List of people from Hillingdon

Location of the London Borough of Hillingdon within London

This list of people from the London Borough of Hillingdon includes residents who were either born or dwelt for a substantial period within the borders of this modern London borough.

In 1965, Hayes and Harlington Urban District, the Municipal Borough of Uxbridge, Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District were amalgamated to form the London Borough of Hillingdon. Located in West London, the 2001 census recorded the population of Hillingdon to be nearly 243,006 residents.^[1]

Notable residents

Academia and research

• Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996), optical mineralogist renowned for his involvement in the Apollo programme, was born in Ruislip.^[2]
• Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), biologist and Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of penicillin, was Regional Pathologist at Harefield Hospital, 1939; this is recorded on a blue plaque at the main entrance door to the hospital.^[3]
• Friedrich Georg Houtermans (1903-1966), noted atomic and nuclear physicist, lived in Hayes (where he worked for EMI) between 1933 and 1935.^[4]
• Lionel Robbins (1898–1984), eminent economist, was born in Sipson.^[5]
• Thomas Wakley (1795–1862), medical and social reformer, and founder of The Lancet, lived at Harefield Park, 1845–1856; he has a memorial stone in the grounds of Harefield Hospital.^[6]

Drama and film

Anne-Marie Duff at the 60th British Academy Film Awards in February 2007

• Actress Joan Dowling (1928–1954), best known for her role in the first "Ealing Comedy" Hue and Cry, grew up in Uxbridge.^[7]
• Actress Anne Marie Duff, best known for playing Fiona Gallagher in Shameless and Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen, grew up in Hayes.^[8]
• Photography pioneer B. J. Edwards (1838–1914) lived and worked at Wistowe House in Hayes.^[9]
• Film director Derek Jarman (1942–1994), whose credits include Jubilee and The Tempest (1979), was born in Northwood.^[10]
• Character actor Moore Marriott (1885–1949), best known for the comedies he made with Will Hay and Graham Moffatt, was born in West Drayton.^[11]
• Actress Jessie Matthews (1907–1981) lived in Eastcote at the time of her death.^[12]
• Bernard Miles (1907–1991), actor/writer/director, was born in Uxbridge and attended Uxbridge County School (later Bishopshalt).^[13]
• Actress Lana Morris (1930–1998) was born in Ruislip.^[14]
• Eminent cinematographer Oswald Morris (1915-2014) was born in Ruislip.^[15]
• Actor Julian Rhind-Tutt (b. 1967), played the Duke of York in The Madness of King George (1994), was born in West Drayton.^[16]
• John Rich (1692–1761), the "father of English pantomime", lived in Cowley.^[17]
• Actor Andy Serkis, acclaimed for his role as Gollum in Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", was born in Ruislip.^[18]
• Jane Seymour, actress and Bond girl, was born in Hayes.^[19]
• John Stears (1934–1999), Oscar-winning creator of James Bond's modified Aston Martin DB5, Star Wars robots R2-D2 and C-3PO, and the Jedi Knights' lightsabers (among other special effects), was born in Uxbridge.^[20]
• Actor and director Tony Tanner, who played opposite Harold Pinter in The Birthday Party, was born in Hillingdon.^[21]
• Actress Heather Thatcher (1896–1987), signed by MGM in 1930s Hollywood, lived in Hillingdon at the time of her death.^[22]

Military

• Sir William Dickson (1898–1987), former head of the British armed forces, was born in Northwood.^[23]
• Lieutenant-General Gerald Goodlake VC (1832–1890), who served with the Coldstream Guards in the Crimean War, is buried in St Mary's churchyard, Harefield.^[24]
• Major-General James Grant, C.B. (1778–1852), who served under Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, was a lifelong Hayes resident.^[25]
• Astronaut and U.S. military man Gregory H. Johnson was born in South Ruislip.^[26]
• Private Cecil John Kinross VC (1896–1957), who distinguished himself at Passchendaele in World War I, was born in Harefield; he moved with his family in 1912 to Lougheed, Alberta.^[27]
• Sergeant Robert Edward Ryder VC (1895–1978), who served in World War I in the Middlesex Regiment, was born and is buried in Harefield. A blue plaque on The Old Workhouse marks his birthplace.^[28]
• Meinhardt Schomberg (1641–1719), general in the service of Prince William of Orange, built and lived in Hillingdon House.^[29]

