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Writing & Arts
Russell Sidney Reeve
1895–1970British painter (1895-1970)
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Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Hethersett, Norfolk
Hethersett has just one famous person to its name: Russell Sidney Reeve
In 1895, the British painter Russell Sidney Reeve was born. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in one language. For more famous names, Norwich is 5 mi away: its list has 425, led by Philip Pullman.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Russell Sidney Reeve
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Russell Sidney Reeve
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Hethersett
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Norwich counts 425 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Hethersett
Who is the most famous person from Hethersett?
Russell Sidney Reeve (British painter (1895-1970)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Hethersett?
1 people born in Hethersett have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hethersett known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Hethersett?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hethersett’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 (3)
- Philip Pullman: Photographed by Adrian Hon, http://mssv.net/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley: E. Passingham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronan Parke: Lee Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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