List of people from Lewes, East Sussex
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Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Lewes, or had some important contribution to make to the town.
[edit] Notable people from Lewes
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[edit] A
- John Agard (1949- ) poet, playwright and children's author
[edit] B
- Marina Baker (1967- ) former actress/ model, journalist, children's author and politician
- Wynne Edwin Baxter (1844-1920) lawyer, translator, antiquarian and botanist
- Anthony Buckeridge (1912-2004) children's author
[edit] C
- Thomas Cobham (? - 1327) Archdeacon of Lewes
- Richard Challoner (1691-1781) Roman Catholic bishop
- John Conolly (1794-1866) physician
- Henry William Crosskey (1826-1893) geologist, Unitarian minister
[edit] D
- Henry Dudeney (1857-1930) author and mathematician
[edit] E
- John Ellman (1753-1832) farmer and stockbreeder
- John Evelyn (1620-1706) writer, gardener, diarist
[edit] F
- Barry Fell ((1917-1994) zoologist
- John Fitzalan, 1st Baron Arundel [[c1348-1379)
- David Ford (1978- ) singer/songwriter
- Julia Foster (1943- ) actress
[edit] G
- Eve Garnett (1900-1991) author and illustrator
- Sir William Gull, 1st Baronet (1816-1890) physician
- Walter Godfrey (1881-1961), architect, historian and antiquarian
- Edward Castres Gwynne (1811-1888) Australian lawyer and politician
[edit] H
- Denzil Dean Harber (1909-1966) ornithologist and Trotskyist
- Ed Harcourt (1977- ) singer/songwriter
- Julius Charles Hare (1795-1855) theologian, Archdeacon of Lewes
- Edward Hargraves (1816-1891) Australian gold prospector
- Phil Hobden (-) film producer
[edit] I
- James Iredell (1751-1799) US lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court
[edit] J
[edit] K
- Paul Austin Kelly (1960- ) opera singer
[edit] L
- Eleanor of Lancaster (1311-1372]] wife of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel
[edit] M
- Gideon Mantell (1790-1852) obstretician, geologist, palaeontologist
- Joan Maude (1908-1998) actress
- Wiliam McCrea (1904-1999) astronomer (
- George McVicar (1991-)Folk Dancer, Morris Dance Revoltionary
[edit] N
[edit] O
- Ruth O'Keeffe (1962- ) local government councillor
[edit] P
- Thomas Paine (1737-1809) revolutionary, inventor and intellectual
- John Peckham (c1230-1292) Archbishop of Canterbury
- Brenda Pye (1907-2005) landscape artist
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Cater Rand ((1749-1825) scientist, surveyor, book seller
- Thomas 'Clio' Rickman (1760-1834) brewer and pamphleteer
- Richard Russell (1687-1759) physician (water cure)
[edit] S
- Louis Francis Salzman (1878-1971) economic historian
- Sir George Shiffner (1762-1842) politician
- John Maynard Smith (1920-2004) evolutionary biologist, geneticist
- Anthony Stapley (1590-1655) Member of Parliament; one of the regicides of King Charles I
- Noel Streatfeild (1895-1986) children's author
[edit] T
- Nicholas Tucker (-) academic and writer
[edit] U
[edit] V
[edit] W
- Edward Perry Warren ((1860-1928) art collector
- John Jenner Weir (1822-1894) civil servant, entomologist, ornithologist
- Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) novelist, essayist
[edit] X
[edit] Y
- Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764) politician