This is a list of people from Tonbridge, Kent, England.
Born in Tonbridge
Elias Allen (1588–1653), maker of sundials and scientific instruments Timothy Allen (born 1971), photojournalist† Harry Andrews (1911–89), actor Anna Atkins (1799–1871), botanist and photographer Edwin Bramall (1923–2019), soldier Ron Challis (1932–2001), football referee John George Children (1777–1852), chemist, mineralogist and zoologist William Cobbold (1862–1922), England international football player Sir James Darling (1899–1955) Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission Marcus Dillistone (born 1961) Royal Premiered British film director, and music producer for the Athens 2004 Olympic Opening & Closing Ceremonies Richard de Clare (1130–76), Earl Neville Duke (1922–2007), World War II pilot and world air speed holder in 1953 Desmond Dupré, (1916–1974), lutenist and early music pioneer Henry Fowler (1858–1933), educationist Robin Hanley (1968–96), cricketer Harold Langhorne (1866–1932), soldier Shane MacGowan (born 1957), singer-songwriter Cecil Powell (1903–1969), Nobel Prize Winner for Physics† Reginald Punnett (1875–1967) geneticist James Reynolds (1866–1950), cricketer Malcolm Simmons (1946–2014) British Speedway Champion 1976–77 and former captain of England team Ray Singer (born 19??), record producer Johnnie Stewart (1917–2005), television producer Walter Tirel (1065–1100+), nobleman Sir Skinner Turner (1868–1935), chief judge of the British Supreme Court for China James Welldon (1854–1937), Bishop of Calcutta Sir Dick White (1906–1983), intelligence officer Claud Woolley (1886–1962), cricketer Frank Woolley (1887–1978), cricketer Ian Wynne (born 1973), Olympic canoeist
Former Students at Tonbridge Grammar School
Old Juddians These people attended The Judd School Timothy Allen (born 1971), photojournalist Fergus Anckorn (born 1918), magician and soldier Luke Baldwin (born 1990), rugby player Torsten Bell, Labour Party politician Humphrey Burton (born 1931), broadcaster, presenter and director William Cockcroft (born c1950), Chief Scout Commissioner Rob Crilly (born 1973), journalist and author Richard Dixon, British chemist, fellow of the Royal Society, and winner of the Rumford Medal Neville Duke (1922–2007), World War II pilot and world air speed holder in 1953 Angus Fairhurst (1966–2008), artist Taylor Fawcett, actor from Life of Riley David Fulton (born 1971), cricketer John Gathercole, (1937–2010), Archdeacon of Dudley Max Godden, (died 2000), Archdeacon of Lewis Tom Greatrex (born 1974), MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West Harold Hailstone (1897–1982), cartoonist and illustrator; brother of Bernard Bernard Hailstone (1910–1987), artist; brother of Harold Guy Hands (born 1959), financier Donald Hodge (1894–2001), First World War veteran Jack Holden (actor), actor George Henry Horton (born 1993), filmmaker Harry Kendall (born 1996), athlete Terence Lewin (1920–99), First Sea Lord and Chief of Defence Staff Sir Clive Loader, Air Chief Marshal Rob Luft (born 1993), jazz guitarist and composer Anton Matusevich (born 2001), British tennis player Nathaniel Mellors (born 1974), artist & musician James Miller, (born 1976), British novelist and academic Richard Moth, former Bishop of the Forces and current Bishop of Arundel and Brighton David Moule-Evans (1905–1988), composer Mr Bingo (born 1979), illustrator Geoffrey Paterson (born 1983), conductor Cecil Powell (1903–1969), Nobel prize winner in Physics Tom Probert (born 1986), cricketer Martin Purdy (born 1981), Rugby Union player Stuart Skeates, (born 1966), Major General and former Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Tim Stanley, journalist Rob Warner (academic), (born 1956), British academic James Whiteaker (born 1998), athlete Michael Willard, (born 1938) cricketer Ronald Williams (1906–79), Bishop of Leicester Stewart Wood, Baron Wood of Anfield, Member of the House of Lords
Old Tonbridgians
People connected with Tonbridge Sir Adrian Baillie (1898–1947), MP for Tonbridge 1937–45 Hugh de Audley (1289–1347), English ambassador to France, was buried at Tonbridge Priory Margaret de Audley (1318–47), baroness and countess, was buried at Tonbridge Priory David Bartleet (1929–2002), Bishop of Tonbridge 1982–93 Brian Castle (born 1949), current bishop of Tonbridge Margaret de Clare (1293–1342), countess, was buried at Tonbridge Priory Ralph de Stafford (1301–72), nobleman, was buried in Tonbridge Priory Richard fitz Gilbert (1030–1091), nobleman, built Tonbridge Castle Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (died 1136), nobleman, founded Tonbridge Priory and held Tonbridge Castle Philip Goodrich (1929–2001), Bishop of Tonbridge from 1973 to 1982 Jilly Goolden (born 1959), food critic, attended West Kent College Arthur Griffith-Boscawen (1865–1946), MP for Tonbridge 1892–1906 David Halsey (1919–2009), Bishop of Tonbridge 1968–72 Victoria Hislop (born 1959), author, grew up in Tonbridge Dame Kelly Holmes (born 1970), Olympic athlete, attended Hugh Christie School Richard Hornby (1922–2007), MP for Tonbridge 1956–74 Andrea Leadsom (born 1963), educated at Tonbridge Girls' Grammar School Robert Norton (1838–1926), MP for Tonbridge 1885–92 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (born 1991), racing driver, lives in Tonbridge Sophie Rhys-Jones (born 1965), now he Duchess of Edinburgh, attended West Kent College Angie Sage (born 1952), author, attended Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls Margaret Sharp (born 1938) peer, attended Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls Brian Smith (born 1943), Bishop of Tonbridge 1993–2001 John Stanley (born 1942), MP for Tonbridge and Malling since 1974 Holman F Stephens (1868–1931), ran a number of railway companies from offices in Tonbridge Paul Watson (born 1942), artist and documentary film maker, lives in Tonbridge Paul Way (born 1962), golfer, attended Hugh Christie School Gerald Williams (1903–89), MP for Tonbridge 1945–56 Russell White (1896–1979), Bishop of Tonbridge from 1959 to 1968 Jonathan Williams (born 1993), footballer for Crystal Palace FC, lives in Tonbridge Bob Woolmer (1948–2007), cricketer, attended Yardley Court School
Notes
† also Old Juddian.
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