List of people from the London Borough of Barnet

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Location of the London Borough of Barnet within Greater London

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barnet, or have dwelt within the border of the modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category):

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Notable residents

Key to "Notes" regarding the residents' affiliation to Barnet
LetterDescription
BIndicates that the resident was born in Barnet.
DIndicates that the resident died in Barnet.
IIndicates that the subject is buried in Barnet.
LIndicates that the resident lived in Barnet.
Citations in the Notes box refer to the information in the entire row

Academia and research

NameNotabilityDistrict [1] Notes [2]
William Cattley For whom the orchid species cattleya was named
Peter Collinson BotanistMill Hill [3]
Harold Hopkins Physicist
John Strugnell Dead Sea Scrolls editor-in-chief and Harvard Professor

Arts and entertainment

NameNotabilityDistrict [1] Notes [2]
Katrina Kaif Indian-British actress in Bollywood B [4]
Anthony Andrews Actor
Richard Baker Newsreader
Paul FreemanActorB
Peter Banks MusicianB,D
Stephanie Beacham Actress
Claire Bloom Actress
Emma Bunton Singer Finchley
Dave Colwell Guitar
Shelley Conn Actress
Nadine Coyle Singer Chipping Barnet
Paul Carrack Keyboards and SingerChipping Barnet
D. C. Eyles Illustrator and comics artist
Andy Ellison SingerFinchley
Samantha Fox Model and singer
Robert Fripp Musician
Morgan Fisher KeyboardsFinchley
Devin Griffin BBC Radio 1 DJ (commonly known as Dev)
Trevor Howard Actor
Dhani Harrison SingerChipping Barnet
Jade Jones Singer Finchley
Howard Jones SingerChipping Barnet
Cariad Lloyd Actress, writer and comedian
Tony Maudsley Actor[ citation needed ]
Jo Maxwell-Muller ActressHendon
Stephen Merchant Actor, writer and comedian [ citation needed ]
George Michael Singer and songwriterFinchley
Monica Michael Singer-songwriter
Spike Milligan ComedianFinchleyL [5]
Bob Monkhouse Comedian
Sir Roger Moore Actor
Eric Morecambe Comedian
Billy Nicholls Singer
Elaine Paige Singer and actress
Nick Papadimitriou Author
Frederick Peisley Actor
Steve Pemberton Actor[ citation needed ]
David Pentecost Composer (Lived at Torrington Cottage, Church Path/Lodge Lane, 1940 to 1965)FinchleyL
Anna Popplewell Actress[ citation needed ]
Angharad Rees Actress (born in Edgware Hospital and lived at 13 Engel Park, Mill Hill, until she was 2)
Sir Cliff Richard Singer [ citation needed ]
Daniel Roche Actor
Peter Sellers Comedian [ citation needed ]
Feargal Sharkey Singer [ citation needed ]
Reece Shearsmith Actor
David Shepherd Painter
Sir Donald Sinden Actor (lived at 60, Temple Fortune Lane, Hampstead Garden Suburb 1954–1997)L[ citation needed ]
Marc Sinden Film director, actor and theatre producer
Jerry Shirley Drummer
Mike Skinner Rapper and music producer
John Somerville Sculptor
Jerry Springer TV personality (born at East Finchley, or possibly Highgate)B[ citation needed ]
Steven Stapleton Musician
Andy Summers Musician
Zak Starkey DrumsChipping Barnet
Terry-Thomas Actor/comedianFinchleyB
Lee Thompson MusicianFinchley
Simon Townshend SingerFinchley
Alan Tilvern Actor [ citation needed ]
Tamás Vásáry Pianist and conductor [ citation needed ]
Johnny Vaughan Radio presenter
Mark Vidler [6] [7] Record producer, remixer, DJ
Marc Warren ActorFinchleyL [8]
Amy Winehouse Singer-songwriter Southgate I, L
Sir Norman Wisdom Actor/comedian
Rick Wills Bass GuitarFinchley

Crime

Design

Travel and exploration

NameNotabilityDistrict [1] Notes [2]
Celia Fiennes Early recreational traveller, the first recorded woman to visit every county in EnglandMill HillL [3]
David Livingstone

Judiciary

Literature

NameNotabilityDistrict [1] Notes [2]
Fleur Adcock Poet
Kingsley Amis Novelist and poetBarnetL
Martin Amis NovelistBarnetL
Alison Weir Novelist, historianBarnetL
Charles Dickens NovelistFinchleyL
Sally Laird Writer, editor and translatorB [10]
Tim Parks Novelist (his semi-autobiographical Tongues of Flame is set in the North Finchley of 1968)Finchley
Samuel Pepys Writer
Will Self Novelist, reviewer and columnistFinchleyL [11]

Journalism and the media

NameNotabilityDistrict [1] Notes [2]
Stephen Douglas Journalist, ITV
Richard Baker Broadcaster
Mark Kermode Film criticFinchley
John Kennedy O'Connor Broadcaster & writerFinchley

Politics and government

NameNotabilityDistrict [1] Notes [2]
John Bercow Former Speaker of the House of Commons and the Member of Parliament for Buckingham EdgwareB [12]
Cyril Bibby prospective Labour Party candidate opposing Reginald Maudling in 1958–1959
Robert Carr (Baron Carr of Hadley)Conservative politician
Sir Sydney Chapman Local MP 1979–2005
Nick Griffin Political Leader of the BNP
Octavia Hill Social reformerL
Sir Stamford Raffles Founder of Singapore Mill HillL [3]
Reginald Maudling Local MP 1950–1979
Sir Vincent Tewson TUC General SecretaryArkley
Margaret Thatcher Local MP and Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1979–1990
William Wilberforce Politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade Mill HillL [3]
John Wilkes Radical, journalist and politicianMill Hill [3]

Sport and games

NameNotabilityDistrict [1] Notes [2]
Jayden Bennetts Footballer
Keanan Bennetts FootballerEdgware
David Crawley Gaelic football player
C. B. Fry Polymath best known as a cricketerChilds HillL D [3]
Darren Gerard Cricketer
Mark Thomson DartsFinchley
Phil Tufnell CricketerFinchley
Ram Vaswani Professional poker and snooker player
Peter Wells Olympic high jumper

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