Notable people from Aldershot include:
A Holly Aird - actress John Antrobus - playwright and script writer Claude Auchinleck - Field Marshal
B Peter Baldwin - Australian politician Joan Bates - model and self-styled 'Princess Joan of Sealand' Kelly Bell - glamour model John Belling - cytogeneticist Graham Benstead - footballer Amelle Berrabah - Sugababes musician Johnny Berry - footballer and 'Busby Babe' Noel Brett - cricketer Oliver Brotherhood (Mumbo Jumbo) -YouTuber Jason "J" Brown - former member of the boy band Five Alan Burton - footballer Barry Blankley- footballer
C Dave Carter - British powerlifter Bob Catley - musician, singer from band Magnum Ronald Cavaye - classical pianist and writer Kathryn Cave, children's author Maureen Chadwick - screenwriter and dramatist A. Bertram Chandler - science-fiction writer Michael Chappell - military writer and illustrator Chris Chittell - actor in Emmerdale Hedley Churchward - scene painter and early British convert to Islam Denise Coffey - actress Francis Lyon Cohen - first Jewish chaplain in the British Army Alan Comfort - footballer Ian Crosby - cricketer
D Georgiana Fanny Shipley Daniell - philanthropist Louisa Daniell - philanthropist Joseph Darracott - art historian and writer Libby Davies - Canadian politician, New Democratic Party MP for Vancouver East Grace Dent - columnist, broadcaster and author Norman "Dinky" Diamond - drummer in the 1970s with Sparks
E Arthur English - actor Richard Eve - local solicitor and Grand Treasurer of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1889 Eamon Everall - artist and educator
F Desmond Fitzpatrick - general Mark Foran - footballer Russell Foster - professor of circadian neuroscience and Nicholas Kurti Senior Fellow at Brasenose College at the University of Oxford George Malcolm Fox - Inspector of Gymnasia for the British Army (1890–1897, 1900–1902) Martin Freeman - actor
G Andrew Godsell - author Maud Gonne - Irish revolutionary; muse of William Butler Yeats Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi - footballer
H David Haig - actor T. J. Hamblin - formerly professor of immunohaematology at the University of Southampton Frederick Hammersley - Major-General and first Inspector of Gymnasia in the British Army Terry Hands - theatre director who founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for 13 years Jeremy Hardy - comedian Janet Henfrey - actress John Raymond Hobbs - pioneer in clinical immunology, protein biochemistry and bone marrow transplantation, specifically in child health Ann Hunt and Elizabeth Hamel - longest separated twins Jon Hotten - author Peter Howard - aviation physician Tom Hunter - winner of the Victoria Cross during World War II
J Henry Jelf - cricketer and naval officer Sam Jepp - footballer Joe Jopling - footballer
K Herminie Templeton Kavanagh - British - Irish - American writer Ted Keating - New Zealand politician Nicole Koolen - Dutch field hockey player
L Mark Lane - cricketer and coach Humphrey de Verd Leigh - RAF officer and inventor Lisa-Jayne Lewis - Eurovision Song Contest commentator and broadcaster Kathleen Lindsay - novelist John Lloyd - Canadian politician Michael Lockett - soldier Selden Long - British fighter ace during World War I Constance Loseby - Victorian actress and Gilbert and Sullivan performer
M Floyd Manderson - competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics Simon Mann - mercenary George Martin - comedian Craig Maskell - footballer Ian McEwan - novelist Stephen McKay - Distinguished Professor in Social Research at the University of Lincoln. Dan Middleton - British professional gamer, YouTuber and author. He is best known as DanTDM Heather Mills - former wife of Paul McCartney Mickie Most - record producer
N Frank Neary - footballer Gordon Neilson - Scottish rugby football player and Army officer Nigel Neilson - actor James Newcome - Anglican bishop
O Michael O'Neill - poet, academic and Head of the Department of English Studies at Durham University
P Brian Perry - American ice hockey player Seamus Perry - Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and a professor in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford since 2014. Sir Robert Pringle - Principal Veterinary Officer at Aldershot Command 1908 to 1910
R Joe Ralls - footballer Alex Reid - MMA fighter and television personality Bruce Rioch - former professional footballer, now manager Stella Ross-Craig - botanical artist
S John Shearman - art historian Randall Swingler -poet Edgar Sheldrake - cricketer Aaron Shingler - rugby union player Janet 'Rusty' Skuse - Britain's most tattooed woman Digby Smith - author and military historian George D. W. Smith - materials scientist Sydney Philip Smith - World War I flying ace Tim Spicer - arms dealer
T Charles Tannock - politician Nanavira Thera - Buddhist monk Alfred Toye - recipient of the Victoria Cross Stephanie Twell - athlete
W James Wade - darts player Brian Walsh - footballer Daniel Welch - racing driver Davie Weir - 19th-century footballer John White - Lord Mayor of London Edward Whitehead - former Royal Navy officer better known for advertising Schweppes tonic water Tom Whittaker - footballer and manager George Williams - cricketer Joseph Willoughby - cricketer Dave Winfield (footballer) - footballer
V Charles Viner- jurist
Y Christopher Yates - cricketer Peter Yates - film director and producer
Notable animals from Aldershot Buster - war dog decorated for heroism
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