Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0No famous person from Melton Constable yet, but Holt next door has 8
The longest list in Norfolk is Norwich’s, with 425 names. Great Yarmouth has the second-longest list in Norfolk, after Norwich, with 95. Across Norfolk, 85 towns list someone born there. The best known born in Holt is Matthew Pinsent.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Melton Constable’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Melton Constable yet.
Famous people born near Melton Constable
Of the towns nearby, Holt lists the most people: 8.
Holt · 4 miMatthew Pinsent & 7 moreKBFakenham · 8 miKurt Burnette & 7 more
Aylsham · 10 miJoseph Thomas Clover & 7 moreGDNorth Elmham · 9 miGeorge Dickins & 1 moreAHSwanton Morley · 10 miArthur Hawes & 1 moreTTReepham · 7 miTony Tuddenham
Cawston · 8 miPeter Russell
West Runton and Beeston Regis · 10 miCraig MurrayQuestions about famous people from Melton Constable
Who counts as from Melton Constable?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Melton Constable’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)
- Matthew Pinsent: Keith Page, 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
- Peter Russell: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Murray: FreeCraigMurray, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.