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The list of people from the
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham includes residents who were either born or dwelt for a substantial period within the borders of this modern
London borough . It does not comprise notable individuals who only studied at educational institutions in the area.
Joseph Addison , essayist, poet, playwright and politician; from
Fulham
Cyril Aldred ,
Egyptologist , art historian, and author; born in Fulham
Arthur Blomfield , architect. Son of
Charles James Blomfield and brother of
Lucy Elizabeth Bather and
Alfred Blomfield ; born at
Fulham Palace .
Valentine Britten ,
gramophone librarian for the
BBC ; born in Fulham
Frank Broadbent , architect born in Fulham
Tony Brooker , computer scientist known for developing the
Mark 1 Autocode ; born in Fulham
William John Burchell , explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author born in Fulham
William Butts , physician to
Henry VIII of England ; born in either Fulham or
Norfolk
Reginald Foster Dagnall , engineer and aircraft designer born in Fulham
Robert Dunstan , medical doctor and political activist; lived in Fulham
Elizabeth Eger , reader in the Department of English at
King's College London
Charles James Feret , newspaper editor and writer; lived in Fulham. Author of an exhaustive three volume history of Fulham.
Thomas Elliot Harrison , engineer born in Fulham.
Muriel Nissel , statistician and civil servant, born in Fulham.
Christian O'Brien , exploration geologist and author, born in Fulham.
Melville Henry Massue , genealogist and author, born in Fulham.
Ethel Strudwick , headteacher and
Liberal Party activist, born in Fulham.
Peter van Geersdaele ,
conservator-restorer , born in Fulham.
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield , biologist and neuroscientist, born in Hammersmith.
Julie Alexander , model and actress, born in Fulham.
Alfie Allen , actor, born in Hammersmith; brother of singer-songwriter Lily Allen.
Lily Allen , singer-songwriter, born in Hammersmith;
[1] sister of actor Alfie Allen.
Bob Andrews , rock guitarist, born in Fulham.
Leonard Appelbee , painter and
printmaker , born in Fulham.
Bernard Archard , actor, born in Fulham.
Neal Arden , actor and writer, born in Fulham.
Maureen Baker , fashion designer who designed
the wedding dress worn by
Princess Anne for
her wedding to
Mark Phillips . Baker grew up in Hammersmith.
Matt Barber , actor, born in Hammersmith.
Sacha Baron Cohen , actor and comedian, born in Hammersmith.
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Mischa Barton , actress, born in Hammersmith.
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Lucy Elizabeth Bather , children's writer and daughter of
Charles James Blomfield ; born in Fulham
Melissa Benn , journalist and writer, born in Hammersmith; sister of politician
Hilary Benn .
John Berry , illustrator, born in Hammersmith.
Terry Bickers , musician, grew up in Fulham.
John Bindon , actor and bodyguard, born in Fulham.
Frederick Bradnum , radio dramatist, producer, and director born in Fulham.
Paul Brett ,
classic rock guitarist, born in Fulham.
Christina Broom , Scottish photographer credited as "the UK's first female
press photographer "; lived on Munster Road in Fulham.
Irene Mary Browne , sculptor and potter, born in Fulham
Florence Brudenell-Bruce , model and former
Bollywood actress, grew up in Fulham.
Kenneth Budd ,
mural artist, born in Fulham.
Edward Burne-Jones , artist and designer associated with the phase of the
Pre-Raphaelite movement . Lived in
North End, Fulham .
Georgiana Burne-Jones , artist and biographer of her husband, Edward Burne-Jones. One of the
MacDonald sisters and mother of artist
Philip Burne-Jones . Lived in North End, Fulham.
Scarlett Byrne , actress, born in Hammersmith. She is known for portraying
Pansy Parkinson in the
Harry Potter
films .
Bruce Byron , actor, born in Fulham.
Richard Campbell , classical musician, born in Hammersmith.
Lisa Coleman , actress, born in Hammersmith.
Fay Compton , actress, born in Fulham; sister of actress Viola Compton.
Viola Compton , actress, born in Fulham; sister of actress Fay Compton.
Michael Cook , Canadian playwright, born in Fulham.
Jill Craigie , one of Britain's earliest women's documentary makers;
[3] born in Fulham.