Music

• Composer William Byrd (1539/40–1623), "the father of English music", lived as a Catholic recusant in Hayes and Harlington, 1578–88.^[30]
• Brian Connolly (1945–1997), singer of glam rock band Sweet, lived at 126 Ash Grove, Harefield.^[31]

Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones

• Musician Paul Gardiner (1958–1984) of Gary Numan's Tubeway Army was born in Hayes.^[32]
• Conductor and composer Sir Eugene Goossens (1893–1962), whose career was ruined by the Rosaleen Norton affair, lived in Hillingdon.^[33]
• Composer Henry Jackman was born in Hillingdon.^[34]
• Larry Page, 1960s manager of pop groups The Kinks and The Troggs, was born in Hayes.^[35]
• Malcolm Pool, bass guitarist in rock band The Artwoods, was born in Hayes End.
• Steve Priest, bass player of glam rock band Sweet, was born in Hayes.^[36]
• Claire Richards, singer in 1990s pop-group Steps, was born in Hillingdon and attended Bishopshalt School.^[37]
• Nick Simper, founding member of rock band Deep Purple, lived in Hayes.^[38]
• Composer Stephen Storace (1762–1796), famous in his day and a friend of Mozart, lived from the late 1780s in Wood End, Hayes.^[39]
• Composer Sir Michael Tippett (1905–1998) was born in Eastcote.^[40]
• David Westlake, singer/songwriter of indie band The Servants, was born in Hayes.^[41]
• Arthur Wood (1937-2006), lead singer in rock band The Artwoods and brother of Ronnie Wood, was born in West Drayton.^[42]
• Ronnie Wood, guitarist in rock bands the Rolling Stones and The Faces, was born in West Drayton and grew up in Yiewsley.^[43]

Nobility

• Statesman Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618–1685), part of Charles II's Cabal Ministry which gave rise to the English word cabal, born in (H)arlington.^[44]
• Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter (c. 1498-1539), grandson of Edward IV and a first cousin of Henry VIII, enlarged Swakeleys House, a manor in Ickenham.^[45]
• Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet (1639-1637), politician and (from 1644) stepson of Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, was educated in Hayes by Dr Thomas Triplett; his son Edward Lee at age 13 married the 12-year-old Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, an illegitimate daughter of Charles II.^[46]
• William Paget (1572–1629), adventurer of the London Company, is buried in West Drayton.^[47]
• Peter de Salis (1738-1807), built a villa designed by Joseph Bonomi the Elder called Hillingdon Park (later Little London).
• Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio (1771–1836), Anglo-Irish landowner and Christian seer, lived (and is buried) in Harlington.^[48]
• Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet (1631–1688), Lord Mayor of London 1674-1675, owned Swakeleys House for a time; Vyners School in Ickenham is named after him.^[49]

At Hillingdon Court

• Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet (1792–1872)— had Hillingdon Court built.^[50]
• Sir Charles Henry Mills, 2nd Baronet (1830–1898) (created Baron Hillingdon in 1886).^[51]
• Charles William Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon (1855–1919).

