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Edwin Alderson
1859–1927British and Canadian First World War general (1859–1927)
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Famous people · Capel St Mary, Suffolk
The British and Canadian First World War general Edwin Alderson is the one famous person from Capel St Mary
In 1859, the British and Canadian First World War general Edwin Alderson was born. Their birth falls in the Victorian era. Readers can find them written up in 9 languages. Ralph Fiennes heads the list in Ipswich, 6 mi away, which has 250 names.
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Edwin Alderson
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1859
Edwin Alderson
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Ipswich has the most people on record, 250 of them.
Questions about famous people from Capel St Mary
Who is the most famous person from Capel St Mary?
Edwin Alderson (British and Canadian First World War general (1859–1927)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages.
How many famous people were born in Capel St Mary?
1 people born in Capel St Mary have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Capel St Mary known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Capel St Mary?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Capel St Mary’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?
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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 (5)
- Edwin Alderson: Bain News Service (publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Fiennes: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Woolner: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Constable: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Watson: The Dunlap Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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