#1Famous people · Long Sutton, Lincolnshire
2 famous people call Long Sutton their birthplace
The best known is the British opera singer Alfred Piccaver, with articles in 8 languages. The other is Henry Harold Welch Pearson, the South African botanist. From Henry Harold Welch Pearson to Alfred Piccaver, the births on the list run from 1870 to 1884. Within 8 mi, Wisbech lists the most: 38, with William Godwin first.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Alfred Piccaver
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
Henry Harold Welch Pearson
Youngest
1884
Alfred Piccaver
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Long Sutton
#1#2Science & Medicine
Henry Harold Welch Pearson
1870–1916South African botanist (1870-1916)
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Known for
What Long Sutton is known for
Musicians are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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 most names next door are in Wisbech: 38.
Questions about famous people from Long Sutton
Who is the most famous person from Long Sutton?
Alfred Piccaver (British opera singer (1884–1958)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Henry Harold Welch Pearson.
How many famous people were born in Long Sutton?
2 people born in Long Sutton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Long Sutton known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Long Sutton?
Henry Harold Welch Pearson, born in 1870. The youngest on the list was born in 1884.
Who counts as from Long Sutton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Long Sutton’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)
- Alfred Piccaver: Unknown (Bain News Service, publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Harold Welch Pearson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Godwin: Henry William Pickersgill, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Angell: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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