#1Politics & Law
John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
1427–1470Lord High Treasurer (1427-1470)
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Famous people · Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire
One famous person was born in Great Eversden
The lord High treasurer John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester was born in 1427. That places their birth before the Georgians. Their name appears in articles in 12 languages. A short trip away, Harston (4 mi) counts 2 famous people, John Wallace Fuller among them.
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John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
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1427
John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
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Politics & Law
1 people
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Born in Great Eversden
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Great Eversden, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Great Eversden
Who is the most famous person from Great Eversden?
John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (lord High Treasurer (1427-1470)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages.
How many famous people were born in Great Eversden?
1 people born in Great Eversden have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Great Eversden known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Great Eversden?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Great Eversden’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester: Arthur Irwin Dasent (1859-1939), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wallace Fuller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Hoy: Tony Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Newman: Georgio8, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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