Famous People Born In Suffolk

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Brian Eno
(Musician, Record producer)
Brian Eno
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 15, 1948
Sun Sign: Taurus
Brian Eno created "The Microsoft Sound" for Windows 95 and co-developed the card-based creativity-improving technique Oblique Strategies. His ambient music album Reflection was nominated for a Grammy, and his visual installations have been projected on structures such as the Sydney Opera House. He also co-founded the Long Now Foundation.
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John Winthrop
(Politician, Theologian)
John Winthrop
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 12, 1588
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: March 26, 1649

John Winthrop was a British Puritan lawyer who played a major role in the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The colony was the second major settlement after Plymouth Colony in New England. A respected political figure, Winthrop has been cited by many modern-day politicians like Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and Sarah Palin.

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June Brown
(Actress)
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Birthdate: February 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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John Austin
(jurist, philosopher)
John Austin
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Birthdate: March 3, 1790
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: December 1, 1859

English legal theorist John Austin, who aimed at transforming law into a true science, is considered by many as creator of the school of analytical jurisprudence. His book The Province of Jurisprudence Determined received significant attention posthumously, while his analytical approach to jurisprudence and theory of legal positivism also influenced American and British law following his death.

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Martha Fiennes
(actor, screenwriter, writer)
Martha Fiennes
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 5, 1964
Sun Sign: Aquarius
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Princess Muna al-Hussein
(Princess)
Princess Muna al-Hussein
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 25, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
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Dawn Addams
(Actress)
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Birthdate: September 21, 1930
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: May 7, 1985
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John Proctor
(Accused victim of witchcraft)
John Proctor
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 30, 1632
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: August 19, 1692
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Sophia Duleep Singh
(British Suffragette & Godchild of Queen Victoria)
Sophia Duleep Singh
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 8, 1876
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: August 22, 1948

Sophia Duleep Singh was a British suffragette who fought for women's rights in Britain during the early 20th century. She is perhaps best remembered for her role in the Women's Tax Resistance League (WTRL). Sophia Duleep Singh also took part in other women's suffrage groups such as the Women's Social and Political Union.

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Photek
(Record Producer, Film and TV Composer)
Photek
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 13, 1971
Sun Sign: Taurus
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W. T. Tutte
(British-Canadian Mathematician Best Known for His Work on Code-Breaking in World War II)
W. T. Tutte
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 14, 1917
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: May 2, 2002

Born to working-class parents who were employed with the upkeep of the Fitzroy House stables, W. T. Tutte completed his high school studies on scholarships. Initially interested in physical chemistry, he later focused on math and became a genius codebreaker. He deciphered several intricate German military codes, such as FISH.

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Elisabeth Frink
(Sculptor)
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Birthdate: November 14, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: April 18, 1993

Elisabeth Frink was an English printmaker and sculptor. She survived World War II as a young girl and studied at the Guildford School of Art. Her artwork was greatly influenced by her wartime experiences. She quickly gained popularity for her bronze outdoor sculpture. She was made a full academician at the Royal Academy in 1979. 

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Nathaniel Bacon
(Colonist)
Nathaniel Bacon
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 2, 1647
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: October 26, 1676
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Humphrey Jennings
(Film director)
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Birthdate: August 19, 1907
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: September 24, 1950
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John Felton
(British Soldier Who Assassinated George Villiers, 1st Duke Of Buckingham)
John Felton
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1595 AD
Died: November 29, 1628

John Felton was a British soldier who served as a lieutenant in the British Army. He is best remembered for assassinating George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham on 23 August 1628. Buckingham was unpopular due to his incompetence and corruption and his murder was rejoiced in England. In 1844, the murder was fictionalized in Alexandre Dumas' novel, The Three Musketeers.

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George Cavendish
(Writer)
George Cavendish
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1497 AD
Died: 1562 AD

George Cavendish was an English writer best remembered for his biography of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Apart from describing in detail Thomas Wolsey's life, his biography Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe also describes the political events of the 1520s and early sixteenth-century court life.

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Rex Garrod
(Inventor)
Rex Garrod
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Birthdate: September 10, 1943
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: April 8, 2019
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Ranulf de Glanville
(Author)
Ranulf de Glanville
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1112 AD
Died: 1190 AD
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William Kirby
(Founder of Entomology)
William Kirby
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 19, 1759
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: July 4, 1850
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Elizabeth Inchbald
(Novelist)
Elizabeth Inchbald
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 15, 1753
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: August 1, 1821
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Bartholomeus Anglicus
(Author)
Bartholomeus Anglicus
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1203 AD
Died: 1272 AD
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William Sancroft
(Former Archbishop of Canterbury)
William Sancroft
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 30, 1617
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: November 24, 1693

William Sancroft was the the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury and the leader of a group of Seven Bishops, who were imprisoned by King James II for opposing his second Declaration of Indulgence. The bishops were charged with seditious libel but were acquitted in a trial. A rebellion by nature, he later lost his bishopric when he rejected William III’s claim to the throne.

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Stephen Hawes
(Poet)
Stephen Hawes
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1474 AD
Died: 1523 AD
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John Huske
(British military officer, whose active service began in 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession)
John Huske
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1692 AD
Died: January 18, 1761
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Owen Feltham
(British Writer)
Owen Feltham
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1602 AD
Died: February 23, 1668

Owen Felltham was a 17th-century English writer. He is best known as the author of a book titled Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political, an anthology containing 146 short essays. His collection of essays played a key role in the development of the English essay as a genre. He questioned the disparity in gender equality in some of his works. 

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Cherry Seaborn
(British Field Hockey Player)
Cherry Seaborn
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 6, 1992
Sun Sign: Taurus
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John Lydgate
(Monk)
John Lydgate
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1370 AD
Died: 1451 AD

John Lydgate was a poet and monk best remembered for his poem, Troy Book. A prolific writer of romances, fables, allegories, and poems, Lydgate is credited with exploring and popularizing almost every major Chaucerian genre. He also served as a subdeacon after he was ordained in 1389.

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Jeremy Wade
(Actor)
Jeremy Wade
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Birthdate: January 22, 1984
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)