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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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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):
| Key to "Notes" regarding the residents' affiliation to Barnet | |
|---|---|
| Letter | Description |
| B | Indicates that the resident was born in Barnet. |
| D | Indicates that the resident died in Barnet. |
| I | Indicates that the subject is buried in Barnet. |
| L | Indicates that the resident lived in Barnet. |
| Citations in the Notes box refer to the information in the entire row |
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Cattley | For whom the orchid species cattleya was named | ||
| Peter Collinson | Botanist | Mill Hill | [3] |
| Harold Hopkins | Physicist | ||
| John Strugnell | Dead Sea Scrolls editor-in-chief and Harvard Professor | ||
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katrina Kaif | Indian-British actress in Bollywood | B [4] | |
| Anthony Andrews | Actor | ||
| Richard Baker | Newsreader | ||
| Paul Freeman | Actor | B | |
| Peter Banks | Musician | B,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 Singer | Chipping Barnet | |
| D. C. Eyles | Illustrator and comics artist | ||
| Andy Ellison | Singer | Finchley | |
| Samantha Fox | Model and singer | ||
| Robert Fripp | Musician | ||
| Morgan Fisher | Keyboards | Finchley | |
| Devin Griffin | BBC Radio 1 DJ (commonly known as Dev) | ||
| Trevor Howard | Actor | ||
| Dhani Harrison | Singer | Chipping Barnet | |
| Jade Jones | Singer | Finchley | |
| Howard Jones | Singer | Chipping Barnet | |
| Cariad Lloyd | Actress, writer and comedian | ||
| Tony Maudsley | Actor[ citation needed ] | ||
| Stephen Merchant | Actor, writer and comedian [ citation needed ] | ||
| George Michael | Singer and songwriter | Finchley | |
| Monica Michael | Singer-songwriter | ||
| Spike Milligan | Comedian | Finchley | L [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) | Finchley | L |
| 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 | Drums | Chipping Barnet | |
| Terry-Thomas | Actor/comedian | Finchley | B |
| Lee Thompson | Musician | Finchley | |
| Simon Townshend | Singer | Finchley | |
| 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 | Actor | Finchley | L [8] |
| Amy Winehouse | Singer-songwriter | Southgate | I, L |
| Sir Norman Wisdom | Actor/comedian | ||
| Rick Wills | Bass Guitar | Finchley |
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celia Fiennes | Early recreational traveller, the first recorded woman to visit every county in England | Mill Hill | L [3] |
| David Livingstone | |||
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleur Adcock | Poet | ||
| Kingsley Amis | Novelist and poet | Barnet | L |
| Martin Amis | Novelist | Barnet | L |
| Alison Weir | Novelist, historian | Barnet | L |
| Charles Dickens | Novelist | Finchley | L |
| Sally Laird | Writer, editor and translator | B [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 columnist | Finchley | L [11] |
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Douglas | Journalist, ITV | ||
| Richard Baker | Broadcaster | ||
| Mark Kermode | Film critic | Finchley | |
| John Kennedy O'Connor | Broadcaster & writer | Finchley | |
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Bercow | Former Speaker of the House of Commons and the Member of Parliament for Buckingham | Edgware | B [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 reformer | L | |
| Sir Stamford Raffles | Founder of Singapore | Mill Hill | L [3] |
| Reginald Maudling | Local MP 1950–1979 | ||
| Sir Vincent Tewson | TUC General Secretary | Arkley | |
| 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 Hill | L [3] |
| John Wilkes | Radical, journalist and politician | Mill Hill | [3] |
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayden Bennetts | Footballer | ||
| Keanan Bennetts | Footballer | Edgware | |
| David Crawley | Gaelic football player | ||
| C. B. Fry | Polymath best known as a cricketer | Childs Hill | L D [3] |
| Darren Gerard | Cricketer | ||
| Mark Thomson | Darts | Finchley | |
| Phil Tufnell | Cricketer | Finchley | |
| Ram Vaswani | Professional poker and snooker player | ||
| Peter Wells | Olympic high jumper |
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