#1Science & Medicine
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
1825–1914English botanist and mycologist (1825–1914)
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Famous people · Horning, Norfolk
4 famous people come from Horning, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke the best known
Most widely known is Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, the English botanist and mycologist, with articles in 18 languages. Stefen Tchamche, the Danish football player, comes second, with Thomas Stuttaford third. The biggest group are scientists and doctors: 2. Only 18 of the 85 towns in Norfolk with anyone on record list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
Joseph Cubitt
Youngest
2006
Stefen Tchamche
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Horning
Languages with an article: 18 for Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, 4 for Stefen Tchamche, 4 for Thomas Stuttaford.
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#3Politics & Law
Thomas Stuttaford
1931–2018British politician (1931-2018)
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Through the years
When Horning’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1820s, at 1.
Science & MedicineSportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Horning is known for
The field with the most names is Science & Medicine: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Horning
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Coltishall and Horstead: 4.
Questions about famous people from Horning
Who is the most famous person from Horning?
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (English botanist and mycologist (1825–1914)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 18 languages. Next come Stefen Tchamche and Thomas Stuttaford.
How many famous people were born in Horning?
4 people born in Horning have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Horning known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Horning?
Joseph Cubitt, born in 1811. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.
Who counts as from Horning?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Horning’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)
- Mordecai Cubitt Cooke: William Ashbrook Kellerman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Stuttaford: Credit: http://www.acumenimages.com. Uploaded to Flickr by The Health Hotel., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Edrich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Blofeld: SovalValtos, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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