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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, formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of
Hayes and Harlington Urban District, the
Municipal Borough of Uxbridge,
Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and
Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District in
West London. The
2001 census recorded the population of Hillingdon as 243,006.
[1]
Notable residents
Academia and research
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Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996), optical mineralogist renowned for his involvement in the
Apollo programme, was born in
Ruislip.
[2]
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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]
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Friedrich Georg Houtermans (1903–1966), noted
atomic and
nuclear physicist, lived in
Hayes (where he worked for
EMI) between 1933 and 1935.
[4]
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Lionel Robbins (1898–1984), eminent
economist, was born in
Sipson.
[5]
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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
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Joan Dowling (1928–1954), actress, best known for her role in the first "
Ealing Comedy"
Hue and Cry, grew up in
Uxbridge.
[7]
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Anne Marie Duff, actress, best known for playing
Fiona Gallagher in
Shameless and
Elizabeth I in
The Virgin Queen, grew up in
Hayes.
[8]
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B. J. Edwards (1838–1914), photography pioneer, lived and worked at Wistowe House in
Hayes.
[9]
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Derek Jarman (1942–1994), film director whose credits include
Jubilee and
The Tempest (1979), was born in
Northwood.
[10]
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Moore Marriott (1885–1949), character actor, best known for the comedies he made with
Will Hay and
Graham Moffatt, was born in
Yiewsley.
[11]
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Jessie Matthews (1907–1981), actress, lived in
Eastcote at the time of her death.
[12]
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Bernard Miles (1907–1991), actor/writer/director, was born in
Uxbridge and attended Uxbridge County School (later
Bishopshalt).
[13]
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Lana Morris (1930–1998), actress, born in
Ruislip.
[14]
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Oswald Morris (1915–2014), eminent cinematographer, born in
Ruislip.
[15]
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Julian Rhind-Tutt (b. 1967), actor, played the Duke of York in
The Madness of King George (1994), was born in
West Drayton.
[16]
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John Rich (1692–1761), the "father of English
pantomime", lived in
Cowley.
[17]
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Andy Serkis, actor, known for his role as
Gollum in
Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", was born in
Ruislip.
[18]
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Jane Seymour, actress and
Bond girl, was born in
Hayes.
[19]
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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]
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Tony Tanner, actor and director, played opposite
Harold Pinter in
The Birthday Party, was born in
Hillingdon.
[21]
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Heather Thatcher (1896–1987), actress, signed by
MGM in 1930s
Hollywood, lived in
Hillingdon at the time of her death.
[22]
Military
- Lieutenant-General
Gerald Goodlake (1832–1890),
Victoria Cross recipient who served with the
Coldstream Guards in the
Crimean War, is buried in St Mary's churchyard,
Harefield.
[23]
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Major-General James Grant (1778–1852), who served under
Wellington at the
Battle of Waterloo, was a lifelong
Hayes resident.
[24]
- Astronaut and
U.S. military man
Gregory H. Johnson was born in
South Ruislip.
[25]
- Private
Cecil John Kinross (1896–1957),
Victoria Cross recipient who distinguished himself at
Passchendaele in
World War I, was born in
Harefield; he moved with his family in 1912 to
Lougheed, Alberta.
[26]
- Sergeant
Robert Edward Ryder (1895–1978),
Victoria Cross recipient 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.
[27]
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Meinhardt Schomberg (1641–1719), general in the service of Prince
William of Orange, built and lived in
Hillingdon House.
Music
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Steve Conway, singer (1920–1952), lived in Ickenham.
[30]
- Musician
Paul Gardiner (1958–1984) of
Gary Numan's
Tubeway Army was born in
Hayes.
[31]
- Conductor and composer Sir
Eugene Goossens (1893–1962), whose career was ruined by the
Rosaleen Norton affair, lived in
Hillingdon.
[32]
- Composer
Henry Jackman was born in
Hillingdon.
[33]
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Larry Page, 1960s manager of pop groups
The Kinks and
The Troggs, was born in
Hayes.
