This is a list of notable people born or inhabitants of the city of Brighton and Hove in England. This includes the once separate towns of Brighton and Hove.
Note that in the case of persons still living, they may not currently live within the area of the city, but have done so at some time.
For clarification: note the distinction between Kemptown and Kemp Town.
Notable people Name Field NotabilityConnection withBrighton and HoveNotesRefsMilitaryArmy officer in the East India CompanyDied at Grand Avenue Mansions, Hove in 1894 SportFootballer for Peterborough UnitedBorn in Brighton in 1996SportCricketer for SussexBorn in Brighton in 1982. Retrieved 31 March 2014.EntertainmentComposer of the Warsaw Concerto and many film soundtracksLived at Chichester Terrace, Kemp Town between 1960 and 1977Commemorated by a blue plaque on his houseSciencePhysician and Fellow of the Royal SocietyDied in Brighton in 1881SportFootballerBorn in Brighton in 1993Arts/EntertainmentChoreographer, live artist, dance performer and film-makerLives in Brighton and is Emeritus Professor in Visual Performance at the University of BrightonHumanitiesHistorical novelist; his locally themed novels include Ovingdean Grange and Old Court, which mentions the Old Ship HotelLived at 5 Arundel Terrace, Kemp Town between 1853 and 1867Commemorated by a blue plaque on his house and by Brighton & Hove Bus Company bus number 423EntertainmentHip hop and Grime musicianLived in Brighton; now lives in HoveSportFormerly Britain's top alpine skierBorn in Hove in 1982SportCricketer for Harrow School and Cambridge UniversityBorn in Brighton in 1841. Retrieved 31 March 2014.EntertainmentFilm actressLived at 3 Courtenay Terrace, Hove from 1977 until her death in 1990Commemorated by a blue plaque on the block of flats and by Brighton & Hove Bus Company bus number 655SportFootballer for Colchester UnitedBorn in Brighton in 1973SportFootballer for Leyton OrientBorn in Brighton in 1946Formerly a partner in Portslade solicitors firm Deibel & Allen (now retired)OtherSupercentenarian and formerly the world's oldest manMoved to St Dunstan's care home at Ovingdean in 2006 aged 109; died there in 2009 aged 113Commemorated by Brighton & Hove Bus Company bus number 808SportParalympic wheelchair racerBorn in Brighton in 1996EducationStatistician and founder of Yale University's statistics departmentBorn in Hove in 1918ArtsChildren's book illustratorBorn at 30 St Michael's Place, Montpelier, Brighton in 1879. Long-term resident of 3 Ventnor Villas, Hove.OtherTransgender man who impersonated an RAF officer and joined the National FascistiMoved into the Grand Hotel in 1923Married a woman at St Peter's Church, Brighton, in 1932PoliticsAmerican diplomatBorn in Brighton in 1887 while his parents were on holidayPoliticsYachtsman and Member of ParliamentLived in BrightonPoliticsAmerican attorney, politician, hotel founder and member of the Astor familyLived at 155 Kings Road, Brighton until his death in 1919ArtsArtist, engraver and caricaturistDied in Brighton in 1820HumanitiesHumorous travel writer, scriptwriter and story theory expertLives in Brighton and is based at the University of Brighton School of EducationReligionBishop of Melanesia 1932–1947Born in Portslade and attended Varndean SchoolIn 1962 the north aisle of St Andrew's Church, Portslade was redesigned to form a memorial to himScienceResearch chemist and art collectorEvacuated to Hove in 1938 as part of the Kindertransport scheme; lived at 85 Holland Road and attended East Hove Senior School for BoysBader was a regular attendee at the Middle Street Synagogue, BrightonPoliticsScottish civil servant, barrister, military captain and footballerBorn in Brighton in 1844Played for Scotland in its first ever football match against EnglandArtsPlaywright and novelist (mostly with gay themes)Born in Brighton and has lived there for much of his lifeSportFootballerBorn and attended school in BrightonEntertainmentBroadcasterFormerly lived at Western Esplanade