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Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Reedham, Norfolk
A single famous person was born in Reedham: Margaret Paston
In 1422, the English heiress Margaret Paston was born. Their birth falls before the Georgians. 5 languages have an article about them. A short trip away, Gorleston-on-Sea (6 mi) counts 12 famous people, Peter Simpson among them.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Margaret Paston
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1422
Margaret Paston
The best known
Born in Reedham
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Gorleston-on-Sea lists the most people: 12.
Questions about famous people from Reedham
Who is the most famous person from Reedham?
Margaret Paston (English heiress (1421/2–1484)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages.
How many famous people were born in Reedham?
1 people born in Reedham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
Who counts as from Reedham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Reedham’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).
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- Sam Clemmett: Shondaland, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Edrich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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