#1Famous people · Kentford, Suffolk
The British musician Dick Parry is the one famous person from Kentford
The British musician Dick Parry was born in 1942. That places their birth in the 20th century. Their story is told in 26 languages. Nearby, Newmarket, 4 mi away, lists 29, led by W. T. Tutte.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Dick Parry
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1942
Dick Parry
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Kentford
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Newmarket’s, with 29.
Questions about famous people from Kentford
Who is the most famous person from Kentford?
Dick Parry (British musician (1942-2026)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 26 languages.
How many famous people were born in Kentford?
1 people born in Kentford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Kentford known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 5% across UK towns.
Who counts as from Kentford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kentford’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)
- Dick Parry: Stephen D. Strowes from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Pope: Charltonkyle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merika Coleman: Terri Sewell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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