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Writing & Arts
Ann Charlotte Bartholomew
1800–1862English flower and miniature painter, and author (1800-1862)
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Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Loddon, Norfolk
From 1731 to 1913, Loddon was the birthplace of 4 famous people
Ann Charlotte Bartholomew leads the list, covered in 7 languages. Close behind are David Walker and James Wallace. Only 18 of the 85 towns in Norfolk with anyone on record list more. The biggest group are writers and artists: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Ann Charlotte Bartholomew
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1731
James Wallace
Youngest
1913
David Walker
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Loddon
By how many languages cover them, Ann Charlotte Bartholomew comes first (7), then David Walker (4) and James Wallace (2).
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Through the years
When Loddon’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1910s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Writing & ArtsSportsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Loddon is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Loddon
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Beccles has the most on record, with 14.
Beccles · 7 miChris Martin & 13 moreDDDitchingham · 5 miDave Deacon & 5 more
Bungay · 6 miSusanna Moodie & 4 moreRRBlofield · 7 miRoland Robertson & 3 more
Brundall · 7 miSam Clemmett & 2 more
Lingwood · 6 miBill Edrich & 1 moreSBChedgrave · 1 miSir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Baronet
Poringland · 6 miRonan ParkeQuestions about famous people from Loddon
Who is the most famous person from Loddon?
Ann Charlotte Bartholomew (English flower and miniature painter, and author (1800-1862)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 7 languages. Next come David Walker and James Wallace.
How many famous people were born in Loddon?
4 people born in Loddon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Loddon known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Loddon?
James Wallace, born in 1731. The youngest on the list was born in 1913.
Who counts as from Loddon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Loddon’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)
- 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
- Ronan Parke: Lee Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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