List of people from Merton
Among those who were born in the London Borough of Merton, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):
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- Khalid Abdalla - actor, The Kite Runner and United 93
- Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot - Commander of the Royal Navy in North America during the American War of Independence.
- Bob Astles - former associate of Ugandan presidents Milton Obote and Idi Amin
- Raymond Austin, AKA Ray Austin AKA The Baron Raymond DeVere-Austin of Delvin - TV and Film Director/Actor/Stuntman was born in Merton.
B
- Barloc of Norbury
- Ben Barnes - actor, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- Cyril Barton - posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross during World War II
- Ian Bazalgette - posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross during World War II
- Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819–1891) - civil engineer; his creation in the mid 19th century of the sewer network for central London eliminated the incidence of cholera epidemics
- Dave Benson-Phillips, children's television presenter, who lived in Cannon Hill Lane
- Bernard Braden - TV personality, mainly of the 1960s
- Jo Brand – comedienne: lived in Mitcham
- Steve Brookstein – winner of the first series of TV talent show The X Factor.
- Martin Brett (Brett Martini), musician, voice of Beehive
- Richard Briers, actor
- Raymond Briggs - cartoonist
- James Brunlees - engineer, lived at Argyle Lodge, Parkside
- Roy Budd – jazz musician
- Josephine Butler - feminist campaigner of the Victorian era, Blue Plaque at 8 North View, Wimbledon Common
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D
- John Donne – Jacobean poet.
- Sean Davis - footballer, plays for Bolton Wanderers, previously with Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur & Portsmouth
- Clint Dempsey - footballer, during his playing career at Fulham
- Sandy Denny - singer, born at the Nelson Hospital
- Lawrence Doherty - winner of thirteen Wimbledon tennis championships and two Olympic gold medals
- Reginald Doherty - winner of twelve Wimbledon tennis championships and three Olympic gold medals
- Hugh Dowding - commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in 1940, Blue Plaque at 3 St Mary's Road
- Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville - Home Secretary and Secretary of State for War to William Pitt the Younger, resident of Cannizaro House
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- Florence Harmer - historian, born in Mitcham
- Will Hay - actor
- Tubby Hayes - jazz musician
- Neil Howlett – opera singer, born in Mitcham
- Victoria Hamilton - actress
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen - prime minister 1852-55; resident of Cannizaro House
- Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia - guest at a house in Parkside while in exile from Ethiopia owing to the Italian invasion; his statue stands in Cannizaro Park
- Georgette Heyer - novelist, was born and grew up in Wimbledon. She wrote her first five novels there. A later novel, 'Pastel', is set in a suburb very like Wimbledon.
- Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha - while Minister of Transport, 1934-7, he introduced the driving test and the Belisha Beacon; then Secretary of State for War, 1937–40
- John Horne Tooke - politician, lived at Chester House on Wimbledon Common
- Thomas Hughes - author of Tom Brown's Schooldays which was written in Wimbledon
- James Hunt - 1976 Formula 1 World Champion
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K
- Barbara Kelly - TV personality
- Maxwell Knight – spymaster
- Lorelei King - actress
- Hetty King - famous Music Hall artiste and male impersonator. A blue commemorative plaque was erected on her home in Palmerston Road, Wimbledon by The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America in November 2010
- David Kynaston - author, historian
L
- Jay Laga'aia - actor
- Don Lang - Britain's answer to Bill Haley; with his band, a mainstay of Britain's first television rock and roll programme Six-Five Special
- Libera - The boy vocalists of Libera, who are regular contributors to the BBC's Songs of Praise TV programme, and who have toured extensively throughout the world, and who have released several chart-topping albums, are based at St Phillip's Parish Church in Norbury
- Glen Little - footballer
- Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer - scientist and astronomer; joint discoverer of helium
- John Lyde-Brown - director of the Bank of England; resident of Cannizaro House; his collection of classical sculpture was acquired by Catherine II of Russia in 1787 and is held by the Hermitage Museum
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- Lord Horatio Nelson - Admiral; Nelson's estate, Merton Place, included part of Wimbledon at the eastern end of the Broadway,[37] though, strictly he was a resident of Merton the neighbouring parish
O
- Mikel John Obi - Chelsea FC defensive midfielder
- October (singer) - singer-songwriter
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