Sevenoaks is a town in Kent, England. The following is a list of pages of people who were born, live or have lived in the town, or made some important contribution to it. Please add only notable people with a Wikipedia page.
Notable people from Sevenoaks __NOTOC__ Table of contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A John Miller Adye (1819–1900) Army officer Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–97) colonial governor of Massachusetts William Amherst (c. 1732–1781) Army officer William Amherst, 3rd Earl Amherst (1836–1910) Member of Parliament, Freemason Geoffrey Anson (1922–77) cricketer Charles Robert Ashbee (1863–1942) member of Arts & Crafts Movement
B Cheryl Baker (born 1954) singer in Bucks Fizz and TV presenter Reg Balch (1894–1994) Canadian photographer and scientist Anton du Beke (born 1966) ballroom dancer Douglas Booth (born 1992) actor Thomas Bourchier (c. 1404–1486) Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor Tom Bosworth (born 1990) Olympic race walker David Bowie (born 1947) Rock n roll musician, performer, artist. William Bowra (1752–1820) cricketer Matthew Branton (born 1968) novelist Bill Bruford (born 1949) drummer for bands such as Yes and King Crimsons
C Hugh Cecil (born 1889) photographer Mike Conway (born 1983) 2006 British Formula Three and 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship champion Simon Cope (born 1966) cyclist
D Anne Seymour Damer (1748–1828) sculptor W. H. Davies (1871–1940) poet and tramp Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957) actor, attended Sevenoaks School in his early teens Christopher Don (Donny) (born 1984) disc jockey, drum and bass artist John Donne (1572–1631) metaphysical poet and Dean of Old St Paul's Cathedral Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) attended West Heath School in Sevenoaks.
E Joan Adeney Easdale (1913–1989) poet, was born in Sevenoaks. John Epps (1805–69) homeopathic physician; religious dissenter
F John Farey (1791–1851) mechanical engineer John Frith (1503–1533) priest and writer
G Philip Game (1876–1961) Metropolitan Police Commissioner; Governor of New South Wales Walter Gilliat (1869–1963) priest, Association football player Cathy Gilliat-Smith (born 1981) England and Great Britain field hockey player Paul Greengrass (born 1955) film director and screenwriter George Grote (1794–1871) historian
H Henry Moore (born 2008) Golden boot winner (2023) Paul Hartnoll (born 1968) musician (Orbital) Brian Hord (born 1934) politician George Henry Horton (born 1993) filmmaker Claude Houghton (born 1889) author John Humphrys (born 1943) radio broadcaster Gloria Hunniford (born 1940) radio and television personality John Hurt (born 1940) actor
K Janet Kear (1933–2004) ornithologist Caron Keating (1962–2004) TV presenter Sam King (1911–2003) golfer John Kirk (1832–1922) Scottish physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, British Consul in Zanzibar John Buxton Knight (1843–1908) landscape painter Dick Knowles (1917–2008) MP
L Justine Lord (born 1938) actress
M Joseph Miller (died 1794) cricketer John Minshull (c. 1741–1793) cricketer Sarah Morris (born 1967) British-born American artist and filmmaker based in New York Netta Muskett (1887–1963) novelist
P Lance Percival (born 1933) actor, comedian and singer Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957) President of Sevenoaks Boy Scouts Association and Sevenoaks Chess Club
R Val Romney (c. 1718–1773) cricketer
S Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville (1827–1908) diplomat Lionel Sackville-West, 6th Baron Sackville (1913–2004) stockbroker Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962) author, member of the Bloomsbury group John Salako (born 1969) association footballer James Sharman (living) TV producer and sportscaster; host of The Footy Show on The Score Peter Sissons (1942 - 2019) newsreader Philip Stanhope, 1st Baron Weardale (1847–1923) politician and philanthropist Tilda Swinton (born 1960) actress, attended West Heath School, Sevenoaks Plum Sykes (born 1969) fashion writer and novelist
T Andy Titterrell (born 1981) England rugby union international Edward Thomas (1878–1917) poet and journalist Arthur Herbert Thompson (1890–1916) amateur footballer and soldier
W Tom Warren (born 1983) rugby union player H. G. Wells (1866–1946) novelist and science fiction writer James Whitbourn (born 1963) composerhttp://www.kentlive.news/weald-man-8217-s-work-feature-glitzy-los-angeles/story-20322338-detail/story.html Charlie Whiting (1952–2019) Formula One race director Joe Wilkinson (born 1975) comedian
Y Lizzy Yarnold (born 1988) Skeleton racer, most successful British Winter Olympian of all time
Z Robert Charles Zaehner (1913–1974) British academic whose field of study was Eastern religions.
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