Notable Residents
Immigrant to New England, John Coolidge, was born in Cottenham and baptized there in September 1604. Among his many notable American descendants is U.S. President J. Calvin Coolidge. The family home is believed to be the thatched cottage adjacent to the Anglican church.
The grandmother of the diarist Samuel Pepys lived in Cottenham; the house in the northern area of the village bears a plaque.
Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury between 1695 and 1715 was born in Cottenham in 1636.
The Leeds United F.C. footballer Adam Drury was born in Cottenham.
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