Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Chichester, or had some important contribution to make to the town.
Notable people from Chichester
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A
- Alan Arnell (1935–2013) - association football player
- Isabel Ashdown (born 1970) - author
B
- Alan Badel (1923–1982) - actor
- Peter Baldwin (1933–2015) - actor
- Harriet Barber (1968–2014) - painter
- Roland Beamont (1920–2001) - RAF fighter pilot ace World War II
- Geoffrey Beevers (1941- ) - actor
- John Blund (c. 1175 – 1248) - philosopher
- Tommy Boyd (born 1952) - radio presenter
- Vic Buckingham (1915–1995) - association football player
- Cordelia Bugeja (born 1976) - actress
- John Bullokar (1574–1627) - physician and lexicographer
- John William Burgon (1813 – 1888) - Dean of Chichester beginning in 1876, notable defender of Biblical inerrancy.
C
- John Cameron (1914–2000) - cricketer
- William Cawley (1602–1667) - politician; signatory to death warrant of King Charles I
- William Chillingworth (1602–1644) - churchman
- Steve Clamp (born 1976) - freelance journalist and newsreader
- Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus - local ruler in Roman Britain
- William Clowes (1779–1847) - printer
- William Collins (1721–1759) - poet.[1]
- Holly Colvin (born 1989) - cricketer
- F.W.S. Craig (1929–1989) - psephologist
- Richard Cudmore (1787–1840) - violinist
- Vincent Cushing (born 1950) - cricketer
D
- Norman Demuth (1878–1968) - composer
- Hugh Dennis (born 1962) - comedian, writer, actor
E
- Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton (1906–1984) - RNVR holder of George Cross
- Harvey Lonsdale Elmes (1813–1847) - architect
- Michael Elphick (1946–2002) - actor
- David Emms (1925–2015) - rugby union player and educationalist
F
- Justin Fitzpatrick (born 1973) - rugby union player and Major League Rugby coach
- John Forbes (1787–1861) - physician
- Mike Friday (born 1972) - rugby union player and coach
- Christopher Fry (1907–2005) - playwright
- J.F.C. Fuller (1878–1966) - Army officer (major-general) and historian
G
- Edric Frederick Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford (1849–1911) - holder of the Victoria Cross
- Eric Gill (1882–1940) - sculptor, typeface designer and printmaker
- William Greenfield (died 1315) - Dean of Chichester
- Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961) - composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer
- Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 1966) - composer
H
- Jamie Hall (born 1968) - cricketer
- Lisa Hammond (actress), born 1983
- Ian Hannah (1874–1944) - academic, writer, politician
- Edward Hardwicke (1932–2011) - actor
- Charles Harington (1872–1940) - Army officer in World War I
- Edward Harrison (1910–2002) - cricketer and squash player[2]
- Charlotte Hawkins (born 1975) - Sky News presenter
- Giles Haywood (born 1979) - former Sussex and Nottinghamshire cricketer
- Sean Heather (born 1982) - cricketer
- Antony Hegarty (born 1971) - singer
- George Hersee (1924–2001) - BBC engineer
- Andrew Hodd (born 1984) - cricketer
- Alex Horne (born 1978) - comedian
- Brian Horrocks (1895–1985) - Lt General, World War II; BBC presenter
- Charlie Howard (1854–1929) - cricketer
- Jim Howick (born 1979) - comedian and writer
- William Huskisson (1783–1828) - politician; killed in an early railway accident
- Walter Hussey (1909–1985) - Dean of Chichester Cathedral
J
- William Juxon (1582–1663) - Archbishop of Canterbury
K
- Joseph Kelway (c. 1702–1782)- Harpsichordist, Organist Composer
- Jarvis Kenrick (1852–1949) - association football player
- Edward Knapp-Fisher (1915–2003) - bishop
L
- Jennifer Lash (1939–1993) - novelist and painter
- Margaret Leighton (1922–1976) - actress
- Lord Henry Lennox (1821–1886) - politician
- Morgan Lewington - Canadian TV and film producer
- James Lillywhite (1842–1929) - English cricketer
- Ian Lloyd (1921–2006) - politician
- George Long (1800–1879) - English classical scholar
- Robert Ballard Long (1771–1825) - Army officer
- Walter Loveys (1920–1969) - politician and farmer
M
- Morris Maddocks (1928–2008) - bishop
- Charlotte Mardyn (1789-after 1844) - actress
- Leslie Evershed Martin (1903–1991) - theatrical impresario and mayor of Chichester
- Charlotte Mason (1842–1923) - educator
- Stephen Matthews (born 1946) - Australian author and publisher
- Jasper Mayne (1604–1672) - Archdeacon of Chichester
- Cursor Miner - musician
- Kate Mosse (born 1961) - author, playwright and broadcaster
N
- Ralph Neville (died 1244) - Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England
- Adrian Noble (born 1950) - theatre director
O
- Tom Odell (born 1990) - singer-songwriter; winner of the 2013 Critics' Choice BRIT Award
P
- Abraham Pether (1756-1812) - painter
- Timothy Peake (born 1972) - astronaut
- Edward Schroeder Prior (1857–1932) - architect; Arts and Craft Movement
- Mavis Pugh (1914–2006) - actress
R
- Zoe Rahman - jazz pianist
- Leslie Rands (1900–1972) - opera singer
- Mark Roberts (born 1961) - archaeologist
- Anita Roddick (1942–2007) - founder of The Body Shop
- Dame Patricia Routledge (born 1929) - theatre, television, and film actress; singer
S
- James Saxon (1954–2003) - actor
- Richard Seaman (1913–1939) - Grand Prix driver
- John Selden (1584–1654) - jurist
- M.P. Shiel (1865–1947) - fantasy fiction writer
- Ros Simmons - CEO of Vie at Home
- Dudley Smith (born 1926) - politician
- George Smith (1713/14–1776) - landscape painter
- Edward Speleers (born 1988) - actor
- Paul Steinitz (1909–1988) - musician
- Edward Story (died 1503) - bishop
- Charles Sutton (1891–1962) - cricketer
T
- Frederick Tees - member of the Dam Busters raid during Operation Chastise
- Dave Thomas (born 1950) - association football player; PE teacher
- James Tighe - professional wrestler
V
- Herbert Vivian (1865–1940) – writer, journalist and newspaper proprietor
W
- Honeysuckle Weeks (born 1979) - actress
- Perdita Weeks (born 1985) - actress
- Rollo Weeks (born 1987) - actor
- George Weldon (1908–1963) - conductor
- John Weldon (1676–1736) - composer
- Simon of Wells (died 1207) - Bishop of Chichester
- Michael Wilding (1912–1979) - actor
References
- ↑ Gosse, Edmund William (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). pp. 692–693.
- ↑ "Player profile: Edward Harrison". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
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