#1Politics & Law
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
1758–1824Second wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
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Famous people · Horringer, Suffolk
Horringer counts 2 famous people, first among them Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
With articles in 19 languages, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire is the most widely known. The list has one more: the cricketer Melmoth Hall. Bury St Edmunds, 2 mi off, can claim 84 famous people, the best known Bob Hoskins. Births span 1758 to 1811, from Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire to Melmoth Hall.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1758
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Youngest
1811
Melmoth Hall
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Horringer
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Known for
What Horringer is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 1 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 nearby, Bury St Edmunds lists the most people: 84.
Questions about famous people from Horringer
Who is the most famous person from Horringer?
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (second wife of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 19 languages. Next come Melmoth Hall.
How many famous people were born in Horringer?
2 people born in Horringer have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Horringer known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Horringer?
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, born in 1758. The youngest on the list was born in 1811.
Who counts as from Horringer?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Horringer’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)
- Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Hoskins: Bob hoskins filming ruby blue.jpg: James Laurence Stewart derivative work: KoS, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wickham Steed: Charles Haslewood Shannon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Taylor: Chalk drawing by Josiah Gilbert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Simonds: Canadian government employee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Parry: Stephen D. Strowes from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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