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A list of notable people from
Chester
,
England
.
Contents
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
O
P
R
S
T
V
W
References
Contents
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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Category:People from Chester
A
Russ Abbot
, actor, musician.
[
1
]
B
Reg Barton
, footballer
Diana Beck
, neurosurgeon.
[
2
]
Stan Bennion
, footballer.
[
3
]
Chris Blackburn
, footballer
Emily Booth
, actress
Grenville Booth
, footballer
Sir
Adrian Boult
(1889–1983), orchestral conductor.
[
4
]
Thomas Brassey
, civil engineer, railway contractor
David Brett
, footballer
Oswald Walters Brierly
, Marine painter to Queen Victoria
Robert Butt
, footballer
C
Hall Caine
, (1853–1931), writer
Randolph Caldecott
, illustrator and artist
Thomas E. Caldecott
, politician
Ray Carter
, footballer
Mark Cartwright
, footballer
Hugh B. Cave
, author
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor
,
Duke of Westminster
Mike Cecere
, footballer
Dave Challinor
, footballer
Ron Chesterman
, musician
Nigel Clutton
, footballer
Danny Collins (footballer)
, footballer
Alec Croft
, footballer
Brian Croft
, footballer
Daniel Craig
, actor (
James Bond
series)
Emma Cunniffe
, actress
D
John Douglas
, (1830–1911), architect
E
Simon Edge
, novelist
Lloyd Ellams
, footballer
David Evans (footballer)
David Evans (political official)
Robert Evans (footballer born 1885)
F
Tony Field (footballer born 1942)
Mike Fields
, footballer
Graham
,
Paul
, and
Ron Futcher
, brothers who all played professional football
G
Keith Griffiths
, footballer
H
Albert and
Les Harley
, footballing brothers
Thomas Harrison
, architect
Tom Heaton
, footballer
Malcolm Hebden
, actor
Joe Hewitt
, footballer
Randle Holme
- name shared by four successive generations of a family of
herald
painters
A. S. Hornby
,
lexicographer
Barry Horne
,
footballer
Robert Spear Hudson (businessman)
Tom Hughes
, actor
I
Jerry Ireland
, footballer
J
Eddie Johnson (English footballer)
Colin Jones (footballer)
Gary Jones (footballer born 1975)
Ray Jones (footballer born 1944)
Mike Jones (referee)
K
Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester
L
Lee Latchford-Evans
, singer
Eric Lee (footballer)
Bert Lipsham
, footballer
Hugh Lloyd
, actor
Frank Eric Lloyd
, author of
Rhodesian Patrol
M
Levi Mackin
, footballer
George Mainwaring
, merchant, mayor and MP
Lucy Meacock
, broadcaster
Bob Mills (comedian)
Helen Modern
, actress
William Monk
, etcher, woodcut engraver and painter
Steve Moore (footballer)
Alan Morris (footballer)
Jill Morris
, diplomat
William De Morgan
, potter and tile designer
Spangles Muldoon
, DJ
Danny Murphy (footballer born 1977)
, footballer
O
Stephen Oliver
, composer
Michael Owen
, footballer
P
Mike Parry
, broadcaster
Ronald Pickup
, actor
John Port (the elder)
, judge
Gary Potter
, footballer
Graham Pugh
, footballer
R
Basil Radford
, actor
Paul Raynor (footballer born 1957)
Bill Rigby
footballer
L. T. C. Rolt
, biographer, engineer, writer and canal enthusiast
Gary Roberts (footballer born 1984)
Gary Roberts (footballer born 1987)
Martin Roscoe
(b. 1952), classical pianist
Adam Rickitt
(singer and actor)
S
Ian Saltmarsh
(1901–1970), cricketer.
[
5
]
Alex Sanderson
,
Rugby union
player
Harry Smith
, footballer
George Spruce
, footballer
John Steiner
, actor
Ryan Shawcross
, footballer
T
John Thompson
(1870–1945), cricketer.
[
6
]
Anthony Thwaite
, poet
Charles John Tibbits
, journalist, newspaper editor, author, and legal writer
Beatrice Tinsley
, cosmologist
Beth Tweddle
, gymnast
Martin Tyler
, football commentator
V
Danny Ventre
, footballer
W
Robert Wilcox (martyr)
Helen Willetts
,
weather presenter
and former international
badminton
player
Brian Woodall
, footballer
References
↑
"Comedian Russ Abbot on switching to the madhouse, the workhouse and Wentworth"
. 9 November 2010. Archived from
the original
on 29 November 2020
. Retrieved
26 November
2024
.
↑
Series, Hugh (2004). "Beck, Diana Jean Kinloch".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(online
ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi
:
10.1093/ref:odnb/60886
.
(Subscription,
Wikipedia Library
access or
UK public library membership
required.)
↑
"Stan Bennion"
.
Barry Hugman's Footballers
. Retrieved
26 November
2024
.
↑
Kennedy, Michael (2004). "Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(online
ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi
:
10.1093/ref:odnb/30835
.
(Subscription,
Wikipedia Library
access or
UK public library membership
required.)
↑
"Ian Saltmarsh"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
↑
"John Thompson"
.
ESPNcricinfo
. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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