1865); English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament, best known for designing The Crystal Palace; also designed gardens and glasshouses at Chatsworth.
Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier