Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0No one from Necton is on the famous people list yet
Just 7 mi away, Dereham’s list holds 17 names, William Hyde Wollaston the best known. Across Norfolk, the lists cover 85 towns. Norwich’s 425 names make the longest list in Norfolk. After Norwich, the next longest list in Norfolk is Great Yarmouth’s, with 95.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Necton’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Necton yet.
Famous people born near Necton
Dereham leads the towns around it, with 17 names.
Dereham · 7 miWilliam Hyde Wollaston & 16 more
Swaffham · 4 miArthur Wilson & 7 moreSSWatton · 6 miSquire Sprigge & 3 moreNLShipdham · 5 miNorah Lofts & 1 moreGDNorth Elmham · 10 miGeorge Dickins & 1 moreAHSwanton Morley · 10 miArthur Hawes & 1 moreSLHingham · 10 miSamuel Lincoln & 1 moreHCNarborough · 8 miHenry ChamberlinQuestions about famous people from Necton
Who counts as from Necton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Necton’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)
- William Hyde Wollaston: John Jackson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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