Elizabeth Craven , author and playwright. Daughter of
Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley , and second wife of
Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach , with whom she lived on their properties in Fulham and Hammersmith.
Ross Cullum , composer, record producer, songwriter, born in Fulham.
Benedict Cumberbatch , actor, born in Hammersmith.
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James D'Arcy , actor, raised in Fulham.
Jill Dando , journalist, television presenter, and newsreader, lived in Fulham.
Ben de Pear , editor for
Channel 4 News , born in Hammersmith.
Cara Delevingne , model, actress, and singer, born in Hammersmith.
Lily Donaldson , model.
Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner , portrait-painter; lived in Fulham.
Meriel Forbes , actress, born in Fulham.
John Ford , singer-songwriter, and musician, born in Fulham.
Elliot John Gleave , musician, singer, rapper, and songwriter, better known by his stage name, Example; born in Hammersmith.
Emilia Fox , actress, born in Hammersmith;
[4] sister of actor Freddie Fox.
[5]
Freddie Fox , actor, born in Hammersmith; brother of actress Emilia Fox.
[5]
Phoebe Fox , actress, born in Hammersmith.
Hugh Grant , actor and film producer, born in Hammersmith.
[1]
Sienna Guillory , actress and former model; grew up in Fulham.
Toni Halliday , musician, born in
Parsons Green .
Andy Hamilton , comedian, actor, director, and writer, born in Fulham.
Philip Harben , celebrity chef, born in Fulham.
Tom Hardy , actor and producer, born in Hammersmith.
[1]
Miranda Hart , actress, comedian, and writer, lives in Hammersmith.
[1]
[6]
Sam Hazeldine , actor.
Daisy Head , actress, born in Fulham. Sister of actress Emily Head.
Emily Head , actress, born in Fulham. Sister of actress Daisy Head.
Leslie S. Hiscott , film director and screenwriter.
John Hollis , actor, born in Fulham.
Norah Howard , actress, born in Fulham.
Claude Hulbert , actor and comic, born in Fulham.
Konnie Huq , television presenter, born in Hammersmith. Sister of politician Rupa Huq.
Tracy Hyde , actress, born in Fulham.
Caron Keating , television presenter, born in Fulham.
Judith Keppel , first person to win one million
pounds on the British television game show
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? .
Nick Knight , fashion photographer, born in Hammersmith.
Bryan Langley ,
cinematographer , born in Fulham.
Jonathan Lee , satirist, born in Fulham.
Arthur Lovegrove , actor and playwright, born in Fulham.
Robert Lynn , director, born in Fulham.
Tony Macaulay , author, musical theatre composer, and songwriter, born in Fulham.
Jessica Martin , actress, singer, and impressionist, born in Fulham.
James May , television presenter and journalist, born in Hammersmith.
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Paul Merton , writer, actor, and comedian, born in Parsons Green.
Emily Mortimer , actress and screenwriter, born in Hammersmith.
Maurice Murphy , former principal trumpet for the
London Symphony Orchestra , born in Hammersmith.
Sophia Myles , actress, born in Hammersmith.
Billy Nicholls , singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, and musical director.
Leslie Norman , film director, producer and editor, born in Fulham.
Obenewa , singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, born in Hammersmith.
John Osborne , playwright, screenwriter, and actor, born in Fulham.
Zoe Palmer , actress, born in Fulham.
Rosamund Pike , actress, born in Hammersmith.
Bel Powley , actress.
Duffy Power ,
blues and
rock and roll singer, born in Fulham.
Daniel Radcliffe , Actor, Born in Hammersmith, Now lives in Fulham, alternating between his home there and his home in New York.
Robert Rankin , novelist, born in Parsons Green
Samuel Richardson , writer and
printer , lived in Parsons Green.
Anastasia Robinson , operatic
soprano , and later
contralto , of the
Baroque era; lived in Parsons Green following her retirement.
Albert Sammons , violinist and composer, born in Fulham.
Mim Scala , talent agent, grew up in Fulham.
Mary Ann Sieghart , journalist and broadcaster, born in Hammersmith.
Bob Simmons ,
stunt man , born in Fulham.
Peter Sinfield , poet and songwriter, born in Fulham.
Don Smoothey , stage actor,
variety entertainer , and comic; born in Fulham.
Harry South ,
jazz pianist , composer, and arranger, born in Fulham.
