Benn; Anthony Neil Wedgwood (1925-2014); Labour politician; MP for Chesterfield 1983-2001.
Brandreth; Jeremiah (1790-1817); Out-of-work stocking maker who lived in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; beheaded in Derby for treason. He was known as "The Nottingham Captain". He and two of his conspirators were the last people to be beheaded with an axe in Britain. The rising is known as the Pentrich Revolution.
Brittain; Vera (1893-1970); Lived in Buxton, Derbyshire, when young. Author and pacifist.
Burdett; Sir; Francis (1770-1844); 5th Baronet; Politician
Byron; Lord; George Gordon Noel (1788-1824); Of Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire. 6th Baron Byron, commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement.
Cavendish; family; Chatsworth; Dukes of Devonshire
Fox; Charles James (1749-1806); Statesman
Glasier; Katherine Bruce (1867-1950); Nee Conway; socialist and writer; author of Tales from the Derbyshire Hills.
Labour Party; 1900-; British political party which grew out of the trade union and socialist movements of the nineteenth century.
George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist