Brighton and Hove: People

Many famous (and some infamous) people were born, lived or died in Brighton and Hove. Some names included here are of important but lesser known individuals. This list is unlikely ever to be complete as more interesting names come to light.
The list includes people whose names are commemorated within the city. It does not include living people. Respect for their privacy outweighs any preference they may have for publicity.

Names beginning with
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
• Abbey, Alderman Henry brewer, politician
• Abbey, William Henry brewer
• Abergavenny family landowners
• Abinger, Lady Elizabeth widow
• Abmuty, Catherine Constantia heiress, benefactor
• Addinsell, Richard composer
• Adelaide, Princess monarchical consort
• Adler, Dr Nathan Marcus rabbi
• Ainsworth, William Harrison author
• Albert, Prince monarchical consort
• Alcock, Charles William sportsman, writer
• Alexandra, Princess monarchical consort
• Allan, Elizabeth actress
• Allanson-Winn, Charles, 3rd Baron Headley Irish peer
• Allen, Chesney variety artist
• Allen, (Alfred) Hylton actor
• Ambient, Mark actor, dramatist
• Amherst, Hugh, 4th Earl Amherst soldier
• Amherst, Jeffery, 1st Baron Amherst soldier
• Amherst, William Pitt, 1st Earl Amherst of Arracan diplomat
• Angier, Sir Theodore Vivian Samuel businessman
• Anstruther, Sir Wyndham Carmichael outlaw
• Arditti, Luigi violinist, conductor, composer
• Arundell, Francis Vyvyan Jago artist
• Attree, Thomas solicitor
• Attree, William solicitor
• Aubrey Le Blond, Mrs alpinist, cinematographer

B
• Badcock, John pharmacist, vaccination pioneer
• Baldwin, Edmund Chaplin accountant
• Baldwin, Stanley politician
• Barnett, Dame Henrietta Octavia Weston social reformer
• Barnett, Samuel Augustus clergyman
• Baron, Bernhard tobacco manufactorer, philanthropist
• Barrasford, Thomas theatre owner
• Bashford, Celia trunk murder victim
• Battersby, Martin artist, theatre designer
• Bayley, Laura actress, film director
• Bayly, Ada Ellen novelist
• Beal, Ernest Frederick soldier
• Beal, Frank George stationer, politician
• Beard family landowners
• Beardsley, Aubrey illustrator
• Bellingham family
• Benett, Vere Fane soldier, politician, landowner
• Benett-Stanford, John Montagu soldier, landowner, cinema pioneer
• Benney, Sallis artists, academic administrator
• Beresford, Gerald Waddington surgeon
• Beresford, Lord Marcus Talbot de la Poer stables manager
• Best, Edna Clara film star
• Bevan, Robert painter
• Bevan, Robert banker
• Billinton, Robert John railway engineer
• Binder, Pearl (Polly) writer, artist
• Birch, Lt-General Sir Noel soldier
• Blaber, William businessman
• Black, Arthur mathematician
• Black, Clementina novelist, politican activist
• Black, David solicitor, town clerk
• Black, Alderman Hugh Milner pharmacist, optician, councillor
• Black, Tom Campbell aviator, coffee planter
• Blackett, Admiral Henry sailor
• Blaker, Frederick mayor
• Blaker, Sir John George mayor
• Blaker, Sir Reginald politician
• Bodle, Richard landowner, surveyor
• Bond, Sir Hubert psychiatrist
• Booth, Edward Thomas naturalist
• Boucicault, Dion actor, dramatist
• Boulting, John film-maker
• Boulting, Roy film-maker
• Bourchier, Arthur actor, theatre manager
• Bowen, Sir George Ferguson colonial administrator
• Bowring, Edgar Alfred civil servant, politician
• Bowring, Walter Andrew surgeon
• Box, Thomas cricketer
• Boxall, William Percival landowner
• Boyce, Sarah property owner
• Boyle, Dr Helen medical practitioner
• Brackenbury, Hannah benefactor
• Bridge, Frank musician, composer
• Brigden, Alderman John Leonhardt coach builder, politician
• Briggs, Sir John Thomas civil servant
• Brill, Charles entrepreneur
• Bristol, Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess/5th Earl of politician, landowner
• Brooke, Valentine actor
• Brooke-Pechell, Vice-Admiral Sir George Richard sailor, politician
• Brooker, Henry lawyer
• Brown, Captain Samuel engineer
• Browne, Hablot Knight ('Phiz') artist, illustrator
• Brunel, Adrian Hope film-maker
• Buchanan, Jack actor
• Burleigh, Averil artist
• Burleigh, Charles H H artist
• Burleigh, Veronica artist
• Burne-Jones, Sir Edward artist, designer
• Burrows, Sir John Cordy doctor, politician
• Butt, Dame Clara Ellen opera singer
• Byam, Lt-General Edward soldier
• Byam, Mary landowner
• Byng, Douglas actor

