List of people from Aldershot

Notable people from Aldershot include:

A

• Holly Aird - actress
• John Antrobus - playwright and script writer
• Claude Auchinleck - Field Marshal

B

• Peter Baldwin - Australian politician
• Joan Bates - model and self-styled 'Princess Joan of Sealand'
• Kelly Bell - glamour model
• John Belling - cytogeneticist
• Graham Benstead - footballer
• Amelle Berrabah - Sugababes musician
• Johnny Berry - footballer and 'Busby Babe'
• Noel Brett - cricketer
• Jason "J" Brown - former member of the boy band Five
• Alan Burton - footballer
• Barry Blankley- footballer

C

• Dave Carter - British powerlifter
• Bob Catley - musician, singer from band Magnum
• Ronald Cavaye - classical pianist and writer
• Kathryn Cave, children's author
• Maureen Chadwick - screenwriter and dramatist
• A. Bertram Chandler - science-fiction writer
• Michael Chappell - military writer and illustrator
• Chris Chittell - actor in Emmerdale
• Hedley Churchward - scene painter and early British convert to Islam
• Denise Coffey - actress
• Francis Lyon Cohen - first Jewish chaplain in the British Army
• Alan Comfort - footballer
• Ian Crosby - cricketer

D

• Louisa Daniell - philanthropist
• Joseph Darracott - art historian and writer
• Libby Davies - Canadian politician, New Democratic Party MP for Vancouver East
• Norman "Dinky" Diamond - drummer in the 1970s with Sparks

E

• Arthur English - actor
• Richard Eve - local solicitor and Grand Treasurer of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1889
• Eamon Everall - artist and educator

F

• Desmond Fitzpatrick - general
• Mark Foran - footballer
• Russell Foster - professor of circadian neuroscience and Nicholas Kurti Senior Fellow at Brasenose College at the University of Oxford
• George Malcolm Fox - Inspector of Gymnasia for the British Army (1890-1897, 1900–1902)
• Martin Freeman - actor

G

• Andrew Godsell - author
• Maud Gonne - Irish revolutionary; muse of William Butler Yeats
• Ernest Spiteri-Gonzi - footballer

H

• David Haig - actor
• T. J. Hamblin - formerly professor of immunohaematology at the University of Southampton
• Frederick Hammersley - Major-General and first Inspector of Gymnasia in the British Army
• Terry Hands - theatre director who founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre and ran the Royal Shakespeare Company for 13 years
• Jeremy Hardy - comedian
• Janet Henfrey - actress
• John Raymond Hobbs - pioneer in clinical immunology, protein biochemistry and bone marrow transplantation, specifically in child health
• Ann Hunt and Elizabeth Hamel - longest separated twins
• Jon Hotten - author
• Peter Howard - aviation physician
• Tom Hunter - winner of the Victoria Cross during World War II

J

• Henry Jelf - cricketer and naval officer
• Sam Jepp - footballer
• Joe Jopling - footballer

K

• Herminie Templeton Kavanagh - British - Irish - American writer
• Ted Keating - New Zealand politician
• Nicole Koolen - Dutch field hockey player

L

• Mark Lane - cricketer and coach
• Humphrey de Verd Leigh - RAF officer and inventor
• Lisa-Jayne Lewis - Eurovision Song Contest commentator and broadcaster
• Kathleen Lindsay - novelist
• John Lloyd - Canadian politician
• Michael Lockett - soldier
• Selden Long - British fighter ace during World War I
• Constance Loseby - Victorian actress and Gilbert and Sullivan performer

M

• Floyd Manderson - competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Simon Mann - mercenary
• George Martin - comedian
• Craig Maskell - footballer
• Ian McEwan - novelist
• Stephen McKay - Distinguished Professor in Social Research at the University of Lincoln.
• Dan Middleton - British professional gamer, YouTuber and author. He is best known as DanTDM
• Heather Mills - former wife of Paul McCartney
• Mickie Most - record producer

N

• Frank Neary - footballer
• Gordon Neilson - Scottish rugby football player and Army officer
• Nigel Neilson - actor
• James Newcome - Anglican bishop

O

• Michael O'Neill - poet, academic and Head of the Department of English Studies at Durham University

P

• Brian Perry - American ice hockey player
• Seamus Perry - Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and a Professor in the English Faculty at the University of Oxford since 2014.
• Sir Robert Pringle - Principal Veterinary Officer at Aldershot Command 1908 to 1910

R

• Joe Ralls - footballer
• Alex Reid - MMA fighter and television personality
• Bruce Rioch - former professional footballer, now manager
• Stella Ross-Craig - botanical artist

S

• John Shearman - art historian
• Randall Swingler -poet
• Edgar Sheldrake - cricketer
• Aaron Shingler - rugby union player
• Janet 'Rusty' Skuse - Britain's most tattooed woman
• Digby Smith - author and military historian
• George D. W. Smith - materials scientist
• Sydney Philip Smith - World War I flying ace
• Tim Spicer - arms dealer

T

• Charles Tannock - politician
• Nanavira Thera - Buddhist monk
• Alfred Toye - recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Stephanie Twell - athlete

W

• James Wade - darts player
• Brian Walsh - footballer
• Daniel Welch - racing driver
• Davie Weir - 19th-century footballer
• John White - Lord Mayor of London
• Edward Whitehead - former Royal Navy officer better known for advertising Schweppes tonic water
• Tom Whittaker - footballer and manager
• George Williams - cricketer
• Joseph Willoughby - cricketer
• Dave Winfield (footballer) - footballer

V

• Charles Viner- jurist

Y

• Christopher Yates - cricketer
• Peter Yates - film director and producer

Notable animals from Aldershot

• Buster - war dog decorated for heroism

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