Famous people of Portsmouth
Posted by: John in MyBlog on Jan 06, 2010
Tagged in: Portsmouth , Famous people
Many famous people were born in Portsmouth, or have lived here during their lives. Some of them are shown below.
Famous people who were born in Portsmouth
- Henry Ayers (1821-1897), Premier of the colony of South Australia and had Ayers Rock named after him
- Walter Besant (1836-1901), novelist and historian
- Denise Black (b 1959), actress
- Roger Black (b 1966), Olympic medallist and TV presenter
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), engineer and creator of the Great Western Railway
- James Callaghan (1912-2005), former Prime Minister
- Jeremiah Chubb (1793-1870), inventor of the Chubb lock - his brother Charles improved it and founded the Chubb company
- Marilyn Cole (b 1949), former Playboy Playmate and married Hugh Heffner in 1984
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870), novelist
- Murray Gold (b 1969), composer - provides the music for the current series of 'Doctor Who'
- Brian Howe, vocalist with Bad Company
- Paul Jones (b 1942), vocalist with Manfred Mann, solo singer and radio presenter
- Roger Kitter (b 1950), actor
- Thomas Ellis Owen (1805-1862), architect and developer responsible for many of the buildings in Southsea
- Alan Pascoe (b 1947), Olympic medallist
- Michael Ripper (1913-2000), actor best know for supporting roles in Hammer films
- Peter Sellers (1925-1980), actor and comedian
- Percy F Westerman (1876-1959) and John F C Westerman (1901-?), father and son novelists of adventure books for boys
Famous people who have lived in Portsmouth
- Admiral George Anson (1697-1762), noted for his circumnavigation of the globe
- Sir Francis Austen (1774-1865), Admiral of the Fleet and brother of Jane Austen
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), novelist and creator of Sherlock Holmes
- Helen Duncan (1897-1956), last woman to be tried and charged with witchcraft in the UK
- Joe Jackson (b 1954), singer/songwriter
- John Fredrick Thomas Jane, known as Fred T Jane (1865-1916), founding editor of "Jane's Fighting Ships"
- Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), novelist
- Neville Shute Norway (1899-1960), novelist under the name of Neville Shute and aviation engineer
- H G Wells (1866-1946), novelist