C
• Calvert, Louis actor
• Camelford, 1st Baron politician
• Campbell, John, Marquess of Lorne aristicrat
• Canning, Rt Hon George politician
• Carden, Alderman Sir Herbert solicitor, local politician
• Carpenter, Charles sailor, magistrate
• Carpenter, Edward poet, pioneer socialist
• Carson, Sir Edward politician
• Carver, Deryk brewer, martyr
• Casey, Terance musician
• CathcartG, General Sir George soldier
• Catt, Charles brewer, landowner
• Catt, Charles William master brewer
• Catt, William brewer
• Cavendish, William George Spencer, 6th Duke of Devonshire landowner, politician
• Chadborn, Charles Nugent surgeon, anaesthetist
• Channon, Jack cinema exhibitor
• Chart, Ellen Nye actress, theatre manager
• Chart, Henry Nye actor, theatre manager
• Chart, Jack soldier, actor, film director, publican
• Chatfield, Fredericksoldier, diplomat
• Clarke, Somers solicitor, town clerk
• Clements, Sir John actor
• Clifton, Lieut-General Sir Arthur Benjamin soldier
• Clives, Captain variety artist
• Cobb, Alderman George, Jr attorney
• Cobbold, Charles H variety artist
• Cochran, C B theatrical impressario
• Codrington, Admiral Sir Edward sailor
• Cohen, Joseph cinema exhibitor
• Cohen, Levy Emmanuel newspaper proprietor and editor
• Colbourne, James hosier, outfitter, draper, costumier, silk merchant
• Colin, Jean actress
• Collings, Arthur Albert (Esmé) photographer, pioneer film0maker
• Combridge, John Theodore mathematician, educational administrator
• Compton-Burnett, Dame Ivy novelist
• Coningham, William politician
• Constable, John artist
• Copinger, Walter Arthur barrister
• Copley, John
• Coppard, A E poet, writer
• Cornford, Ernie cinematographer
• Courtney-King, Eric busienssman
• Cowley, Harry chimney sweep, social activist, campaigner
• Crraven, John Chester railway engineer
• Crowhurst, Robert tailor
• Crown, J L cinema exhibitor, entrepreneur
• Crunden, Frederick cabinet-maker, upholsterer
• Crunden, Thomas cabinet-maker, upholsterer
• Crunden, Thomas Brown cabinet-maker, upholsterer
• Curwen, Eldred landowmer
• Curwen, Eliot medical practitioner, archaeologist
• Curwen, Eliot Cecil medical practitioner, archaeologist
• Curwen, Elizabeth Caroline Colebrook Gordon landowner
• Cusack-Smith, Sir (Thomas) Berry soldier, diplomat
• Custance, Olive Eleanor (Lady Alfred Douglas) poet
• Cutts, Graham film director

