List of people from Slough
This is a list of notable people who are current or former residents or associates of the town of Slough in the English county of Berkshire.
- Cecil Aldin(1870-1935), (painter of animals and rural life)
- Gerry Anderson (1929-2012), (television drama maker and creator of supermarionation)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), (schoolboy at St Michael's School, Aldin House and later Prime Minister)[1]
- Steve Bell (1951-), (political cartoonist)
- Cliff Bennett (Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers)
- Richard Bentley (of the publishing firm Bentley's)[2]
- Keith Bosley (1937-), (poet and translator)
- Alan Bown (of The Alan Bown Set)
- Fenner Brockway (1888-1988), (anti-war activist and politician)
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (engineer)
- Mark Brzezicki (drummer with Big Country, Procol Harum)
- Jimmy Carr (comedian)
- Alma Cogan (singer, former pupil at St Joseph's School)
- Rod Evans (original lead singer of Deep Purple)
- Tommy Farr (boxer)
- Sean Foley (comedian)[3]
- Thomas Gray (poet, classical scholar, and professor of history)
- Geri Halliwell (entertainer)
- Chip Hawkes (of The Tremeloes)
- Caroline Herschel (astronomer)
- John Herschel (mathematician and astronomer)
- William Herschel (astronomer and composer)
- Sam Hutchinson (footballer)
- Mark Hylton (Olympic athlete)
- Alan Johnson (former Slough postal worker, Cabinet minister)
- Simon Kernick (author)
- Danny King (author)
- Jayne Kitt (Big Brother 7 contestant)
- Iain Lee (entertainer)
- Forrest Mars Sr. (entrepreneur)
- Fiona May (twice world long jump champion)
- Marian McPartland (jazz pianist)
- John Nash (painter)
- Gary Numan (musician)
- Lloyd Owusu (Ghana international footballer)
- Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (Plantagenet, royal aristocrat)
- Marcia Richardson (Olympic athlete)
- Mark Richardson (Olympic athlete)
- Helen Sharman (scientist and astronaut)
- Kalim Siddiqui (journalist and Muslim activist)
- Billy Smart, Jr (circus owner)
- Una Stubbs (actress)[4]
- Ellen Ternan (1839-1914), (actress)
- Thousand Yard Stare (indie pop band)
- Tracey Ullman (b. 1959), (comedian)
- Robert Watson-Watt (1892-1973), (scientist)
- Marcus Willis (b. 1990), (tennis player)
- Vic Woodley (1910-1978) (footballer)
References
- ↑ p93, The History of Slough, Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, Slough 1973
- ↑ Richard Bentley
- ↑ Where you're smiling | | guardian.co.uk Arts
- ↑ Something about Una - Independent on Sunday, 22 February 2004, accessed 28 May 2009
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