List of people from the London Borough of Hounslow

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Hounslow, or have live/lived within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Marcus Akin – reality TV personality, karate practitioner, actor and writer, lives in Brentford
• Cecil Aldin – artist and illustrator, lived in Chiswick from 1894 to 1904^[1]
• Sone Aluko – professional footballer, born in Hounslow

• Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (known as M.I.A.) – British rapper, recording artist, songwriter, painter and director, born in Hounslow

   

  Rapper M.I.A.

• Ben Ash (Two Inch Punch) – songwriter and producer for names such as Tory Lanez, Sam Smith, Ty Dollar $ign; born in Brentford
• David Attenborough – TV wildlife broadcaster, born in Isleworth
• Sarah Ayton – Olympic gold medallist in the Yngling sailing class, 2004 and 2008; lived in Ashford

B

• Sir Joseph Banks – botanist, lived and died at Spring Grove in Isleworth, buried in Heston churchyard
• Nicholas Barbon – economist and financial speculator, died at Osterley Park House
• Ellie Beaven – actress, grew up in Isleworth
• Kate Beckinsale – actress, born in Chiswick
• Rolan Bell – actor, born in Chiswick
• Jack Beresford – Olympic rower, lived in Chiswick from 1903 to 1940^[1]
• Alonza Bevan – bassist of Kula Shaker, born in Hounslow
• Sanjeev Bhaskar – actor, comedian and television personality; grew up in Hounslow
• Walter R. Booth (1882–1938) – creator of the first British animated cartoon film, The Hand of the Artist, lived in Isleworth
• Jack Buckland – composer and recording artist, from the Chiswick area^[1]
• Louise Burfitt-Dons – humanitarian, lives in Chiswick^[1]

C

• Jimmy Carr – comedian, born in Hounslow

   

  Comedian Jimmy Carr

 

Steven Caulker (middle), footballer for International team Sierra Leone as well as Tottenham Hotspur

• Steven Caulker – professional footballer, grew up in Feltham

• Benjamin Cook – YouTube creator, filmmaker and journalist, born in Isleworth
• Dave Cousins – singer and songwriter of The Strawbs, born and grew up in Chiswick
• Thomas Chaloner – introduced alum mining to England^[1]
• Anthony Charles – professional footballer, born in Isleworth
• Asim Chaudhry – comedian, writer and director, born in Hounslow
• Keith Chegwin – presenter – lived in Linkfield Road, Isleworth with his wife at the time, Maggie Philbin, Tomorrow's World presenter
• Phil Collins – singer, musician and actor
• E. E. Cowper (1859–1933) – English novelist, lived in Chiswick
• Cyril Cusack – actor, lived in Hounslow

D

• Jaz Deol – actor
• Alec Dickson – founder of Voluntary Service Overseas^[1]
• Ruel Vincent van Djik – British-Australian singer, born in Isleworth
• Michael Dobson – professional footballer, born in Isleworth

 

Olympian Tim Don, Commonwealth Medalist and Triathalon World Champion

• Tim Don – GB triathlete, born and grew up in Hounslow
• MF DOOM — British-American rapper, born in Hounslow^[2]
• Lonnie Donegan – singer, lived in Chiswick
• Yvonne Drewry – artist
• Anne-Marie Duff – actress, born in Chiswick

E

• Merrick Elderton (1884–1939) – English cricketer and educator
• John Entwistle – bassist of legendary rock band, The Who
• Robert Evans – politician, Labour MEP 1994–2009; lived in Ashford
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – singer, born in Hounslow

 

Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor

• Evan Edinger, Youtuber – resident of Hounslow until 2021

F

 

Olympics athlete Mo Farah

• Mo Farah – athlete; current 10,000 metres Olympic champion and 5000 metres Olympic, World and European champion; grew up in Hounslow
• Fenella Fielding – actress, lived in Chiswick
• Michael Flanders – entertainer, lived in Chiswick from 1971 to 1975^[1]
• E. M. Forster – author, a blue plaque in Arlington Park Mansions commemorates the flat where he lived until his death in 1970^[1]
• Ugo Foscolo – artist, died at Turnham Green in 1827, cenotaph in Chiswick churchyard
• Joe Fournier – undefeated international championship boxer and businessman, grew up in Hounslow, went to school and trained with Mo Farah

