List of people from Kettering

This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Kettering, in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

Academia

 * Maurice Kendall – statistician, widely known for his contribution to statistics
 * Henry Nettleship – classical scholar
 * Dame Sarah Gilbert - Saïd Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford

Entertainment

 * James Acaster – Comedian
 * Robert Ames – conductor and violist, who holds the positions of co-Artistic Director and co-Principal Conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra
 * David Armand – comedian, actor and writer
 * Jayne Conneely - DJane, record producer, co-founder and former manager of the record label Metalheadz
 * Hugh Dennis – comedian, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist
 * Sienna Guillory – actress and former model
 * David Hawthorne – stage and film actor
 * Jim King – original member of the British rock band Family
 * Jack Lucien – British-born Andorran singer, music producer, and songwriter, best known for his 2009 single I'm Not Afraid
 * Valerie Olukemi A "Kemi" Olusanya - DJane, record producer, co-founder and former manager of the record label Metalheadz
 * Horace Panter – bassist for the 2 Tone ska band The Specials
 * Russ Russell – record producer, sound engineer, mixer, mastering engineer, musician and writer
 * Chris Smith – radio newsreader, most famous for presenting Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1
 * Faryl Smith – soprano
 * Mae Stephens – singer and songwriter
 * Temples – rock band

Military

 * Raymond Lewin GC – Pilot Officer of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) was (whilst a Sergeant) awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in rescuing his co-pilot from their burning plane on 3 November 1940 in Malta
 * Edward Sismore DSO DFC Two Bars AFC AE – Air Commodore

Miscellaneous

 * Michael Kidner – pioneer of Op art
 * Ron Chippindale – Chief Inspector of Air Accidents in charge of the New Zealand Office of Air Accidents Investigations
 * Alfred East – painter
 * John Alfred Gotch – architect and architectural historian
 * Thomas Cooper Gotch – painter and book illustrator loosely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement
 * Catherine Hall – feminist historian
 * Jack Laundon – lichenologist, who became President of the British Lichen Society
 * Edward Nettleship FRS FCS - ophthalmologist
 * John Trivett Nettleship – artist, known as a painter of animals and in particular lions, he was also an author and book illustrator
 * Samuel Perkins Pick – architect strongly associated with Leicestershire, and co-founder of the architecture and civil engineering firm Pick Everard
 * Royston (Roy) Warner Wilson - (1900-1965) - (famous Amalgamated Press comic artist)

Politics

 * Tom Bradley – British politician
 * Henry Briggs – Australian politician, a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for 23 years, and its President for 13 years.
 * Andy Sawford – Labour and Co-operative Party politician
 * Phil Sawford – Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kettering from 1997 to 2005

Religion

 * Thomas Allen – clergyman and divine
 * John Brine – Particular Baptist minister
 * Andrew Fuller – Particular Baptist minister and theologian
 * John Gill – Baptist pastor, biblical scholar, and theologian
 * William Knibb – Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica, chiefly known today for his work to free slaves

Sport

 * Dermot Bailey - professional wheelchair tennis player
 * Daniel Berridge - trampoline gymnast
 * Nick Coles – cricketer
 * Sean Dyche - former professional footballer, former manager of Burnley Football Club, current manager of Everton F.C.
 * Ricky Evans - darts player
 * Harry Gouldstone - cricketer
 * Charley Hull - professional golfer (birthplace)
 * Angela Hunter – international track and road racing cyclist
 * Kyren Wilson - snooker player

Writer/ journalist

 * Frank Bellamy – comics artist, best known for his work on the Eagle comic
 * J. L. Carr – English novelist, publisher, teacher and eccentric
 * Jane E. Clarke – writer of children's books and poetry
 * Jill McGown – writer of mystery novels
 * Keith Roberts – science fiction author