Bernadette Strachan , author, born in Fulham.
Janet Street-Porter , media personality, journalist and broadcaster; grew up in Fulham and attended school in Parsons Green.
Estelle , singer-songwriter, rapper, and actress, born and raised in Hammersmith.
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Ken Sykora , jazz guitarist and radio presenter, born in Fulham.
Valerie Taylor , actress, born in Fulham.
Peter Vince , sound engineer, born in Fulham.
Stan Webb , guitarist, born in Fulham.
Leslie Arthur Wilcox , artist, born in Fulham.
Alan Wilder , musician, composer, arranger, and record producer, born in Hammersmith.
Roy Williams , playwright, born in Fulham.
Freya Wilson , child actress.
Alan Winstanley , record producer and songwriter, born in Fulham.
Adam Buxton , actor, comedian, podcaster and writer, born in Shepherd's Bush
Claude Kirby , businessman, amateur sportsman, and association football executive, lived in Fulham.
Phil Vincent , motorcycle designer and manufacturer, founder of
Vincent Motorcycles ; born in Fulham.
George Volkert , aircraft designer, born in Fulham.
Roger Whiteside , businessman and CEO of
Greggs , born in Fulham.
Military and law enforcement
Euston Baker ,
British Army in both world wars, born in Fulham.
Tommy Butler , Detective
Chief Superintendent in the
Metropolitan Police in London, known for leading the team of detectives that investigated the
Great Train Robbery in 1963; born in Fulham.
Peter Gerald Charles Dickens ,
Royal Navy officer during
World War II and a great-grandson of
Charles Dickens ; born in Fulham.
John Thornton Down , British Army officer, born in Fulham.
Edward Dwyer , British Army officer, born in Fulham.
Claude Fenner , first
Inspector-general of police of
Malaysia ; born in Fulham.
G. Hermon Gill ,
Royal Australian Navy officer, mariner, journalist and naval historian, born in Fulham.
Thomas Le Mesurier ,
flying ace of
World War I , born in Shepherd's Bush.
Arthur Lillie , soldier in the
British Indian Army and a writer, born in Fulham.
Henry Lukin , South African military commander, born in Fulham.
Norman Morley ,
Naval Reserve officer who served in both World Wars, becoming the most decorated reserve officer in the Royal Navy. Born in Fulham.
Charles Napier , flying ace of World War I, born in Shepherd's Bush.
Jimmy Rawnsley ,
Royal Air Force
night fighter observer radar operator and gunner during the
Second World War .
Charles Spackman , British Army officer during
World War I , recipient of the
Victoria Cross ; born in Fulham.
Jenkin Thompson , captain in the
Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II, recipient of the George Cross; born in Fulham.
Frank Banfield , served on the Fulham Metropolitan Borough Council, Mayor of Fulham in 1952/53. Son of politician William Banfield.
William Banfield , trade unionist and
Labour Party politician. William Banfield House in Munster Road, Fulham, is named after him. He died in Hammersmith. Father of politician Frank Banfield.
Robert Bellinger , politician and
Lord Mayor of London from 1966 to 1967; grew up in Fulham.
Millicent Browne ,
suffragette born in Fulham
[8]
Matthew Carrington, Baron Carrington of Fulham
Gwyneth Dunwoody ,
Labour Party politician, daughter of Labour Party politicians
Norah and
Morgan Phillips ; born and raised in Fulham.
Thomas Frewen , Member of Parliament for
Rye ; lived at
Claybrook House in Fulham.
Robert Mark Gentry , politician and trade unionist, who served as Mayor of Fulham from 1919 to 1921.
Stephen Greenhalgh , businessman and politician, and was the second
Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London. He lives in Fulham.
Rupa Huq ,
Labour Party politician, columnist, and academic;
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Ealing Central and Acton . Born in Hammersmith;
[9] sister of television presenter Konnie Huq.
Morgan Phillips , Labour politician, husband of fellow Labour politician Norah Phillips and father of Labour politician Gwyneth Dunwoody; lived in Fulham.
Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips , Labour politician, wife of fellow Labour politician
Morgan Phillips and mother of Labour politician
Gwyneth Dunwoody ; lived in Fulham.
Jacob Rees-Mogg , Conservative politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; born in Hammersmith.
