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John Goodwyn Barmby
1820–1881British utopian socialist (1820–1881)
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Famous people · Yoxford, Suffolk
2 famous people call Yoxford their birthplace
Articles in 8 languages make the British utopian socialist John Goodwyn Barmby the best known. The list has one more: the English artist Flavia Blois. Within 8 mi, Aldeburgh lists the most: 9, with Millicent Garrett Fawcett first. The earliest on the list is John Goodwyn Barmby, born in 1820, and the youngest Flavia Blois, born in 1914.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
John Goodwyn Barmby
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1820
John Goodwyn Barmby
Youngest
1914
Flavia Blois
Most common field
Faith
1 people
The best known
Born in Yoxford
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Known for
What Yoxford is known for
The largest field is Faith, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Aldeburgh leads the towns around it, with 9 names.
Questions about famous people from Yoxford
Who is the most famous person from Yoxford?
John Goodwyn Barmby (British utopian socialist (1820–1881)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 8 languages. Next come Flavia Blois.
How many famous people were born in Yoxford?
2 people born in Yoxford have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Yoxford known for?
Among its famous people, ministers and preachers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 2% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Yoxford?
John Goodwyn Barmby, born in 1820. The youngest on the list was born in 1914.
Who counts as from Yoxford?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Yoxford’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 (4)
- John Goodwyn Barmby: Paul Lindsay Dawson, 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
- Mary Matilda Betham: Unknown - subject died 1852, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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