List of people from King's Lynn

This is a non-exhaustive list of the Wikipedia pages of notable people born or educated in King's Lynn, or prominent there or nationally.

Armed forces

 * Florence Green (1901–2012), last known female veteran of World War I
 * John Mason (1586–1635), naval captain and coloniser

Entertainment

 * Robert Armin (c. 1563–1615), actor
 * Mrs. Bernard Beere (1851–1915), actress
 * Victoria Bush (born 1978), actress and comedian
 * Michael Caine (born 1933), actor, was evacuated to King's Lynn in World War II and attended King Edward VII School.
 * Zara Dawson (born 1983), actress and television presenter
 * Richard Meek (born 1982), actor in musical theatre
 * Miranda Raison (born 1977), actress
 * Lucy Verasamy (born 1980), weather forecaster, currently employed by ITV National Weather
 * Mark Wheat (living), presenter on The Current from Minnesota Public Radio

Exploration

 * Adam Thoroughgood (1604–1640), colonist and community leader in the Colony of Virginia
 * George Vancouver (1757–1798), naval officer known for exploring North-West Coast of North America
 * John Smith (explorer) (c. 1580–1631), Admiral of New England and English soldier, explorer and author
 * Thomas Baines (1820–1875), artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia
 * Samuel Gurney Cresswell (1827–1867), first naval officer to cross the entire Northwest Passage

Fine art

 * Odile Crick (1920–2007), artist and illustrator
 * Walter Dexter (1876-1958), oil painter and water colourist
 * Alison Dunhill (born 1950), artist, art historian and poet
 * Robert Elwes (1818-1878), painter and traveller
 * Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy (1908–1993), founder of King's Lynn Festival of Arts
 * Samuel Lane (1780–1859), portrait painter
 * Edward Villiers Rippingille (c. 1790–1859), oil painter and water colourist

Literature and journalism

 * Emily Bell (born 1965), journalist and academic
 * Frances Burney (1752–1840), novelist and diarist
 * James Burney (1750–1821), naval historian
 * Sarah Burney (1772–1844), novelist
 * Suzanne Francis (born 1959), scifi and fantasy author
 * Ian Hamilton (1938–2001), critic, biographer and poet
 * Hardiman Scott (1920–1999), crime writer, poet and broadcaster
 * John Timpson (1928–2005), journalist and broadcaster

Miscellaneous

 * Michael Carroll (lottery winner) (born 1983), binman who won £9.7 million on the UK National Lottery in 2002

Music

 * Charles Burney (1726–1814), organist in King's Lynn, composer and musicologist
 * Gerry Conway (musician) (born 1952), folk and rock drummer and percussionist
 * Clara Dow (1883–1969), operatic soprano
 * Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799), organist in King's Lynn, composer and violinist
 * George Kiallmark (1781–1835), violinist and composer
 * Roger Taylor (born 1949), drummer for the rock band Queen
 * David Thaxton (born 1982), singer and actor
 * Craig Powell (musician) (born 1984), singer/songwriter

Politics and diplomacy

 * Denys Bullard (1912–1994), Conservative politician and agriculturalist
 * Thomas Cromwell (Parliamentary diarist) (c. 1540 – c. 1611), politician and parliamentary diarist
 * Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (1885–1955), Conservative politician
 * Sir William ffolkes, 3rd Baronet (1847–1912), Liberal politician
 * Holcombe Ingleby (1854–1926), Conservative politician and mayor
 * Weston Jarvis (1855–1939), Conservative politician and army officer
 * Clare Sewell Read (1826–1905), Conservative politician and agriculturalist
 * George Ridley (1886–1944), Labour politician
 * Oliver Simmonds (1897–1975), Conservative politician and aircraft engineer
 * Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), Whig statesman generally regarded as Britain's first prime minister
 * Graham Woodwark (1874–1938), Liberal politician and mayor

Religion

 * John Arrowsmith (scholar) (1602–1659), theologian and academic
 * John Barret (theologian) (died 1563), Lynn's "Vicar of Bray", Carmelite friar, then Protestant cleric and theologian
 * John Capgrave (1393–1464), hagiographer and scholastic theologian
 * Harvey Goodwin (1818–1891), bishop and academic
 * William Gurnall (1616–1679), religious writer
 * Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – after 1438), mystic and pilgrim, author of possibly the earliest autobiography in English
 * Thomas Pyle (1674–1756), cleric and controversialist
 * William Richards (minister) (1749–1818), Baptist minister and local historian

Science and scholarship

 * Eugene Aram (1704–1759), philologist and murderer
 * William Baly (1814–1861), physician and fellow of the Royal Society
 * Henry Bell (architect) (1647–1711), architect and mayor
 * G. G. Coulton (1858–1947), historian
 * Guy Dawber (1861–1938), Arts and Crafts-style architect
 * Charles Wycliffe Goodwin (1817–1887), Egyptologist and judge
 * Francis Goodwin (architect) (1784–1835), architect
 * John Harvey (astrologer) (1564–1592), physician and astrologer
 * Charles Edward Hubbard (1900–1980), botanist and world authority on grasses
 * Benjamin Keene (1697–1757), ambassador
 * George William Manby (1765–1854), inventor and author
 * Tom Petch (1870–1948), mycologist and plant pathologist
 * Simon Thurley (born 1962), academic and architectural historian
 * Charles Vancouver (c. 1756 – c. 1815), writer on agriculture

Sport

 * George Russell (racing driver) (born 1998), racing driver for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team
 * Martin Brundle (born 1959), racing driver and F1 commentator for ITV Sport and the BBC
 * Fred Fayers, (1890–1954), international football player
 * Lewis Jarvis, (1857–1938), all-round athlete and banker
 * Kathryn Johnson (field hockey Britain) (born 1967), Olympic field hockey player
 * Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (known professionally as Magnus (wrestler)) (born 1986), professional wrestler and actor
 * Peter Parfitt (born 1936), test cricketer
 * Barbara Parker (athlete), Olympic track and field athlete
 * Lucy Pearson (cricketer), test cricketer
 * Martin Saggers (born 1972), test cricketer
 * James Sherlock (golfer) (1875–1966), Open Championship golfer
 * Helen Slatter (born 1970), Olympic swimmer
 * Dave Taylor (wrestler) (born 1957), champion wrestler
 * Stan Worthington (1905–1973), test cricketer