Among those who were born in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (in alphabetical order):
Kingston upon Thames (town)
- Joss Ackland, actor, lived at Ravenswood Court in Coombe.
- Clara Amfo, radio presenter (1984)
- Nigel Barley, anthropologist (1947)
- Cyril Joe Barton, World War II hero
- Harold Bauer, pianist, born 1873
- Erin Boag, professional ballroom dancer and star of Strictly Come Dancing[1] (1975)
- Sydney James Bounds (1920–2006), author
- Derek Bourgeois, composer (1941)
- Tom Brown, satirist (1662–1704), lived at Kingston for three years when schoolmaster there
- Timothy Browning, mathematician
- John Bryant, journalist
- Richard Butler, lead singer of The Psychedelic Furs (1957)
- Donald Campbell, car and motorboat racer (1921)
- Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton (1959)
- John Cleland, author (1709)
- Finn Cole, actor (1995)
- Joe Cole, actor (1988)
- Terence Conran, industrial designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer
- Matt Cooke, television presenter (1982)
- John Cooper, auto engineer (1923)
- Peter Cox, lead singer Go West (1955)
- Victoria Crowe, painter (1945)
- William Daniell (1769), artist and engraver
- Sandy Denny, singer and musician
- Es Devlin, stage designer (1971)
- Chris Dreja, guitar, bass, and keyboards with 1960s band The Yardbirds (1963–1968) Box of Frogs (1983–1986)
- Lisa Faulkner (1973), actress
- William Evelyn St Lawrence Finny (1864–1952), was a physician, local politician (Mayor of Kingston upon Thames seven times) and historian.
- Archibald Frazer-Nash (1889), engineer and car designer
- Nell Tiger Free (1999), actress
- John Galsworthy (1867–1933), author
- George Fisher Gilmour (1904–1984), artist, playwright, and filmmaker
- Dora Gordine (1895–1991), sculptor, lived at Dorich House (c 1937-1991), Kingston Vale, which is now a museum.
- Pamela Green (1929–2010), glamour model, was born in Kingston
- Earl Haig (1861–1928), World War I general, lived at Ravenswood Court in Coombe
- Edward Highmore (1961), actor
- Herbert Hill (1867), cricketer
- Neon Hitch, singer (1986)
- Tom Holland (1996), actor[citation needed]
- John Hoyland, artist, built and worked from a studio in Kingston upon Thames from 1964 [2]
- Len Hutton (1916), English Test cricketer
- John Inverdale (1957), BBC broadcaster, born in Plymouth, but residing in Kingston upon Thames from 1964.[citation needed]
- P.D.James author, resident 1961–1966 [3]
- Stuart Latham (1912), first producer of Coronation Street
- Dean Lewington, footballer (1984)
- Sarah Lindsay (1980), Olympic speed skater
- Margaret Lockwood (1916–1990), actress, born in Karachi but lived her later years in Kingston [4]
- Gren Lucas (1935-2022), Botanist and Conservationist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. From 1995 lived at Hornchurch Close, Ham, Kingston upon Thames.[5]
- John Martyn, singer, guitarist and songwriter (1948)
- Debbie McGee, television presenter and magician (1958)[6]
- Jonny Lee Miller (1972), actor
- Jeremy Moon (1934), artist
- Ivor Moreton (1908–1984), pianist and singer, lived in Coombe.[7]
- Nicky Morgan, (1972) politician
- Eadweard Muybridge (1830), photographer
- Joan Neville (died 1660), executed for witchcraft in Kingston upon Thames[8]
- Ingrid Newkirk (1949) founder of PETA
- Chiké Okonkwo (1982), actor
- Tom Onslow-Cole, British racing driver (1987)
- Mike Osborn (1917), military officer
- Katherine Parkinson (1978), actress
- Roy Plomley (1914), radio broadcaster, producer, playwright
- George Yeomans Pocock (1891), boatbuilder
- "Rat Scabies" (Christopher Millar), drummer for The Damned (1957)
- Steven Reid, footballer (1981)
- Kelly Reilly (1977), actor
- Declan Rice, England footballer (1999)
- Lynn Ripley a.k.a. Twinkle (1948)
- Patrick Roberts, professional footballer (1997)
- Tom Rowlands of the Chemical Brothers (1971)
- Anna Rust (1995), actor
- James Saunders, composer (1972)
- Luke Shaw, footballer for Manchester United F.C. (1995)
- Lucie Silvas, singer (1977)
- Tim Smith, singer and guitarist for Cardiacs (1961-2020)
- James Squire, transported convict and brewer in Australia (1754)
- Alec Stewart, former England cricket captain
- Stormzy, rapper, lives in Kingston
- Dudley Sutton, actor (1933–2018)
- Dave Swarbrick, folk fiddle player (1941)
- Lynne Truss, author, born in Kingston upon Thames in 1955 [9]
- Jacqueline Wilson, grew up and went to school in Kingston
- Steven Wilson, musician (1967)
References
- ^ "Surbiton's Erin Boag on life after Strictly Come Dancing". 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Biography". JohnHoyland.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "'We still use her omelette pan': Inside the Kingston home of PD James".
- ^ "Phyllis Calvert Biography (1915-2002)". LeninImports.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ Edmondson, John (13 December 2022). "Professor Grenville 'Gren' Llewellyn Lucas OBE BSc FLS FRGS". The Linnean Society. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Who is Debbie McGee? Celebrity MasterChef contestant profile". Radiotimes.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England
- ^ Durston, Gregory J. (2019-06-05). Crimen Exceptum: The English Witch Prosecution in Context. Waterside Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-910979-75-4.
- ^ "Lynne Truss". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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