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List of people from the London Borough of Hounslow

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Among those who were born in the London Borough of Hounslow, or have live/lived within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):

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  • Marcus Akin – reality TV personality, karate practitioner, actor and writer, lives in Brentford
  • Cecil Aldin – artist and illustrator, lived in Chiswick from 1894 to 1904[1]
  • Sone Aluko – professional footballer, born in Hounslow
  • Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (known as M.I.A.) – British rapper, recording artist, songwriter, painter and director, born in Hounslow
    Rapper M.I.A.

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  • Jimmy Carr – comedian, born in Hounslow
    Comedian Jimmy Carr
Steven Caulker (middle), footballer for International team Sierra Leone as well as Tottenham Hotspur

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Olympian Tim Don, Commonwealth Medalist and Triathlon World Champion

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Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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Olympics athlete Mo Farah
  • Mo Farah – athlete; current 10,000 metres Olympic champion and 5000 metres Olympic, World and European champion; grew up in Hounslow
  • Fenella Fielding – actress, lived in Chiswick
  • Michael Flanders – entertainer, lived in Chiswick from 1971 to 1975[1]
  • E. M. Forster – author, a blue plaque in Arlington Park Mansions commemorates the flat where he lived until his death in 1970[1]
  • Ugo Foscolo – artist, died at Turnham Green in 1827, cenotaph in Chiswick churchyard
  • Joe Fournier – undefeated international championship boxer and businessman, grew up in Hounslow, went to school and trained with Mo Farah
    Undefeated boxer Joe Fournier
  • Stephen Fox – politician, had a country retreat in Chiswick from 1663[1]

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  • Michael Mancienne (middle), football player of Seychelles National team
    Michael Mancienne – professional footballer, grew up in Feltham
  • Betty Marsden – actor in Round The Horn and Carry On Camping, lived on a houseboat in Brentford until her death in 1998
  • John Stanley Marshall – drummer and founding member of the jazz band Nucleus, born in Isleworth
  • Dimitri Mascarenhas – cricketer; played internationally for England, born in Chiswick
  • Ian Mcdonald – multi-instrumentalist musician known as founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson and the Grammy-nominated band Foreigner, grew up in Osterley
  • Freddie Mercury – British musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen, grew up in Feltham
    Lead singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury
  • Christopher John Millar (known as Rat Scabies) – drummer from The Damned, lives in Brentford
  • Joe Miller – actor, lived at Strand-on-the-Green from 1686 to 1738[1]
  • Nancy Mitford – lived briefly at Strand-on-the-Green[1]
  • James Montgomrey – Brentford benefactor, owned and ran a large timber mill on Brentford High Street[4]
  • Mark Morriss – songwriter and lead singer of The Bluetones, grew up in Hounslow
  • John Mousinho – professional football manager and former player, born in Isleworth
  • Iris Murdoch – philosopher and novelist, brought up in Chiswick
  • Sophia Myles – actress, grew up and went to school in Isleworth

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  • John Ogdon – pianist, lived in Spring Grove, Isleworth
  • Peter Oliver – painter, lived in Isleworth
  • Rajiv Ouseph – badminton player and European champion as well as winning silver multiple times in the Commonwealth Games, born in Hounslow
    Badminton medalist Rajiv Ouseph
  • Alistair Overeem – mixed martial arts fighter, born in Hounslow
    UFC fighter Alistair Overeem
    MMA fighter Alistair Overeem
  • Alun Owen – wrote screenplay to A Hard Day's Night[1]

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Actress Naomi Scott

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  • Suki Waterhouse – model and actress, grew up in Chiswick
  • Graham Westley – former professional footballer and manager, born in Hounslow
  • Ben White – rugby player, born in Hounslow
  • Maria Whittaker – former glamour model and spouse of Rebel MC, born in Hounslow
  • Jack Wild – actor who played Artful Dodger in Oliver, grew up in Hounslow
  • J. C. Winslow – Anglican missionary and hymn writer, born in Hanworth
  • Kim Wilde – English pop singer
  • James Woodburn-Hall – rugby player in the Jamaica international rugby team, born in Isleworth
    Rugby player James Woodburn-Hall

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Gillian Clegg (2007). "PEOPLE (arranged alphabetically)". People. Chiswick History. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. ^ Yoo, Noah (22 June 2021). "Untangling MF DOOM's Lifelong Struggle With the U.S. Immigration System". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Hogarth's House". Hounslow London Borough Council. 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  4. ^ Ronalds, B. F. (2018). "The Montgomrey Family of Brentford: Timber Merchants and Benefactors". London's Industrial Archaeology. 16: 57–69.
  5. ^ "Syon Park". Official website. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  6. ^ Ronalds, B.F. (2017). "Ronalds Nurserymen in Brentford and Beyond". Garden History. 45: 82–100.