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Science & Medicine
Roland Robertson
1938–2022British sociologist (1938–2022)
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Famous people · Blofield, Norfolk
Blofield’s famous people span 124 years: 4 births from 1814 to 1938
Articles in 10 languages make the British sociologist Roland Robertson the best known. The next two names are John Edrich and Arthur Borton. Athletes make up the largest group, 2 of them. Per head, the list is long: 15 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Norfolk has 1.1.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Roland Robertson
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1814
Arthur Borton
Youngest
1938
Roland Robertson
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Blofield
The three are covered in 10, 9 and 4 languages: Roland Robertson, John Edrich and Arthur Borton.
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#3Military
Arthur Borton
1814–1893British Army officer and Governor of Malta
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Through the years
When Blofield’s famous people were born
3 were born in the 20th century, and the 1930s alone saw 2.
SportsScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Blofield is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Blofield
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Brundall, with 3.
Questions about famous people from Blofield
Who is the most famous person from Blofield?
Roland Robertson (British sociologist (1938–2022)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come John Edrich and Arthur Borton.
How many famous people were born in Blofield?
4 people born in Blofield have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Blofield known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Blofield?
Arthur Borton, born in 1814. The youngest on the list was born in 1938.
Who counts as from Blofield?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Blofield’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 (6)
- John Edrich: Eagleash, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Borton: Herman Gustave Herkomer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Clemmett: Shondaland, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Edrich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Blofeld: SovalValtos, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronan Parke: Lee Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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