Photo: Bernd Jatzwauk Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 3.0Gresham has no famous person on record yet
Just 4 mi away, Cromer’s list holds 12 names, James Dyson the best known. The Norfolk lists hold names for 85 towns. 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 Gresham’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Gresham yet.
Famous people born near Gresham
The longest list nearby is Cromer’s, with 12.
Cromer · 4 miJames Dyson & 11 more
North Walsham · 9 miLauren Hemp & 11 more
Holt · 5 miMatthew Pinsent & 7 more
Aylsham · 8 miJoseph Thomas Clover & 7 more
Hevingham · 11 miVictoria Williamson & 1 more
West Runton and Beeston Regis · 3 miCraig Murray
Cawston · 9 miPeter RussellTTReepham · 10 miTony TuddenhamQuestions about famous people from Gresham
Who counts as from Gresham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Gresham’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 (7)
- James Dyson: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Hemp: Katie Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Craig Murray: FreeCraigMurray, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Russell: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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