List of people from Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks is a town in Kent, England. The following is a list of pages of people who were born, live or have lived in the town, or made some important contribution to it. Please add only notable people with a Wikipedia page.

Notable people from Sevenoaks

Table of 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

A

• John Miller Adye (1819–1900) Army officer
• Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–97) colonial governor of Massachusetts ^[1]
• William Amherst (c. 1732–1781) Army officer
• William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (1836–1910) Member of Parliament, Freemason
• Geoffrey Anson (1922–77) cricketer
• Charles Robert Ashbee (1863–1942) member of Arts & Crafts Movement

B

• Cheryl Baker (born 1954) singer in Bucks Fizz and TV presenter
• Reg Balch (1894–1994) Canadian photographer and scientist
• Anton du Beke (born 1966) ballroom dancer
• Douglas Booth (born 1992) actor
• Thomas Bourchier (c. 1404–1486) Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor
• Tom Bosworth (born 1990) Olympic race walker
• David Bowie (born 1947) Rock n roll musician, performer, artist.
• William Bowra (1752–1820) cricketer
• Matthew Branton (born 1968) novelist
• Bill Bruford (born 1949) drummer for bands such as Yes and King Crimson s

C

• Hugh Cecil (born 1889) photographer
• Mike Conway (born 1983) 2006 British Formula Three and 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship champion
• Simon Cope (born 1966) cyclist

D

• Anne Seymour Damer (1748–1828) sculptor
• W. H. Davies (1871–1940) poet and tramp
• Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957) actor, attended Sevenoaks School in his early teens
• Christopher Don (Donny) (born 1984) disc jockey, drum and bass artist
• John Donne (1572–1631) metaphysical poet and Dean of Old St Paul's Cathedral
• Diana Princess of Wales (1961-1997) attended West Heath School in Sevenoaks.

E

• Joan Adeney Easdale (1913–1989) poet, was born in Sevenoaks.
• John Epps (1805–69) homeopathic physician; religious dissenter

F

• John Farey (1791–1851) mechanical engineer
• John Frith (1503–1533) priest and writer

G

• Philip Game (1876–1961) Metropolitan Police Commissioner; Governor of New South Wales
• Walter Gilliat (1869–1963) priest, Association football player
• Cathy Gilliat-Smith (born 1981) England and Great Britain field hockey player
• Paul Greengrass (born 1955) film director and screenwriter
• George Grote (1794–1871) historian

H

• Henry Moore (born 2008) Golden boot winner (2023)
• Paul Hartnoll (born 1968) musician (Orbital)
• Brian Hord (born 1934) politician
• George Henry Horton (born 1993) filmmaker
• Claude Houghton (born 1889) author
• John Humphrys (born 1943) radio broadcaster
• Gloria Hunniford (born 1940) radio and television personality
• John Hurt (born 1940) actor

K

• Janet Kear (1933–2004) ornithologist
• Caron Keating (1962–2004) TV presenter
• Sam King (1911–2003) golfer
• John Kirk (1832–1922) Scottish physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, British Consul in Zanzibar
• John Buxton Knight (1843–1908) landscape painter
• Dick Knowles (1917–2008) MP

L

• Justine Lord (born 1938) actress

M

• Joseph Miller (died 1794) cricketer
• John Minshull (c. 1741–1793) cricketer
• Sarah Morris (born 1967) British-born American artist and filmmaker based in New York
• Netta Muskett (1887–1963) novelist

P

• Lance Percival (born 1933) actor, comedian and singer
• Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957) President of Sevenoaks Boy Scouts Association and Sevenoaks Chess Club

R

• Val Romney (c. 1718–1773) cricketer

S

• Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville (1827–1908) diplomat
• Lionel Sackville-West, 6th Baron Sackville (1913–2004) stockbroker
• Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962) author, member of the Bloomsbury group
• John Salako (born 1969) association footballer
• James Sharman (living) TV producer and sportscaster; host of The Footy Show on The Score
• Peter Sissons (1942 - 2019) newsreader
• Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale (1847–1923) politician and philanthropist
• Tilda Swinton (born 1960) actress, attended West Heath School, Sevenoaks
• Plum Sykes (born 1969) fashion writer and novelist

T

• Andy Titterrell (born 1981) England rugby union international
• Edward Thomas (1878–1917) poet and journalist
• Arthur Herbert Thompson (1890–1916) amateur footballer and soldier

W

• Tom Warren (born 1983) rugby union player
• H. G. Wells (1866–1946) novelist and science fiction writer
• James Whitbourn (born 1963) composer ^[2]
• Charlie Whiting (1952-2019) Formula One race director
• Joe Wilkinson (born 1975) comedian

Y

• Lizzy Yarnold (born 1988) Skeleton racer, most successful British Winter Olympian of all time

Z

• Robert Charles Zaehner (1913–1974) British academic whose field of study was Eastern religions.

References

1. Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who. 1967.
2. http://www.kentlive.news/weald-man-8217-s-work-feature-glitzy-los-angeles/story-20322338-detail/story.html%5B%5D