Notable Residents (past and Present)
- Colin Baker – actor who played the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, and columnist for the Bucks Free Press.
- Elliot Benyon – footballer with Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
- Dominic Blizzard – footballer with Yeovil Town F.C..
- Heston Blumenthal – celebrity chef and owner of the Michelin 3-star Fat Duck restaurant. He was born in the town and educated at John Hampden Grammar School.
- Judy Boucher – country and RnB singer originally from St Vincent.
- Fern Britton – TV presenter.
- Jimmy Carr – TV and stand-up comedian. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School.
- Simon Church – Welsh international footballer.
- James Corden – actor and writer.
- Matt Dawson – scrum-half for England rugby union team which won the Rugby World Cup in 2003. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School.
- Geoffrey De Havilland – aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer. Born at Terriers House.
- Benjamin Disraeli – politician, Prime Minister and literary figure.
- Luke Donald – golfer, educated at the Royal Grammar School.
- Ian Dury – rock & roll singer and songwriter. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School.
- Eric Gill – sculptor and print maker.
- Isa Guha – England Women's cricketer and Women's World Cup winner.
- Adam Paul Harvey – actor.
- Tom Ingram - motor-racing driver.
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson – actor.
- Howard Jones – singer and songwriter.
- Jim Jones – former member of Thee Hypnotics, Black Moses and currently frontman of The Jim Jones Revue.
- Mike Keen – former footballer and manager, winner of the League Cup in 1967.
- Robbie Kerr – motor-racing driver current member of the British A1GP team.
- Alex Kew – actor and musician.
- Eric Knowles – Antiques Roadshow presenter, currently lives in the town.
- Phil Newport – former Worcestershire and England cricketer.
- Sally Philips – comic actress.
- Leigh-Anne Pinnock – member of girl band Little Mix, winners of The X Factor 2011.
- Karl Popper – philosopher.
- Tom Rees – England and London Wasps Rugby Flanker.
- Charlotte Roche – British-born German television presenter, actress, singer and author of the world's best-selling novel in March 2008.
- Nicola Sanders – Olympic athlete.
- Wilf Slack – Middlesex and England cricketer.
- Jean Shrimpton – supermodel.
- Dusty Springfield – singer.
- Ian Stanley - keyboard player with rock band Tears for Fears
- Heather Stewart-Whyte – Supermodel.
- Sy Thomas – TV presenter, standup comedian and actor.
- Bill Turnbull – journalist and presenter.
- Frankie Vaughan – pop singer.
- Young Guns (band) – High Wycombe-based band.
- Mighty Boosh stars Noel Fielding and Dave Brown both met when they attended Bucks New University in Wycombe. Julian Barratt then joined the group after Fielding scouted him performing in the Wycombe Swan theatre.
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