List of notable residents of Slough, Berkshire
Appearance
This is a list of notable people who are current or former residents of the town of Slough in the English county of Berkshire.
- Cecil Aldin (painter of animals and rural life)
- Gerry Anderson (television drama maker and creator of supermarionation)
- Stanley Baldwin (schoolboy at St Michael's School, Aldin House and later Prime Minister)[1]
- Steve Bell (political cartoonist)
- Richard Bentley ("Bentley's", the publishing firm)[2]
- Keith Bosley (poet and translator)
- Fenner Brockway (anti-war activist and politician)
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (engineer)
- Jimmy Carr (comedian)
- Frank Carter[citation needed] (Real Name - Chris Carter, vocals for a band named Gallows)
- Alma Cogan (singer, former pupil at St Joseph's School)
- Gregory Edwards (musician)
- Rod Evans (original lead Singer of Deep Purple)
- Tommy Farr (boxer)
- Sean Foley (comedian)[3]
- Ricky Gervais (as David Brent) (actor/comedian)
- Thomas Gray (English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history)
- Geri Halliwell (entertainer)
- Victoria (Hanover) (monarch)
- Caroline Herschel (astronomer)
- John Herschel (mathematician and astronomer)
- William Herschel (astronomer and composer)
- Mark Hylton (Olympic athlete)
- Alan Johnson (former Slough postal worker, Cabinet minister)
- Simon Kernick (author)
- Iain Lee (entertainer)
- Marian McPartland (jazz pianist)
- Forrest Mars Sr. (entrepreneur)
- Fiona May (twice world long jump champion)
- John Nash (painter)
- Gary Numan (musician)
- Henry III (Plantagenet) (monarch)
- Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (Plantagenet) (Royal aristocrat)
- Marcia Richardson (Olympic athlete)
- Mark Richardson (Olympic athlete)
- Helen Sharman (scientist and astronaut)
- Kalim Siddiqui (journalist and Muslim activist)
- Billy Smart, Jr (circus owner)
- Una Stubbs (actress)
- Ellen Ternan (actress)
- Robert Watson-Watt (scientist)
- Vic Woodley (footballer)
Deaths and funerals in Slough
- Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (World War II military commander) died at Wexham Park Hospital in 1969.
- Brian Connolly (singer with 1970s group The Sweet) died at Wexham Park Hospital in 1997.
- Ronnie Kray (East End gangster) died in Wexham Park Hospital in 1995..
- Peter Osgood (footballer) died while attending his uncle's funeral in Slough.
- Princess Margaret (Windsor) was cremated at Slough Crematorium.
- Ernie Wise (comedian) died at Wexham Park Hospital in 1999, and was cremated at Slough Crematorium.
References
- ^ p93, The History of Slough, Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, Slough 1973
- ^ Richard Bentley
- ^ Where you're smiling | | guardian.co.uk Arts