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King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, no ...

, or prominent there or nationally.

Armed forces

* Florence Green (1901–2012), last known female veteran of World War I * John Mason (1586–1635), naval captain and coloniser

Entertainment

* Robert Armin (c. 1563–1615), actor *

Mrs. Bernard Beere Fanny Mary Whitehead (5 October 1851 – 25 March 1915) was an English actress in the mid 19th-century. She was also known, after her marriage as Fanny Bernard-Beere, billed as Mrs. Bernard Beere. Early life She was born in 1851 in King's Ly ...

(1851–1915), actress *

Victoria Bush Victoria Bush (born 15 January 1978) is a British actress and comedian. She is best known for portraying the roles of Tina O'Kane in the ITV prison drama series '' Bad Girls'' (2001–2006), and Sonya Donnegan in the BBC One school-based dram ...

(born 1978), actress and comedian * Michael Caine (born 1933), actor, was evacuated to King's Lynn in World War II and attended King Edward VII School. * Zara Dawson (born 1983), actress and television presenter * Richard Meek (born 1982), actor in musical theatre * Miranda Raison (born 1977), actress *

Lucy Verasamy Lucy Verasamy (born 2 August 1980) is a British weather forecaster for ITV Weather, ''ITV Racing'' and ITV's '' Good Morning Britain''.

(born 1980), weather forecaster, currently employed by ITV National Weather *

Mark Wheat Mark Wheat is an English entrepreneur, known primarily for his time working at the Minnesota Public Radio station KCMP (the Current) where he provided one of the outlet's unique voices because of his background. Wheat grew up in the small town o ...

(living), presenter on The Current from Minnesota Public Radio

Exploration

Adam Thoroughgood Adam Thoroughgood horowgood'' (1604–1640) was a colonist and community leader in the Virginia Colony who helped settle the Virginia counties of Elizabeth City, Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne, the latter, known today as the independent city of ...

(1604–1640), colonist and community leader in the Colony of Virginia *

George Vancouver Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what a ...

(1757–1798), naval officer known for exploring North-West Coast of North America * John Smith (explorer) (c. 1580–1631), Admiral of New England and English soldier, explorer and author *

Thomas Baines (John) Thomas Baines (27 November 1820 – 8 May 1875) was an English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia. Life and work Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 27 November 1820, Baines was apprenticed to a coach ...

(1820–1875), artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia *

Samuel Gurney Cresswell Samuel Gurney Cresswell (25 September 1827 – 14 August 1867), was a Royal Navy officer. He was technically the first naval officer to cross the entire Northwest Passage. Robert McClure was in charge of the expedition but Cresswell reached En ...

(1827–1867), first naval officer to cross the entire Northwest Passage

Fine art

Odile Crick Odile Crick (11 August 1920 – 5 July 2007) was a British artist best known for her drawing of the double helix structure of DNA discovered by her husband Francis Crick and his partner James D. Watson in 1953.

(1920–2007), artist and illustrator * Walter Dexter (1876-1958), oil painter and water colourist *

Alison Dunhill Alison Dunhill (born 1950) is an English artist and art historian, and also a published poet. Biography Born in London, Dunhill trained in Fine Art at the University of Reading under Sir Terry Frost and Rita Donagh. In the early 1970s she had a ...

(born 1950), artist, art historian and poet *

Robert Elwes Robert Hamond Elwes (1856 – 28 January 1881) was a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards famous for having died valiantly at the Battle of Laing's Nek, South Africa as immortalized in Elizabeth (Lady Butler) Thompson's painting, "Floreat Etona! ...

(1818-1878), painter and traveller *

Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy Ruth Sylvia Roche, Baroness Fermoy, (''née'' Gill; 2 October 1908 – 6 July 1993) was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales. She was one of the Queen Mother's ladi ...

(1908–1993), founder of King's Lynn Festival of Arts *

Samuel Lane Samuel Lane (1780–1859) was an English portrait-painter. Life The son of Samuel and Elizabeth Lane, he was born at King's Lynn on 26 July 1780. After a childhood accident he became deaf and partially dumb. He studied under Joseph Farington an ...

