#1Writing & Arts
Roger L'Estrange
1616–1704English pamphleteer and author, and staunch defender of royalist claims (1616-1704)
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Famous people · Hunstanton, Norfolk
8 famous people from Hunstanton, many of them writers and artists
Roger L'Estrange is the best known, with articles in 13 languages. Behind the leader come Anthony West and Bill Alexander. The first birth on record is Roger L'Estrange’s, in 1616, and the last Bill Alexander’s, in 1948. 4 of them were born in the Victorian era, more than in any other period.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Roger L'Estrange
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1616
Roger L'Estrange
Youngest
1948
Bill Alexander
Most common field
Writing & Arts
4 people
What stands out about Hunstanton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Hunstanton is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 4.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Hunstanton
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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Writing & Arts
Anthony West
1914–1987British biographer and novelist (1914–1987)
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Through the years
When Hunstanton’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1910s than in any other decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Hunstanton
Another 5, 2 of them writers and artists.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Hunstanton
Who is the most famous person from Hunstanton?
Roger L'Estrange (English pamphleteer and author, and staunch defender of royalist claims (1616-1704)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages. Next come Anthony West and Bill Alexander.
How many famous people were born in Hunstanton?
8 people born in Hunstanton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Hunstanton known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Hunstanton?
Roger L'Estrange, born in 1616. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Hunstanton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Hunstanton’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 (2)
- Roger L'Estrange: John Michael Wright, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Rolfe: J. W. Glass, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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