List of people from Peterborough

This is a list of people from Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire. This list may include people from Greater Peterborough, an area which includes a number of surrounding villages. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

A

 * George Alcock – astronomer who was one of the most successful visual discoverers of novas and comets.
 * Annabelle Davis - British actress of The Dumping Ground and Hollyoaks fame, daughter of Warwick Davis

B

 * Andy Bell – lead singer of the English synth-pop duo Erasure
 * David Bentley – former Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer.
 * Paul Blades – footballer who played as a defender for Derby County, Norwich City and Wolves.
 * Peter Boizot – entrepreneur, restaurateur, politician, and philanthropist. Best known as the founder of PizzaExpress.

C

 * Walter Cornelius - strongman who escaped Communist Lithuania by swimming the Baltic Sea
 * John Clare - English poet

D

 * Joanna Dennehy, serial killer who murdered three men.

E

 * Jimmy Elliott – footballer who played for Tottenham and Brentford. Later worked as a football manager.

F

 * Gordon Fincham – former footballer who played for Leicester City, Plymouth Argyle and Luton Town.

H

 * Henry Hodge – English solicitor and Judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
 * Jake Humphrey – Journalist and television presenter for BT Sport.

J

 * Julian Joachim – former football player for Leicester City, Aston Villa and Coventry City.

L

 * Adrian Lyne – film director

M

 * Aston Merrygold – singer-songwriter

O

 * Matt Oakley – footballer who played for Southampton F.C. and Leicester City F.C.

P

 * William Paley - (1743-1805) - Anglican Clergyman; author.
 * Tom Plant – famous artist, part of the duo Plant & Frampton.
 * Luke Pasqualino - Actor. Starred in Our Girl and The Musketeers.

R

 * Henry Royce – founding partner in Rolls-Royce

S

 * Louis Smith, (born 1989) – British artistic gymnast who specialises in the pommel horse.
 * William Speechly (1735–1819), horticulturist
 * Luke Steele – footballer who plays in goal for Barnsley F.C.

T

 * Jodie Turner-Smith, (born 1986) – Actress and model

W

 * Harry Wells, (born 1993) – rugby union player for Leicester Tigers

Z

 * Steve Zenchuk, (born 1966) – former professional footballer