#1Film, TV & Stage
Humphrey Jennings
1907–1950British documentary filmmaker (1907-1950)
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Famous people · Walberswick, Suffolk
Walberswick counts 2 famous people, first among them Humphrey Jennings
Humphrey Jennings, the British documentary filmmaker, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. The list has one more: the Canadian architect Peter Dickinson. Of its neighbours, Lowestoft, 11 mi away, lists the most: 48, Benjamin Britten first. From Humphrey Jennings to Peter Dickinson, the births on the list run from 1907 to 1925.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Humphrey Jennings
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Humphrey Jennings
Youngest
1925
Peter Dickinson
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Walberswick
#1PD#2
Writing & Arts
Peter Dickinson
1925–1961Canadian architect (1925-1961)
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Known for
What Walberswick 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 Lowestoft’s, with 48.
Questions about famous people from Walberswick
Who is the most famous person from Walberswick?
Humphrey Jennings (British documentary filmmaker (1907-1950)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 10 languages. Next come Peter Dickinson.
How many famous people were born in Walberswick?
2 people born in Walberswick have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Walberswick known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 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 Walberswick?
Humphrey Jennings, born in 1907. The youngest on the list was born in 1925.
Who counts as from Walberswick?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Walberswick’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)
- Humphrey Jennings: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Britten: Szalay Zoltán, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Martin: Charltonkyle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Bright: Thomas Dewell Scott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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