List of people from the Royal Borough of 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)

Eadweard Muybridge (photographer) was born in the town in 1830.

• Joss Ackland, actor, lived at Ravenswood Court in Coombe
• Clara Amfo, radio presenter (1984)
• Nigel Barley, anthropologist (1947)
• Cyril Joe Barton, World War II hero
• Harold Bauer, pianist, born 1873
• Erin Boag, professional ballroom dancer and star of Strictly Come Dancing
• Sydney James Bounds, author (1920-2006)
• Derek Bourgeois, composer (1941)
• Timothy Browning, mathematician
• John Bryant, journalist
• Richard Butler, lead singer of The Psychedelic Furs (1957)
• Donald Campbell, car and motorboat racer (1921)
• John Cleland, author (1709)
• 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)
• Victoria Crowe, painter (1945)
• William Daniell (1769), artist and engraver
• Sandy Denny, singer and musician
• Chris Dreja, guitar, bass, and keyboards with 1960s band The Yardbirds (1963-1968) Box of Frogs (1983-1986)
• Lisa Faulkner (1973), actor
• Nell Tiger Free (1999) actress
• John Galsworthy (1867), author
• Earl Haig (1861-1928), World War I general, lived at Ravenswood Court in Coombe
• Herbert Hill (1867), cricketer
• Neon Hitch, singer (1986)
• Tom Holland (1996), actor
• John Hoyland, artist, built and worked from a studio in Kingston upon Thames from 1964 [1]
• Len Hutton (1916), English Test cricketer
• John Inverdale (1957), BBC broadcaster, born in Plymouth, but residing in Kingston upon Thames from 1964
• P.D.James author, resident 1961-1966 [2]
• 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
• Jeremy Moon (1934), artist
• Nicky Morgan, (1972) politician
• 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
• Declan Rice, footballer for West Ham United (1999)
• Patrick Roberts, professional footballer (1997)
• 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
• Stormzy, rapper, lives in Kingston
• 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)

References

1. "Biography". JohnHoyland.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
2. https://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/11649549.we-still-use-her-omelette-pan-inside-the-kingston-home-of-pd-james/
3. "Phyllis Calvert Biography (1915-2002)". LeninImports.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
4. "Lynne Truss". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.