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List of people from the London Borough of Hounslow

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Hounslow, or have live/lived within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):

A

  • Marcus Akin – reality TV personality, karate practitioner, actor and writer, lives in Brentford
  • Cecil Aldin – artist and illustrator, lived in Chiswick from 1894 to 1904
  • Sone Aluko – professional footballer, born in Hounslow
  • Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (known as M.I.A.) – British rapper, recording artist, songwriter, painter and director, born in Hounslow
  • Ben Ash (Two Inch Punch) – songwriter and producer for names such as Tory Lanez, Sam Smith, Ty Dollar $ign; born in Brentford
  • David Attenborough – TV wildlife broadcaster, born in Isleworth
  • Sarah Ayton – Olympic gold medallist in the Yngling sailing class, 2004 and 2008; lived in Ashford

B

  • Sir Joseph Banks – botanist, lived and died at Spring Grove in Isleworth, buried in Heston churchyard
  • Nicholas Barbon – economist and financial speculator, died at Osterley Park House
  • John Bardon - actor, born Brentford, 1939
  • Ellie Beaven – actress, grew up in Isleworth
  • Kate Beckinsale – actress, born in Chiswick
  • Rolan Bell – actor, born in Chiswick
  • Jack Beresford – Olympic rower, lived in Chiswick from 1903 to 1940
  • Alonza Bevan – bassist of Kula Shaker, born in Hounslow
  • Sanjeev Bhaskar – actor, comedian and television personality; grew up in Hounslow
  • Walter R. Booth (1882–1938) – creator of the first British animated cartoon film, The Hand of the Artist, lived in Isleworth
  • Jack Buckland – composer and recording artist, from the Chiswick area

C

  • Jimmy Carr – comedian, born in Hounslow
  • Steven Caulker – professional footballer, grew up in Feltham
  • Benjamin Cook – YouTube creator, filmmaker and journalist, born in Isleworth
  • Dave Cousins – singer and songwriter of The Strawbs, born and grew up in Chiswick
  • Thomas Chaloner – introduced alum mining to England
  • Anthony Charles – professional footballer, born in Isleworth
  • Asim Chaudhry – comedian, writer and director, born in Hounslow
  • Keith Chegwin – presenter – lived in Linkfield Road, Isleworth with his wife at the time, Maggie Philbin, Tomorrow's World presenter
  • Phil Collins – singer, musician and actor
  • Amelia Clarkson – actress
  • E. E. Cowper (1859–1933) – English novelist, lived in Chiswick
  • Cyril Cusack – actor, lived in Hounslow

D

E

F

  • Mo Farah – athlete; current 10,000 metres Olympic champion and 5000 metres Olympic, World and European champion; grew up in Hounslow
  • Fenella Fielding – actress, lived in Chiswick
  • Michael Flanders – entertainer, lived in Chiswick from 1971 to 1975
  • E. M. Forster – author, a blue plaque in Arlington Park Mansions commemorates the flat where he lived until his death in 1970
  • Ugo Foscolo – artist, died at Turnham Green in 1827, cenotaph in Chiswick churchyard
  • Joe Fournier – undefeated international championship boxer and businessman, grew up in Hounslow, went to school and trained with Mo Farah
  • Stephen Fox – politician, had a country retreat in Chiswick from 1663

G

H

J

K

L

M

  • Michael Mancienne – professional footballer, grew up in Feltham
  • Betty Marsden – actor in Round The Horn and Carry On Camping, lived on a houseboat in Brentford until her death in 1998
  • John Stanley Marshall – drummer and founding member of the jazz band Nucleus, born in Isleworth
  • Dimitri Mascarenhas – cricketer; played internationally for England, born in Chiswick
  • Ian Mcdonald – multi-instrumentalist musician known as founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson and the Grammy-nominated band Foreigner, grew up in Osterley
  • Freddie Mercury – British musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Queen, grew up in Feltham
  • Christopher John Millar (known as Rat Scabies) – drummer from The Damned, lives in Brentford
  • Joe Miller – actor, lived at Strand-on-the-Green from 1686 to 1738
  • Nancy Mitford – lived briefly at Strand-on-the-Green
  • James Montgomrey – Brentford benefactor, owned and ran a large timber mill on Brentford High Street
  • Mark Morriss – songwriter and lead singer of The Bluetones, grew up in Hounslow
  • John Mousinho – professional football manager and former player, born in Hounslow
  • Iris Murdoch – philosopher and novelist, brought up in Hounslow
  • Sophia Myles – actress, grew up and went to school in Hounslow

N

O

  • John Ogdon – pianist, lived in Spring Grove, Isleworth
  • Peter Oliver – painter, lived in Isleworth
  • Rajiv Ouseph – badminton player and European champion as well as winning silver multiple times in the Commonwealth Games, born in Hounslow
  • Alistair Overeem – mixed martial arts fighter, born in Hounslow
  • Alun Owen – wrote screenplay to A Hard Day's Night

P

R

S

T

V

W

  • Suki Waterhouse – model and actress, grew up in Chiswick
  • Graham Westley – former professional footballer and manager, born in Hounslow
  • Ben White – rugby player, born in Hounslow
  • Maria Whittaker – former glamour model and spouse of Rebel MC, born in Hounslow
  • Jack Wild – actor who played Artful Dodger in Oliver, grew up in Hounslow
  • J. C. Winslow – Anglican missionary and hymn writer, born in Hanworth
  • Kim Wilde – English pop singer
  • James Woodburn-Hall – rugby player in the Jamaica international rugby team, born in Isleworth

Z

  • Johann Zoffany – artist, lived and died at Strand-on-the-Green

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