Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person yet from Foulsham
Dereham, 8 mi away, has 17 on its list, the best known William Hyde Wollaston. 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. Across Norfolk, the lists cover 85 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Foulsham’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Foulsham yet.
Famous people born near Foulsham
Of the towns around it, Dereham has the most on record: 17.
Dereham · 8 miWilliam Hyde Wollaston & 16 moreKBFakenham · 7 miKurt Burnette & 7 more
Holt · 9 miMatthew Pinsent & 7 more
Aylsham · 10 miJoseph Thomas Clover & 7 moreGDNorth Elmham · 4 miGeorge Dickins & 1 moreAHSwanton Morley · 5 miArthur Hawes & 1 more
Hevingham · 11 miVictoria Williamson & 1 moreTTReepham · 4 miTony TuddenhamQuestions about famous people from Foulsham
Who counts as from Foulsham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Foulsham’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)
- William Hyde Wollaston: John Jackson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Pinsent: Keith Page, 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
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