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Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Swanton Morley, Norfolk
Swanton Morley is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Arthur Hawes, the English footballer, with articles in 4 languages. The only other name is the English cricketer Nigel Cook. For more famous names, Dereham is 3 mi away: its list has 17, led by William Hyde Wollaston. Arthur Hawes (1895) and Nigel Cook (1954) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Arthur Hawes
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Arthur Hawes
Youngest
1954
Nigel Cook
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Swanton Morley
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Dereham’s, with 17.
Questions about famous people from Swanton Morley
Who is the most famous person from Swanton Morley?
Arthur Hawes (English footballer (1895-1963)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Nigel Cook.
How many famous people were born in Swanton Morley?
2 people born in Swanton Morley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Swanton Morley known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Swanton Morley?
Arthur Hawes, born in 1895. The youngest on the list was born in 1954.
Who counts as from Swanton Morley?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Swanton Morley’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
- Peter Russell: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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