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Famous people · Haughley, Suffolk

A single famous person was born in Haughley: Kerry Ellis

The British stage actress and singer Kerry Ellis was born in 1979. Their story is told in 13 languages. Just 2 mi away, Stowmarket’s list holds 10 names, Amy Pemberton the best known. Across Suffolk, 80 towns list someone born there.

#1 best knownKerry EllisFilm, TV & Stage · born 1979
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Kerry Ellis
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Born in Haughley

Kerry Ellis#1
Film, TV & Stage

Kerry Ellis

born 1979

British stage actress and singer

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Famous people from the towns next door

Stowmarket leads the towns around it, with 10 names.

Questions about famous people from Haughley

Who is the most famous person from Haughley?

Kerry Ellis (British stage actress and singer) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 13 languages.

How many famous people were born in Haughley?

1 people born in Haughley have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 2 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.

What is Haughley known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.

Who counts as from Haughley?

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Haughley’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).

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