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This is a list of people from
Tonbridge, Kent, England.
Born in Tonbridge
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Elias Allen (1588–1653), maker of
sundials and scientific instruments
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Timothy Allen (born 1971),
photojournalist†
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Harry Andrews (1911–89), actor
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Anna Atkins (1799–1871),
botanist and photographer
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Edwin Bramall (1923–2019),
soldier
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Ron Challis (1932–2001),
football referee
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John George Children (1777–1852),
chemist,
mineralogist and
zoologist
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William Cobbold (1862–1922), England international
football player
- Sir
James Darling (1899–1955) Chairman of the
Australian Broadcasting Commission
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Marcus Dillistone (born 1961) Royal Premiered British film director, and music producer for the Athens 2004 Olympic Opening & Closing Ceremonies
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Richard de Clare (1130–76), Earl
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Neville Duke (1922–2007),
World War II pilot and world air speed holder in 1953
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Desmond Dupré, (1916–1974),
lutenist and early music pioneer
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Henry Fowler (1858–1933), educationist
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Robin Hanley (1968–96), cricketer
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Harold Langhorne (1866–1932), soldier
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Shane MacGowan (born 1957), singer-songwriter
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Cecil Powell (1903–1969),
Nobel Prize Winner for Physics†
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Reginald Punnett (1875–1967)
geneticist
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James Reynolds (1866–1950), cricketer
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Malcolm Simmons (1946-2014) British
Speedway Champion 1976–77 and former captain of England team
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Ray Singer (born 19??), record producer
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Johnnie Stewart (1917–2005), television producer
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Walter Tirel (1065–1100+), nobleman
- Sir
Skinner Turner (1868–1935), chief judge of the
British Supreme Court for China
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James Welldon (1854–1937),
Bishop of Calcutta
- Sir
Dick White (1906–1983),
intelligence officer
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Claud Woolley (1886–1962), cricketer
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Frank Woolley (1887–1978), cricketer
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Ian Wynne (born 1973), Olympic
canoeist
- ([Robert Smith]) (born 1981), Racing driver
Former Students at Tonbridge Grammar School
Old Juddians
These people attended
The Judd School
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Timothy Allen (born 1971),
photojournalist
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Fergus Anckorn (born 1918), magician and soldier
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Luke Baldwin (born 1990), rugby player
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Torsten Bell, former
Labour Party (UK) Special Adviser and Chief Executive of the
Resolution Foundation
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Humphrey Burton (born 1931), broadcaster, presenter and director
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William Cockcroft (born c1950),
Chief Scout Commissioner
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Rob Crilly (born 1973), journalist and author
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Richard Dixon, British chemist, fellow of the
Royal Society, and winner of the
Rumford Medal
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Neville Duke (1922–2007),
World War II pilot and world air speed holder in 1953
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Angus Fairhurst (1966–2008), artist
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Taylor Fawcett, actor from
Life of Riley
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David Fulton (born 1971), cricketer
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John Gathercole, (1937–2010),
Archdeacon of Dudley
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Max Godden, (died 2000),
Archdeacon of Lewis
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Tom Greatrex (born 1974), MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
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Harold Hailstone (1897–1982), cartoonist and illustrator; brother of Bernard
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Bernard Hailstone (1910–1987), artist; brother of Harold
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Guy Hands (born 1959), financier
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Donald Hodge (1894–2001),
First World War veteran
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Jack Holden (actor), actor
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George Henry Horton (born 1993), filmmaker
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Harry Kendall (born 1996), athlete
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Terence Lewin (1920–99),
First Sea Lord and
Chief of Defence Staff
- Sir
Clive Loader,
Air Chief Marshal
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Rob Luft (born 1993), jazz guitarist and composer
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Anton Matusevich (born 2001), British tennis player
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Nathaniel Mellors (born 1974), artist & musician
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James Miller, (born 1976), British novelist and academic
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Richard Moth, former
Bishop of the Forces and current
Bishop of Arundel and Brighton
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David Moule-Evans (1905–1988), composer
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Mr Bingo (born 1979), illustrator
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Geoffrey Paterson (born 1983), conductor
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Cecil Powell (1903-1969), Nobel prize winner in Physics
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Tom Probert (born 1986), cricketer
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Martin Purdy (born 1981),
Rugby Union player
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Stuart Skeates, (born 1966), Major General and former
Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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Tim Stanley, journalist
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Rob Warner (academic), (born 1956), British academic
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James Whiteaker (born 1998), athlete
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Michael Willard, (born 1938) cricketer
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Ronald Williams (1906–79),
Bishop of Leicester
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Stewart Wood, Baron Wood of Anfield, Member of the House of Lords
Old Tonbridgians
People connected with Tonbridge
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Adrian Baillie (1898–1947), MP for
Tonbridge 1937–45
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Hugh de Audley (1289–1347), English ambassador to France, was buried at
Tonbridge Priory
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Margaret de Audley (1318–47), baroness and countess, was buried at Tonbridge Priory
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David Bartleet (1929–2002),
Bishop of Tonbridge 1982–93
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Brian Castle (born 1949), current bishop of Tonbridge
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Margaret de Clare (1293–1342), countess, was buried at Tonbridge Priory
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Ralph de Stafford (1301–72), nobleman, was buried in Tonbridge Priory
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Richard fitz Gilbert (1030–1091), nobleman, built
Tonbridge Castle
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Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (died 1136), nobleman, founded Tonbridge Priory and held Tonbridge Castle
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Philip Goodrich (1929–2001), Bishop of Tonbridge from 1973 to 1982
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Jilly Goolden (born 1959), food critic, attended
West Kent College
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Arthur Griffith-Boscawen (1865–1946), MP for
Tonbridge 1892–1906
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David Halsey (1919–2009), Bishop of Tonbridge 1968–72
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Victoria Hislop (born 1959), author, grew up in Tonbridge
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Dame
Kelly Holmes(born 1970), Olympic athlete, attended
Hugh Christie School
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Richard Hornby (1922–2007), MP for Tonbridge 1956–74
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Andrea Leadsom (born 1963), educated at
Tonbridge Girls' Grammar School
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Robert Norton (1838–1926), MP for Tonbridge 1885–92
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Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (born 1991), racing driver, lives in Tonbridge
- Sophie Rhys-Jones (born 1965), now
The Countess of Wessex, attended
West Kent College
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Angie Sage (born 1952), author, attended
Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls
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Margaret Sharp (born 1938)
peer, attended Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls
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Brian Smith (born 1943), Bishop of Tonbridge 1993–2001
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John Stanley (born 1942), MP for
Tonbridge and Malling since 1974
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Holman F Stephens (1868–1931), ran a number of railway companies from offices in Tonbridge
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Paul Watson (born 1942), artist and documentary film maker, lives in Tonbridge
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Paul Way (born 1962),
golfer, attended Hugh Christie School
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Gerald Williams (1903–89), MP for Tonbridge 1945–56
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Russell White (1896–1979),
Bishop of Tonbridge from 1959 to 1968
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Jonathan Williams (born 1993), footballer for
Crystal Palace FC, lives in Tonbridge
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Bob Woolmer (1948–2007), cricketer, attended
Yardley Court School
Notes
† also Old Juddian.
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