List of people from the London Borough of Barnet explained
Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barnet, or have dwelt within the border of the modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category):
Notable residents
| Key to "Notes" regarding the residents' affiliation to Barnet |
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| Letter | Description |
| B | Indicates that the resident was born in Barnet. |
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| D | Indicates that the resident died in Barnet. |
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| I | Indicates that the subject is buried in Barnet. |
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| L | Indicates that the resident lived in Barnet. |
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| Citations in the Notes box refer to the information in the entire row | |
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Academia and research
Arts and entertainment
!Name!Notability!District!Notes| Katrina Kaif | Indian-British actress in Bollywood | | B[3] |
| Anthony Andrews | Actor | | |
| Richard Baker | Newsreader | | |
| Paul Freeman | Actor | | B |
| Peter Banks | Musician | | B,D |
| Stephanie Beacham | Actress | | |
| Claire Bloom | Actress | | |
| Emma Bunton | Singer | Finchley | |
| Dave Colwell | Guitar | | |
| Shelley Conn | Actress | | |
| Nadine Coyle | Singer | Chipping Barnet | |
| Paul Carrack | Keyboards and Singer | Chipping Barnet | |
| D. C. Eyles | Illustrator and comics artist | | |
| Andy Ellison | Singer | Finchley | |
| Samantha Fox | Model and singer | | |
| Musician | | |
| Morgan Fisher | Keyboards | Finchley | |
| Devin Griffin | BBC Radio 1 DJ (commonly known as Dev) | | |
| Trevor Howard | Actor | | |
| Dhani Harrison | Singer | Chipping Barnet | |
| Jade Jones | Singer | Finchley | |
| Howard Jones | Singer | Chipping Barnet | |
| Cariad Lloyd | Actress, writer and comedian | | |
| Tony Maudsley | Actor | | |
| Jo Maxwell-Muller | Actress | Hendon |
| Actor, writer and comedian | | |
| George Michael | Singer and songwriter | Finchley | |
| Monica Michael | Singer-songwriter | | |
| Spike Milligan | Comedian | Finchley | L[4] |
| Bob Monkhouse | Comedian | | |
| Sir Roger Moore | Actor | | |
| Eric Morecambe | Comedian | | |
| Billy Nicholls | Singer | | |
| Elaine Paige | Singer and actress | | |
| Nick Papadimitriou | Author | | |
| Frederick Peisley | Actor | | |
| Steve Pemberton | Actor | | |
| David Pentecost | Composer (Lived at Torrington Cottage, Church Path/Lodge Lane, 1940 to 1965) | Finchley | L |
| Anna Popplewell | Actress | | |
| Angharad Rees | Actress (born in Edgware Hospital and lived at 13 Engel Park, Mill Hill, until she was 2) | | |
| Sir Cliff Richard | Singer | | |
| Daniel Roche | Actor | | |
| Peter Sellers | Comedian | | |
| Feargal Sharkey | Singer | | |
| Reece Shearsmith | Actor | | |
| David Shepherd | Painter | | |
| Sir Donald Sinden | Actor (lived at 60, Temple Fortune Lane, Hampstead Garden Suburb 1954–1997) | | L |
| Marc Sinden | Film director, actor and theatre producer | | |
| Jerry Shirley | Drummer | | |
| Mike Skinner | Rapper and music producer | | |
| John Somerville | Sculptor | | |
| Jerry Springer | TV personality (born at East Finchley, or possibly Highgate) | | B |
| Steven Stapleton | Musician | | |
| Andy Summers | Musician | | |
| Zak Starkey | Drums | Chipping Barnet | |
| Terry-Thomas | Actor/comedian | Finchley | B |
| Lee Thompson | Musician | Finchley | |
| Simon Townshend | Singer | Finchley | |
| Alan Tilvern | Actor | | |
| Tamás Vásáry | Pianist and conductor | | |
| Johnny Vaughan | Radio presenter | | |
| Mark Vidler[5] [6] | Record producer, remixer, DJ | | |
| Marc Warren | Actor | Finchley | L[7] |
| Amy Winehouse | Singer-songwriter | Southgate | I, L |
| Sir Norman Wisdom | Actor/comedian | | |
| Rick Wills | Bass Guitar | Finchley | | |
Crime
Design
Travel and exploration
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| Celia Fiennes | Early recreational traveller, the first recorded woman to visit every county in England | Mill Hill | L |
| David Livingstone | | | |
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Judiciary
Literature
| width= | Name | width= | Notability | width= | District | width= | Notes |
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| Poet | | |
| Kingsley Amis | Novelist and poet | Barnet | L |
| Martin Amis | Novelist | Barnet | L |
| Alison Weir | Novelist, historian | Barnet | L |
| Charles Dickens | Novelist | Finchley | L |
| Sally Laird | Writer, editor and translator | | B[9] |
| Tim Parks | Novelist (his semi-autobiographical Tongues of Flame is set in the North Finchley of 1968) | Finchley | |
| Samuel Pepys | Writer | | |
| Novelist, reviewer and columnist | Finchley | L[10] |
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Journalism and the media
Politics and government
Sport and games
Notes and References
- Entries with no sourced locality (district) of residence available are marked with a "?".
- All entries contain a reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating Birth, Lived, or Death.
- Web site: Katrina Kaif's success journey from Barnet to Bollywood. 13 June 2009. Zee News. 4 February 2019.
- Web site: Spike Milligan Statue Fund. Finchley Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20090326071900/http://www.finchleysociety.org.uk/actstatuefund.htm. 26 March 2009. dead. 28 April 2009.
- Nelson, Jon (January 13, 2008). "Go Home Productions". Some Assembly Required.
- Mark Andrew VidlerEngland and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008. FamilySearch.
- Web site: Where I Live: Northhamptonshire - Marc Warren. 12 March 2004. BBC Local Northampton. 6 March 2018.
- Web site: Suffolk, Owen Hargraves (1830? –) . Eastwood . Jill . 1976 . Australian Dictionary of Biography Online . 29 April 2009.
- News: Kellaway . Kate . Sally Laird obituary: Writer and translator of Russian literature . 16 May 2023 . The Guardian . 10 August 2010.
- News: Head in the clouds . Self . Will . 6 July 2007 . The Independent . 28 April 2009.
- News: John Bercow: Electoral history and profile . The Guardian . 11 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140920055142/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/person/381/john-bercow . 20 September 2014.
- Book: Hibbert . Christopher . Ben . Weinreb . John . Keay . Julia . Keay . The London Encyclopaedia . Pan Macmillan . 2008 . 3rd . 978-1-4050-4924-5.
