List of people from Kingston upon Thames
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)
- 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)
- 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
- Lisa Faulkner (1973), actor
- John Galsworthy (1867), author
- Tom Holland (1996), actor
- Len Hutton (1916), English Test cricketer
- John Inverdale (1957), BBC broadcaster, born in Plymouth but residing in Kingston upon Thames
- 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[2]
- 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.
- George Yeomans Pocock (1891), boatbuilder
- "Rat Scabies" (Christopher Millar), drummer for The Damned (1957)
- Steven Reid, footballer (1981)
- Kelly Reilly (1977), actor
- 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)
- James Squire, transported convict and brewer in Australia (1754)
- Dave Swarbrick, folk fiddle player (1941)
- Lynne Truss, author, born in Kingston upon Thames in 1955[3]
- Jacqueline Wilson grew up and went to school in Kingston and still lives there today.
- Steven Wilson, musician (1967)
References
- ↑ Daily Mail 15 Sept 2009 Retrieved 23 Sept 2013.
- ↑ "phyllis calvert biography (1915-2002)". leninimports.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ↑ "Lynne Truss". People. Debrett's. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
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