D
• Dacres, Field Marshall Sir Richard soldier
• Dacres, Admiral Sir Sidney sailor
• D'Aguilar, Major-General Sir George Charles soldier
• Dalrymple, Major-General Sir Adolphus John soldier
• Dalton, Sam (William John) ,actor, music hall artiste
• Dare, Phyllis actress
• Darling, Alfred engineer, cinematograph pioneer
• Darling, General Sir Ralph soldier
• Davidson, W Lascelles inventor
• Davies, William Edmund bookmaker
• D'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Osmond landowner
• De Chassiron, Baroness Alice Margueretta Crichton philanthropist
• de la Pasture, Edmée Elizabeth Monica novelist
• de la Pasture, Elizabeth Bonham novelist
• Delve, Sir Frederick William fire brigade officer
• De Rosaz, Chevalier Francois doctor, financier
• Devis, Arthur artist
• Devonshire, Duke of landowner
• Dewé, William Tombs solicitor
• De Worms, Baron George financier, property owner
• Dickens, Charles author
• Dickins, Charles Scrase landowner
• Dickins, Charles Robert Scrase landowner
• Dickins, Charles Spencer Scrase landowner
• Dodson, Sarah Paxton Ball artist
• Dodwell, Rev Henry John clergyman
• Dorset, Earls/Dukes of landowners
• Douglas, Lord Alfred poet, journalist
• D'Oyly-John, Cecil artist
• Drewitt, Stanley actor
• Duff, Alexander politian, royalty
• Dyer, Anson animator

E
• Earp, Charles artist
• Earp, Edwin John artist
• Earp, Frederick artist
• Earp, George Sr artist
• Earp, George Jr artist
• Earp, Henry artist
• Edge, Selwyn racing champion, investor, farmer
• Ediss, Connie actress
• Edlin, Tubby actor, comedian
• Edmunds, Christina poisoner
• Egremont, Earls of landowners
• Elliott, Charles clergyman
• Elliott, Charlotte poet, hymnodist
• Elliott, Rev Henry Venn clergyman
• Ellis, James hotelier
• Elphinstone-Dick Harriet swimmer
• Elrington family landowners
• Elvey, Maurice film director
• Elwyn-Jones, Lord Frederick lawyer, politician
• Enraght, Fr Richard William clergyman
• Evans, Maurice actor
• Everard, Rev Edward clergyman
• Everest, Sir George William surveyor, geographer, soldier
• Ewart, Sir Joseph doctor, politician

F
• Faithfull, George solicitor, politician
• Falconer, Francis Alexander Keith, 2nd Baron Kintore peer
• Farr, Tommy boxer
• Fawcett, Henry academic, politician
• Fawcett, Dame Millicent Garrett campaigner
• Fielding, Copley artist
• Fife, Duke and Duchess of royalty
• Filmer, Sir Edmund politician
• Filmer, Lady Mary Georgina artist
• Finlay, Frank actor
• Fisher, Herbert William historian
• Fitch, Stan socialist politician
• FitzClarence, William George, 2nd Earl of Munster peer
• Fitzherbert, Maria Regent's lady friend
• Fleetwood, Sir Peter Hesketh- landowner, entrepreneur
• Flemyng, Robert actor
• Forsyth, Commander Charles Codrington sailor
• Francis, Derek actor
• Francis, Raymond actor
• Frankiss, Betty actress
• Freshfield, Charles Kaye lawyer
• Friend, Daniel tradesman, developer, landowner
• Friese Greene, William Photographer, inventor, cinema pioneer
• Fyffe, Will actor, comedian

