List of people from the London Borough of Barnet

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barnet, or have dwelt within the border of the modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category):

Notable residents Key to "Notes" regarding the residents' affiliation to Barnet Letter DescriptionB Indicates that the resident was born in Barnet.D Indicates that the resident died in Barnet.I Indicates that the subject is buried in Barnet.L Indicates that the resident lived in Barnet.Citations in the Notes box refer to the information in the entire row

Academia and research

Name Notability DistrictEntries with no sourced locality (district) of residence available are marked with a "?". NotesAll entries contain a reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating Birth, Lived, or Death. William Cattley For whom the orchid species cattleya was named Peter Collinson Botanist Mill Hill Harold Hopkins Physicist John Strugnell Dead Sea Scrolls editor-in-chief and Harvard Professor

Arts and entertainment +NameNotabilityDistrictNotesKatrina KaifIndian-British actress in BollywoodBAnthony AndrewsActor Richard BakerNewsreaderPeter BanksMusicianB,DStephanie BeachamActressClaire BloomActressEmma BuntonSingerFinchleyDave ColwellGuitarShelley ConnActressNadine CoyleSingerChipping BarnetPaul CarrackKeyboards and SingerChipping BarnetD. C. EylesIllustrator and comics artistAndy EllisonSingerFinchleySamantha FoxModel and singerRobert Fripp MusicianMorgan FisherKeyboardsFinchleyAlan A. FreemanRecord producerHendonLThe National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/831b. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line].Johnny FranzRecord producer and accompanistHampstead Garden SuburbLPrincipal Probate Registry; London, England; Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in EnglandDevin GriffinBBC Radio 1 DJ (commonly known as Dev)Trevor HowardActor Dhani HarrisonSingerChipping BarnetJade JonesSingerFinchleyHoward JonesSingerChipping BarnetCariad LloydActress, writer and comedianTony MaudsleyActorJo Maxwell-MullerActressHendonStephen Merchant Actor, writer and comedian George MichaelSinger and songwriterFinchleyMonica MichaelSinger-songwriterSpike MilliganComedianFinchleyLBob MonkhouseComedianSir Roger MooreActor Eric MorecambeComedianBilly NichollsSingerElaine PaigeSinger and actressNick PapadimitriouAuthorFrederick PeisleyActor Steve PembertonActorDavid PentecostComposer (Lived at Torrington Cottage, Church Path/Lodge Lane, 1940 to 1965)FinchleyLAnna PopplewellActressAngharad ReesActress (born in Edgware Hospital and lived at 13 Engel Park, Mill Hill, until she was 2)Sir Cliff RichardSinger Daniel RocheActorPeter SellersComedian Feargal SharkeySinger Reece ShearsmithActorDavid ShepherdPainterSir Donald SindenActor (lived at 60, Temple Fortune Lane, Hampstead Garden Suburb 1954–1997)LMarc SindenFilm director, actor and theatre producerJerry ShirleyDrummerMike SkinnerRapper and music producerJohn SomervilleSculptorJerry SpringerTV personality (born at East Finchley, or possibly Highgate)BSteven StapletonMusicianAndy SummersMusicianZak StarkeyDrumsChipping BarnetTerry-ThomasActor/comedianFinchleyBLee ThompsonMusicianFinchleySimon TownshendSingerFinchleyAlan TilvernActor Tamás VásáryPianist and conductor Johnny VaughanRadio presenterMark VidlerNelson, Jon (January 13, 2008). "Go Home Productions". Some Assembly Required.Mark Andrew Vidler England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008. FamilySearch.Record producer, remixer, DJ Marc WarrenActorFinchleyLAmy WinehouseSinger-songwriter SouthgateI, LSir Norman WisdomActor/comedianRick WillsBass GuitarFinchley

Crime Owen Suffolk – Australian transported convict and bushranger (born in Finchley in c.1830)

Design Harry Beck – designer of the original Tube map

Travel and exploration

Name Notability District Notes Celia Fiennes Early recreational traveller, the first recorded woman to visit every county in England Mill Hill L David Livingstone

Judiciary Sir William Shee, the first Roman Catholic judge to sit in England and Wales since the Reformation

Literature

Name Notability District Notes Fleur Adcock Poet Kingsley Amis Novelist and poet Barnet L Martin Amis Novelist Barnet L Alison Weir Novelist, historian Barnet L Charles Dickens Novelist Finchley L Sally Laird Writer, editor and translator B Tim Parks Novelist (his semi-autobiographical Tongues of Flame is set in the North Finchley of 1968) Finchley Samuel PepysWriter Will Self Novelist, reviewer and columnist Finchley L

Journalism and the media

Name Notability District Notes Stephen Douglas Journalist, ITV Richard Baker Broadcaster Mark Kermode Film critic Finchley John Kennedy O'Connor Broadcaster & writer Finchley

Politics and government

Name Notability District Notes John Bercow Former Speaker of the House of Commons and the Member of Parliament for Buckingham Edgware B Cyril Bibby prospective Labour Party candidate opposing Reginald Maudling in 1958–1959 Robert Carr (Baron Carr of Hadley) Conservative politician Sir Sydney Chapman Local MP 1979–2005 Nick Griffin Political Leader of the BNP Octavia Hill Social reformer L Sir Stamford Raffles Founder of Singapore Mill Hill L Reginald Maudling Local MP 1950–1979 Sir Vincent Tewson TUC General Secretary Arkley Margaret Thatcher Local MP and Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1979–1990 William Wilberforce Politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade Mill Hill L John Wilkes Radical, journalist and politician Mill Hill

Sport and games

Name Notability District Notes Jayden Bennetts Footballer Keanan Bennetts Footballer Edgware David Crawley Gaelic football player C. B. Fry Polymath best known as a cricketer Childs Hill L D Darren Gerard Cricketer Noni MaduekeFootballer Mark Thomson Darts Finchley Phil Tufnell Cricketer Finchley Ram Vaswani Professional poker and snooker player Peter WellsOlympic high jumper

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