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Science & Medicine
Arthur William Sidney Herrington
1891–1970American engineer (1891–1970); collected art with his wife Nell Ray Clarke Herrington (1891-1966)
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Famous people · Coddenham, Suffolk
3 famous people call Coddenham their birthplace
Arthur William Sidney Herrington leads the list, covered in 4 languages. The next two names are Dave Bickers and William Lummis. Of its neighbours, Ipswich, 7 mi away, lists the most: 250, Ralph Fiennes first. Over 52 years of births, the list goes from William Lummis (1886) to Dave Bickers (1938).
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Arthur William Sidney Herrington
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
William Lummis
Youngest
1938
Dave Bickers
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Coddenham
First, Arthur William Sidney Herrington (4 languages), then Dave Bickers (2) and William Lummis (2).
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What Coddenham is known for
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest 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
The most names next door are in Ipswich: 250.
Questions about famous people from Coddenham
Who is the most famous person from Coddenham?
Arthur William Sidney Herrington (American engineer (1891–1970); collected art with his wife Nell Ray Clarke Herrington (1891-1966)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 4 languages. Next come Dave Bickers and William Lummis.
How many famous people were born in Coddenham?
3 people born in Coddenham have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Coddenham known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Coddenham?
William Lummis, born in 1886. The youngest on the list was born in 1938.
Who counts as from Coddenham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Coddenham’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 (5)
- William Lummis: Jack1956 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Fiennes: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- June Brown: Joe Freeman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Brooke-Popham: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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