List of people from the London Borough of Wandsworth

The following is a list of those who were born in the London Borough of Wandsworth, or have lived/live within the borders of the modern borough (in alphabetical order):

  • Kyle Sinckler — rugby player
  • Leomie Anderson - model
  • Michail Antonio — footballer
  • Jonathan Ansell — singer
  • Alun Armstrong — actor
  • Martin Bashir — journalist
  • Tony Blair — former Prime Minister (shared a house with Lord Charlie Falconer in the Tonsleys on Bramford Road)
  • Emily Blunt — actress
  • Ernie Bowering — footballer
  • Edward James Boys — military historian
  • Marcus Brigstocke — comedian
  • Ben Bruce — musician, lead guitarist of Asking Alexandria
  • Frank Bruno — boxer[1]
  • Daisy Burrell — actress
  • Charles Bernard Childs — physicist
  • Thomas Craig — actor
  • Sophie Dahl — model
  • Jack Dee — comedian[2]
  • Daniel Defoe — author
  • Lesley-Anne Down — actor
  • Yootha Joyce — actress
  • George Eliot — author[3]
  • Lord Charlie Falconer — politician (shared a house with Tony Blair in the Tonsleys on Bramford Road)
  • Jason Flemyng — actor
  • Edward Gibbon — historian
  • Francis Grose — antiquary, lived in Mulberry Cottage on the Common (1731–1791)
  • Thomas Hardy — author (a blue plaque at the junction of Trinity Road and Broderick Road commemorates his residence)[3]
  • Ainsley Harriott — TV chef
  • Callum Hudson-Odoi — footballer
  • Mick Jones — guitarist/songwriter (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite)
  • Mollie King — member of girl band The Saturdays
  • Keira Knightley — actress, lived on Swaffield Road
  • Gabrielle Lambrick - civil servant, teacher and historian
  • David Lloyd George — former Prime Minister
  • Lionel Marson — actor, British Army officer, cricketer
  • Martin Marquez — actor
  • Ramona Marquez — actor
  • Daniel Massey — actor
  • Irene Mawer — mime artist and educator
  • Michael Nicholson — journalist
  • Mark Owen — singer
  • Harry S. Pepper — BBC producer and songwriter
  • Kevin Pietersen — cricketer
  • Steve Sidwell — footballer
  • Phil Spencer — TV presenter
  • Jessica Taylor — singer with Liberty X
  • William Makepeace Thackeray — novelist
  • Louis Theroux — TV presenter[4]
  • Paul Theroux — travel writer
  • Andrew Wakely — musician
  • Penelope Wilton — actor
  • Ed Wynne — musician

References

  1. ^ "Biography". frankbruno.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Jack Dee's London". BBC News. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Live in Thomas Hardy's London home". The Daily Telegraph. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Louis Theroux: 'Even if you find what someone does hideous, you can". The Independent. 4 October 2005. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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