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Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Ditchingham, Norfolk
Athletes stand out among the 6 famous people born in Ditchingham
Most widely known is Dave Deacon, the English footballer, with articles in 6 languages. More than half were born in the 20th century, 4 in all. Only 16 of the 85 towns in Norfolk with anyone on record list more. Births span 1628 to 1967, from Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet to Jimmy Lewis.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Dave Deacon
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1628
Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet
Youngest
1967
Jimmy Lewis
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Ditchingham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ditchingham’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ditchingham is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Ditchingham
Dave Deacon, Jimmy Lewis and Deb Murrell are written about in 6, 3 and 2 languages.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Ditchingham
Still to come: 3 more, from 1628 to 1961.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Beccles lists the most people: 14.
Beccles · 5 miChris Martin & 13 more
Bungay · 1 miSusanna Moodie & 4 moreABLoddon · 5 miAnn Charlotte Bartholomew & 3 moreSBChedgrave · 5 miSir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd BaronetEGWorlingham · 6 miEdward Frank Gillet
Harleston · 8 miHenry Ward
Poringland · 8 miRonan ParkeMBLong Stratton · 9 miMargaret Lumley BrownQuestions about famous people from Ditchingham
Who is the most famous person from Ditchingham?
Dave Deacon (English footballer (1929-1990)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 6 languages. Next come Jimmy Lewis and Deb Murrell.
How many famous people were born in Ditchingham?
6 people born in Ditchingham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Ditchingham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 5 of the 6. That is 83% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ditchingham?
Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet, born in 1628. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
Who counts as from Ditchingham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Ditchingham’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)
- Chris Martin: Charltonkyle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susanna Moodie: Hephaestos at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ward: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronan Parke: Lee Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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