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The Thatched Cottage · Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Belton, Norfolk
Belton has just one famous person to its name: Adrian Coote
Adrian Coote, the footballer, was born in 1978. Their story is told in 5 languages. A short trip away, Great Yarmouth (4 mi) counts 95 famous people, Anna Sewell among them. Famous people are on record for 85 of the towns in Norfolk.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Adrian Coote
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1978
Adrian Coote
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Belton
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Great Yarmouth has the most people on record, 95 of them.
Questions about famous people from Belton
Who is the most famous person from Belton?
Adrian Coote (footballer (born 1978)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Belton?
1 people born in Belton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Belton known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Belton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Belton’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)
- Anna Sewell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Britten: Szalay Zoltán, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zonia Bowen: Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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