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 ):
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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 [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[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ]
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)
"Biography" . JohnHoyland.com . Retrieved 6 October 2017 .
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