#1Famous people · Scole, Norfolk
Scole has just one famous person to its name: William Gooderham, Sr.
In 1790, the Canadian businessman William Gooderham, Sr. was born. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. A short trip away, Diss (2 mi) counts 8 famous people, Declan Rudd among them.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
William Gooderham, Sr.
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1790
William Gooderham, Sr.
Most common field
Business
1 people
The best known
Born in Scole
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Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Scole
Who is the most famous person from Scole?
William Gooderham, Sr. (Canadian businessman) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages.
How many famous people were born in Scole?
1 people born in Scole have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Scole known for?
Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Scole?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Scole’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 (8)
- William Gooderham, Sr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Declan Rudd: Preston_North_End_v_Liverpool_FC_-_July_2013.jpg: Ross Bradley derivative work: Dudek1337, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Upson: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Brooke-Popham: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrix Havergal: Cecil Beaton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Walton: Henry Walton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Matilda Betham: Unknown - subject died 1852, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ward: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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