Photo: Adrian S Pye · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people near Hales: 14 in Beccles
No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Hales. Across Norfolk, 85 towns list someone born there. Norwich has the most of any town in Norfolk: 425. 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 Hales’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Hales yet.
Famous people born near Hales
Of the towns nearby, Beccles lists the most people: 14.
Beccles · 6 miChris Martin & 13 moreDDDitchingham · 4 miDave Deacon & 5 more
Bungay · 6 miSusanna Moodie & 4 moreABLoddon · 2 miAnn Charlotte Bartholomew & 3 more
Brundall · 8 miSam Clemmett & 2 more
Lingwood · 7 miBill Edrich & 1 moreSBChedgrave · 2 miSir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd BaronetEGWorlingham · 6 miEdward Frank GilletQuestions about famous people from Hales
Who counts as from Hales?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hales’ 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
- Sam Clemmett: Shondaland, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Edrich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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