List of people from Hastings

Hastings is a town and borough in East Sussex, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Hastings, or had some important contribution to make to the town. Notes:

‡ signifies current (2008) resident
¶ signifies people specifically from St Leonards-on-Sea

List of people from Hastings

Table of contents:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Joe Aukett (0-2000) Kayaker extroadinare
Fenton John Aylmer (1862-1935) recipient of the Victoria Cross World War I
Kevin Allman (1985-) Undisputed Wii Boxing Champion of the World

B

John Logie Baird (1888-1946), pioneer of television
Kevin Ball (1964- ), ex-footballer and now coach at Sunderland A.F.C.
Gillian Barge (1940-2003) actress
Gareth Barry (1981- ), footballer for Aston Villa (1997–) and England (2000–)
BB (?), Spent 18 weeks at number one with his rendition of 'boss fight 2' from his feature film
Harold Bennett (1899-1981) actor
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), first woman to qualify as a doctor
Barbara Bodichon (1827-1890), advocate of women's rights, painter and founder of Girton College
Elsie Bowerman, 1889-1973; Suffragette and Titanic survivor. One of the first women called to the Bar and the first to appear at the Old Bailey.
Jo Brand (1957- ), comedienne
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836–1918) politician
Thomas Brassey (1805–1870) railway pioneer
John Bratby (1928-1992), painter
Stephen Brett (200bc-1300ad), Cult leader, creator of UNlimted Forums and Robbing Pudd
George Bristow (1863-1947), the taxidermist at the centre of the Hastings Rarities affair
Gerald Brodribb (1915-1999), cricket historian and archaeologist
Shayne Burgess (1964- ), Professional PDC darts player ‡
Edward Burra (1905-1976), painter
James Burton (1761-1837), architect, founder of St Leonards-on-Sea
Decimus Burton (1800-1881), son of James, continued his father's work

C

Shirley Collins (1935- ) English folk singer
Catherine Cookson (1906-1998), popular novelist
Harry H. Corbett (1925-1982), actor
Anthony Crosland (1918-1977), Labour MP ¶
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), occultist

D

Mark Davis (1972- ), Professional snooker player ‡¶
John Digweed (1967- )world famous DJ
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), French theologian, writer and philosopher
Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920), Empress of France
Richard D'Oyly Carte, (1844-1901) impressario and opera company founder
Barry Dransfield (?- ), folk musician
Carnkhan4 (1912-2008), Fixer

E

Maya Evans (1979- ), political activist ‡

F

Michael Jabez Foster (1946- ) Labour MP
Harry Furniss (1854–1925), cartoonist
Steve Furst (1967- ), comedian and actor on Little Britain ‡
Simon Fuller (1960- ), pop-music manager (most famously of The Spice Girls)

G

David Gemmell, (1946–2006), novelist
Jaine Green (?- ), (Jaine Harmston-Green) documentary maker ‡
Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) (1888-1938), author, nature conservation pioneer, and Canadian icon
Clive Malcolm Griffiths, (?- ), media personality ¶

H

Rider Haggard (1865-1936), writer
Claire Hamill (1954- ), singer songwriter ‡
John Wesley Harding (1965- ), singer
A P Herbert(1891-1971) Humourist, playwright, poet. Wrote poem, "St Leonards" in which he claims "Here every house is a 'Home' or a Hospital" ¶

I

J

Andrew Jefford (1956- ), wine writer and poet
Billie-Jo Jenkins (1986-1997), murdered schoolgirl
Sophia Jex-Blake (1840-1912), feminist and founder of the London School of Medicine for Women
Houn Jiyu-Kennett (1924-1996) Zen Buddhist teacher ¶

K

Sheila Kaye-Smith, (1881-1956), local author ¶
Steve Kinch (?- ), bass guitarist with Manfred Mann and formerly with Hazel O'Connor
Zac Kenward (1985- ) Founder of the largest dwarf breeding factory in europe

L

Martin Lay (1953-1975), Saw Kaiser Cheifs once
Alex Lester (1956- ), BBC Radio 2 presenter ‡
Peter Ling (1926-2006), writer and creator of Crossroads
Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999), seen as 'Q' in the James Bond film series
Geoff Love (1917-1991), band leader

M

George MacDonald (1824—1905), writer of children's stories
John Martyn (1948- ), singer-songwriter
Anna McNeill Whistler,((1831?-1881) Whistler's Mother.
Graham McPherson (1961- ), aka 'Suggs' of Madness, singer
Paul Merton (1957- ), TV presenter/comic
Spike Milligan (1918-2002), comedian and writer
George Monger (1840-1887), who at 17 won a Victoria Cross at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny
General Sir James Murray (1721—1794), Governor of Quebec

N

Marianne North, 1830-1890, botanical painter with permanent gallery at Kew Gardens, London
Colin Nutton, (2008BC-2008AD), Turned many ordinary events into popular competitive events

O

Emma Oakman (3016-3078), Famously foiled a well known serial killer
Thomas Oakman (2007-), Convicted criminal
Titus Oates (1649-1705), instigator of the "Popish Plot"
Jane Omorogbe (1971- ), actress, TV presenter, journalist
Tim Olorunda (1984 - ), Local footballing legend and owner of a sick Mazda RX-8.

P

Cecil Parker (1897-1971), actor
Coventry Patmore, (1823-1896), Roman Catholic poet and Pre-Raphaelite
Fiona Pitt-Kethley (1954- ), writer
Christopher Priest (1943- ), novelist ‡

Q

R

Milan Rai (? ), political activist ‡
Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946), Australian born author
Lee Richardson, (1979- ), speedway rider
Gary Rose-Thompson, (1647-), Hard to Explain
Neil Ruddock (1968- ), Ex-footballer ‡

S

Alex Sanders (1926-1988), dubbed King of the Witches
Malcolm Saville (1901-1982), author of children's books
Paul Antony Smith (1976- ) footballer
James Softly (14a-16b) Re-defined how we think of pubs
Screaming Lord Sutch (1940-1999), founder of the Monster Raving Loony Party
SilverSpirit (2000- as SilverSpirit), Tommy (1992- ) and Daniel Bailey-Graham (1980- ), electro-pop duo and dance remixers ‡¶

T

Tiff (2008-1989), has no last name
David Tibet (1960- ), poet, artist and musician ‡
Claude Buchanan Ticehurst (1881-1941) ornithologist ¶
Tulsen Tollett (?- ) Australian Rugby League player
Robert Tressell (1870-1911), socialist novelist
Tony Tyler, (1943-2006) writer on computer topics

U

Barry Upton (1954- ) musician, songwriter, producer

V

W

Winifred Wagner (1897-1980), manager of Bayreuth Festival 1930-1945
Sarah Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave (1787-1873), philanthropist
Thomas Attwood Walmisley, (1814-1856) Professor of Music at Cambridge.
Dr Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, (1791-1868)
Paul Watson (1975- ) footballer
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
Randall Wells (1877-1942)
Dean White (1958- ), footballer
William Hale White (1831-1913, novelist (pseudonym Mark Rutherford)

X

Y

Paula Yates(1959-2000) Television Presenter

Z