(1780–1859), portrait painter * Edward Villiers Rippingille (c. 1790–1859), oil painter and water colourist

Literature and journalism

Emily Bell Emily Jane Bell (born 14 September 1965) is a British academic and journalist. She is Professor of Professional Practice at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (Columbia School of Journalism)

(born 1965), journalist and academic *

Frances Burney Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post as "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklen ...

(1752–1840), novelist and diarist * James Burney (1750–1821), naval historian *

Sarah Burney Sarah Harriet Burney (29 August 1772 – 8 February 1844) was an English novelist, the daughter of musicologist and composer Charles Burney, and half-sister of the novelist and diarist Frances Burney (Madame d'Arblay). She had some intermittent ...

(1772–1844), novelist * Suzanne Francis (born 1959), scifi and fantasy author * Ian Hamilton (1938–2001), critic, biographer and poet *

Hardiman Scott Jack "Peter" Hardiman Scott (2 April 1920 – 15 September 1999) was an English journalist, broadcaster and writer. He served as the BBC's first political editor, from 1970 to 1975. During his time at the BBC, he reported on, and grew close to, ...

(1920–1999), crime writer, poet and broadcaster * John Timpson (1928–2005), journalist and broadcaster

Miscellaneous

Michael Carroll (lottery winner) Michael Carroll (born 29 March 1983 in Swaffham, Norfolk) is an English man who won the UK National Lottery in 2002. A former binman, Carroll won £9,736,131 on the National Lottery in November 2002, aged 19. He enjoyed celebrity status for ...

(born 1983), binman who won £9.7 million on the UK National Lottery in 2002

Music

Charles Burney Charles Burney (7 April 1726 – 12 April 1814) was an English music historian, composer and musician. He was the father of the writers Frances Burney and Sarah Burney, of the explorer James Burney, and of Charles Burney, a classicist a ...

(1726–1814), organist in King's Lynn, composer and musicologist * Gerry Conway (musician) (born 1952), folk and rock drummer and percussionist * Clara Dow (1883–1969), operatic soprano *

Pieter Hellendaal Pieter Hellendaal (1 April 1721 – 19 April 1799) was a Dutch composer, organist and violinist. At age 30, he migrated to England where he lived for the last 48 of his 78 years, and where he was known as Peter Hellendaal. He was one of th ...

(1721–1799), organist in King's Lynn, composer and violinist *

George Kiallmark George Kiallmark (1781 – March 1835) was a British violinist and composer. Life Kiallmark was born in King's Lynn in 1781, son of John Kiallmark, an officer in the Swedish navy, and of Margaret Meggitt, a Yorkshire heiress, who lived in Wakefi ...

(1781–1835), violinist and composer *

Roger Taylor Roger Taylor may refer to: *Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (born 1949), drummer for Queen *Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) (born 1960), drummer for Duran Duran *Roger Taylor (author), author of epic fantasy Hawklan series *Roger Taylor (college pr ...

(born 1949), drummer for the rock band Queen *

David Thaxton David Thaxton (born 12 May 1982) is a Welsh singer, actor and musical theatre and opera performer. He starred in the Donmar Warehouse's '' Passion'', for which he won the 2011 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Music ...

(born 1982), singer and actor * Craig Powell (musician) (born 1984), singer/songwriter

Politics and diplomacy

Denys Bullard Denys Gradwell Bullard (15 August 1912 – 2 November 1994) was a British farmer and politician. Although he was an entertaining speaker, his political career was a precarious one as he was only elected in marginal constituencies. Farming backg ...

(1912–1994), Conservative politician and agriculturalist *

Thomas Cromwell (Parliamentary diarist) Thomas Cromwell ( – ) was an English Member of Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. His diaries of proceedings in the House of Commons are an important source for historians of parliamentary history during the period when he was ...

(c. 1540 – c. 1611), politician and parliamentary diarist *

Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (15 May 1885 – 8 July 1955) was a British Conservative Party politician who held a title in the Peerage of Ireland. He was the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. Life and career Roch ...

(1885–1955), Conservative politician * Sir William ffolkes, 3rd Baronet (1847–1912), Liberal politician *

Holcombe Ingleby Holcombe Ingleby (18 March 1854 – 6 August 1926) was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician. He was mayor of the borough of King's Lynn in Norfolk, and for eight years a Member of Parliament (MP) for King's Lynn. Born on 18 ...

