#1Famous people · Beyton, Suffolk
Beyton is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Emily Louisa Merielina White leads the list, covered in 2 languages. The only other name is the English cricketer and army officer Robert Dewing. Nearby, Bury St Edmunds, 5 mi away, lists 84, led by Bob Hoskins. From Emily Louisa Merielina White in 1839 to Robert Dewing in 1863, the births cover 24 years.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Emily Louisa Merielina White
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Emily Louisa Merielina White
Youngest
1863
Robert Dewing
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Beyton
#1RD#2
Sports
Robert Dewing
1863–1934English cricketer and army officer (1863-1934)
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Known for
What Beyton is known for
Share of Beyton’s famous people in each field.
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
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Beyton
Who is the most famous person from Beyton?
Emily Louisa Merielina White (gardener, writer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 2 languages. Next come Robert Dewing.
How many famous people were born in Beyton?
2 people born in Beyton have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Beyton known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beyton?
Emily Louisa Merielina White, born in 1839. The youngest on the list was born in 1863.
Who counts as from Beyton?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Beyton’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)
- Emily Louisa Merielina White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Hoskins: Bob hoskins filming ruby blue.jpg: James Laurence Stewart derivative work: KoS, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Simonds: Canadian government employee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry Ellis: Steve Lawton Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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