List of people from Southfields

Southfields is a district in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live(d) in Southfields, or had some important contribution to make to the district.


 * Mirza Masroor Ahmad - the elected spiritual leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
 * John Creasey - English author
 * Peter Duncan - British actor and television presenter, Blue Peter
 * George Eliot - novelist, wrote The Mill on the Floss while living in Wimbledon Park Road
 * George Entwistle - former Director-General of the BBC
 * Phillip Glasier - expert on hawking and falconry, born in Southfields
 * Will Greenwood - rugby player with Harlequins and England
 * Andy Hamilton - scriptwriter of TV show Drop the Dead Donkey
 * Alan Hudson - Chelsea and England footballer
 * Ralph Ineson - actor
 * Nigella Lawson - food writer and television cook, born in a maternity home on Albert Drive
 * Tom Mann - trade unionist and leader of the London Dock strike of 1889
 * Michael Meacher - Labour MP and former Minister
 * Paul Merton - comedian, panelist for BBC's Have I Got News for You
 * Jason Rebello - jazz pianist
 * Paul Reedy - Australian rower and coach with British Rowing
 * Eleanor Roosevelt - civil and human rights activist responsible for the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, attended Allenswood Academy 1899-1902
 * Simon Rose - journalist and broadcaster
 * Dan Smith - member of indie/techno band Bastille
 * Marie Souvestre - feminist educator, founder of Allenswood Academy and formative influence on Eleanor Roosevelt
 * Jimmy White - English snooker player, six times World Championship finalist