G
• Gallard, George brewer, developer
• Garfield, Leon writer
• Garnett, Constance Clara translator of Russian literature
• Garnett, David writer
• Garrick, John actor
• Gibb, Major-General Sir Evan soldier
• Gibney, Sir John doctor
• Gilkes, Harry decorators' merchant
• Gilkes, John decorators' merchant
• Gill, Eric sculptor, designer, typograoher, artist
• Ginnett, John Frederick equestrian performer, circus prorieot
• Gleitze, Mercedes swimmer
• Gloag, General A R soldier
• Godley, William marine stores merchant
• Godwinson, Harold king of England
• Golding, Joyce actress
• Goldsmid, Sir Isaac Lyon financier, bullion broker, proponent of JEwish emancipation
• Goldsmid, Isabel daughter, wife
• Goldsmid, Sir Julian landowner, politician, businessman
• Gomm, Field Marshal Sir William Maynard soldier
• Gordon-Lennox, Charles Henry, 6th Duke of Richmond aristocrat, politician, landowner
• Goulty, Rev John Nelson clergyman
• Gouraud, Colonel George Edward soldier, promoter
• Grant, Admiral Sir Percy sailor
• Grant, Rear-Admiral Sir Richard sailor
• Green, Nigel actor
• Gregory, Barnard newspaper proprietor
• Gunn, Martha bathing machine operator

H
• Halévy, Jacob educationist
• Hall, Donald George consulting physician
• Hall, Sir Edward Marshall barrister
• Hallett, William brewer, landowner, poliotician
• Hallett, William Henry brewer, politician
• Hamilton, Patrick writer
• Hanbury-Tracy, Charles, 1st Baron Sudeley politician
• Hanbury-Tracy, Charles, 2nd Baron Sudeley colliery owner, politician
• Hannah, Archdeacon John clergyman
• Hannah, Rev John Julius clergyman
• Hannington, Charles Smith draper, retailer
• Hannington, Bishop James clergyman
• Hannington, Smith draper, retailer
• Harding, Gilbert journlaist, broadcaster
• Hardwick family farmers
• Hardy, Alderman Miss Margaret politician
• Harley, Harold actor, dramatist
• Harty, Sir Hamilton musician
• Hayes, Patricia actress
• Hawkins-Whitshed, Lady Elizabeth Alice Frances alpinist, pioneer cinematographer
• Hazelden, Mark nurseryman
• Head, Graham film collector, archivist
• Henniker-Heaton, Sir Herbert diplomat
• Hervey, Lord Alfred politician
• Hervey, Frederick William politician, landowner
• Hessel, Phoebe soldier, fishmonger
• Hill, Captain Henry art dealer and collector, politician
• Hill, Sir Rowland politician
• Hilliard, Patricia actress
• Hilton, Daisy & Violet conjoined twins
• Hindmarsh, Sir John soldier, colonial administrator
• Hoare, Bertie Rex O'Bryen (Sammy) pilot
• Hoare, Prince artist, writer
• Hobbs, Sir Jack cricketer
• Hobden, Dennis postman, politician
• Holmes, Afred variety artiste
• Holmes, Roy Leslie singer, pianist, songwriter
• Holyoake, Jacob social reformer, co-operative pioneer, journalist, author
• Hounsom, William Allin landowner, developer
• Howell, Charleslandowner, philanthropist
• Hozier, William Wallace, 1st Baron Newlands soldier, businessman
• Hutchinson, Sir Herbert civil servant

I
• Iden, George mechanical engineer
• Infield, Henry J newspaper proprietor, entrepreneur
• Infield, J Henson barrister, newspaper proprietor, entrepreneur
• Ingram, Henry Manning clergyman
• Ionides, Constantine Alexander merchant
• Iredell, Lieut-General Francis S soldier

J
• Jacobs, Harry cinema proprietor
• Jefferies, Richard writer, naturalist
• Johnson, Howard S solicitor, politician
• Jones, Frederick Elwyn lawyer, politician
• Jumeaux, Dr Benjamin doctor, photogaphy pioneer

K
• Kaye, Violette dancer, prostitute, murder victim
• Keen, Jeff film-maker
• Kemp, Nathaniel merchant, landowner
• Kemp, Thomas landowner
• Kemp, Thomas Read landowner, developer
• Kendall, Rev George William clergyman
• Kenealy, Edward Vaughan Hyde Irish barrister
• Kerrison, General Sir Edward soldier, politician
• King, Brigadier-General Sir Charles Wallis soldier
• King-Hall, Admiral Sir George Fowler sailor
• Kirkman, Sydney comedian
• Koe, Lawrence portrait painter, sculptor
• Kropotkin, Prince Pyotr geographer, anarchist philosopher

