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Famous people · Redgrave, Suffolk
Redgrave’s famous people span 116 years: 3 births from 1845 to 1961
Articles in 5 languages make the British activist Herbert Burrows the best known. Sarah Green is second and Peter Wilson third. Just 5 mi away, Diss’ list holds 8 names, Declan Rudd the best known. The list’s best known name, Herbert Burrows, dates from 1845.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Herbert Burrows
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
Herbert Burrows
Youngest
1961
Sarah Green
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Redgrave
First, Herbert Burrows (5 languages), then Sarah Green (5) and Peter Wilson (1).
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Known for
What Redgrave is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.
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, Diss lists the most people: 8.
Questions about famous people from Redgrave
Who is the most famous person from Redgrave?
Herbert Burrows (British activist (1845-1922)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Sarah Green and Peter Wilson.
How many famous people were born in Redgrave?
3 people born in Redgrave have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Redgrave known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Redgrave?
Herbert Burrows, born in 1845. The youngest on the list was born in 1961.
Who counts as from Redgrave?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Redgrave’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 (7)
- Sarah Green: Franverdi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Declan Rudd: Preston_North_End_v_Liverpool_FC_-_July_2013.jpg: Ross Bradley derivative work: Dudek1337, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Upson: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrix Havergal: Cecil Beaton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Simonds: Canadian government employee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Gooderham, Sr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Walton: Henry Walton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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