on Hove seafrontDaughter of Johnny BallNaturalistAuthorWrites about countryside around Brighton and lives in BrightonArtsPlaywrightHas lived in Brighton since the 1980sEntertainmentYouTuberRaised in Brighton and still lives thereEntertainmentITV newsreaderLived at Brighton Marina until her death in 2008Commemorated by Brighton & Hove Bus Company bus number 701 and by The Argus newspaper's Carol Barnes Courageous Child of the Year AwardSportCricketer for the M.C.C. and politicianDied in Brighton in 1882EntertainmentActressBorn in Hove in 1946 and attended Brighton and Hove School for GirlsBat for Lashes, real name Natasha KhanEntertainmentMusicianSportFootballerBorn in BrightonArtsIllustrator, notably of books by C.S. Lewis and TolkienBorn in Brighton in 1922MilitaryRecipient of Victoria Cross in World War IBorn in Brighton in 1883, lived at East Street and Lewes Road, and attended Brighton Grammar SchoolBrighton's only Victoria Cross recipient in World War I; commemorated on Brighton War Memorial and by Brighton & Hove Bus Company bus number 626ArtsFin de siècle artistBorn at 31 Buckingham Road, West Hill in 1872; also lived at Lower Rock Gardens, KemptownCommemorated by a blue plaque at his birthplace and by Brighton & Hove Bus Company bus number 603EntertainmentActressBorn in Brighton in 1871Sister of Aubrey BeardsleyEntertainmentBeatbox musicianMoved to Brighton in 2001 to study at the University of SussexArtsIllustrator and authorBorn in Brighton in 1947 and attended Brighton College of ArtHumanitiesWriter, playwright and political activistLived in Brighton from 1990EntertainmentDocumentary filmmakerBorn in Brighton in 1948EntertainmentActressBorn in Hove in 1900PoliticsFormer Brighton Borough councillor and Member of Parliament for AngleseyBorn in Brighton in 1949 and attended Brighton CollegeNational Library of Wales: Keith Best Papers ArtsArtistBorn at 17 Brunswick Square, Hove in 1865SportSouth African cricket umpireBorn in Brighton in 1862IndustryLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway locomotive engineer and designerBorn in Brighton in 1882EntertainmentFreak folk singer-songwriterLives in Brighton (Baroness Birk)PoliticsLabour politician and journalistBorn at 10 Belgrave Place, Brighton in 1917OtherSex offenderBorn in Brighton in 1966Assaulted and tried to murder a 7-year-old girl; and guilty of notorious Babes in the Wood murders in Wild Park, MoulsecoombPoliticsTrades unionist, feminist and writerBorn in Brighton in 1854 and died there in 1922EntertainmentActress who played Denise Osbourne in Coronation StreetLives in Freshfield Road in KemptownHumanitiesNovelistLived at 1 Paston Place, Kemptown from 1879 until his death in 1898Buried at St Margaret's Church, RottingdeanPoliticsMember of Parliament for Wallingford, OxfordshireDied in Brighton in 1881EntertainmentComposer, pianist, conductor and lyricistGrew up at 113 Preston Road, Brighton; attended Downs Junior School (1944–49) and Brighton Grammar School (1950–57)Also a chorister at St Augustine's Church, BrightonEntertainmentActressLived in Brighton for several years in the mid-2000sEntertainmentProfessional poker player and chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.Born in Brighton in 1970ScienceBiochemistBorn in Brighton in 1942 (Bobby Barry)EntertainmentMusician; founded and played with The PipettesBorn in Brighton in 1981SportFootball referee and cricket umpireBorn in Brighton in 1950. Retrieved 7 April 2014.EntertainmentDJ and record producerBorn in BrightonScienceNaturalist and taxidermistWent to school in Brighton and lived there until his death in 1890The building he constructed on Dyke Road in Prestonville to house his collection of specimens is now the Booth Museum of Natural HistoryArtsArtist, philatelist and author of world's first illustrated stamp catalogueLived in BrightonScienceOrnithologist and natural history producer for the BBCBorn in Brighton in 1931OtherHangman at Newgate PrisonLived in Brighton; died in Hove in 1837EntertainmentActorBorn in Brighton in 1883SportCricketer for EssexBorn in Portslade in 1898Bray later became a journalist. Retrieved 16 April 2014.PoliticsCanadian politicianBorn in Brighton in 1907ArtsComposerBorn at 7 North Road, Brighton in 1879Commemorated by Brighton & Hove Bus Company bus number 662ArtsWriter, illustrator and artistTaught at Brighton School of Art; died in BrightonArtsActorBorn in BrightonSportCricketerBorn in Brighton in 1821. Retrieved 1 April 2026.ArtsActress and impersonator of Margaret ThatcherLived in HoveSportFootballerBorn in Brighton in 1972
