by Joshua Reynolds, 1788 , Mile End Road, London In birth order: •
Robert Hill (died 1623), clergyman and a
conforming Puritan. •
Sir Aston Cockayne (1608–1684), 1st Baronet Cockayne of Ashbourne, a
Cavalier •
Catherine Pegge (born c. 1635) was mistress to
Charles II, mother to
Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and a resident of nearby
Yeldersley. •
John Bartram (c.1650 – 1697), Quaker politician who emigrated to
Pennsylvania •
Timothy Manlove (1663–1699), Presbyterian minister and physician, supported the philosophy of
Richard Bentley. •
William Bartram (1674–1711), grandfather of
the naturalist, Quaker politician, settler in
Pennsylvania. •
George Hayne (died 1723), merchant and entrepreneur, creator of the
Trent Navigation •
Henry Cantrell (1684–1773), clergyman and religious controversialist, was born here. •
Hill Boothby (1708–1756), late love of
Samuel Johnson, was born here. •
Thomas Brown (1708–1780),
Garter Principal King of Arms, was born here. •
John Taylor of Ashbourne (1711–1788), lawyer and cleric; wealthy landowner and stockbreeder. •
Thomas Kirkland (1721–1798), an English physician and medical writer. •
Thomas Healde (1724–1789), an English physician. •
Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet (1744–1824), linguist, translator, poet and landowner. •
Thomas Blore (1754–1818), an English topographer. •
Penelope Boothby (1785–1791), a famous child character in British art. •
William Corden the Elder (ca. 1795–1867), portrait painter and
miniaturist. •
Francis Wright (1806–1873) industrialist and philanthropist, lived at
Osmaston, Derbyshire Dales •
Catherine Booth (1829–1890), known as the "mother" of
The Salvation Army, was born here. •
Adeline Sergeant (1851–1904), a prolific writer, writing over ninety novels, including ''Jacobi's Wife.'' •
F. C. R. Jourdain (1865–1940),
ornithologist and
oologist, also served as Vicar of
Clifton-by-Ashbourne. •
David Redfern (1935–2014), photographer, specialised in music photography. •
Roy Wood (born 1946), musician, co-founded
The Move, lives here. •
Andrew Lewer (born 1971), East Midlands MEP, and MP for
Northampton South, lived locally, and attended
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne. •
James Rutledge (born 1978), musician, record producer and remixer •
Dave Tyack (1978 – c. 2002), guitarist, drummer and singer •
Paris Paloma (born 1999), English singer-songwriter and guitarist ==See also==