L
• Lacy, Henry Charlesbusinessman
• Lambert, Clem watercolourist
• Lambourne, Albert mechanical engineer
• Landseer, Sir Edwin painter
• Langridge, John cricketer
• Lauderdale, 11th Earl of sailor
• Lawrence, John thief, muderer
• Leech, John illustrator
• Lepard, Ernest actor, comedian
• Lewenstein, Oscar theatrical and film producer
• Lewis, Hyam pawnbroker, furniture dealer, silversmith
• Lidbury, Sir David J administrator
• Lidiard, Victoria suffragette, women's rights campaigner
• Lillywhite, William cricketer
• Lloyd, Edward tenor
• Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine, Lord Wakehurst politician, businessman, garden creator
• Loftus, Lord George Herbert aristocrat
• Louise, Princess, Duchess of Fife royalty
• Lowther, Alderman Edward
• Lucraft, George coal merchant, politician
• Lupino, Ida actress, film director
• Lyndhurst, John Copley, 1st Baron politician
• Lyons, Edward Eliaspioneer cinema exhibitor, politician
• Lyons, Edward F (Teddy) cinema pioneer, businessman
• Lyttelton, George William, 4th Baron politician

M
• Macdona, Charles actor
• McKay, Jock comedian, actor
• McNair, Robin pilot, sportsman
• Maddick, Edmund Distin surgeon, entrepreneur
• Mahomed, Frederick dancer, gymnast, entrepreneur
• Mahomed, Frederick Akbar medical practitioner, inventor
• Mahomed, James Kerriman clergyman
• Mahomed, Sake Dean entrepreneur
• Mainstone, Frank servant, pig farmer
• Maitland, Admiral of the Fleet Thomas, 11th Earl of Lauderdale sailor
• Mantell, Gideon Algernon surgeon, archaeologist
• Marrane, André actor
• Marriott, Sir William Thackeray barrister, politician
• Marryat, Florence author, actress
• Marshall, E J educator
• Marx, Eleanor teacher, activist
• Marx, Emile solicitor, politician
• Masquerier, John James artist
• Maugham, Robin, 2nd Viscount dramatist, novelist
• Maxwell, Sir William Alexander soldier
• Mayall, John J E photographer, politician
• Meade, Theodosia, Countess of Clanwilliam aristocrat
• Melnotte-Wyatt, Violet actress, theatre and cinema proprietor
• Melvill, Sir Peter Melvill soldier, colonial administrator
• Melville, Alan writer, performer
• Mendoza y Rios, Josef de astronomer, mathematician
• Merrifield, Charles Watkins mathematician, barrister
• Merrifield, Frederic barrister, civil servant
• Merrifield, Henry Constable emigrant, soldier
• Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia artist, writer
• Metternich, Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von statesman
• Michell, Rev H clergyman
• Michell, James Charles attorney
• Middleton, Guy actor
• Mighell family landed proprietors
• Mileham, Harry Robert artist
• Miller, Max music-hall comedian
• Mitchell, G Ruthven author, actor
• Mocatta, Mosesbusinessman
• Montefiore, Jacob merchant
• Moon, William inventor of type for the blind
• Moore, Decima actress
• Moore, Eva actress
• Moorsom, Lt-Col Robert Moorsom solder
• Morgan, Maria, Dowager Countess of Carhampton aristocrat, property owner
• Mosley, Sir Oswald, 4th bt
• Mosley, Sir Oswald, 5th bt
• Mowatt, Sir Francis civil servant
• Mumford, Stanley J cinematographer

N
• Nanson John Talbot house agent, surveyor, politician
• Nash Frederick artist
• Neagle, Dame Anna actress
• Nevill family landowners
• Nevill, William, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny landowner
• Newlands, Lord soldier, businessman
• Nibbs, R H artist
• Nixon, William John hospital administartor
• Noble, Sgt Dennis pilot
• Noble, Ray bandleader, composwer
• Normanton, Helena barrister
• Noyes, Alfred poet, author

