Notable People
- Alan Bates (1934–2003), actor
- Freda Bedi (1911–1977), social worker, writer and Gelongma.
- Ronald Binge (1910–1979), composer
- David Brailsford (born 1964), cycling administrator
- Rufus Brevett (born 1969), Footballer
- Lee Camp (born 1984), footballer for Nottingham Forest
- John Carewe (born 1933), principal conductor with BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Maxwell Caulfield (born 1959), actor
- Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), scientist
- William John Coffee (1774–1846), artist and sculptor
- Daniel Parker Coke (1745–1825), barrister and Member of Parliament
- Des Coleman (born 1969), actor and presenter
- Kevin Coyne (1944–2004), singer-songwriter
- Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), physician and philosopher
- John Dexter (1925–1990), theatre director
- George Benjamin Dodwell (1851–1925), Derby born merchant, who founded the British-Asian trading company Dodwell & Co.
- Ralph Downes (1904–1993), organist, designer of the organ in the Royal Festival Hall, London
- John Flamsteed (1646–1719), first Astronomer Royal
- James Fox (1780–1830), engineer
- Georgia Groome (1992), actor
- Peter Hammill (born 1948), singer-songwriter and founding member of progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator
- Bobby Hassell (born 1980), footballer
- Andrew Handyside (1806–1887), iron founder
- Geoff Hoon MP (born 1953), politician
- William Hutton (1723–1815) historian, poet and bookseller
- Michael Knowles, actor
- Stephen Layton (born 1966), choral conductor
- Duncan Lloyd, musician
- Kevin Lloyd (1949–1998) actor, (Tosh Lines in The Bill TV series).
- Terry Lloyd (1952–2003), television journalist
- John Lombe (1693–1722), industrial pioneer
- Stephen Marley (born 1946), novelist
- Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), pioneer of modern nursing
- Jack O'Connell (actor) (born 1990), actor
- Colin Osborne (born 1975), PDC darts player
- Chris Palmer (born 1983), footballer
- George Edward Perry ('Ted') (1931–2003), founder of Hyperion Records
- Samuel Plimsoll (1825–98), politician, Liberal Member of Parliament for Derby, inventor of the Plimsoll line, 'The Sailors Friend'
- Melissa Reid (born 1987), golfer
- Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), novelist
- Chris Riggott (born 1980), footballer
- Sir Henry Royce (1863–1933), co-founder of Rolls-Royce
- Sir Nigel Rudd (born 1946), industrialist
- Max Sciandri (born 1967), Professional cyclist and Olympic medallist.
- Lauren Socha (born 1990), star of E4's television series Misfits
- Michael Socha (born 1987), actor
- George Sorocold (c. 1668 – c. 1738), first non-military person to be described as an engineer
- Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), philosopher
- Jedediah Strutt (1726–1797), industrial pioneer
- Gwen Taylor (born 1939), actress
- Richard Turner (born 1940), artist and poet
- Stuart Varney (born 1949) Economic Journalist for Fox News Channel
- Damien Walters (born 1982), stuntman, gymnast and free runner
- Lucy Ward (musician) (born 1990), Musician
- John Whitehurst (1713–1788), clockmaker and scientist
- John Smith (1813–1866), clockmaker
- Dafydd Wigley (born 1943), Plaid Cymru (Welsh Nationalist) politician
- Sir Henry Wilmot (1831–1901), Victoria Cross recipient
- Joseph Wright (1734–1797), artist
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