text: M. R. James (1862–1936), author, set a story, "A Warning to the Curious", in "Seaburgh" (Aldeburgh). Landmarks such as the Martello tower and White Lion Hotel feature.
  Mabel Lilian Basham, filmmaker, documented daily life and key events in Aldeburgh including the local Women's Institute
  Joan Cross (1900–1993), soprano and theatre director who created several Britten opera roles, is buried in the town churchyard.
  Gerry Fiennes (1906–1985), railway manager and author, was Mayor of Aldeburgh in 1976.
  Imogen Holst (1907–1984), composer, conductor, teacher, assistant to Benjamin Britten, and co-director of the Aldeburgh Festival from 1956 to 1977, lived in Aldeburgh from 1952 and is buried in the town churchyard.
  H. T. Cadbury-Brown (1913–2009), architect.
  Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) moved to the town in 1942. He, Eric Crozier (1914–1994) and Peter Pears (1910–1986) founded the Aldeburgh Festival and Aldeburgh Music Club. He moved with Pears into The Red House in 1957. They lie side by side in the town churchyard.
  Ian Tait (1926–2013) was a GP in Aldeburgh (from 1959) and one of the founders of the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival; he is known for his work in the modernisation of general practice.
  Ruth Rendell (1930–2015), author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries, created Chief Inspector Wexford.
  Rt Revd Sandy Millar (born 1939), once vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton and co-founder of the Alpha course, lives in Aldeburgh.