#1Famous people · Needham Market, Suffolk
From 1773 to 1927, Needham Market was the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 22 languages make the English actress June Brown the best known. The British-Canadian architect and cartographer Samuel Herbert Maw ranks second, ahead of Samuel Alexander. Per head, the list is long: 5.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Suffolk has 3.3. Of its neighbours, Stowmarket, 3 mi away, lists the most: 10, Amy Pemberton first.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
June Brown
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1773
Samuel Alexander
Youngest
1927
June Brown
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Needham Market
June Brown, Samuel Herbert Maw and Samuel Alexander are written about in 22, 3 and 1 languages.
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#2Writing & Arts
Samuel Herbert Maw
1881–1952British-Canadian architect and cartographer (1881–1952)
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Known for
What Needham Market is known for
Performers 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
The longest list nearby is Stowmarket’s, with 10.
Questions about famous people from Needham Market
Who is the most famous person from Needham Market?
June Brown (English actress (1927–2022)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 22 languages. Next come Samuel Herbert Maw and Samuel Alexander.
How many famous people were born in Needham Market?
3 people born in Needham Market have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Needham Market known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 9% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Needham Market?
Samuel Alexander, born in 1773. The youngest on the list was born in 1927.
Who counts as from Needham Market?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Needham Market’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)
- June Brown: Joe Freeman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Herbert Maw: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Brooke-Popham: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kerry Ellis: Steve Lawton Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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