Local People

Actors

• Stephanie Beacham (b 1947)
• Claire Bloom (b 1931)
• Bernard Bresslaw (1934 – 1993)
• Kenneth Connor (1918 – 1993)
• Muriel George (1883 – 1965)
• Gerald Harper (b 1929)
• David Jason (b 1940)
• Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980)
• John Slater (1915 – 1976)
• Terry-Thomas (1963 – 1990)

Author

• Jerome K Jerome (1859 – 1927)

Comedians

• Peter Brough (ventriloquist) (1916 – 1999)
• Max Bygraves (1922 – 2012)
• Cyril Fletcher (1913 – 2005)
• Alfred Marks (1921 – 1996)
• Eric Morecambe (1926 – 1984)
• Mike Winters (1926 -2013) & Bernie Winters (1930 – 1991)
• Terry Hall (ventriloquist) (1926 - 2007)

Film maker

• Robert Paul (1869 – 1943)

Musicians

• Winifred Attwell (pianist) (1910 – 1983)
• Joy Beverley (singer) (1924 – 2015)
• Osian Ellis (harpist) (b1928)
• Sir Charles Groves (conductor) (1915 -1992)
• Vic Lewis (bandleader and onetime co-manager of The Beatles)
• Richard Tauber (opera singer) (1891 – 1948)
• Western Brothers (Kenneth 1899 – 1963, George 1895 – 1969) (musical satirists)
• Lena Zavaroni (singer) (1963 – 1999)
• Ann Ziegler (1910 – 2003) & Webster Booth (1902 -1984) (singers)

Public figures

• Sir John Popham (Lord Chief Justice of England) (1531 – 1607)
• Rev. Benjamin Waugh (founder of NSPCC) (1839 – 1908)

Sportsmen

• Alex James (Arsenal footballer) (1901 – 1953)
• Joe Kinnear (Spurs footballer) (b 1946)
• Billy Wright (Wolves & Arsenal footballer) (1924 – 1974)

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