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):
A
- 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
- Ray Austin - TV and film director, actor, stuntman; 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 cholera epidemics
- Dave Benson-Phillips - children's television presenter, lived in Cannon Hill Lane
- Bernard Braden - TV personality, mainly of the 1960s
- Jo Brand – comedienne, lived in Mitcham
- Martin Brett (Brett Martini), musician, voice of Beehive
- Richard Briers - actor
- Raymond Briggs - cartoonist
- Steve Brookstein – winner of the first series of TV talent show The X Factor
- 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
C
- Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton - British peer and Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Anthony Caro - sculptor, born here in 1924
- George Edward Cates - World War I Victoria Cross recipient
- Ernst Boris Chain - joint winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of penicillin; Blue Plaque at 9 North View, Wimbledon Common
- Mavis Cheek - novelist born and brought up in Wimbledon
- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough - close friend of Queen Anne
- Danny Cipriani - England rugby player
- Norman Coburn - actor, played Donald Fisher in Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Vernon Corea - radio broadcaster
- Annette Crosbie - actress, screen wife of One Foot in the Grave's Victor Meldrew
- Ambrose Crowley – ironmaster
- Steve Curtis - eight-time World Offshore powerboat racing champion
D
- Sean Davis - footballer, plays for Bolton Wanderers, previously with Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and 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
- John Donne – Jacobean poet
- 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
F
- The Field Mice - pop group
- Michael Fielding – The Mighty Boosh comedian; Noel's younger brother
- Noel Fielding – The Mighty Boosh comedian
- Mike Fillery – footballer
- Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) - author; works include The Good Soldier and Parade's End
G
- Paul Geraghty - author, illustrator
- David Gibson – cricketer
- John William Godward - painter
- Good Shoes - indie music band whose first album, Think Before You Speak, included the track "Morden"
- Charles Patrick Graves - journalist
- Robert Graves - poet
- Deryck Guyler - actor
H
- 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
- Victoria Hamilton - actress
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen - prime minister 1852-55; resident of Cannizaro House
- Florence Harmer - historian, born in Mitcham
- Will Hay - actor
- Tubby Hayes - jazz musician
- Georgette Heyer - novelist, born and grew up in Wimbledon; 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
- Neil Howlett – opera singer, born in Mitcham
- Thomas Hughes - author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, written in Wimbledon
- James Hunt - 1976 Formula 1 World Champion
J
- Vinnie Jones - former footballer and film actor
K
- Barbara Kelly - TV personality
- Hetty King - 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
- Lorelei King - actress
- Maxwell Knight – spymaster
- 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 - boy vocalists;regular contributors to the BBC's Songs of Praise TV programme; have toured extensively throughout the world; have released several chart-topping albums; 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
M
- M.I.A. – singer, songwriter and rapper
- Alexander Maconochie - founder of the Royal Geographical Society; penal reformer
- Frederick Marryat - author, Blue Plaque at Gothic Lodge, 6 Woodhayes Road; also lived at Wimbledon House
- John Martyn - singer-songwriter
- Master Shortie – MC
- Tony McGuinness - musician, Above and Beyond
- Will Mellor - actor
- Thomas Ralph Merton - physicist
- Sally Morgan - celebrity psychic medium
- Mud – glam rock group
- Marcus Mumford - musician, Mumford & Sons
- Gillian Murphy - dancer, American Ballet Theatre
- John Murray III (1808–1892) - publisher; significant publications include Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species; built a house called "Newstead" at Somerset Road
N
- Lord Horatio Nelson - Admiral; his estate, Merton Place, included part of Wimbledon at the eastern end of the Broadway, though strictly he was a resident of Merton, the neighbouring parish
O
- Mikel John Obi - Chelsea FC defensive midfielder
- October - singer-songwriter
P
- F.W.J. Palmer - engineer, born here
- Alan Pardew - football manager
- Michelle Paver - author, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
- Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham - Lord Chancellor
- Augustus Porter - socialite
- Chris Powell – manager of The Championship football club Charlton Athletic, former footballer, grew up in Mitcham
- Sir William Henry Preece - developed English telephone system; Blue Plaque at Gothic Lodge, 6 Woodhayes Road
- Robert Prizeman - classical crossover music composer; choirmaster of Libera and St Phillip's Parish Church, Norbury; composed the BBC's Songs of Praise signature music
- Steve Punt - comedian
R
- Oliver Reed - actor
- Diana Rigg - actress
- Laura Robson - Junior Wimbledon tennis champion
- Annie Ross – jazz singer
- Rox - musician
- Margaret Rutherford - actress, Blue Plaque at 4 Berkeley Place
S
- Sampha - singer-songwriter, known for collaborative work with SBTRKT, Jessie Ware and Drake
- Arthur Schopenhauer - philosopher, Blue Plaque at Eagle House where he lived in 1803
- Ridley Scott - film director, Blade Runner and Gladiator
- Jay Sean - R&B singer
- Brian Sewell - art critic and media personality
- Slick Rick (Richard Walters) – rapper, hip-hop musician, born in Mitcham but moved to the Bronx, New York
- Shane Smeltz – New Zealand footballer: lived in Mitcham when he played for AFC Wimbledon
- Mark Edgley Smith - composer
- Alex Stepney – former Manchester United footballer and 1968 European Cup winner
- Steve-O - Jackass performer
- Herbert Strudwick – cricket wicket-keeper
- Graham Stuart - footballer
- Dave Swarbrick - fiddler of Fairport Convention
T
- Jamie T - singer/songwriter and musician
- Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883) - economic historian, Blue Plaque at 49 Wimbledon Parkside
- Joseph Toynbee (1815–1866) - surgeon, Blue Plaque at 49 Wimbledon Parkside
- Ralph Tubbs - architect; his buildings include the Dome of Discovery and Charing Cross Hospital
- John Mosely Turner – supercentenarian
W
- Terri Walker - R&B and soul singer
- Max Wall - actor, comedian and entertainer
- Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-1782) - twice Prime Minister
- William Allison White – recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Wilberforce (1759-1833) - 19th-century anti-slavery campaigner
- Nigel Winterburn - football player
- Jamie Woon - singer-songwriter
Y
Z
- Faryadi Sarwar Zardad – Afghan warlord; later tried for war crimes, convicted and imprisoned
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