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W. T. Tutte
1917–2002British-Canadian codebreaker and mathematician (1917-2002)
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Famous people · Newmarket, Suffolk
29 famous people were born in Newmarket from 1692 to 1985
Articles in 24 languages make the British-Canadian codebreaker and mathematician W. T. Tutte the best known. Second and third on the list are Ross Edgar and Acer Nethercott. In the 20th century, 11 were born, the most of any period. W. T. Tutte was born in 1917.
Born here
29
notable people
Best known
W. T. Tutte
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1692
John Huske
Youngest
1985
Hermione Fitzgerald
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Newmarket’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Newmarket’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsMilitaryScience & MedicineNotableFilm, TV & StageBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Newmarket
W. T. Tutte, Ross Edgar and Acer Nethercott are written about in 24, 19 and 16 languages.
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Known for
What Newmarket is known for
Set against the usual town, soldiers and sailors come out 2.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Newmarket
26 more, 12 of them athletes.
John Kennedy
born 1978Semi-professional footballer who currently plays for Bury Town (born 1978)
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Thomas Elsdon Ashford
1859–1913English soldier (1859–1913); recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Mildenhall’s, with 9.
Questions about famous people from Newmarket
Who is the most famous person from Newmarket?
W. T. Tutte (British-Canadian codebreaker and mathematician (1917-2002)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 24 languages. Next come Ross Edgar and Acer Nethercott.
How many famous people were born in Newmarket?
29 people born in Newmarket have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 33 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Newmarket known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 13 of the 29. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Newmarket?
John Huske, born in 1692. The youngest on the list was born in 1985.
Who counts as from Newmarket?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Newmarket’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 (16)
- Ross Edgar: J H McAleely, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Lambton: Staff of the magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Goldie Sayers: J'Roo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Johnson: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bensutherland/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sydney Prior Hall: Sydney Prior Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Huske: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald Livock: RAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry George Smart: Royal Air Force official photographer, Stannus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Noble: Suffolk County Council, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Buckle: William Camden Edwards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francesca Cumani: julie bishop, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Miki Antony: Michael Derrick Antony, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Elsdon Ashford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Pope: Charltonkyle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam of Balsham: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Parry: Stephen D. Strowes from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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