List of notable Brighton and Hove inhabitants
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This is a list of notable inhabitants of the city of Brighton and Hove in England. This includes the once separate towns of Brighton and Hove.
Note that in the case of persons still living, they may not currently live within the area of the city, but have done so at some time.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Harrison Ainsworth lived in Kemp Town. Wrote the novel "Ovingdean Grange" 1860
- Chesney Allen, comedian, one of Flanagan and Allen, born in Brighton in 1893
- Richard Attenborough, broadcaster and film-maker (Gandhi), brother of David Attenborough
- Michael "Atters" Attree (born 1965), satirist and comedy writer
[edit] B
- John Baine, known as Attilla the stockbroker, poet, singer and campaigner
- Zoe Ball broadcaster, daughter of Johnny Ball
- Aubrey Beardsley, fin-de-siecle artist, born in Brighton 1872; for some time lived at Lower Rock Gardens, Kemptown
- Pete Bennett, winner of TV Show Big Brother
- Patrick Bergin, actor in films including Sleeping with the Enemy and Patriot Games
- Björk, Icelandic musician
- William Black, novelist lived at 1 Paston Place from 1879 until his death in 1898
- Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
- Arthur Bliss, composer, most famously the score for Things to Come
- Edward Booth, naturalist and taxidermist, lived in Brighton and founded its Booth Museum
- Raymond Briggs, artist and writer of Fungus the Bogeyman, taught at Brighton Art College
- The members of British Sea Power, an indie rock band (Yan, Noble, Hamilton and Woody)
- Dora Bryan, comic actress (whose Clarges hotel in Kemptown was used in Carry On films)
- Julie Burchill, journalist; founder of Modern Review
- Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Pre-Raphaelite artist; resident 1880-98
- Charles Busby, Regency architect, prolific in Brighton
[edit] C
- George Canning, (1770–1827), British politician and Prime Minister; resident April to August, 1827)
- Marie-Antoine Carême, chef to the Prince Regent, inventor of chef's toque (hat)
- Deryck Carver, first Protestant martyr; c. 1554
- Nick Cave, Australian musician, writer, and film maker
- Shaun Charman, ex-drummer of band The Wedding Present
- Sir Winston Churchill, journalist and politician; attended a school run by the "Misses Thompson" in Hove
- Julian Clary, comedian, formerly the Joan Collins fan club
- Steve Coogan, comedian, well-known as Alan Partridge
- Norman Cook musician formerly of band The Housemartins, and subsequently known as DJ Fatboy Slim (Hove)
- Gaz Coombes, lead singer of band Supergrass, once lived in the town
- Luke Cresswell (of musical performers Stomp)
- Aleister Crowley, author, died in a nursing home in Hastings, along the coast from Brighton, in December 1947; ashes scattered at Devil's Dyke
- James Crump (1812-92), founder of St. Aubyn's School (named after the Hove street in which he lived)
[edit] D
- Alfred Darling, pioneer film equipment manufacturer
- Roger Dean, artist, famous for prog-rock album covers
- Graham Duff television writer and actor famous for BBC3 tv series ideal
[edit] E
- Nick Van Eede, lead singer, Cutting Crew
- G.H.Elliot , music hall, singer and comedian, buried in Rottingdean church yard
- Chris Eubank, ex-boxer, who holds the purchased (not awarded nor inherited) Title of "Lord of the Manor of Brighton"
- George Everest, surveyor after whom the mountain was named, buried in Hove
[edit] F
- Michael Fabricant MP, born in Brighton in 1950; educated at the Brighton and Hove Grammar School
- Simon Fanshawe, broadcaster, writer, and comedian
- Tommy Farr, boxer, "The Tonypandy Terror", ran a pub in Brighton after retirement
- Maria Fitzherbert, illegitimate wife of George IV (the marriage of a Catholic to a member of the British Royal Family was illegal)
- William Friese-Greene, cinematographic pioneer, subject of the film The Magic Box
[edit] G
- George, Prince of Wales, Prince Regent, and later King George IV of the United Kingdom
- Eric Gill, typographer, engraver, sculptor, born in Brighton 1882
- Harvey Goldsmith, rock promoter
- Nat Gonella , singer and trumpeter, Lived in Saltdean
- Graham Greene, writer (worked in but did not live in Brighton)
- Martha Gunn, famous dipper and friend of the Prince Regent
- Sally Gunnell, athlete, olympic 400m hurdles champion in 1992
[edit] H
- Eamon Hamilton, of the band Brakes and formerly of British Sea Power
- Harry Harrison, science-fiction writer
- Phil Hartnoll, of band Orbital
- Den Hegarty, of bands Darts and Rocky Sharpe and the Razors/Replays.
- James Herbert, horror author of The Rats and The Fog
- Rowland Hill, postal reformer
- Steve Hillier of band Dubstar (Hove)
- Georg Hólm, bassist of Sigur Rós
- Nicholas van Hoogstraten, multimillionaire and property tycoon
[edit] J
- Edward James, poet and art collector, who lent many famous Surrealist works to Brighton Museum in the 1950s and 1960s
- Jean-Jacques Jordane, Parisian singer and restaurateur responsible for the highly unusual venue, The Laughing Onion in Kemptown
[edit] K
- Philip King, playwright; wrote the farce See How They Run.