B Adrian Brunel, film director in the silent movie era Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer, attended Dr Morell's school on Hove seafront, close to Hove Street, for several years from 1820 Dora Bryan, comic actress (whose Clarges hotel on Marine Parade was used in the Carry On films) Margot Bryant, actress who played Minnie Caldwell in Coronation Street, lived at Fourth Avenue in Hove for many years Janey Buchan, Scottish Labour MEP, died in Brighton in 2012 Arabella Buckley, writer and populariser of science, was born in Brighton in 1840 Nick Burbridge, author of poetry, plays, novel; songwriter-founder of folk rock McDermott's Two Hours Richard Burchett, artist Julie Burchill, journalist; founder of Modern Review Rob Burley, television producer Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Pre-Raphaelite artist; resident 1880–98 Sir John Cordy Burrows, surgeon and local politician; mayor of Brighton in 1857 Keith Burstein, composer, born (1957) and brought up in Hove Steve Burtenshaw, football player (played for Brighton & Hove Albion), football manager and scout, born in Portslade in 1935 Sean Bury, actor, was born in Brighton in 1954 Charles Busby, Regency architect, prolific in Brighton; lived in Lansdowne Place; house is adorned by a blue commemorative plaque Cecil Butcher, cricketer for Sussex, born in Brighton in 1872, died in Portslade in 1929 Dame Clara Butt, recitalist and concert singer, lived in St Aubyns Mansions between 1903 and 1906 Douglas Byng, comic singer and songwriter; lived in Arundel Terrace, Kemp Town; died in 1987
C Duncan Campbell, investigative journalist and computer forensics expert Victor Campbell, Antarctic explorer, born in Brighton in 1875 Aimée Campton (1882-1930) English-French actress Marie-Antoine Carême, chef to the Prince Regent, inventor of chef's toque (hat) Charles Carpenter, cricketer for Sussex Edward Carpenter, poet and philosopher Denis Carter, Baron Carter, agriculturalist and Labour politician, spent some of his early life in Hove Sam Carter, singer in British metalcore band Architects Dirick Carver, Protestant martyr, 1554 Juan Francisco Casas, Spanish artist, has lived in Brighton Michael Cashman, MEP and former EastEnders actor Gwen Catley, soprano, died in Hove in 1996 Lennox Cato, expert on the Antiques Roadshow Nick Cave, Australian musician, writer, and film maker Gianni Celati, Italian writer, lives in Brighton Celeste, singer, grew up in Saltdean Paul Cemmick, cartoonist, lives in Hove Douglas Chamberlain, cardiologist, lives in Hove and worked at the Royal Sussex County Hospital for more than 20 years Ian Chapman, footballer Peter Chrisp, children's writer Gwendoline Christie, actress; attended Varndean College in Brighton and Hove Isaac Christie-Davies, footballer Sir Winston Churchill, journalist and politician; attended a school run by the "Misses Thompson" in Hove Louis Clark, footballer Adrian Clarke, underground poet of the British Poetry Revival, lives in Brighton Dave Clarke, techno DJ Somers Clarke, architect and Egyptologist, born in Brighton in 1841 Jack Clayton, film director, was born in Brighton in 1921 Clayton, Jack (1921–1995), BFI Screenonline Brendan Cleary, poet, has lived in Brighton John Clements, actor Carol Cleveland, Monty Python actress Bryan Clough, author of State Secrets: The Kent-Wolkoff Affair Charles Clover-Brown, cricketer, died in Hove in 1982