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Charles Cooke
1836–1892English first-class cricketer and clergyman
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The Grange · Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Chelsworth, Suffolk
One famous person was born in Chelsworth
Charles Cooke, the English first-class cricketer and clergyman, was born in 1836. Their birth falls in the Georgian era. One language has an article about them so far. The nearest list is in Sudbury, 7 mi away: 21 names, starting with Thomas Gainsborough.
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1836
Charles Cooke
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Sudbury · 7 miThomas Gainsborough & 20 moreAPStowmarket · 8 miAmy Pemberton & 9 more
Long Melford · 7 miWickham Steed & 8 more
Hadleigh · 5 miThomas Woolner & 6 more
Lavenham · 4 miIsaac Taylor & 2 moreRBActon · 6 miRonald Blythe & 2 more
Needham Market · 8 miJune Brown & 2 moreFGBildeston · 1 miFrederic Salmon GrowseQuestions about famous people from Chelsworth
Who is the most famous person from Chelsworth?
Charles Cooke (English first-class cricketer and clergyman) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Chelsworth?
1 people born in Chelsworth have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Chelsworth known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Chelsworth?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chelsworth’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 (5)
- Thomas Gainsborough: Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wickham Steed: Charles Haslewood Shannon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Woolner: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Taylor: Chalk drawing by Josiah Gilbert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- June Brown: Joe Freeman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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