List of people from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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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)
- Clara Amfo, radio presenter (1984)
- Nigel Barley, anthropologist (1947)
- Cyril Joe Barton, World War 2 hero
- Harold Bauer, pianist, born 1873
- Erin Boag, professional ballroom dancer and star of Strictly Come Dancing[1]
- Timothy Browning, mathematician
- Sydney James Bounds, author (1920-2006)
- Derek Bourgeois, composer (1941)
- Richard Butler, lead singer of The Psychedelic Furs (1957)
- John Cleland, author (1709)
- Donald Campbell, car and motorboat racer (1921)
- 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 (band) (1955)
- William Daniell (1769), artist and engraver
- Sandy Denny, singer and musician
- Lisa Faulkner (1973), actor
- John Galsworthy (1867), author
- Tom Holland (1996), actor
- 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<
- Stuart Latham (1912), first producer of Coronation Street
- Dean Lewington, footballer (1984)
- Margaret Lockwood, actress (1916) born in Karachi but lived her later years in Kingston[3]
- John Martyn, singer, guitarist and songwriter (1948)
- Jonny Lee Miller (1972), actor
- Eadweard Muybridge (1830), photographer
- Chiké Okonkwo (1982), actor
- Tom Onslow-Cole, British racing driver (1987)
- Mike Osborn (1917), military officer
- 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
- Patrick Roberts, professional footballer (1997)
- Jason Rosam (1979), radio presenter
- Tom Rowlands of the Chemical Brothers (1971)
- James Saunders, composer (1972)
- Luke Shaw, footballer for Manchester United F.C. (1995)
- Lucie Silvas, singer (1977)
- Tim Smith, singer and guitarist for Cardiacs.
- James Squire, transported convict and brewer in Australia (1754)
- Alec Stewart, former England cricket captain
- Dave Swarbrick, folk fiddle player (1941)
- Lynne Truss, author, born in Kingston upon Thames in 1955[4]
- Jacqueline Wilson, grew up and went to school in Kingston and still lives there today.
- Steven Wilson, musician (1967)
- Neon Hitch, singer (1986)
References
- ^ Daily Mail 15 Sept 2009 Retrieved 23 Sept 2013.
- ^ . johnhoyland.com http://www.johnhoyland.com/about/biography/. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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- ^ "Lynne Truss". People. Debrett's. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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