Photo: Evelyn Simak · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person born in Felthorpe is listed yet
Go 6 mi to Norwich and the list grows to 425, with Philip Pullman at the top. 85 of the towns in Norfolk list at least one person. Norwich’s 425 names make the longest list in Norfolk. 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 Felthorpe’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Felthorpe yet.
Famous people born near Felthorpe
Nearby, Norwich has the most on record, with 425.
Questions about famous people from Felthorpe
Who counts as from Felthorpe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Felthorpe’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 (5)
- Philip Pullman: Photographed by Adrian Hon, http://mssv.net/, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Peter Russell: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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