Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people born near Burgh St Peter
No famous person’s birth in Burgh St Peter is on record yet. Lowestoft, 4 mi off, can claim 48 famous people, the best known Benjamin Britten. The longest list of any town in Norfolk belongs to Norwich, with 425. After Norwich, the next longest list in Norfolk is Great Yarmouth’s, with 95.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Burgh St Peter’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Burgh St Peter yet.
Famous people born near Burgh St Peter
Nearby, Lowestoft has the most on record, with 48.
Lowestoft · 4 miBenjamin Britten & 47 more
Beccles · 4 miChris Martin & 13 morePSGorleston-on-Sea · 7 miPeter Simpson & 11 moreABLoddon · 7 miAnn Charlotte Bartholomew & 3 moreEGWorlingham · 3 miEdward Frank GilletTPKessingland · 6 miTed PoleACBelton · 6 miAdrian CooteSBChedgrave · 8 miSir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd BaronetQuestions about famous people from Burgh St Peter
Who counts as from Burgh St Peter?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Burgh St Peter’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)
- Benjamin Britten: Szalay Zoltán, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Martin: Charltonkyle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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