   

  Undefeated boxer Joe Fournier

• Stephen Fox – politician, had a country retreat in Chiswick from 1663^[1]

G

• Joseph Gandy – architect, lived in Chiswick between 1833 and 1838^[1]
• Ian Gillan – rock singer for the band Deep Purple, born in Hounslow^[1]
• Ian Gilmour – politician, lived and died in Isleworth
• Edd Gould – YouTube webtoon creator of series Eddsworld, animator, artist and voice actor; lived and died in Isleworth
• Hugh Grant – actor, lived in Chiswick as a child
• Russell Grant – astrologer and resident of Staines, became Lord of Ashford in 1996
• Tanika Gupta – playwright, born in Chiswick

H

• Jack Harries – member of YouTube group JacksGap (now known as Earthrise), was born and grew up in Chiswick with his twin brother
• Finn Harries – member of YouTube group JacksGap (now known as Earthrise), was born and grew up in Chiswick with his twin brother
• William Hartnell – actor, best known for playing The First Doctor in Doctor Who; lived in Isleworth in the 1960s
• Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren – cricketer^[1]
• William Hogarth – country home at Chiswick from 1749 until his death^[3]
• Nicky Holloway – “superstar” DJ and record producer of the 80s and 90s, born in Isleworth
• Christopher “Luna-C” Howell – DJ, record producer and part of the music group Smart E’s, born in Isleworth
• Charles Holland – actor, born in Chiswick^[1]

J

• Sally James – ITV presenter, born in Chiswick
• Mia Jenkins – actress, born in Feltham
• The Earls of Jersey – lived at Osterley Park near Hounslow from 1804 until the 1940s

K

• Preeya Kalidas – singer and actress, born in Isleworth

   

  Actress and Singer Preeya Kalidas

• Patsy Kensit – actress, lived in Hounslow during her teenage years
• Henry Killigrew – playwright, born in Hanworth
• Ben Killip – professional footballer, born in Isleworth
• Olsi Krasniqi – Albanian rugby league player, grew up in Feltham

   

  Olsi Krasniqi, Rugby Player

L

• Dave Lambert – musician, songwriter, member of The Strawbs; born in Hounslow
• Bernard Lee – actor, famous as "M" in the James Bond films 1962–79, born 1908 in Brentford
• John Lindley – botanist^[1]
• Avtar Lit – owner of Sunrise Radio, lives in Osterley
• Buster Lloyd-Jones – veterinarian, born in Feltham
• Nick Lowe – musician, songwriter, producer; resident of Brentford
• Dan Luger – Rugby World Cup winning winger, born in Chiswick

M

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  Michael Macienne (middle), football player of Seychelles National team

  Michael Mancienne – professional footballer, grew up in Feltham
• Betty Marsden – actor in Round The Horn and Carry On Camping, lived on a houseboat in Brentford until her death in 1998
• John Stanley Marshall – drummer and founding member of the jazz band Nucleus, born in Isleworth
• Dimitri Mascarenhas – cricketer; played internationally for England, born in Chiswick
• Ian Mcdonald – multi-instrumentalist musician known as founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson and the Grammy-nominated band Foreigner, grew up in Osterley
• Freddie Mercury – British musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen, grew up in Feltham

   

  Lead singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury

• Christopher John Millar (known as Rat Scabies) – drummer from The Damned, lives in Brentford
• Joe Miller – actor, lived at Strand-on-the-Green from 1686 to 1738^[1]
• Nancy Mitford – lived briefly at Strand-on-the-Green^[1]
• James Montgomrey – Brentford benefactor, owned and ran a large timber mill on Brentford High Street^[4]
• Mark Morriss – songwriter and lead singer of The Bluetones, grew up in Hounslow
• John Mousinho – professional football manager and former player, born in Isleworth
• Sophia Myles – actress, grew up and went to school in Isleworth

