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Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Chelmondiston, Suffolk
A single famous person was born in Chelmondiston: Princess Muna Al-Hussein
In 1941, the jordanian Royal Princess Muna Al-Hussein was born. That places their birth in the 20th century. Articles about them exist in 26 languages. The nearest list is in Ipswich, 5 mi away: 250 names, starting with Ralph Fiennes.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Princess Muna Al-Hussein
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1941
Princess Muna Al-Hussein
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Chelmondiston
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Ipswich: 250.
Questions about famous people from Chelmondiston
Who is the most famous person from Chelmondiston?
Princess Muna Al-Hussein (jordanian Royal) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages.
How many famous people were born in Chelmondiston?
1 people born in Chelmondiston have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Chelmondiston known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Chelmondiston?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Chelmondiston’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 (3)
- Ralph Fiennes: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Salvadori: C5813, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn Addams: CBS Television. It was not uncommon for television networks, studios and sponsors of television programs to use either a public relations firm or advertising agency for distribution of publicity mate…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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