Politics

• Lady Mary Bankes (c. 1598–1661), Royalist figure of the English Civil War, was born in Ruislip.^[52]
• Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere (1540–1617) and wife Alice Spencer (1559–1637) lived in Harefield from 1601; Queen Elizabeth I visited in July 1602.^[53]
• Christine Keeler, iconic 1960s model involved in the Profumo Affair, was born in Uxbridge.^[54]
• John Randall (b. 1955), Conservative former MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, was born in Uxbridge.^[55]
• Sir Michael Shersby, MP for Uxbridge from 1972 until his death in 1997, was born in Ickenham.^[56]
• Roger Williams (1603–1683), important early proponent of religious freedom and separation of church and state, was born in Cowley.^[57]
• Norman Willis (1933-2014), former leader of the TUC, was born in Hayes.^[58][59]

Religion

• Annie Isherwood (1862–1906), Anglican nun and founder of the Community of the Resurrection in Grahamstown, Southern Africa, was born in Uxbridge.^[60]

Sport

• Greg Dyke, current chairman of The Football Association (FA) and former BBC director general, grew up in Hayes.^[61][62]
• Chris Finnegan (1944–2009), Olympic boxing gold medalist, lived in Hayes.^[63]
• England cricketer Alex Hales was born in Hillingdon.
• Audley Harrison, Olympic boxer, attended Northwood School.^[64]
• England footballer Glenn Hoddle was born in Hayes.^[65]
• Golfer Barry Lane was born in Hayes.^[66]
• Welsh international footballer Rhoys Wiggins grew up in Hayes.
• Football player/manager/pundit Ray Wilkins grew up in Hayes.^[67]

Television

George Orwell in 1933, in which year he lived and worked in Hayes

• Robin Bush (1943–2010) of Channel 4's archaeological series Time Team was born in Hayes.^[68]
• Broadcaster Sue Cook, best known for presenting the BBC's Nationwide and Crimewatch, was born in Ruislip.^[69]
• Fearne Cotton, television presenter, was born in Northwood and grew up in Eastcote.^[70]
• Actor James Corden, host of CBS's The Late Late Show with James Corden, was born in Hillingdon.^[71]
• Actor Barry Foster (1927–2002), best known as 1970s TV detective Van der Valk, grew up in Hayes.^[72]

Visual art

• Roger Hilton (1911–1975), post-war pioneer of abstract art, was born in Northwood.^[73]

Writers

• Horror fiction writer A. M. Burrage (1889–1956) was born in Hillingdon.^[74]
• Author Tony Lee was born in Hayes.^[75]
• Screenwriter Simon Monjack (1970–2010) was born in Hillingdon.^[76]
• Author George Orwell (1903–1950) lived and worked in Hayes, 1932–3.^[77]

Places in Hillingdon

References

Citations

External links

• Hillingdon Council
• Celebrating our heritage – Blue plaques in Hillingdon

London Borough of Hillingdon
Districts	Cowley Eastcote Harefield Harlington Harmondsworth Hayes Hillingdon Hillingdon Heath Ickenham Longford Northwood Ruislip Ruislip Gardens Ruislip Manor Sipson South Ruislip Uxbridge West Drayton Yeading Yiewsley
Attractions	Battle of Britain Bunker Beck Theatre The Chimes, Uxbridge Compass Theatre Eastcote House Gardens Heathrow Airport Hillingdon Cycle Circuit Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex Ickenham Hall London Motor Museum, Hayes Manor Farm Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park The Pavilions Polish War Memorial Ruislip Lido Southlands Arts Centre Swakeleys House Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground
Parks and open spaces	Barra Hall Park Bayhurst Wood Country Park The Closes Recreation Ground Copse Wood Cranford Park Hillingdon Court Ickenham Marsh Lake Farm Country Park Mad Bess Wood Minet Country Park Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens Old Park Wood Park Wood Rockingham Recreation Ground Uxbridge Common Colne Valley regional park (section)
Constituencies	Hayes and Harlington Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Local government	Borough council Local elections 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Tube and rail stations	Eastcote Hatton Cross Hayes and Harlington Heathrow Central Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 Heathrow Terminal 4 Heathrow Terminal 4 Heathrow Terminal 5 station Hillingdon Ickenham Northwood Northwood Hills Ruislip Ruislip Manor Ruislip Gardens South Ruislip Uxbridge West Drayton West Ruislip
Places of worship	St George's Interdenominational Chapel, Heathrow Airport St Giles' Church, Ickenham St Martin's Church, Ruislip
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