O
• O'Connor, T P (Thomas Power) journalist, politician
• Ogle, Hebe Emily Maritana heiress, landowner
• O'Keeffe, Adelaide author
• Olivier, Laurence actor, theatre administrator, film director
• Onslow, Sir Richard landowner, politician, regicide
• O'Shea, Mrs Katharine (Katie, Kitty) minor aristocrat

Q
• Quilter, Sir Roger composer
• Quin, Ann author
• Quinn, James film producer, administrator, cinema exhibitor

R
• Ramsay, Peggy literary agent
• Randolph, Admiral Sir George Granville sailor
• Rattigan, Terence playwright
• Rawlinson, Herbert actor
• Rawson, Alfred Cooper solicitor, politician
• Reddish, Professorperformerbr /> • Reeve, Douglas organist
• Rendel, Stuart, 1st Baron Rendel politician
• Richards, Sir Richard barrister, politician
• Richardson, Ralph actor
• Richmond, 6th Duke of aristocrat landowner
• Rigden, William Marsh farmer
• Robertson, Frederick W clergyman
• Robertson, Sir William Tindal surgeon, politician
• Robey, George actor, music hall artiste
• Robinson, General Sir Frederick Philipse soldier
• Robson, Flora actress
• Rockett, Houghton cinema exhibitor
• Roddick, Anita retailer, activist
• Roe, Eliza Sophie Frances landowner
• Roe, William civil servant, landowner
• Roe, William Thomas i<>civil servant, landowner
• Rooke, Valentine actor
• Rose, William sscreenwritewr
• Rosse, Laurence, 2nd Earl of aristocrat
• Round, J H historian
• Roundell, Charles Savile cricketer, lawyer, politician
• Rowell, Harriet Elizabeth swimmer
• Russell, Lord John politician, prime minister
• Russell, Dr Richard physiician
• Russell, Major Villeroy landowner

S
• Sackville familylandowners
• Salomons, Philip financier
• Samuel, Israel Silversmith, toyman, jewellery/precious metals making
• Sassoon family merchants, bankers
• Sattin, Edward master of the workhouse
• Sattin, Emma matron of the workhouse
• Sayers, Tom pugilist
• Scott, Amy artist
• Scott, Charles James drawing master
• Scott, Edmund engraver, draughtsman
• Scott, Emily portrait painter
• Scott, John Henderson landscape painter, watercolourist
• Scott, Malcolm music hall artiste
• Scott, Mary Fores professor of drawing
• Scott, William Henry Stothard landscape painter
• Scrace family landowners
• Sedgwick, Amy actress
• Seymour-ConwayG, Lord George aristocrat, politician
• Shakespeare, Percy artist
• Shee, Sir Martin Archer artist
• Shelley, Sir John politician, landowner
• Shelley, William local official
• Sherman, Ben businessman
• Shirley (Sherley) family landowners
• Shute, General Sir Charles Cameron soldier, politician
• Slight, Lewis local government officer
• Smith, Sir Charles Aubrey cricketer, actor
• Smith, Major-General Sir Charles Holled soldier
• Smith, David merchant, house proprietor, politician
• Smith, George Albert cinema pioneer
• Smith, Horace novelist, poet, dramatist, stockbroker
• Smith, Lieut-General James Webber soldier
• Smithers family brewers
• Solomon, Henry policeman
• Somerset, General Lord Charles Henry soldier, politician, colonial governor
• Spencer, Herbert polymath: philosopher, sociologist, anthropologist
• Spencer-Churchill, LilyDuchess of Marlborough socialite
• Stafford, John Edward retailer, politician
• Stanford family farmers, landowners
• Stapley family landowers
• Stenbock, Count Eric writer, poet
• Stoneham, William landowner
• Stringer, Alderman Dorothy politician
• Stroudley, William locomotive engineer
• Struve, Dr Frederick Adolph August pharmacist, balneologist
• Sutton, William carrier, distiller
• Suvadhana, Princess, of Siam royalty

