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Famous people · Dedham, Essex
From 1611 to 1969, Dedham was the birthplace of 9 famous people
Articles in 11 languages make the British footballer John Bond the best known. Second place goes to the British mathematician Alice Lee, third to Robin Drysdale. The list’s best known name, John Bond, dates from 1932. In the 20th century, 4 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
John Bond
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1611
Philip Sherman
Youngest
1969
Francis Terry
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Dedham
Three names lead: John Bond (11 languages), Alice Lee (9) and Robin Drysdale (7).
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Through the years
When Dedham’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1850s, at 2.
SportsScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dedham is known for
Share of Dedham’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dedham
6 more, from 1611 to 1969.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 6 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Dedham
Who is the most famous person from Dedham?
John Bond (British footballer (1932-2012)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 11 languages. Next come Alice Lee and Robin Drysdale.
How many famous people were born in Dedham?
9 people born in Dedham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Dedham known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 9. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dedham?
Philip Sherman, born in 1611. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Dedham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Dedham’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)
- Alice Lee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Penrose: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Martin-Harvey: Carl Vandyk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Constable: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Watson: The Dunlap Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Alderson: Bain News Service (publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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