List of people from Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Chichester, or had some important contribution to make to the town.

Notable people from Chichester

A

• Alan Arnell (1935–2013) - association football player
• Isabel Ashdown (born 1970) - author

B

• Alan Badel (1923–1982) - actor
• Peter Baldwin (1933–2015) - actor
• Harriet Barber (1968–2014) - painter
• Roland Beamont (1920–2001) - RAF fighter pilot ace World War II
• John Blund (c. 1175 – 1248) - philosopher
• Tommy Boyd (born 1952) - radio presenter
• Vic Buckingham (1915–1995) - association football player
• Cordelia Bugeja (born 1976) - actress
• John Bullokar (1574–1627) - physician and lexicographer
• John William Burgon (1813 – 1888) - Dean of Chichester beginning in 1876, notable defender of Biblical inerrancy.

C

• Sam Callis (born 1973) - actor
• John Cameron (1914–2000) - cricketer
• William Cawley (1602–1667) - politician; signatory to death warrant of King Charles I
• William Chillingworth (1602–1644) - churchman
• Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus - local ruler in Roman Britain
• William Clowes (1779–1847) - printer
• William Collins (1721–1759) - poet
• Holly Colvin (born 1989) - cricketer
• F.W.S. Craig (1929–1989) - psephologist

D

• Norman Demuth (1878–1968) - composer
• Hugh Dennis (born 1962) - comedian, writer, actor

E

• Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton (1906–1984) - RNVR holder of George Cross
• Harvey Lonsdale Elmes (1813–1847) - architect
• Michael Elphick (1946–2002) - actor
• David Emms (1925–2015) - rugby union player and educationalist

F

• John Forbes (1787–1861) - physician
• Mike Friday (born 1972) - rugby union player and coach
• Christopher Fry (1907–2005) - playwright
• J.F.C. Fuller (1878–1966) - Army officer (major-general) and historian

G

• Edric Frederick Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford (1849–1911) - holder of the Victoria Cross
• Eric Gill (1882–1940) - sculptor, typeface designer and printmaker
• William Greenfield (died 1315) - Dean of Chichester
• Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961) - composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer
• Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 1966) - composer

H

• Jamie Hall (born 1968) - cricketer
• Ian Hannah (1874–1944) - academic, writer, politician
• Edward Hardwicke (1932–2011) - actor
• Charles Harington Harington (1872–1940) - Army officer in World War I
• Edward Harrison (1910–2002) - cricketer and squash player^[1]
• Charlotte Hawkins (born 1975) - Sky News presenter
• Giles Haywood (born 1979) - former Sussex and Nottinghamshire cricketer
• Sean Heather (born 1982) - cricketer
• Antony Hegarty (born 1971) - singer
• George Hersee (1924–2001) - BBC engineer
• Andrew Hodd (born 1984) - cricketer
• Brian Horrocks (1895–1985) - Lt General, World War II; BBC presenter
• Charlie Howard (1854–1929) - cricketer
• William Huskisson (1783–1828) - politician; killed in an early railway accident
• Walter Hussey (1909–1985) - Dean of Chichester Cathedral

J

• William Juxon (1582–1663) - Archbishop of Canterbury

K

• Jarvis Kenrick (1852–1949) - association football player
• Edward Knapp-Fisher (1915–2003) - bishop

L

• Jennifer Lash (1939–1993) - novelist and painter
• Margaret Leighton (1922–1976) - actress
• Lord Henry Lennox (1821–1886) - politician
• Morgan Lewington - Canadian TV and film producer
• James Lillywhite (1842–1929) - English cricketer
• Ian Lloyd (1921–2006) - politician
• George Long (1800–1879) - English classical scholar
• Robert Ballard Long (1771–1825) - Army officer
• Walter Loveys (1920–1969) - politician and farmer

M

• Morris Maddocks (1928–2008) - bishop
• Leslie Evershed Martin (1903–1991) - theatrical impresario and mayor of Chichester
• Charlotte Mason (1842–1923) - educator
• Stephen Matthews (born 1946) - Australian author and publisher
• Jasper Mayne (1604–1672) - Archdeacon of Chichester
• Cursor Miner - musician
• Kate Mosse (born 1961) - author, playwright and broadcaster

N

• Ralph Neville (died 1244) - Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England
• Adrian Noble (born 1950) - theatre director

O

• Tom Odell (born 1990) - singer-songwriter; winner of the 2013 Critics' Choice BRIT Award

P

• Timothy Peake (born 1972) - astronaut
• Edward Schroeder Prior (1857–1932) - architect; Arts and Craft Movement
• Mavis Pugh (1914–2006) - actress

R

• Zoe Rahman - jazz pianist
• Leslie Rands (1900–1972) - opera singer
• Mark Roberts (born 1961) - archaeologist
• Anita Roddick (1942–2007) - founder of The Body Shop
• Dame Patricia Routledge (born 1929) - theatre, television, and film actress; singer

S

• James Saxon (1954–2003) - actor
• Richard Seaman (1913–1939) - Grand Prix driver
• John Selden (1584–1654) - jurist
• M.P. Shiel (1865–1947) - fantasy fiction writer
• Ros Simmons - CEO of Vie at Home
• Dudley Smith (born 1926) - politician
• George Smith (1713/14–1776) - landscape painter
• Edward Speleers (born 1988) - actor
• Paul Steinitz (1909–1988) - musician
• Edward Story (died 1503) - bishop

T

• Frederick Tees - member of the Dam Busters raid during Operation Chastise
• Dave Thomas (born 1950) - association football player; PE teacher
• James Tighe - professional wrestler

W

• Honeysuckle Weeks (born 1979) - actress
• Perdita Weeks (born 1985) - actress
• Rollo Weeks (born 1987) - actor
• George Weldon (1908–1963) - conductor
• John Weldon (1676–1736) - composer
• Simon of Wells (died 1207) - Bishop of Chichester
• Michael Wilding (1912–1979) - actor

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