Famous Residents
- Andrew Jarrett Tournament Referee at Wimbledon since 2006
- George Brown, Baron George-Brown Labour politician, Foreign Secretary 1965–7, represented Belper from 1945 until 1970, but never actually lived here.He kept a flat in Swadlincote at the opposite end of the constituency.
- Timothy Dalton, actor, the fourth James Bond, was raised here
- Ross Davenport, swimmer
- Monica Edwards, children's writer, was born here in 1912
- Penelope Mortimer, novelist and wife of John Mortimer, author of The Pumpkin Eater, was the daughter of the vicar of St Peter's church
- John Lawton, novelist, author of Black Out and Blue Rondo, was born here
- Suzy Kendall, first wife of Dudley Moore, actress in British and Italian films
- Will Hay, comedian and actor, lived in Belper while performing locally in the 1920s
- Tracy Shaw, actress, played Maxine Peacock (1995–2003) in Coronation Street
- Alan Bates and Graham Haberfield, actors, both attended Strutts school
- Samuel Slater, "father of the American industrial revolution", grew up on Chevin Road and apprenticed at Milford
- Bombardier Charles Stone who was awarded the VC was born, and is buried, here
- Jedediah Strutt, inventor, opened his first mill in Belper (1777)
- Frank Swettenham, colonial ruler of Malaya, author, was born here in 1850
- Audley Bowdler Williamson, inventor of Swarfega and founder of Deb Ltd., once based in Belper now in Denby
- Admiral Sir Trevor Alan Soar, a former Commander in Chief Fleet of the Royal Navy, was born in Belper.
- Ron Webster, professional footballer, born here in 1943. A full back, Webster played 455 league games for Derby County between 1960 and 1978.
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or residents:
“John Gilpin was a citizen
Of credit and renown,
A train-band captain eke was he
Of famous London town.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)