(1854–1926), Conservative politician and mayor *

Weston Jarvis Colonel Sir (Alexander) Weston Jarvis, CMG, MVO, TD (26 December 1855 – 31 October 1939) was a British Conservative Party politician and officer in the British Army. He served in the Matabele Rebellion, Boer War and First World War. He wa ...

(1855–1939), Conservative politician and army officer *

Clare Sewell Read Clare Sewell Read (6 November 1826 – 21 August 1905) was a British agriculturist and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Early life He was born in 1826 in Ketteringham, Norfolk, and was the eldest son of George Read of Barton Be ...

(1826–1905), Conservative politician and agriculturalist * George Ridley (1886–1944), Labour politician * Oliver Simmonds (1897–1975), Conservative politician and aircraft engineer *Sir

Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader ...

(1676–1745), Whig statesman generally regarded as Britain's first prime minister * Graham Woodwark (1874–1938), Liberal politician and mayor

Religion

John Arrowsmith (scholar) John Arrowsmith (29 March 1602 – 15 February 1659) was an English theologian and academic. Life Arrowsmith was born near Gateshead and entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1616. In 1623 he entered the fellowship of St Catherine Hall ...

(1602–1659), theologian and academic * John Barret (theologian) (died 1563), Lynn's "Vicar of Bray", Carmelite friar, then Protestant cleric and theologian *

John Capgrave John Capgrave (21 April 1393 – 12 August 1464) was an English historian, hagiographer and scholastic theologian, remembered chiefly for ''Nova Legenda Angliae'' (New Reading from England). This was the first comprehensive collection of lives o ...

(1393–1464), hagiographer and scholastic theologian *

Harvey Goodwin Harvey Goodwin (9 October 1818 – 25 November 1891) was an English academic and Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Carlisle from 1869 until his death. Life Born at King's Lynn, he was a son of Charles Goodwin, a solicitor there; his mother was Franc ...

(1818–1891), bishop and academic *

William Gurnall William Gurnall (161612 October 1679) was an English author and Anglican clergyman born at King's Lynn, Norfolk, where he was baptised on 17 November 1616. He was educated at the free grammar school of his native town, and in 1631 was nominated ...

(1616–1679), religious writer * Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – after 1438), mystic and pilgrim, author of possibly the earliest autobiography in English * Thomas Pyle (1674–1756), cleric and controversialist *

William Richards (minister) William Richards (1749–1818) was a Welsh Baptist minister; he spent much of his life in King's Lynn, in Norfolk, and wrote a history of the town. His other publications included a Welsh-English dictionary. Life Richards was born at Penrydd, ne ...

(1749–1818), Baptist minister and local historian

Science and scholarship

* Eugene Aram (1704–1759), philologist and murderer *

William Baly William Baly (1814 – 28 January 1861) was an English physician. He was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk. After completing his medical studies at the Royal College of Surgeons and the Society of Apothecaries, he furthered his education in Paris, ...

(1814–1861), physician and fellow of the

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

Henry Bell (architect) Henry Bell (1647–1711) was an English architect, a contemporary of Christopher Wren. Bell was born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk and baptised in St Margaret's Church. He was the son of a wealthy merchant family and his father was twice mayor ...

(1647–1711), architect and mayor *

G. G. Coulton George Gordon Coulton (15 October 1858 – 4 March 1947) was a British historian, known for numerous works on medieval history. He was known also as a keen controversialist. Coulton was born in King's Lynn and educated at King's Lynn Grammar S ...

(1858–1947), historian *

Guy Dawber Sir Edward Guy Dawber, RA ( King's Lynn, 3 August 1861 – London, 24 April 1938) was an English architect working in the late Arts and Crafts style, whose work is particularly associated with the Cotswolds. Biography Edward Guy Dawber ...

(1861–1938), Arts and Crafts-style architect * Charles Wycliffe Goodwin (1817–1887), Egyptologist and judge * Francis Goodwin (architect) (1784–1835), architect *

John Harvey (astrologer) John Harvey (1564–1592) was an English astrologer and physician. Life He was baptised at Saffron Walden, Essex, 13 February 1564, the son of John Harvey, master ropemaker, and younger brother of Gabriel Harvey and of Richard Harvey. He matricu ...

