Parish Church of St Mary · Photo: Steven Duhig · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people near High Easter: 193 in Chelmsford
So far, no famous person on record was born in High Easter. 86 towns in Essex have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in Essex is Colchester’s, with 236 names. The best known born in Chelmsford is James A. Robinson.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in High Easter’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in High Easter yet.
Famous people born near High Easter
The longest list nearby is Chelmsford’s, with 193.
Chelmsford · 7 miJames A. Robinson & 192 more
Great Dunmow · 4 miDaisy Dares You & 8 moreRAWrittle · 6 miRobert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale & 5 more
Broomfield · 6 miRichard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt & 2 moreGRFelsted · 5 miGerald RidleyJSStebbing · 7 miJohn StephensonDKGreat Leighs · 7 miDaniel KelloggQuestions about famous people from High Easter
Who counts as from High Easter?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside High Easter’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 (3)
- James A. Robinson: John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daisy Dares You: aliceeedude from England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt: Richard Harvey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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