- Rudyard Kipling, author; lived in Rottingdean between 1897 and 1903
- Prince Peter Alexeevich Kropotkin, anarchist; resident 1912-17
[edit] L
- David Land, theatre producer
- Vivien Leigh, actress, Scarlet O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
- Reg Leopold , BBC violinist, lived in Saltdean
- Ken Livingstone, politician; currently Mayor of London
- Hugh Lloyd , actor and comedian, lived in Rottingdean
- Jane Longhurst, killed by Graham Coutts; the Jane Longhurst Trust was set up to campaign for the criminalisation of what the Government labelled "extreme pornography", a move opposed by Backlash
- Ida Lupino, actress and film-maker, c. 1914 - c. 1949, daughter of Stanley Lupino
[edit] M
- Sake Deen Mahomed, introduced the Turkish bath to Britain
- Gideon Mantell, doctor, palaeontologist, discoveror of dinosaurs (Iguanodon), lived and worked in Brighton in the 1830s
- Edward Marshall-Hall, criminal barrister famous for Edwardian theatrics in court
- Susan Maughan singer, hit record 'Bobbys Girl' lived in Rottingdean
- Pete McCarthy actor and writer.
- Paul McCartney, musician, and his wife Heather Mills McCartney, designer (Hove)
- Joe McGann, actor; star of The Upper Hand.
- Bob Meek, journalist
- Neil Megson AKA Genesis P-Orridge
- Sara Mendes da Costa, the British Telecom speaking clock
- Max Miller, comedian, "the Cheeky Chappie", born in Brighton in 1894, lived there most of his life
- Gary Moore musician, guitarist with Thin Lizzy amongst others as well as solo
[edit] N
- Napoleon III, Emperor of the French came to Brighton after being deposed by the Third Republic in 1870, he was nephew of Emperor Napoleon I
- Dame Anna Neagle, actress; lived at Lewes Crescent, Kemptown
- Annie Nightingale, BBC TV and Radio presenter and sometime Brighton night-club owner
[edit] O
- Lord Olivier (Sir Lawrence Olivier) & Joan Plowright; lived at Royal Crescent, Kemptown 1960-78
- Steve Ovett, Olympic runner, 800 metres gold medalist in 1980, born and brought up in Brighton
[edit] P
- Chris Paling, novelist
- Patsy Palmer, former EastEnders actress
- Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician, died in Brighton
- Karen Pickering, swimmer, former 200 metres freestyle champion
- Margaret Pracy, Town crier appointed by the Lord of the Manor (Chris Eubank) and not to be confused with the City Council appointee of the same title
- Samuel Preston, lead singer of the band Ordinary Boys, married to Celebrity Big Brother winner, Chantelle Houghton
- Katie Price, model (also known as Jordan), married to Peter Andre
- Partho Sen-Gupta, film director and scriptwriter (resident since Oct 2006)
[edit] Q
- Roger Quilter, composer, born in Hove in 1877.
[edit] R
- Robert Rankin, author
- Terence Rattigan, playwright, author of The Browning Version and The Winslow Boy
- Rita Ray, onetime singer with the Darts, latterly radio presenter and DJ
- Dame Flora Robson, actress, 1960 until her death in 1984, famous as Elizabeth I
- Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and political writer, lived in exile in Brighton from 1850 to his death in 1880
[edit] S
- Victoria Sackville-West, had two houses in Sussex Square, Kemp Town conjoined by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also built her another at Roedean
- Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, British Indian philanthropist and merchant, 1st Baronet
- Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, businessman and politician, MP for Hythe, whose mausoleum became the Hanbury Arms, 2nd Baronet
- Paul Scofield, actor, lived in Brighton as a child and went to school there
- Captain Sensible, punk musician with The Damned
- George Albert Smith, pioneering early cinematographer lived and built a studio in Hove
- Jimmy Somerville, musician formerly of band The Communards
- Herbert Spencer, philosopher and political theorist
- Victor Spinetti , actor, film, stage TV, lived in Kemp Town.
- Dusty Springfield, singer, had home in Wilbury Road, Hove
- Jacquie Storey, singer, dancer, choreographer, brought up in Hove
[edit] T
- Maui Taylor, Filipino actress, big in the Philippines
- Jack Tripp, English pantomime dame, died 2005
- Lynne Truss, writer
- Keith Tyson, artist and Turner Prize winner in 2002, studied Critical Fine Art Practice at Brighton University's Grand Parade campus
[edit] V
- David Van Day, singer
- Ralph Vaughan-Williams, composer, went to school in Rottingdean
- Magnus Volk, electrical engineer and inventor
[edit] W
- Wildman Whitehouse, surgeon and destroyer of the first transatlantic telegraph cable
- Rachel Whiteread, artist and Turner Prize winner in 1993
- Herbert Wilcox, film producer
- Amon Wilds and his son Amon Henry Wilds, both Regency architects, prolific in Brighton
- Mark Williams, member of The Fast Show team and actor in the Harry Potter films (pet rat)
- James Williamson (film pioneer), cinema pioneer had a chemist's shop in Church Road, Hove before building a studio in Cambridge Grove
- John Wisden, cricketer, founded Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