N

• Anne Nightingale – BBC radio and TV presenter, born in Osterley
• Dukes of Northumberland – have lived at Syon House since Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland bought the estate in 1594^[5]
• Kunal Nayyar – actor; was born in Hounslow. He is most famous for his role as Raj in CBS’ show The Big Bang Theory

O

• John Ogdon – pianist, lived in Spring Grove, Isleworth
• Peter Oliver – painter, lived in Isleworth
• Rajiv Ouseph – badminton player and European champion as well as winning silver multiple times in the Commonwealth Games, born in Hounslow

   

  Badminton medalist Rajiv Ouseph

• Alistair Overeem – mixed martial arts fighter, born in Hounslow

   

  MMA fighter Alistair Overeem

• Alun Owen – wrote screenplay to A Hard Day's Night^[1]

P

• Jimmy Page – guitarist of the rock band Led Zeppelin, born in Heston

   

  Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin

• Katherine Parkinson – actress, born in Hounslow
• Miles Peart-Harris – professional footballer for Brentford FC, grew up in Isleworth
• The Rev. Sir Robert Peat – Vicar of St Lawrence's, New Brentford
• Lucien Pissarro – artist^[1]
• Donald Pleasence – actor, lived at Strand-on-the-Green from 1973 to 1985^[1]
• Imogen Poots – actress and model, grew up in Chiswick
• Bertram Pollock – clergyman and Bishop of Norwich, born at Hanworth
• Ernest Pollock – brother of Bertram, politician and lawyer, lived at Hanworth and became the first Viscount Hanworth in 1936
• Elliott Power – music artist and director, grew up in Brentford

R

• Redgrave family – actors, lived at Bedford House from 1945 to 1954^[1]
• Samuel Richardson – writer, tenant at Sutton Court from 1736 to 1738^[1]
• Hugh Ronalds – nurseryman, horticulturalist and author, lived his life on Brentford High Street^[6]

S

 

Actress Naomi Scott

• Naomi Scott – actress, singer and musician
• Jay Sean – R&B singer, signed to Lil Wayne's record company; born and raised in Hounslow
• Jack Simmons – historian, born in Isleworth
• Hannah Simone – lived in Hounslow
• Matt Somner – professional footballer, born in Isleworth
• Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky – Russian revolutionary^[1]
• Seb Stegmann – rugby union player, grew up in Isleworth

T

• Vince Taylor – English-American rock and roll singer, born in Isleworth
• Pete Townshend – rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter; guitarist and principal songwriter of The Who
• Inigo Triggs – architect and garden designer, born in Chiswick
• Alexander Trotman – businessman and former CEO of Ford Motor Company, born in Isleworth
• Tuke family – mental healthcare reformers^[1]
• William Turner – artist, lived briefly in Isleworth

V

• Tom Vek – musician, born in Hounslow
• Amar Virdi – cricketer, born in Chiswick
• Vincent van Gogh – lived briefly in Isleworth^[1]

W

• Suki Waterhouse – model and actress, grew up in Chiswick
• Graham Westler – former professional footballer and manager, born in Hounslow
• Ben White – rugby player, born in Hounslow
• Maria Whittaker – former glamour model and spouse of Rebel MC, born in Hounslow
• Jack Wild – actor who played Artful Dodger in Oliver, grew up in Hounslow
• J. C. Winslow – Anglican missionary and hymn writer, born in Hanworth
• Kim Wilde – English pop singer
• James Woodburn-Hall – rugby player in the Jamaica international rugby team, born in Isleworth

   

  Rugby player James Woodburn-Hall

Z

• Johann Zoffany – artist, lived and died at Strand-on-the-Green

References

•  London portal

1. Gillian Clegg (2007). . People. Chiswick History. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
2. Yoo, Noah (22 June 2021). "Untangling MF DOOM's Lifelong Struggle With the U.S. Immigration System". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
3. "Hogarth's House". Hounslow London Borough Council. 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
4. Ronalds, B. F. (2018). "The Montgomrey Family of Brentford: Timber Merchants and Benefactors". London's Industrial Archaeology. 16: 57–69.
5. "Syon Park". Official website. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
6. Ronalds, B.F. (2017). "Ronalds Nurserymen in Brentford and Beyond". Garden History. 45: 82–100.