[34]
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Malcolm Pool, bass guitarist in
rock band
The Artwoods, born in
Hayes End.
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Steve Priest, bass player of
glam rock band
Sweet, was born in
Hayes.
[35]
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Claire Richards, singer in 1990s pop-group
Steps, was born in Hillingdon and attended
Bishopshalt School.
[36]
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Nick Simper, founding member of
rock band
Deep Purple, lived in
Hayes.
[37]
- Composer
Stephen Storace (1762–1796), famous in his day and a friend of
Mozart, lived from the late 1780s in Wood End,
Hayes.
[38]
- Composer Sir
Michael Tippett (1905–1998), was born in
Eastcote.
[39]
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David Westlake, singer/songwriter of
indie band
The Servants, was born in
Hayes.
[40]
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Arthur Wood (1937–2006), lead singer in
rock band
The Artwoods and brother of
Ronnie Wood, was born in
West Drayton and grew up in
Yiewsley.
[41]
- Ted Wood (1939-2003), Traditional Jazz vocalist and drummer was born and grew up in
Yiewsley.
[42]
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Ronnie Wood, guitarist in
rock bands the
Rolling Stones and
The Faces, was born in
Hillingdon Hospital and grew up in
Yiewsley.
[43]
[44]
- Musicians Daniel/Matthew Persell Thompson (Croft & Cotes), were born in Eastcote
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.
[45]
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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.
[46]
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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.
[47]
- Sir
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget (1506-1563), statesman, holder of high office in the courts of
Henry VIII,
Edward VI,
Mary I and
Elizabeth I. Lived in West Drayton from 1537 until his death in 1563 and is buried in St Martin Churchyard,
West Drayton.
[48]
- Sir
William Paget, 4th Baron Paget (1572-1629), 'Adventurer' (shareholder) and member of the Council of the
Virginia Company (
London Company) and the
Somers Isles Company is buried in St Martin's Churchyard,
West Drayton.
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Peter de Salis (1738–1807), built a villa designed by
Joseph Bonomi the Elder called Hillingdon Park (later Little London).
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Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio (1771–1836), Anglo-Irish landowner and Christian
seer, lived (and is buried) in
Harlington.
[49]
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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.
[50]
- At Hillingdon Court
Politics
- Lady
Mary Bankes (c. 1598–1661),
Royalist figure of the
English Civil War, was born in
Ruislip.
[53]
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Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere (1540–1617) and wife
Alice Spencer (1559–1637) lived in
Harefield from 1601; Queen
Elizabeth I visited in July 1602.
[54]
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Christine Keeler (1942–2017), iconic 1960s model involved in the
Profumo affair, was born in
Uxbridge.
[55]
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Lord Randall of Uxbridge (b. 1955),
Conservative former MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, was born in Uxbridge.
[56]
- Sir
Michael Shersby,
MP for
Uxbridge from 1972 until his death in 1997, was born in
Ickenham.
[57]
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Roger Williams (1603–1683), important early proponent of
religious freedom and
separation of church and state, was born in
Cowley.
[58]
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Norman Willis (1933–2014), former leader of the
TUC, was born in
Hayes.
[59]
[60]
Religion
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Annie Isherwood (1862–1906),
Anglican nun and founder of the Community of the Resurrection in Grahamstown, Southern Africa, was born in Uxbridge.
[61]
Sport
Television
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Robin Bush (1943–2010) of
Channel 4's archaeological series
Time Team was born in
Hayes.
[69]
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Sue Cook, broadcaster, best known for presenting the BBC's
Nationwide and
Crimewatch, was born in
Ruislip.
[70]
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Fearne Cotton, television presenter, was born in
Northwood and grew up in
Eastcote.
[71]
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James Corden, actor, host of
CBS's
The Late Late Show with James Corden, was born in
Hillingdon.
[72]
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Barry Foster (1927–2002), actor, best known as 1970s TV detective
Van der Valk, grew up in
Hayes.
[73]
Visual art
Writers
Places in Hillingdon
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