#1Famous people · Swardeston, Norfolk
Swardeston counts 3 famous people, first among them Edith Cavell
Articles in 57 languages make the British nurse Edith Cavell the best known. Behind the leader come David Thomas and Peter Thomas. Norwich, 5 mi off, can claim 425 famous people, the best known Philip Pullman. The oldest name on the list belongs to Edith Cavell, born in 1865, the newest to David Thomas, born in 1963.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Edith Cavell
in 57 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
Edith Cavell
Youngest
1963
David Thomas
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Swardeston’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Swardeston
First, Edith Cavell (57 languages), then David Thomas (2) and Peter Thomas (2).
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Known for
What Swardeston is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 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
Of the towns around it, Norwich has the most on record: 425.
Questions about famous people from Swardeston
Who is the most famous person from Swardeston?
Edith Cavell (British nurse (1865-1915)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 57 languages. Next come David Thomas and Peter Thomas.
How many famous people were born in Swardeston?
3 people born in Swardeston have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Swardeston known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Swardeston?
Edith Cavell, born in 1865. The youngest on the list was born in 1963.
Who counts as from Swardeston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Swardeston’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 (4)
- Edith Cavell: The original uploader was Vivedatica at Dutch Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philip Pullman: Photographed by Adrian Hon, http://mssv.net/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley: E. Passingham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronan Parke: Lee Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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