- List of people from Thanet
Notable residents of
Thanet include:Ramsgate
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Brenda Blethyn OBE (born20 February 1946 in Ramsgate) is an EnglishGolden Globe winning andAcademy Award -nominatedfilm , stage,television andvoice actress, andwriter .She owns a house on Nelson Crescent and is a key supporter patron of The Granville Theare in the town
*AuthorAnthony Buckeridge , best known for his Jennings series of novels, lived in Ramsgate and taught at St. Lawrence College.
*Julie Forsyth member of 70's vocal groupGuys n' Dolls and daughter of TV presenterBruce Forsyth lives on Royal Road.
*Former British Prime MinisterEdward Heath was schooled atChatham House Grammar School .
*Olympic gold medallist for hockey,Sean Kerly , was educated at Chatham House Grammar School.
*ActorJohn Le Mesurier - Sgt Willson in BBC sitcom "Dad's Army " - lived his later years in Ramsgate and is buried at St George's church in the town.
*Karl Marx is known to have stayed in the town around 9 times, as did his comradeFriedrich Engels . One known spot is on Hardres Street.
*Prominent British Jewish campaigner, philanthropist and stockbrokerMoses Montefiore was heavily involved in the affairs of Ramsgate and owned East Cliff Lodge. His tomb is adjacent to the synagogue in Ramsgate.
*Comedian and broadcasterFrank Muir was born in Ramsgate and was schooled at Chatham House Grammar School.
*Gary Pallister , a footballer who played forManchester United F.C. andMiddlesbrough F.C. was born in Ramsgate.
*Jackie Pallo , born Jack Gutteridge, Wrestler and TV Personality lived in Ramsgate before he passed away.
*Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), the eminent Victorian Gothic architect, lived for a period at St Augustine's Grange (The Grange), and is buried nearby.
*Kirk Shepherd who lives in Ramsgate, is the youngest player ever to reach a final of the World Professional Darts Championship. Shepherd uses the nicknames Young Gun and Karate Kid for his matches.
*Dr Chris Tame , founder of theLibertarian Alliance and a former Director ofFOREST , spent the last years of his life in Ramsgate.
*During a period of increased religious emotion,Vincent Van Gogh taught French amongst other things as a supply teacher at a school at 6 Royal Road and boarded at 11 Spencer Square for a period in 1876. He made some sketches of the view from his lodgings overlooking the harbour. The proprietor of the school relocated toIsleworth ,Middlesex . Vincent decided to walk to the new location, which took 3 days viaCanterbury and Chatham. This new position did not work out, and Vincent became a nearby Methodist minister's assistant in wanting to "preach the gospel everywhere".
*Whilst still a princess,Queen Victoria spent holidays in Ramsgate and stayed atTownley House , which is now part of J.C. Farleys Ltd, a furniture store, and the legacy of Mrs Mary Townley, one of the first female architects in England.
*MathematicianAlfred North Whitehead was born in Ramsgate.Broadstairs
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John Buchan (1875-1940) apparently based his Thirty Nine Steps after the set of steps on the beach at North Foreland, Broadstairs, where he was living in 1915.
*EngineerThomas Russell Crampton is chiefly remembered as a designer of locomotives and of railways, but he was also concerned with gas, water works and the submarine telegraph cable. He was the first to succeed in laying an effective telegraph cable under theEnglish Channel . A water tower and a pub in the town are named after him.
*Brian Degas , author,writer and creator of TV Series "Colditz", lives in the town.
*AuthorCharles Dickens had a holiday home in Broadstairs, where he wrote David Copperfield. For a period he owned Fort House on a promontory above the town where he wrote Bleak House, which the location is now called.
*Former Conservative leader andPrime Minister Sir Edward Heath was born here.
*Annette Mills (1894-1955), one-time concert pianist and elder sister of actorSir John Mills , lived in Broadstairs. She is best remembered for the early television programmeMuffin the Mule in the 1950's.
*Trevor Neal of TV comic duoTrevor and Simon notably of Saturday children's show "Going Live " lives in Broadstairs.
*Mike Nolan of eighties pop groupBucks Fizz lives in Broadstairs.
*Bill Pitt MP, the first candidate elected to Parliament under the banner of the SDP-Liberal Alliance 1981-1983, lived for a time in Broadstairs.
*Oliver Postgate , creator of the children's TV puppet shows, the Clangers, Bagpuss and others retired to Broadstairs.
*Gary Rhodes celebrity TV chef was a student of catering at theThanet College .
*Frank Richards (pen name of Charles Harold St John Hamilton; 1875-1961) the writer of the Billy Bunter novels lived in Kingsgate, Broadstairs.
*Bruce Robinson , author ofWithnail and I et al, was born in Broadstairs in 1946.
*Siouxsie Sioux (Susan Janet Ballion b. 27th May 1957) spent summer holidays in Broadstairs during her childhood.
* Wout Steenhuis, the Dutch musician, had a recording studio in Broadstairs.
*Queen Victoria spent many summers in Broadstairs as a child, staying at Pierremont Hall.
* Elsie and Doris Waters, radio comediennes, better known asGert and Daisy , lived in Broadstairs. They were the sisters of actor Jack Warner.Margate
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Iain Aitch is an English writer and journalist who was born inMargate .
* The actorPeter Barkworth was born in Margate.
*The Beatles played for a week at Margate's Winter Gardens and were accommodated nearby.
* BroadcasterDave Cash of "Kenny and Cash" fame lives in the village of St Nicholas.
*T. S. Eliot , poet, wrote part of "The Wasteland " in 1922 whilst recuperating for nervous strain in Margate.
*ArtistTracey Emin RA grew up in Margate
*Marty Feldman , comic writer and comedian, began his career, aged 15, as part of a circus-style act at Dreamland Funpark in Margate.
*ActressJuliette Kaplan (real name: Marlene Hoser)- plays "Pearl" inBBC sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine " lives in Westgate-on-sea, Margate.
*Stage and television actorDinsdale Landen was born in Margate.
*Railway engineerThomas Webster Rammell was born in Dent de Lion, near Margate
*Mike Stock is a British songwriter and record producer best known for being a member of the songwriting and record production trio Stock Aitken Waterman. He was born in Margate December 3rd 1951.
*Mehrdud Takalobigashi (born September 23, 1975 in Tehran, Iran) (Persian: مهرداد تکلوبیغشی), more commonly known as Mehrdud Takaloo orTakaloo , is an Iranian born British based boxer living in Margate.
* Ska singer Douglas Trendle, known asBuster Bloodvessel , of the 1980s British bandBad Manners , ran a hotel in Margate called Fatty Towers for part of the 1990s.
*J. M. W. Turner spent much time in Margate and sketched many Margate skies that were later incorporated into his paintings.
*Sir Robert Walpole , the British Prime Minister, spent summers in Cliftonville, Margate and has Walpole Bay and the Walpole Bay Hotel named in his honour.
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