List of people from the London Borough of Hillingdon

This list of people from the London Borough of Hillingdon includes residents who were either born or dwelt for a substantial period within the borders of this modern London borough, formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of Hayes and Harlington Urban District, the Municipal Borough of Uxbridge, Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District in West London. The 2001 census recorded the population of Hillingdon as 243,006.

Academia and research

 * Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996), optical mineralogist renowned for his involvement in the Apollo programme, was born in Ruislip.
 * Alexander Fleming (1881–1955), biologist and Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of penicillin, was Regional Pathologist at Harefield Hospital, 1939; this is recorded on a blue plaque at the main entrance door to the hospital.
 * Friedrich Georg Houtermans (1903–1966), noted atomic and nuclear physicist, lived in Hayes (where he worked for EMI) between 1933 and 1935.
 * Lionel Robbins (1898–1984), eminent economist, was born in Sipson.
 * Thomas Wakley (1795–1862), medical and social reformer, and founder of The Lancet, lived at Harefield Park, 1845–1856; he has a memorial stone in the grounds of Harefield Hospital.

Drama and film

 * Joan Dowling (1928–1954), actress, best known for her role in the first "Ealing Comedy" Hue and Cry, grew up in Uxbridge.
 * Anne Marie Duff, actress, best known for playing Fiona Gallagher in Shameless and Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen, grew up in Hayes.
 * B. J. Edwards (1838–1914), photography pioneer, lived and worked at Wistowe House in Hayes.
 * Derek Jarman (1942–1994), film director whose credits include Jubilee and The Tempest (1979), was born in Northwood.
 * Moore Marriott (1885–1949), character actor, best known for the comedies he made with Will Hay and Graham Moffatt, was born in Yiewsley.
 * Jessie Matthews (1907–1981), actress, lived in Eastcote at the time of her death.
 * Bernard Miles (1907–1991), actor/writer/director, was born in Uxbridge and attended Uxbridge County School (later Bishopshalt).
 * Lana Morris (1930–1998), actress, born in Ruislip.
 * Oswald Morris (1915–2014), eminent cinematographer, born in Ruislip.
 * Julian Rhind-Tutt (b. 1967), actor, played the Duke of York in The Madness of King George (1994), was born in West Drayton.
 * John Rich (1692–1761), the "father of English pantomime", lived in Cowley.
 * Andy Serkis, actor, known for his role as Gollum in Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", was born in Ruislip.
 * Jane Seymour, actress and Bond girl, was born in Hayes.
 * John Stears (1934–1999), Oscar-winning creator of James Bond's modified Aston Martin DB5, Star Wars robots R2-D2 and C-3PO, and the Jedi Knights' lightsabers (among other special effects), was born in Uxbridge.
 * Tony Tanner, actor and director, played opposite Harold Pinter in The Birthday Party, was born in Hillingdon.
 * Heather Thatcher (1896–1987), actress, signed by MGM in 1930s Hollywood, lived in Hillingdon at the time of her death.

Military

 * Lieutenant-General Gerald Goodlake (1832–1890), Victoria Cross recipient who served with the Coldstream Guards in the Crimean War, is buried in St Mary's churchyard, Harefield.
 * Major-General James Grant (1778–1852), who served under Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, was a lifelong Hayes resident.
 * Astronaut and U.S. military man Gregory H. Johnson was born in South Ruislip.
 * Private Cecil John Kinross (1896–1957), Victoria Cross recipient who distinguished himself at Passchendaele in World War I, was born in Harefield; he moved with his family in 1912 to Lougheed, Alberta.
 * Sergeant Robert Edward Ryder (1895–1978), Victoria Cross recipient who served in World War I in the Middlesex Regiment, was born and is buried in Harefield. A blue plaque on The Old Workhouse marks his birthplace.
 * Meinhardt Schomberg (1641–1719), general in the service of Prince William of Orange, built and lived in Hillingdon House.

Music

 * Composer William Byrd (1539/40–1623), "the father of English music", lived as a Catholic recusant in Hayes and Harlington, 1578–88.
 * Brian Connolly (1945–1997), singer of glam rock band Sweet, lived at 126 Ash Grove, Harefield.
 * Steve Conway, singer (1920–1952), lived in Ickenham.
 * Musician Paul Gardiner (1958–1984) of Gary Numan's Tubeway Army was born in Hayes.
 * Conductor and composer Sir Eugene Goossens (1893–1962), whose career was ruined by the Rosaleen Norton affair, lived in Hillingdon.
 * Composer Henry Jackman was born in Hillingdon.
 * Larry Page, 1960s manager of pop groups The Kinks and The Troggs, was born in Hayes.
 * Malcolm Pool, bass guitarist in rock band The Artwoods, born in Hayes End.
 * Steve Priest, bass player of glam rock band Sweet, was born in Hayes.
 * Claire Richards, singer in 1990s pop-group Steps, was born in Hillingdon and attended Bishopshalt School.
 * Nick Simper, founding member of rock band Deep Purple, lived in Hayes.
 * Composer Stephen Storace (1762–1796), famous in his day and a friend of Mozart, lived from the late 1780s in Wood End, Hayes.
 * Composer Sir Michael Tippett (1905–1998), was born in Eastcote.
 * David Westlake, singer/songwriter of indie band The Servants, was born in Hayes.
 * Arthur Wood (1937–2006), lead singer in rock band The Artwoods and brother of Ronnie Wood, was born in West Drayton and grew up in Yiewsley.
 * Ted Wood (1939-2003), Traditional Jazz vocalist and drummer was born and grew up in Yiewsley.
 * Ronnie Wood, guitarist in rock bands the Rolling Stones and The Faces, was born in Hillingdon Hospital and grew up in Yiewsley.
 * Musicians Daniel/Matthew Persell Thompson (Croft & Cotes), were born in Eastcote