Andy Slaughter , Labour Party politician,
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Hammersmith ; born in Hammersmith.
Thomas Smith ,
Tudor period judge, lived in Parsons Green.
George Stone ,
socialist journalist; born in Fulham
Ralph Warren ,
Lord Mayor of London first in 1536 and again in 1543; lived at
Fulham House
Alfred Blomfield ,
Bishop of Colchester ; born in Fulham. Son of
Charles James Blomfield and brother of architect
Arthur Blomfield , children's writer
Lucy Elizabeth Bather .
Charles James Blomfield ,
Bishop of London and father of architect
Arthur Blomfield , children's writer
Lucy Elizabeth Bather , and
Alfred Blomfield ,
Bishop of Colchester . He lived at
Fulham Palace during his tenure as Bishop of London and is buried at
All Saints Church, Fulham .
Geoffrey Fisher , Bishop of London from 1939 to 1945, and
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961. Officiated at
the wedding of then-
Princess Elizabeth and
Philip Mountbatten . During his tenure as Bishop of London, he lived at Fulham Palace.
Arthur Winnington-Ingram , Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939; (from Fulham).
Herbert Ashford , former professional
left half , born in Fulham.
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Nicky Bissett , former professional
central defender , born in Fulham.
Keith Branagan , former professional
goalkeeper , born in Fulham.
Jack Carruthers , former professional
Half back and
centre forward , born in Fulham.
Roy Cotton , retired amateur
winger , born in Fulham.
Harry Ford , former professional
outside right , born in Fulham.
Ray Goddard , former professional goalkeeper, born in Fulham.
Nigel Gray , former professional
centre back , born in Fulham.
Brian Greenaway , former professional winger, born in Fulham.
Alex Greenwood , former professional
full back , born in Fulham.
Bernard Joy , former amateur
centre half and journalist, born in Fulham.
Pat Kerrins , former professional
outside left , born in Fulham.
Malcolm Macdonald , former professional
forward and
manager , born in Fulham.
Simon Milton , former professional
midfielder , born in Fulham.
Len Oliver , former professional
right-half , born in Fulham.
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Stuart Pearce , manager and player, born in Hammersmith.
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George Powell , former professional right back, born in Fulham.
Paul Reaney , former professional
right back , born in Fulham.
Ronald Rowe , former amateur
wing half , born in Fulham.
Peter Springett , former professional goalkeeper, born in Fulham; brother of goalkeeper Ron Springett.
Ron Springett , former professional goalkeeper, born in Fulham; brother of goalkeeper Peter Springett.
Peter Southey , played for
Tottenham Hotspur , born in Parsons Green.
Kenny Stroud , former professional midfielder/
defender , born in Fulham.
Jim Swinden , former professional
Inside forward , born in Fulham.
Ernie Symes , former professional
left back , born in Fulham.
Phil White , former professional winger, born in Fulham.
Neville Ames , cricketer, born in Fulham.
Efren Cruz , cricketer, born in Hammersmith.
George King , New Zealand cricketer, born in Fulham.
Ian Lomax , cricketer, born in Fulham.
Tony Pigott , cricketer, born in Fulham.
Leonard Summers , cricketer, born in Fulham.
Bob White , cricketer, born in Fulham.
John Budd ,
water polo player, born in Fulham.
Simon Gray , international swimmer, born in Fulham.
Harry Kelley , professional oarsman, born and died in Fulham.
Alfred Pycock , swimmer, born in Fulham.
Dick Southwood , rower, born in Fulham.
Hugh Van Zwanenberg ,
sprint canoeist , born in Fulham.
Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach , owned properties in both Fulham and Hammersmith, where he lived with his second wife, Elizabeth Craven
Esther Bruce , seamstress whose autobiography was the first book to document the life of a black working-class woman in Britain;
[13] born in Fulham
Eleanor de Freitas , lived in Fulham
Leslie Fox , awarded the
George Cross for rescuing an injured man from a bomb site in 1944; born in Fulham.
Barry George
Edith Marguerite Harrington , first wife of journalist
Philip Morton Shand and through her son,
Bruce , was the paternal grandmother of
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall ; born in Fulham and lived in Hammersmith
John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt , royalist; lived and died in Parsons Green
Joyce Vincent , born in Hammersmith and raised near Fulham Palace Road
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