Notable Individuals
Notable individuals associated with the borough, are (or have been):
- Harry Aikines Aryeetey, athlete, attended Greenshaw High School from 2000–2006
- Terry and Jonathan Austen, micronationalists
- Jeff Beck, musician
- Seb Brown, AFC Wimbledon goalkeeper, attended Cheam High School from 2001–2007
- Angus Calder, writer, historian and academic
- Rob Davis, Lead Guitarist of Mud
- Lord Peter Ritchie Calder, author, journalist and academic
- Sir Nicholas Carew, executed by Henry VIII
- Sir Francis Carew, Elizabethan horticulturalist
- James Cracknell OBE, Olympic rower
- Quentin Crisp, writer, author, raconteur
- Clark Datchler, lead singer of Johnny Hates Jazz
- Lord George GBE DL
- Edward Alan John George, Baron George, GBE, PC, DL (16 September 1938 – 18 April 2009), known as Eddie George, Governor of the Bank of England 1993 to 2003.
- Les Gray, Lead Vocalist of Mud
- Darius Henderson, Forward for Millwall F.C
- Sir John Major KG CH, former Conservative Prime Minister
- Simon Conway Morris, Palaeontologist, worked on the Burgess Shale Fossils
- Peter Loader, cricketer
- Gary Mason, boxer
- Katie Melua, singer, songwriter, and musician
- David Mitchell (born 1980), cricketer
- Dave Mount, Drummer with Mud
- Cliff Richard, singer, attended Stanley Park Junior School.
- Leo Richardson, writer/actor attended Stanley Park Junior & High School
- Rebecca Romero, Olympic cycling champion
- Sir Harry Secombe, singer, comedian and entertainer. Member of the Goon Show cast. Lived in the area for part of his life. The Sutton Secombe Centre theatre is named after him.
- Jack Simmons, historian
- Cardiacs, Tim Smith (Cardiacs) musician, born Carshalton
- Alec Stewart OBE, England cricketer
- Neil Sullivan-Footballer
- Sarah Tullamore, actress and singer
- Tim Vine, actor and comedian
- Joanna Rowsell, Olympic gold medallist in women's pursuit cycling
- David Weir MBE, Paralympic athlete
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