List of people from Cranbrook, Kent

This is a list of people from Cranbrook, Kent, England.

Born in Cranbrook

• William Addison VC (1883-1962), Army chaplain.
• John Boorman (c1754-1807), cricketer
• Douglas Carr (1872-1950), cricketer.
• Jon Cleary (b 1962), musician.
• Nathaniel Courthope (1585-c 1620), merchant mariner.
• Phineas Fletcher (1582-1620), poet.
• William Huntington (1745-1813), preacher.
• Douglas Jerrold (1803-57), dramatist.
• John Neve (1902-76), cricketer.
• William Neve (1852-1942), architect.
• Arthur Tooth (1839-1931), priest.
• Peter West (1902-2003), sports commentator.^†

Old Cranbrookians

These people attended Cranbrook School.

• John Akehurst (1930-2007), soldier.
• Antony Atkinson (b 19??), economist.
• John Barraclough (1918-2008), RAF officer.
• Emma Biggs (b 1956), artist
• Hugo Burnham (b 1956), musician
• John Collins (1905-82), clergyman
• Barry Davies (b c1937), sports commentator.
• Phil Edmonds (b 1951), cricketer.
• Harry Hill (b 1964), comedian and television presenter.
• Victor Horsley (1857-1916), scientist.
• Norman Hulbert (1903-72), RAF officer and MP.
• Arthur Surridge Hunt (1871-1934), papyrologist.
• Richard Hunter (b 1953), classical scholar.
• Hammond Innes (1913-98), novelist.
• Kevin Lygo (b 19??), television executive.
• Richard Middleton (1882-1911), poet.
• Brian Moore (b 1932), sports commentator.
• Richard Pilbrow (b 1933), producer.
• Piers Sellers (b 1955), astronaut.
• Tim Smit (b 1954), businessman.
• Charles Wheeler(1923-2008), journalist and presenter.
• Wallace Wright VC (1875-1953), soldier and MP.

People connected with Cranbrook

These people have a connection with Cranbrook

• Robert Abbot (1558?-1662?), theologian, was vicar of Cranbrook 1616-43
• Dudley Fenner (c 1558-87), puritan.
• Frederick Hardy (1827-1911), artist, was a member of the Cranbrook Colony of artists.
• Chris Langham, (b 1949), writer, actor and comedian, lives in Cranbrook.
• Douglas Lowe (1902-81) Olympic athlete and JP was residing in Cranbrook at the time of his death.

Notes

† Also Old Cranbrookian.