#1Famous people · Felixstowe, Suffolk
13 famous people were born in Felixstowe, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
Most widely known is Dawn Addams, the British actress, with articles in 19 languages. The largest group, 11, was born in the 20th century. Per head, the list is long: 5.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Suffolk has 3.3. Only 7 of the 80 towns in Suffolk with anyone on record list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Dawn Addams
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Wei Wu Wei
Youngest
1984
Matt Bloomfield
Most common field
Writing & Arts
6 people
What stands out about Felixstowe’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Felixstowe is known for
Felixstowe has 4× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Felixstowe
The three are covered in 19, 9 and 8 languages: Dawn Addams, Matt Bloomfield and James Barclay.
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Through the years
When Felixstowe’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Felixstowe
The other 10 span the years 1895 to 1956.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Harwich counts 21 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Felixstowe
Who is the most famous person from Felixstowe?
Dawn Addams (British actress (1930–1985)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 19 languages. Next come Matt Bloomfield and James Barclay.
How many famous people were born in Felixstowe?
13 people born in Felixstowe have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 18 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Felixstowe known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 6 of the 13. That is 46% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Felixstowe?
Wei Wu Wei, born in 1895. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.
Who counts as from Felixstowe?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Felixstowe’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)
- 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
- Matt Bloomfield: ukhomeoffice, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bridgeman: Papamichael, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Salvadori: C5813, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Morley: Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867-1945), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart: J.E. Livernois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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