#1Famous people · Horsford, Norfolk
Barry Bridges is the only name on the Horsford list
In 1941, the English footballer Barry Bridges was born. Their birth falls in the 20th century. Readers can find them written up in 12 languages. Within 5 mi, Norwich lists the most: 425, with Philip Pullman first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Barry Bridges
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1941
Barry Bridges
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Horsford
#1Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Norwich, at 425.
Questions about famous people from Horsford
Who is the most famous person from Horsford?
Barry Bridges (English footballer (born 1941)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 12 languages.
How many famous people were born in Horsford?
1 people born in Horsford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Horsford known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Horsford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Horsford’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 (5)
- Barry Bridges: John Dobson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Pullman: Photographed by Adrian Hon, http://mssv.net/, 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
- Peter Russell: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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