#1Famous people · Little Eriswell, Suffolk
Little Eriswell is the birthplace of 2 famous people
At the top of the list is the American politician Merika Coleman, covered in 5 languages. The only other name is the music producer Tony Stone. Just 9 mi away, Thetford’s list holds 15 names, Thomas Paine the best known. The earliest on the list is Merika Coleman, born in 1973, and the youngest Tony Stone, born in 1982.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Merika Coleman
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1973
Merika Coleman
Youngest
1982
Tony Stone
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Little Eriswell
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Known for
What Little Eriswell is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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
Of the towns around it, Thetford has the most on record: 15.
Questions about famous people from Little Eriswell
Who is the most famous person from Little Eriswell?
Merika Coleman (American politician) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 5 languages. Next come Tony Stone.
How many famous people were born in Little Eriswell?
2 people born in Little Eriswell have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Little Eriswell known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Little Eriswell?
Merika Coleman, born in 1973. The youngest on the list was born in 1982.
Who counts as from Little Eriswell?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Little Eriswell’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)
- Merika Coleman: Terri Sewell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Paine: Auguste Millière / After George Romney / After William Sharp, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate James: Gill Rickson from London, London, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Palmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Parry: Stephen D. Strowes from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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