List of people from Reading, Berkshire

This is a list of notable people who are current or former residents of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

* Henry Addington (former Prime Minister; donor of land for Royal Berkshire Hospital)
* Jacqueline Bisset (actress)
* Daniel Blagrave (former Member of Parliament and regicide)
* John Blagrave (early mathematician)
* Bobbie (Regimental mascot of the 66th Reg., survivor of Maiwand)
* Felix Bowness (jockey in hit BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!)
* Kenneth Branagh (actor)
* Angela Browning (politician)
* Richard Burns (rally driver)
* Deon Burton (professional footballer)
* David Byron (original lead vocalist with rock group Uriah Heep)
* John Cennick (early Methodist and Moravian evangelist and hymnwriter)
* Tom Derrett (Bassist)
* Simon Doonan (Creative Director of Barneys)
* Natalie Dormer (actress)
* Marianne Faithfull (singer and actress)
* Hugh Cook Faringdon (churchman; last Abbot of Reading Abbey)
* Michael Foot (politician)
* Dawn French (comedienne)
* Ricky Gervais (comedian)
* David Gill (chief executive of Manchester United F.C.)
* Matthew Greener (musician; lead singer of band Morning Runner)
* Lenny Henry (comedian)
* Joseph Huntley (innovative biscuit maker)
* Stacy Keach (American actor and narrator)
* John Kendrick (merchant and mayor)
* William Laud (former Archbishop of Canterbury)
* David Lean (director)
* John Madejski (entrepreneur and philanthropist)
* Mary Russell Mitford (author, poet and playwright)
* Sam Mendes (director)
* Jeff Minter (computer and video game designer/programmer)
* Liz Mitchell (singer and member of Boney M)
* Mike Oldfield (composer and artist)
* George Palmer (biscuit manufacturer, entrepreneur and politician)
* Stuart Price (Electronic musician)
* Lawrie Sanchez (manager of Fulham F.C.)
* Ayrton Senna (Formula 1 champion. For a short period during the early stages of his career, he lived in Tilehurst. Following his death, a street was named in his memory. [cite web | publisher = Streetmap.co.uk | url = http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=466166&Y=173098&A=Y&Z=1 | title = Ayrton Senna Road, Tilehurst, Reading | accessdate = August 1 | accessyear = 2006] )
* Louise Setara (singer)
* Michael Sprott (professional boxer)
* Levi Stanley (King of the Gypsies)
* John Sykes (Heavy Metal/Hard Rock guitarist)
* William Henry Fox Talbot (early photographer)
* Fiona Talkington (radio broadcaster and presenter of Late Junction)
* Thomas Noon Talfourd (judge and author)
* Chris Tarrant (radio broadcaster and host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)
* Rudolph Walker (actor and narrator)
* Kevin Warwick (scientist)
* Alfred Waterhouse (architect)
* Neil Webb (professional footballer)
* Harriet Wheeler (vocalist, The Sundays)
* Oscar Wilde (poet and playwright, author of "The Ballad of Reading Gaol"), not actually from Reading, but a guest in the Gaol for sometime
* Beth Winslet (actress)
* Kate Winslet (actress)
* Doug "The Anarchist" Williams (Wrestler)
* Charles Thomas Wooldridge (soldier, convicted murderer, subject of "The Ballad of Reading Gaol")

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