#1Famous people · Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
Brancaster Staithe has one famous person on record
Rupert Everett, the British actor, was born in 1959. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 58 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Hunstanton, 8 mi away: 8, led by Roger L'Estrange.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Rupert Everett
in 58 Wikipedia languages
First
1959
Rupert Everett
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
What stands out about Brancaster Staithe’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Brancaster Staithe
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Hunstanton has the most on record: 8.
Questions about famous people from Brancaster Staithe
Who is the most famous person from Brancaster Staithe?
Rupert Everett (British actor) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 58 languages.
How many famous people were born in Brancaster Staithe?
1 people born in Brancaster Staithe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brancaster Staithe known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Brancaster Staithe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brancaster Staithe’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)
- Rupert Everett: Vicki Neave from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger L'Estrange: John Michael Wright, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Rolfe: J. W. Glass, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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