T
• Taaffe, Dr Richard Patrick Burke doctor
• Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de statesman
• Tamplin, Henry Pagden brewer
• Tamplin, Richardbrewer
• Tamplin, William Clovesbrewer
• Tarner, Edwin Adolphus merchant, warehouse keeper
• Tarner, Edwin Tilbury tiler, bricklayer
• Tarner, Letitia Tilbury philanthropist
• Tate, Fred cricketer
• Tate, Maurice cricketer
• Thellusson, Charles Sabine Augustus rich man
• Theobald, Stanley surveyor, estate agent, politician
• Thomas-Stanford, Sir Charles landowner, historian, politician
• Thornton, Surgeon-General Sir James Howard soldier, doctor
• Tierney, Sir Matthew John doctor
• Tilbury, Edward entrepreneur
• Tilley, Vesta, Lady de Frece music hall artiste, male impersonator
• Tillstone, Benjamin • Tredcroft, Nathaniel landowner
• Trinder, Tommy comedian, actor
• Turner, Minnie Sara suffragette
• Turton, James Richard Henry general surgeon
• Tynte, Col Charles James Kemys poliician

U
• Upton, Elizabeth Albana aristicrat
• Urban, Charles cinema pioneer and entrepreneur

V
• Vallence, Charles Jr brewer
• Vallence, Charles Snr brewer
• Vallence, Edmund brewer
• Vallence, James attorney
• Vallence, John farmer, landowner
• Vallence, John Brooker farmer, landowner
• Vallence, John Olliver landowner
• Varipati, Mme R racehorse owner
• Varley, Henry nonconformist preacher
• Vernon-Wentworth, Bruce Canning soldier, cricketer, politician
• Villiers, Lady Adela aristocratic daughter
• Vine, William miller
• Vivian, General Sir Robert soldier
• Vokins, William Henry draper
• Volk, George Herbert automoboile engineer, aeronautical pioneer
• Volk, Magnus electrical engineer

W
• Wagner, Rev Arthur Douglas clergyman
• Wagner, Rev Henry Michell clergyman
• Walker, Syd comedian
• Watkin, David cinematographer
• Watson, Sir William poet
• Wellesley, Lt-Gen Arthur Richard, 2nd Duke of Wellington nobleman
• West, Lockwood actor
• Western, Charles landowner
• Western, Charles Callis landowner
• Western, Thomas landowner
• Western, Thomas Walsingham landowner
• Westphal, Admiral Sir George Augustus sailor
• Whaley, Eddie variety artiste
• Whichelo family landowners, brewers, merchants, watercolourist
• Whistler, Reginald John (Rex) artist
• Whitehouse, Edward doctor, electrical engineer
• WigglesworthHEP Wigglesworth, Air Marshall Sir Philip RAF pilot and commander
• Wigney, George Adolphus wine and spriti merchant, brewer
• Wigney, Isaac Newton politician, banker
• Wigney, William banker, brewer
• Wilberforce, Brigadier General Sir Herbert William soldier
• Wilberforce, Dr Octavia Margaret physician
• Wilcox, Herbert film producer/director
• Wilde, Oscar playwright, poet
• Willett (Catt), Henry brewer
• Willett (Catt), John farmer
• Willett (Catt), William brewer, politician
• Williams, Ralph Vaughan composwer
• Williamson, James pharmacist, film pioneer
• Willing, James advertising contractor
• Wisden, John cricketer, retailer, publisher
• Witting, Sigismund Charles metal merchant
• Wood, Thomas Huntley mariner
• Woodhead, Grace Eyre philanthopist
• Woodruff, Alderman George Baldwin salesman, politician
• Wright, Captain Theodore, VC soldier
• Wyndham, Earls of Egremont landowners

Y
• Yearsley John architect
• Youens (Popley), Bernard Arthur actor