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Photo: Wickhambishops · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Wickham Bishops, Essex
One famous person was born in Wickham Bishops
Nicola LeFanu, the British composer, was born in 1947. That places their birth in the 20th century. 8 languages have an article about them. Nearby, Maldon, 3 mi away, lists 25, led by Sam Ryder.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Nicola LeFanu
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1947
Nicola LeFanu
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Wickham Bishops
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Maldon leads the towns around it, with 25 names.
Maldon · 3 miSam Ryder & 24 more
Witham · 2 miOlly Murs & 14 more
Kelvedon and Feering · 4 miCharles Spurgeon & 4 more
Danbury · 6 miNeil Innes & 3 moreKETiptree · 4 miKevin Ellis & 1 moreRHBoreham · 6 miRod Harrington & 1 more
Coggeshall · 7 miWilliam Unwin & 1 moreETHatfield Peverel · 3 miEvelyn ToulminQuestions about famous people from Wickham Bishops
Who is the most famous person from Wickham Bishops?
Nicola LeFanu (British composer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages.
How many famous people were born in Wickham Bishops?
1 people born in Wickham Bishops have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Wickham Bishops known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Wickham Bishops?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Wickham Bishops’ 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 (5)
- Sam Ryder: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olly Murs: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Spurgeon: Alexander Melville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neil Innes: Neil_Innes_by_Luke_Ford.jpg: Luke Ford derivative work: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- William Unwin: Unknown photographer of the time, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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