List of people from Slough
This is a list of notable people who are current or former residents or associates of the town of Slough in the English county of Berkshire.
- Cecil Aldin (painter of animals and rural life)
- Gerry Anderson (television drama maker and creator of supermarionation)
- Stanley Baldwin (schoolboy at St Michael's School, Aldin House and later Prime Minister)[1]
- Steve Bell (political cartoonist)
- Richard Bentley ("Bentley's", the publishing firm)[2]
- Keith Bosley (poet and translator)
- Fenner Brockway (anti-war activist and politician)
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (engineer)
- Mark Brzezicki (drummer) with Big Country, Procol Harum and others.
- Jimmy Carr (comedian)
- Alma Cogan (singer, former pupil at St Joseph's School)
- Gregory Edwards (musician)
- Rod Evans (original lead Singer of Deep Purple)
- Tommy Farr (boxer)
- Sean Foley (comedian)[3]
- Ricky Gervais (as David Brent) (actor/comedian)
- Thomas Gray (English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history)
- Geri Halliwell (entertainer)
- Victoria (Hanover) (monarch)
- Caroline Herschel (astronomer)
- John Herschel (mathematician and astronomer)
- William Herschel (astronomer and composer)
- Mark Hylton (Olympic athlete)
- Alan Johnson (former Slough postal worker, Cabinet minister)
- Simon Kernick (author)
- Danny King (author)
- Jayne Kitt (BB7 contestant)
- Iain Lee (entertainer)
- Marian McPartland (jazz pianist)
- Forrest Mars Sr. (entrepreneur)
- Fiona May (twice world long jump champion)
- John Nash (painter)
- Gary Numan (musician)
- Henry III (Plantagenet) (monarch)
- Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (Plantagenet) (Royal aristocrat)
- Lloyd Owusu (Ghana international footballer)
- Marcia Richardson (Olympic athlete)
- Mark Richardson (Olympic athlete)
- Helen Sharman (scientist and astronaut)
- Kalim Siddiqui (journalist and Muslim activist)
- Billy Smart, Jr (circus owner)
- Una Stubbs (actress)[4]
- Naema Tahir (1970) - Dutch writer and feminist from Pakistan descent
- Ellen Ternan (actress)
- Tracey Ullman (Television Presenter)
- Dj Man$ (old school dj)
- Thousand Yard Stare (indie pop band)
- Robert Watson-Watt (scientist)
- Vic Woodley (footballer)
- James Thomas Bedborough (Property developer that developed properties at Upton Park, and great great great-grandfather of Davina McCall)[5]
Deaths and funerals in Slough
References
- ^ p93, The History of Slough, Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, Slough 1973
- ^ Richard Bentley
- ^ Where you're smiling | | guardian.co.uk Arts
- ^ Something about Una - Independent on Sunday, 22 February 2004, accessed 28 May 2009
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ls4sx