Arkwright; Sir; Richard (1732-1792); knight, inventor and engineer
Chantrey; Sir; Francis Leggatt (1781-1841); Sir; Sculptor, born Jordanthorpe near Norton , then in north Derbyshire.
Evans; family; Darley Abbey; cotton spinners and paper mill owners
Flamsteed; John (1646-1719); Born Denby, Derbyshire; appointed first Astronomer Royal in 1675.
Nightingale; Florence (1820-1910); social reformer and statistician; founder of modern nursing
Oldknow; Samuel (1756-1828); Industrialist and textile manufacturer, Marple and Mellor area.
Slater; Samuel (1768-1835); Of Belper; English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution". He brought British textile technology to America, founding mills at Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Strutt; Jedediah (1726-1797); inventor, hosier and cotton spinner
George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist