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Famous people · Brandon, Suffolk
Brandon is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Most widely known is Adam Marriott, the English footballer, with articles in 4 languages. Basil Rought-Rought, the cricketer, comes second, with Desmond Rought-Rought third. More than half were born in the 20th century, 4 in all. The biggest group are athletes: 4.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Adam Marriott
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Basil Rought-Rought
Youngest
1991
Adam Marriott
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Brandon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Brandon’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1900s, with 2 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Brandon
By how many languages cover them, Adam Marriott comes first (4), then Basil Rought-Rought (2) and Desmond Rought-Rought (2).
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Known for
What Brandon is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.6 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brandon
A further 2 follow, born between 1909 and 1959.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Thetford’s, at 15 names.
Questions about famous people from Brandon
Who is the most famous person from Brandon?
Adam Marriott (English footballer (born 1991)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Basil Rought-Rought and Desmond Rought-Rought.
How many famous people were born in Brandon?
5 people born in Brandon have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Brandon known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 5. That is 80% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brandon?
Basil Rought-Rought, born in 1904. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Brandon?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Brandon’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)
- Brandon Moss: Alfred Thomson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Derek Harrison: Lawson Speedway, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Paine: Auguste Millière / After George Romney / After William Sharp, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate James: Gill Rickson from London, London, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merika Coleman: Terri Sewell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Palmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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