Nobility

 * Statesman Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618–1685), part of Charles II's Cabal Ministry which gave rise to the English word cabal, born in (H)arlington.
 * Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter (c. 1498–1539), grandson of Edward IV and a first cousin of Henry VIII, enlarged Swakeleys House, a manor in Ickenham.
 * Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet (1639–1637), politician and (from 1644) stepson of Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, was educated in Hayes by Dr Thomas Triplett; his son Edward Lee at age 13 married the 12-year-old Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, an illegitimate daughter of Charles II.
 * Sir William Paget, 1st Baron Paget (1506-1563), statesman, holder of high office in the courts of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Lived in West Drayton from 1537 until his death in 1563 and is buried in St Martin Churchyard, West Drayton.
 * Sir William Paget, 4th Baron Paget (1572-1629), 'Adventurer' (shareholder) and member of the Council of the Virginia Company (London Company) and the Somers Isles Company is buried in St Martin's Churchyard, West Drayton.
 * Peter de Salis (1738–1807), built a villa designed by Joseph Bonomi the Elder called Hillingdon Park (later Little London).
 * Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio (1771–1836), Anglo-Irish landowner and Christian seer, lived (and is buried) in Harlington.
 * Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet (1631–1688), Lord Mayor of London 1674–1675, owned Swakeleys House for a time; Vyners School in Ickenham is named after him.


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 * Sir Charles Mills, 1st Baronet (1792–1872), had Hillingdon Court built.
 * Sir Charles Henry Mills, 2nd Baronet (1830–1898), created Baron Hillingdon in 1886.
 * Charles William Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon (1855–1919)

Politics

 * Lady Mary Bankes (c. 1598–1661), Royalist figure of the English Civil War, was born in Ruislip.
 * Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere (1540–1617) and wife Alice Spencer (1559–1637) lived in Harefield from 1601; Queen Elizabeth I visited in July 1602.
 * Christine Keeler (1942–2017), iconic 1960s model involved in the Profumo affair, was born in Uxbridge.
 * Lord Randall of Uxbridge (b. 1955), Conservative former MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, was born in Uxbridge.
 * Sir Michael Shersby, MP for Uxbridge from 1972 until his death in 1997, was born in Ickenham.
 * Roger Williams (1603–1683), important early proponent of religious freedom and separation of church and state, was born in Cowley.
 * Norman Willis (1933–2014), former leader of the TUC, was born in Hayes.

Religion

 * Annie Isherwood (1862–1906), Anglican nun and founder of the Community of the Resurrection in Grahamstown, Southern Africa, was born in Uxbridge.

Sport

 * Greg Dyke, current chairman of The Football Association (FA) and former BBC director general, grew up in Hayes.
 * Connor Emerton (born 1994), cricketer
 * Chris Finnegan (1944–2009), Olympic boxing gold medalist, lived in Hayes.
 * England cricketer Alex Hales was born in Hillingdon.
 * Audley Harrison, Olympic boxer, attended Northwood School.
 * England footballer Glenn Hoddle was born in Hayes.
 * Golfer Barry Lane was born in Hayes.
 * Welsh international footballer Rhoys Wiggins grew up in Hayes.
 * Football player/manager/pundit Ray Wilkins grew up in Hayes.

Television

 * Robin Bush (1943–2010) of Channel 4's archaeological series Time Team was born in Hayes.
 * Sue Cook, broadcaster, best known for presenting the BBC's Nationwide and Crimewatch, was born in Ruislip.
 * Fearne Cotton, television presenter, was born in Northwood and grew up in Eastcote.
 * James Corden, actor, host of CBS's The Late Late Show with James Corden, was born in Hillingdon.
 * Barry Foster (1927–2002), actor, best known as 1970s TV detective Van der Valk, grew up in Hayes.

Visual art

 * Roger Hilton (1911–1975), post-war pioneer of abstract art, was born in Northwood.

Writers

 * A. M. Burrage (1889–1956), horror fiction writer born in Hillingdon.
 * Tony Lee, author born in Hayes.
 * Simon Monjack (1970–2010), screenwriter born in Hillingdon.
 * George Orwell (1903–1950), author lived and worked in Hayes, 1932–3.

Places in Hillingdon

 * Cowley
 * Eastcote
 * Harefield
 * Harlington
 * Hayes
 * Heathrow Airport
 * Harmondsworth
 * Hillingdon
 * Ickenham
 * Longford
 * Northwood
 * Northwood Hills
 * Ruislip
 * Ruislip Gardens
 * Ruislip Manor
 * Sipson
 * South Ruislip
 * Stockley Park
 * Uxbridge
 * West Drayton
 * Yeading
 * Yiewsley