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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article is an orphan as no other articles link to it Please introduce links to this page from related articles try the Find link tool for suggestions March 2022 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of people from King s Lynn news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message This is a non exhaustive list of the Wikipedia pages of notable people born or educated in King s Lynn or prominent there or nationally The South Gate Contents 1 Armed forces 2 Entertainment 3 Exploration 4 Fine art 5 Literature and journalism 6 Miscellaneous 7 Music 8 Politics and diplomacy 9 Religion 10 Science and scholarship 11 Sport 12 See also 13 ReferencesArmed forces editFlorence Green 1901 2012 last known female veteran of World War I 1 John Mason 1586 1635 naval captain and coloniserEntertainment editRobert Armin c 1563 1615 actor Mrs Bernard Beere 1851 1915 actress Victoria Bush born 1978 actress and comedian Michael Caine born 1933 actor was evacuated to King s Lynn in World War II and attended King Edward VII School Zara Dawson born 1983 actress and television presenter Richard Meek born 1982 actor in musical theatre Miranda Raison born 1977 actress Lucy Verasamy born 1980 weather forecaster currently employed by ITV National Weather Mark Wheat living presenter on The Current from Minnesota Public RadioExploration editAdam Thoroughgood 1604 1640 colonist and community leader in the Colony of Virginia George Vancouver 1757 1798 naval officer known for exploring North West Coast of North America John Smith explorer c 1580 1631 Admiral of New England and English soldier explorer and author Thomas Baines 1820 1875 artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia Samuel Gurney Cresswell 1827 1867 first naval officer to cross the entire Northwest PassageFine art editOdile Crick 1920 2007 artist and illustrator Walter Dexter 1876 1958 oil painter and water colourist Alison Dunhill born 1950 artist art historian and poet Robert Elwes 1818 1878 painter and traveller Ruth Roche Baroness Fermoy 1908 1993 founder of King s Lynn Festival of Arts Samuel Lane 1780 1859 portrait painter Edward Villiers Rippingille c 1790 1859 oil painter and water colouristLiterature and journalism editEmily Bell born 1965 journalist and academic Frances Burney 1752 1840 novelist and diarist James Burney 1750 1821 naval historian Sarah Burney 1772 1844 novelist Suzanne Francis born 1959 scifi and fantasy author Ian Hamilton 1938 2001 critic biographer and poet Hardiman Scott 1920 1999 crime writer poet and broadcaster John Timpson 1928 2005 journalist and broadcasterMiscellaneous editMichael Carroll lottery winner born 1983 binman who won 9 7 million on the UK National Lottery in 2002Music editCharles Burney 1726 1814 organist in King s Lynn composer and musicologist Gerry Conway musician born 1952 folk and rock drummer and percussionist Clara Dow 1883 1969 operatic soprano Pieter Hellendaal 1721 1799 organist in King s Lynn composer and violinist George Kiallmark 1781 1835 violinist and composer Roger Taylor born 1949 drummer for the rock band Queen David Thaxton born 1982 singer and actor Craig Powell musician born 1984 singer songwriterPolitics and diplomacy editDenys Bullard 1912 1994 Conservative politician and agriculturalist Thomas Cromwell Parliamentary diarist c 1540 c 1611 politician and parliamentary diarist Maurice Roche 4th Baron Fermoy 1885 1955 Conservative politician Sir William ffolkes 3rd Baronet 1847 1912 Liberal politician Holcombe Ingleby 1854 1926 Conservative politician and mayor Weston Jarvis 1855 1939 Conservative politician and army officer Clare Sewell Read 1826 1905 Conservative politician and agriculturalist George Ridley 1886 1944 Labour politician Oliver Simmonds 1897 1975 Conservative politician and aircraft engineer Sir Robert Walpole 1676 1745 Whig statesman generally regarded as Britain s first prime minister Graham Woodwark 1874 1938 Liberal politician and mayorReligion editJohn Arrowsmith scholar 1602 1659 theologian and academic John Barret theologian died 1563 Lynn s Vicar of Bray Carmelite friar then Protestant cleric and theologian John Capgrave 1393 1464 hagiographer and scholastic theologian Harvey Goodwin 1818 1891 bishop and academic William Gurnall 1616 1679 religious writer Margery Kempe c 1373 after 1438 mystic and pilgrim author of possibly the earliest autobiography in English Thomas Pyle 1674 1756 cleric and controversialist William Richards minister 1749 1818 Baptist minister and local historianScience and scholarship editEugene Aram 1704 1759 philologist and murderer William Baly 1814 1861 physician and fellow of the Royal Society Henry Bell architect 1647 1711 architect and mayor G G Coulton 1858 1947 historian Guy Dawber 1861 1938 Arts and Crafts style architect Charles Wycliffe Goodwin 1817 1887 Egyptologist and judge Francis Goodwin architect 1784 1835 architect John Harvey astrologer 1564 1592 physician and astrologer Charles Edward Hubbard 1900 1980 botanist and world authority on grasses Benjamin Keene 1697 1757 ambassador George William Manby 1765 1854 inventor and author Tom Petch 1870 1948 mycologist and plant pathologist Simon Thurley born 1962 academic and architectural historian Charles Vancouver c 1756 c 1815 writer on agricultureSport editGeorge Russell racing driver born 1998 racing driver for Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team Martin Brundle born 1959 racing driver and F1 commentator for ITV Sport and the BBC Fred Fayers 1890 1954 international football player Lewis Jarvis 1857 1938 all round athlete and banker Kathryn Johnson field hockey Britain born 1967 Olympic field hockey player Nicholas Nick Aldis known professionally as Magnus wrestler born 1986 professional wrestler and actor Peter Parfitt born 1936 test cricketer Barbara Parker athlete Olympic track and field athlete Lucy Pearson cricketer test cricketer Martin Saggers born 1972 test cricketer James Sherlock golfer 1875 1966 Open Championship golfer Helen Slatter born 1970 Olympic swimmer Dave Taylor wrestler born 1957 champion wrestler Stan Worthington 1905 1973 test cricketerSee also editList of buildings in King s Lynn List of events in King s LynnReferences edit Britain s oldest surviving First World War veteran is Florence Green Daily Mirror 16 January 2010 Retrieved 25 May 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people from King 27s Lynn amp oldid 1188880521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
