#1Writing & Arts
Peter Russell
1886–1966London fashion designer (1886-1966)
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Famous people · Cawston, Norfolk
Cawston has just one famous person to its name: Peter Russell
The london fashion designer Peter Russell was born in 1886. That places their birth in the Victorian era. One language has an article about them so far. The nearest list is in Aylsham, 4 mi away: 8 names, starting with Joseph Thomas Clover.
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Peter Russell
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1886
Peter Russell
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Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Cawston
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Aylsham has the most on record, with 8.
Questions about famous people from Cawston
Who is the most famous person from Cawston?
Peter Russell (london fashion designer (1886-1966)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Cawston?
1 people born in Cawston have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Cawston known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Cawston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Cawston’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 (4)
- Peter Russell: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Thomas Clover: Photographer unknown, but apparently set up by and on behalf of Clover himself for publicity purposes. Uploaded by Chiswick Chap at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria Williamson: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Bridges: John Dobson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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