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Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Barford, Norfolk
Billy Bennington is the only name on the Barford list
In 1900, the British musician Billy Bennington was born. That places their birth in the Victorian era. An article about them exists in one language. Go 7 mi to Norwich and the list grows to 425, with Philip Pullman at the top.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Billy Bennington
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Billy Bennington
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Barford
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Norwich’s, with 425.
Questions about famous people from Barford
Who is the most famous person from Barford?
Billy Bennington (British musician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Barford?
1 people born in Barford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Barford 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 Barford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Barford’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 (2)
- Philip Pullman: Photographed by Adrian Hon, http://mssv.net/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley: E. Passingham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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