#1Politics & Law
Edward Coke
1549–1634English lawyer and judge; (c.1552-1634)
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Famous people · Mileham, Norfolk
Mileham counts 2 famous people, first among them Edward Coke
Edward Coke leads the list, covered in 31 languages. The list has one more: the English author and journalist Richard Patrick Boyle Davey. Born in 1549, Edward Coke is the first name on record, and Richard Patrick Boyle Davey, born in 1848, the most recent. Of its neighbours, Dereham, 6 mi away, lists the most: 17, William Hyde Wollaston first.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Edward Coke
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1549
Edward Coke
Youngest
1848
Richard Patrick Boyle Davey
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Mileham
#1RD#2
Writing & Arts
Richard Patrick Boyle Davey
1848–1911English author and journalist
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Known for
What Mileham is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Dereham has the most people on record, 17 of them.
Questions about famous people from Mileham
Who is the most famous person from Mileham?
Edward Coke (English lawyer and judge; (c.1552-1634)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 31 languages. Next come Richard Patrick Boyle Davey.
How many famous people were born in Mileham?
2 people born in Mileham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Mileham known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mileham?
Edward Coke, born in 1549. The youngest on the list was born in 1848.
Who counts as from Mileham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Mileham’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 (3)
- Edward Coke: attributed to Thomas Athow, after Unknown artist, after Cornelius Johnson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hyde Wollaston: John Jackson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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