(1564–1592), physician and astrologer *

Charles Edward Hubbard Charles Edward Hubbard (23 May 19008 May 1980) was a British botanist, specialising in agrostology – the study of grasses. He was considered "the world authority on the classification and recognition of grasses" in his time. He is indicated by ...

(1900–1980), botanist and world authority on grasses *

Benjamin Keene Sir Benjamin Keene (1697–1757) was a British diplomat, who was British Ambassador to Spain from 1729 to 1739, then again from 1748 until his death in Madrid in December 1757. He has been described as "by far the most prominent British agent in ...

(1697–1757), ambassador *

George William Manby Captain George William Manby FRS (28 November 1765 – 18 November 1854) was an English author and inventor. He designed an apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks and also the first modern form of fire extinguisher. Early life Manby was bo ...

(1765–1854), inventor and author *

Tom Petch Thomas Petch (born Hornsea, Yorkshire, 11 March 1870; died King's Lynn, Norfolk, 24 December 1948) was a prolific English mycologist and plant pathologist best remembered for his work on the interaction between fungi and insects. Biography ...

(1870–1948), mycologist and plant pathologist * Simon Thurley (born 1962), academic and architectural historian *

Charles Vancouver Charles Vancouver (c. 1756 – c. 1815) was an Anglo-American agricultural writer. He worked with varying success in several countries. Life He was baptised in a Dutch family at King's Lynn, Norfolk in November 1756, and was an elder brother of G ...

(c. 1756 – c. 1815), writer on agriculture

Sport

* George Russell (racing driver) (born 1998), racing driver for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team *

Martin Brundle Martin John Brundle (born 1 June 1959) is a British former racing driver, best known as a Formula One driver and as a commentator for ITV Sport from 1997 to 2008, the BBC from 2009 to 2011, and Sky Sports since 2012. Brundle contested the 19 ...

(born 1959), racing driver and F1 commentator for ITV Sport and the BBC * Fred Fayers, (1890–1954), international football player * Lewis Jarvis, (1857–1938), all-round athlete and banker *

Kathryn Johnson (field hockey Britain) Kathryn Louise "Kath" Johnson (born 21 January 1967 in King's Lynn, Norfolk) is a British former field hockey player. Johnson was a member of the Great Britain squad that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Ba ...

(born 1967), Olympic field hockey player * Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (known professionally as

Magnus (wrestler) Nicholas Aldis (born 6 November 1986) is an English professional wrestler best known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He is also known for his time in Impact Wrestling under the ring name Magnus. Aldis made his debut on ...

) (born 1986), professional wrestler and actor *

Peter Parfitt Peter Howard Parfitt (born 8 December 1936) is an English former cricketer. He attended Fakenham Grammar School, and King Edward VII Grammar School, in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. The cricket correspondent Colin Bateman noted, "he was a stocky, po ...

(born 1936), test cricketer *

Barbara Parker (athlete) Barbara Angela Parker (born 8 November 1982) is an English track and field athlete who competes for Great Britain. She has competed in two Olympic Games and is the former UK record holder in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Personal life Parker wa ...

, Olympic track and field athlete * Lucy Pearson (cricketer), test cricketer *

Martin Saggers Martin John Saggers (born 23 May 1972) is an English county cricket umpire and a retired English cricketer. He played international cricket for the England cricket team, including appearing in three Test matches and spent the majority of his f ...

(born 1972), test cricketer *

James Sherlock (golfer) James George Sherlock (1875 – 16 December 1966) was an English professional golfer. He had four top-10 finishes in the Open Championship, including a sixth place finish in 1904. In his long golf career, he had at least 16 professional wins. He ...

(1875–1966), Open Championship golfer * Helen Slatter (born 1970), Olympic swimmer * Dave Taylor (wrestler) (born 1957), champion wrestler *

Stan Worthington Thomas Stanley Worthington (21 August 1905 – 31 August 1973) was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1923 and 1947 and for England between 1930 and 1937. He was an all-rounder, scoring over 19000 runs and taking over 600 first-class ...

(1905–1973), test cricketer

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