Chiswick - Notable People

Notable People

• Statistician M. S. Bartlett (1910–2002) was born in Chiswick

• Actress Kate Beckinsale was born in Chiswick

• Humanitarian Louise Burfitt-Dons lives in Chiswick

• Athlete and politician Sebastian Coe (1956- ) was born in Chiswick

• Director Simon Curtis, (1960- ) best known for My Week with Marilyn now lives in Chiswick.

• Maritime artist Montague Dawson (1895–1973) was born in Chiswick

• Singer Bruce Dickinson (1958- ) of the band Iron Maiden lives in Chiswick.

• Musician John Entwistle (1944–2002), bassist with rock band The Who, was born in Chiswick

• Author E. M. Forster (1879–1970) lived at 9 Arlington Park Mansions in Chiswick from 1939 until at least 1961; a blue plaque at the property commemorates this

• Actor Hugh Grant (1960- ) grew up in Chiswick, living next to Arlington Park Mansions on Sutton Lane

• Illustrator and anarchist Clifford Harper (1949- ) was born in Chiswick

• Artist William Hogarth (1697–1764) lived in Chiswick, and is buried in St. Nicholas's Churchyard, Chiswick Mall; Hogarth's House is now a museum; it abuts one of London's best known road junctions – the Hogarth Roundabout

• Actor Charles Holland (1733–1769), who played under David Garrick, was born in Chiswick

• TV presenter Kate Humble (1968- ) lived in Chiswick from 1997 to 2010

• Zoologist and broadcaster Aubrey Manning (1930- ) was born in Chiswick

• Actress Elizabeth McGovern (1961- ) best known for Once Upon a Time in America and Downton Abbey (Married to Simon Curtis) lives in Chiswick.

• Actress Helen Mirren (1945- ) was born in Chiswick

• Musician Andy Paresi (1961- ), drummer on Morrissey's albums Viva Hate, Kill Uncle and Bona Drag, was born in Chiswick

• Painter, printer and wood engraver Lucien Pissarro (1863–1944) (eldest son of Camille Pissarro, who visited and painted local scenes in 1897) lived in 62 Bath Road, Chiswick from 1897, moving in 1902 to The Brook, Stamford Brook (blue plaque)

• Poet Alexander Pope (1688–1744), author of The Rape of the Lock, lived in the building which is now the Mawson Arms at the corner of Mawson Lane and Chiswick Lane South between 1716 and 1719 (blue plaque)

• Photographer Derek Ridgers (1952- ), who has worked with musicians including The Clash, The Damned and Morrissey, was born in Chiswick

• Comedian Mel Smith (1952- ), best known for Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones, was born in Chiswick.

• Engineer John Edward Thornycroft (1872–1960) was born in Chiswick.

• Musician Pete Townshend (1945- ), guitarist and songwriter of rock band the Who, was born in Chiswick.

• Marine geologist and geophysicist Frederick Vine (1939- ) was born in Chiswick.

• Singer Kim Wilde (1960- ), of "Kids in America" fame, was born in Chiswick.

See also the List of people from the London Borough of Hounslow