List of people from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames explained

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)

• 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^[1] (1975)
• Sydney James Bounds (1920–2006), author
• Derek Bourgeois, composer (1941)
• Tom Brown, satirist (1662–1704), lived at Kingston for three years when schoolmaster there
• Timothy Browning, mathematician
• John Bryant, journalist
• Richard Butler, lead singer of The Psychedelic Furs (1957)
• Donald Campbell, car and motorboat racer (1921)
• Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton (1959)
• 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 (1955)
• Victoria Crowe, painter (1945)
• William Daniell (1769), artist and engraver
• Sandy Denny, singer and musician
• Es Devlin, stage designer (1971)
• Chris Dreja, guitar, bass, and keyboards with 1960s band The Yardbirds (1963–1968) Box of Frogs (1983–1986)
• Lisa Faulkner (1973), actress
• William Evelyn St Lawrence Finny (1864–1952), was a physician, local politician (Mayor of Kingston upon Thames seven times) and historian.
• Archibald Frazer-Nash (1889), engineer and car designer
• Nell Tiger Free (1999), actress
• John Galsworthy (1867–1933), author
• George Fisher Gilmour (1904–1984), artist, playwright, and filmmaker
• Dora Gordine (1895–1991), sculptor, lived at Dorich House (c 1937-1991), Kingston Vale, which is now a museum.
• Pamela Green (1929–2010), glamour model, was born in Kingston
  • Earl Haig (1861–1928), World War I general, lived at Ravenswood Court in Coombe Edward Highmore (1961), actor
• 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 ^[2]
• 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 ^[3]
• Stuart Latham (1912), first producer of Coronation Street
• Dean Lewington, footballer (1984)
• Sarah Lindsay (1980), Olympic speed skater
• Margaret Lockwood (1916–1990), actress, born in Karachi but lived her later years in Kingston ^[4]
• Gren Lucas (1935-2022), Botanist and Conservationist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. From 1995 lived at Hornchurch Close, Ham, Kingston upon Thames.^[5]
• John Martyn, singer, guitarist and songwriter (1948)
• Debbie McGee, television presenter and magician (1958)^[6]
• Jonny Lee Miller (1972), actor
• Jeremy Moon (1934), artist
• Ivor Moreton (1908–1984), pianist and singer, lived in Coombe.^[7]
• Nicky Morgan, (1972) politician
• Eadweard Muybridge (1830), photographer
• Joan Neville (died 1660), executed for witchcraft in Kingston upon Thames^[8]
• Ingrid Newkirk (1949) founder of PETA
• Chiké Okonkwo (1982), actor
• Tom Onslow-Cole, British racing driver (1987)
• Mike Osborn (1917), military officer
• Katherine Parkinson (1978), actress
• 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, England footballer (1999)
• Lynn Ripley a.k.a. Twinkle (1948)
• Patrick Roberts, professional footballer (1997)
• Tom Rowlands of the Chemical Brothers (1971)
• Anna Rust (1995), actor
• James Saunders, composer (1972)
• Luke Shaw, footballer for Manchester United F.C. (1995)
• Lucie Silvas, singer (1977)
• Tim Smith, singer and guitarist for Cardiacs (1961-2020)
• James Squire, transported convict and brewer in Australia (1754)
• Alec Stewart, former England cricket captain
• Stormzy, rapper, lives in Kingston
• Dudley Sutton, actor (1933–2018)
• Dave Swarbrick, folk fiddle player (1941)
• Lynne Truss, author, born in Kingston upon Thames in 1955 ^[9]
• Jacqueline Wilson, grew up and went to school in Kingston
• Steven Wilson, musician (1967)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surbiton's Erin Boag on life after Strictly Come Dancing. 26 January 2015.
2. Web site: Biography . JohnHoyland.com . 6 October 2017.
3. Web site: 'We still use her omelette pan': Inside the Kingston home of PD James.
4. Web site: Phyllis Calvert Biography (1915-2002) . LeninImports.com . 3 September 2014.
5. Web site: Edmondson . John . 13 December 2022 . Professor Grenville 'Gren' Llewellyn Lucas OBE BSc FLS FRGS . 14 December 2022 . The Linnean Society.
6. Web site: Who is Debbie McGee? Celebrity MasterChef contestant profile. Radiotimes.com. 11 December 2020.
7. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England
8. Book: Durston, Gregory J. . Crimen Exceptum: The English Witch Prosecution in Context . 2019-06-05 . Waterside Press . 978-1-910979-75-4 . 195 . en.
9. Web site: Lynne Truss . . 12 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004230105/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/t/24850/Lynne+TRUSS.aspx . 4 October 2013 .