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Famous people · Stradbroke, Suffolk

Stradbroke has one famous person on record

Mary Matilda Betham, the English diarist and painter, was born in 1776. That places their birth in the Georgian era. Articles about them exist in 9 languages. A short trip away, Framlingham (7 mi) counts 8 famous people, Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk among them.

#1 best knownMary Matilda BethamWriting & Arts · 1776–1852
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Mary Matilda Betham
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1776
Mary Matilda Betham
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known

Born in Stradbroke

Mary Matilda Betham#1
Writing & Arts

Mary Matilda Betham

1776–1852

English diarist and painter (1776–1852)

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Famous people from the towns next door

The fullest list close by belongs to Framlingham, with 8.

MNFramlingham · 7 miMargaret, Duchess of Norfolk & 7 moreDeclan RuddDiss · 8 miDeclan Rudd & 7 moreMatthew UpsonEye · 5 miMatthew Upson & 5 moreRobert Brooke-PophamMendlesham · 9 miRobert Brooke-Popham & 2 moreBeatrix HavergalRoydon (South Norfolk) · 9 miBeatrix Havergal & 1 moreHenry WardHarleston · 6 miHenry WardWilliam Gooderham, Sr.Scole · 6 miWilliam Gooderham, Sr.Henry WaltonDickleburgh · 7 miHenry Walton

Questions about famous people from Stradbroke

Who is the most famous person from Stradbroke?

Mary Matilda Betham (English diarist and painter (1776–1852)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 9 languages.

How many famous people were born in Stradbroke?

1 people born in Stradbroke have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.

What is Stradbroke known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 12% across UK towns.

Who counts as from Stradbroke?

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stradbroke’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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