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Politics & Law
Gilbert Fitz Richard
1065–1115Anglo-Norman baron in Wales
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Famous people · Clare, Suffolk
Clare’s famous people span 768 years: 3 births from 1065 to 1833
At the top of the list is the Anglo-Norman baron in Wales Gilbert Fitz Richard, covered in 9 languages. The next two names are Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and George Digby Barker. Gilbert Fitz Richard was born in 1065. Within 7 mi, Sudbury lists the most: 21, with Thomas Gainsborough first.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Gilbert Fitz Richard
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1065
Gilbert Fitz Richard
Youngest
1833
George Digby Barker
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Clare
Two of the three are leaders.
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What Clare is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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, Sudbury has the most on record: 21.
Questions about famous people from Clare
Who is the most famous person from Clare?
Gilbert Fitz Richard (Anglo-Norman baron in Wales) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages. Next come Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare and George Digby Barker.
How many famous people were born in Clare?
3 people born in Clare have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Clare known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Clare?
Gilbert Fitz Richard, born in 1065. The youngest on the list was born in 1833.
Who counts as from Clare?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Clare’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 (3)
- George Digby Barker: The photographer is not credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Gainsborough: Thomas Gainsborough, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wickham Steed: Charles Haslewood Shannon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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