List of people from Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Chichester, or had some important contribution to make to the town.

A

 * Alan Arnell (1935–2013) - Association Football Player
 * Michael Ashcroft (born 1946) - Pollster, Businessman and Conservative Peer

B

 * Peter Baldwin (1933–2015) - actor
 * Harriet Barber (1968–2014) - painter
 * Geoffrey Beevers (1941- ) - actor
 * John Blund (c. 1175 – 1248) - philosopher
 * Cordelia Bugeja (born 1976) - actress
 * John Bullokar (1574–1627) - physician and lexicographer

C

 * William Cawley (1602–1667) - politician; signatory to death warrant of King Charles I
 * Steve Clamp (born 1976) - freelance journalist and newsreader
 * Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus - local ruler in Roman Britain
 * William Clowes (1779–1847) - printer
 * William Collins (1721–1759) - poet.
 * Holly Colvin (born 1989) - cricketer
 * Richard Cudmore (1787–1840) - violinist
 * Vincent Cushing (born 1950) - cricketer

E

 * Harvey Lonsdale Elmes (1813–1847) - architect
 * Michael Elphick (1946–2002) - actor
 * David Emms (1925–2015) - rugby union player and educationalist

F

 * Justin Fitzpatrick (born 1973) - rugby union player and Major League Rugby coach
 * Mike Friday (born 1972) - rugby union player and coach
 * J.F.C. Fuller (1878–1966) - Army officer (major-general) and historian

G

 * Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961) - composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer
 * Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 1966) - composer

H

 * Jamie Hall (born 1968) - cricketer
 * Lisa Hammond (actress), born 1983
 * Ian Hannah (1874–1944) - academic, writer, politician
 * Charles Harington (1872–1940) - Army officer in World War I
 * Edward Harrison (1910–2002) - cricketer and squash player
 * Charlotte Hawkins (born 1975) - Sky News presenter
 * Giles Haywood (born 1979) - former Sussex and Nottinghamshire cricketer
 * Sean Heather (born 1982) - cricketer
 * Antony Hegarty (born 1971) - singer
 * George Hersee (1924–2001) - BBC engineer
 * Jack Hinshelwood (born 2005) - footballer
 * Andrew Hodd (born 1984) - cricketer
 * Alex Horne (born 1978) - comedian
 * Charlie Howard (1854–1929) - cricketer
 * Jim Howick (born 1979) - comedian and writer

J

 * William Juxon (1582–1663) - Archbishop of Canterbury

K

 * Joseph Kelway (c. 1702–1782)- Harpsichordist, Organist Composer
 * Jarvis Kenrick (1852–1949) - association football player

L

 * Jennifer Lash (1939–1993) - novelist and painter
 * Lord Henry Lennox (1821–1886) - politician
 * Morgan Lewington - Canadian TV and film producer
 * James Lillywhite (1842–1929) - English cricketer
 * Robert Ballard Long (1771–1825) - Army officer
 * Walter Loveys (1920–1969) - politician and farmer

M

 * Charlotte Mardyn (1789-after 1844) - actress
 * Cursor Miner - musician
 * Kate Mosse (born 1961) - author, playwright and broadcaster

N

 * Ralph Neville (died 1244) - Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England
 * Adrian Noble (born 1950) - theatre director

O

 * Tom Odell (born 1990) - singer-songwriter; winner of the 2013 Critics' Choice BRIT Award

P

 * Abraham Pether (1756-1812) - painter
 * Timothy Peake (born 1972) - astronaut

R

 * Zoe Rahman - jazz pianist
 * Leslie Rands (1900–1972) - opera singer
 * Mark Roberts (born 1961) - archaeologist

S

 * Richard Seaman (1913–1939) - Grand Prix driver
 * Ros Simmons - CEO of Vie at Home
 * George Smith (1713/14–1776) - landscape painter
 * Edward Speleers (born 1988) - actor
 * Paul Steinitz (1909–1988) - musician
 * Edward Story (died 1503) - bishop
 * Charles Sutton (1891–1962) - cricketer

T

 * Frederick Tees - member of the Dam Busters raid during Operation Chastise
 * James Tighe - professional wrestler

V

 * Herbert Vivian (1865–1940) – writer, journalist and newspaper proprietor

W

 * Rollo Weeks (born 1987) - actor
 * George Weldon (1908–1963) - conductor
 * John Weldon (1676–1736) - composer
 * Simon of Wells (died 1207) - Bishop of Chichester

Y

 * Comfort Yeates (born 2005) – trampoline gymnast