#1Writing & Arts
George William Manby
1765–1854English author and inventor (1765–1854)
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Famous people · Denver, Norfolk
2 famous people were born in Denver from 1765 to 1944
Articles in 9 languages make the English author and inventor George William Manby the best known. The list has one more: the cricketer Peter Sharpe. Ann Mary Burgess tops the 4 names on record in Upwell and Outwell, 7 mi away. Across Norfolk, the lists cover 85 towns.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
George William Manby
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1765
George William Manby
Youngest
1944
Peter Sharpe
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Denver
#1PS#2
Known for
What Denver is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Upwell and Outwell, at 4.
Questions about famous people from Denver
Who is the most famous person from Denver?
George William Manby (English author and inventor (1765–1854)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Peter Sharpe.
How many famous people were born in Denver?
2 people born in Denver have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Denver known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Denver?
George William Manby, born in 1765. The youngest on the list was born in 1944.
Who counts as from Denver?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Denver’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)
- George William Manby: John Philip Davis (1784–1862), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Mary Burgess: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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