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William Henry Hewitt
1884–1966Recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Copdock, Suffolk
William Henry Hewitt, born in 1884, is Copdock’s famous person on record
William Henry Hewitt, the recipient of the Victoria cross, was born in 1884. That places their birth in the Victorian era. An article about them exists in one language. Go 4 mi to Ipswich and the list grows to 250, with Ralph Fiennes at the top.
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William Henry Hewitt
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Ipswich: 250.
Questions about famous people from Copdock
Who is the most famous person from Copdock?
William Henry Hewitt (recipient of the Victoria Cross) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 1 languages.
How many famous people were born in Copdock?
1 people born in Copdock have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Copdock known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Copdock?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Copdock’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 (6)
- Ralph Fiennes: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Woolner: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Constable: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Alderson: Bain News Service (publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Watson: The Dunlap Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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