List of people from Royal Tunbridge Wells

Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live(d) in Tunbridge Wells, or had some important contribution to make to the town. As a spa town Tunbridge Wells was a popular resort for the upper classes, including members of the British Royal Family. It was a favoured place for retirement, so a number of famous people have died there: the symbol † signifies that fact.

Notable people from Tunbridge Wells

Table of contents: A B C D E F G H J L M N O P R S T V W Z

A

• Alistair Appleton (1970– ), TV personality

B

• Tom Baker (1934 ), actor
• Gary Barden (1955– ), musician
• The Reverend Thomas Bayes (1702–1761), mathematician †
• Jeff Beck (1944– ), musician
• Rachel Beer (1858–1927), newspaper editor
• Compton Bennett (1900–1974), film director
• Golding Bird (1814–1854), medical writer †
• Frank W. Boreham (1871–1959), Baptist preacher
• Jo Brand (1957– ), comedian
• William Thomas Brande (1788–1866), chemist †
• Gary Brazil (1962– ), football player
• Nick Brown (1950– ), politician
• Thomas Harrison Burder (1789–1843), physician and author †
• Peter Burton (1924–2007) physicist, philosopher, logician.
• Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873), author

C

• John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845–1914), Governor General of Canada
• Oliver Chris (1978– ), actor
• George Cohen (1939– ), football player
• Paul Condon, Baron Condon (1947– ), police commissioner
• Martin Corry MBE (1973– ), rugby player
• The Reverend Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952), missionary and writer
• Richard Cumberland (1732–1811), dramatist
• Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham (1887–1963), military officer †

D

• Marcus Dillistone (1961–), Royal Premiered film director.
• Sir Howard Douglas, Bt. (1776–1861), military officer †
• Keith Douglas (1920–1944), poet
• Roy Douglas (1907– ), classical composer
• Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (1882–1970), Royal Air Force officer

E

• John Cox Dillman Engleheart (1784–1862), miniature painter †

F

• Arthur Fagg (1915–1977), cricketer †
• Caroline Fry (1787–1846), writer

G

• Jilly Goolden (1956– ), television personality
• Léon Goossens (1897–1988), oboist †
• The Reverend Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1818–1897), clergyman and writer ↑
• David Gower (1957– ), cricketer
• Sir Tyrone Guthrie (1900–1971), theatrical director

H

• Ker Baillie Hamilton (1804–1889), colonial governor †
• Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785–1856), Viceroy of India †
• Philip Carteret Hill (1821–1894), Nova Scotia politician †
• Katrina Hodge, soldier and Miss England 2009

J

• Louise Jameson (1951– ), actress
• Richard Jones (1790–1855), economist

L

• Enid Lakeman (1903–1995), political reformer
• Duncan Lamont (1918–1978), actor †
• Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford (1865–1953), Lieutenant-General and father of actor Peter Lawford
• Ron Ledger (1920–2004), politician
• Henry Bilson Legge (1708–1764), politician †
• Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848–1939), daughter of Queen Victoria

M

• Chris McCooey (1949– ), journalist and author
• Alec McCowen (1925– ), actor
• Shane MacGowan (1957– ), punk singer
• Victor McLaglen (1886–1959), actor
• Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew (1929– ), politician

N

• Richard (Beau) Nash (1674–1762), celebrated dandy and leader of fashion
• William Nicholson (1948– ), writer

O

• Sir Charles Ogle, Bt. (1775–1858), naval officer †

P

• Tim Page (1944– ) photojournalist
• Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton (1685–1754), politician †
• Tim Pears, (1956– ) novelist
• Rose Pipette (1986– ) pop singer with The Pipettes

R

• Sir Richard Robinson (1849–1928), businessman and local politician
• Richard Rose (1982– ), footballer

S

• Sir David Lionel Salomons (1851–1925), scientist
• Sarah Sands (1961– ), journalist
• Horace Smith (1779–1849), poet and novelist †
• Jamie Spence (1963– ), golfer
• Sir Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt (1811–1888), naval officer †
• The Reverend Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1835–1926), zoologist †
• Francis Meadow Sutcliffe (1863–1941), photographer
• Gary A. Stevens (1962– ), Footballer

T

• William Temple (1833–1919), recipient of the Victoria Cross †
• William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), novelist
• Bob Todd (1921–1992) comedy actor

V

• Sid Vicious (1957–1979), musician

W

• Virginia Wade (1945– ), tennis player
• H T Waghorn (1842–1930), cricket historian
• Arthur Waley (1889–1966), Orientalist
• Nick Wallace (1972– ), writer
• Frank Weare (1896–1971), World War I flying ace

Z

• Andy Zaltzman, comedian and writer
• Helen Zaltzman, co-host of popular podcast, Answer me this

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