Editing Repton (section)

==Notable people==
{{for|a list of notable staff and pupils of Repton School|Repton School}}
*[[Æthelbald of Mercia|King Æthelbald of Mercia]] was buried here in 757<ref name=Kirby_134_2>{{cite book |last=Kirby |first=D.P. |title=The Earliest English Kings |page=134 |year=1992 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=0-415-09086-5}}</ref>
*[[Beornred of Mercia]] (died 757) was buried here<ref>Swanton, 1996, pages 755, 757</ref>
* [[Wiglaf of Mercia|King Wiglaf of Mercia]] ((died 839), was buried here
*[[Russell Osman]], Ipswich Town & international footballer, was born here in 1959.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=718 |title=Russell Osman |access-date=8 October 2016 |work=EnglandStats.com }}</ref>
* [[Basil Rathbone]] lived in his childhood here
* [[Wigstan|Saint Wigstan of Mercia]] was buried here, although his remains were later removed to [[Evesham Abbey]].<ref name=Swanton_48>Swanton, 1996, pages 48–49</ref>
* [[Walter Somers]]  (1839–1917), engineer and industrialist, was born in Repton in 1839
* [[Elsie Steele]] (1899–2010), the oldest documented person in Britain at the time of her death, lived at the Dales Residential Home during the final few years of her life<ref>{{cite news |title=Girl who delivered Mail is now UK's oldest person |last=Smyth |first=Rob |url=http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Girl-who-delivered-Mail-is-now-UKs-oldest-person.htm |newspaper=[[Burton Mail]] |date=10 September 2010 }}</ref>