page_title: Nottingham
section_title: Famous people from Nottingham
hierarchical_section_title: Nottingham / Settlements within and around Nottingham / Famous people from Nottingham
context_page_description: Nottingham is a city in the East Midlands of England. The centre of Nottingham lies on the River Leen and its southern boundary follows the course of the River Trent, which flows from Stoke to the River Humber estuary. According to the 2011 census, Nottingham has a city population of 305,700. Nottingham is a member of the English Core Cities Group. It has been nicknamed "Shottingham" due to the high rate of gun crime.
context_section_description: Famous people born in or near Nottingham include (sorted by DOB):
  (1763) George Africanus, noted Nottingham entrepreneur of African origin
  (1793) George Green (of Green's Mill), mathematician and physicist, famed for Green's theorem
  (1829) William Booth, founder of The Salvation Army
  (1850) Jesse Boot, chairman and managing director of Boots the Chemists who transformed it into a national concern. Company was founded in Nottingham in 1849 by his father, (1815) John Boot
  (1935) Stella Rimington, first female head of MI5, educated at Nottingham High School for Girls
  Novelists and poets
  (1785) Henry Kirke White poet
  (1788) The poet Lord Byron resided at Newstead Abbey and is buried at nearby Hucknall along with his mathematical daughter (1815) Ada Lovelace
  (1885) D. H. Lawrence, internationally famous author, born in Eastwood and educated at Nottingham High School
caption: D. H. Lawrence, world famed author (1906)
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