Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0Debenham has yet to put a famous person on the list
Stowmarket, 8 mi away, has 10 on its list, the best known Amy Pemberton. The Suffolk lists hold names for 80 towns. The longest list of any town in Suffolk belongs to Ipswich, with 250. After Ipswich, the next longest list in Suffolk is Bury St Edmunds’, with 84.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Debenham’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata has nobody with an English article born in Debenham yet.
Famous people born near Debenham
Close by, the fullest list is Stowmarket’s, at 10 names.
Eye · 7 miMatthew Upson & 5 more
Mendlesham · 4 miRobert Brooke-Popham & 2 more
Needham Market · 7 miJune Brown & 2 moreNSStowupland · 7 miNeil Stacy
Stradbroke · 8 miMary Matilda BethamBGGrundisburgh · 8 miBartholomew GosnoldQuestions about famous people from Debenham
Who counts as from Debenham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Debenham’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)
- Matthew Upson: Paul Blank, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Brooke-Popham: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- June Brown: Joe Freeman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Matilda Betham: Unknown - subject died 1852, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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