RF#1
Politics & Law
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter
1247–1326English peer
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Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Henham, Essex
Henham’s famous people span 706 years: 2 births from 1247 to 1953
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, the English peer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The list has one more: the English cricketer Timothy Smith. The neighbour with the longest list is Bishop's Stortford, 6 mi away: 50, led by Cecil John Rhodes. The longest list in Essex is Colchester’s, with 236 names.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1247
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter
Youngest
1953
Timothy Smith
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Henham
TS#2
Known for
What Henham is known for
Share of Henham’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Bishop's Stortford, with 50.
Questions about famous people from Henham
Who is the most famous person from Henham?
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter (English peer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Timothy Smith.
How many famous people were born in Henham?
2 people born in Henham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Henham known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Henham?
Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, born in 1247. The youngest on the list was born in 1953.
Who counts as from Henham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Henham’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)
- Cecil John Rhodes: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daisy Dares You: aliceeedude from England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Purchas: Unidentified engraver, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Munroe Bergdorf: Hearst, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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