text: Francis Carnwath CBE (1940–2020), deputy director of the Tate gallery 1990–1994, and co-founder of the Aldeburgh Beach Lookout.
  Sue Lloyd (1939–2011), model and actress, played Barbara Hunter in Crossroads.
  Christine Truman (born 1941), Grand Slam tennis event winner, lives in Aldeburgh.
  Malcolm Bowie (1943–2007), Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, 2002–2006.
  Peter Sinfield (born 1943), songwriter with the progressive rock act King Crimson, lives in Aldeburgh.
  Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian (living), composer, was born in the area and lives in Aldeburgh, on the border with Thorpeness.
  Roy Keane (born 1971), footballer, became an Aldeburgh resident in 2009 on taking over as manager of Ipswich Town.
  Miranda Raison (born 1977), actress, has a weekend cottage in Aldeburgh and belongs to Aldeburgh Golf Club.
  Isabella Summers (born 1980), songwriter, producer and remixer (Florence and the Machine), is from Aldeburgh.
  Culture
  Outside the town, the Snape Maltings is the venue for the Aldeburgh Festival held every June.
  Aldeburgh Music Club, founded by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in 1952, has since evolved into one of East Anglia's leading choirs, with about 100 members and more than 120 supporting patrons. It rehearses from early September to late May each year and holds three major performances, two of them at Snape Maltings Concert Hall.