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Politics & Law
Bartholomew Gosnold
1572–1607English barrister, explorer, and privateer (1571–1607)
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Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Grundisburgh, Suffolk
One famous person was born in Grundisburgh
Bartholomew Gosnold was born in 1572. That places their birth before the Georgians. Their name appears in articles in 17 languages. Within 5 mi, Ipswich lists the most: 250, with Ralph Fiennes first.
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notable people
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Bartholomew Gosnold
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1572
Bartholomew Gosnold
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Politics & Law
1 people
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Grundisburgh, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Grundisburgh
Who is the most famous person from Grundisburgh?
Bartholomew Gosnold (English barrister, explorer, and privateer (1571–1607)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 17 languages.
How many famous people were born in Grundisburgh?
1 people born in Grundisburgh have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Grundisburgh known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Grundisburgh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Grundisburgh’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)
- Ralph Fiennes: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Morley: Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867-1945), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Eno: How We Get To Next, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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