List of people from Hastings

Hastings is a town and borough in East Sussex, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Hastings, or had some important contribution to make to the town. Notes:
*‡ signifies current (2008) resident
*¶ signifies people specifically from St Leonards-on-Sea

List of people from Hastings

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A

*Fenton John Aylmer (1862-1935) recipient of the Victoria Cross World War I

B

*John Logie Baird (1888-1946), pioneer of television
*Kevin Ball (1964- ), ex-footballer and now coach at Sunderland A.F.C.
*Gillian Barge (1940-2003) actress
*Gareth Barry (1981- ), footballer for Aston Villa (1997–) and England (2000–)
*Harold Bennett (1899-1981) actor
*Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), first woman to qualify as a doctor
*Emma Blocksage (1979- ) model
*Barbara Bodichon (1827-1890), advocate of women's rights, painter and founder of Girton College
*Elsie Bowerman, 1889-1973; Suffragette and "Titanic" survivor. One of the first women called to the Bar and the first to appear at the Old Bailey.
*Jo Brand (1957- ), comedienne
*Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (1836–1918) politician
*Thomas Brassey (1805–1870) railway pioneer
*John Bratby (1928-1992), painter
*George Bristow (1863-1947), the taxidermist at the centre of the Hastings Rarities affair
*Gerald Brodribb (1915-1999), cricket historian and archaeologist
*Shayne Burgess (1964- ), Professional PDC darts player ‡
*Edward Burra (1905-1976), painter
*James Burton (1761-1837), architect, founder of St Leonards-on-Sea
*Decimus Burton (1800-1881), son of James, continued his father's work

C

*Shirley Collins (1935- ) English folk singer
*Catherine Cookson (1906-1998), popular novelist
*Harry H. Corbett (1925-1982), actor
*Anthony Crosland (1918-1977), Labour MP ¶
*Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), occultist

D

*Mark Davis (1972- ), Professional snooker player ‡¶
*John Digweed (1967- )world famous DJ
*Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), French theologian, writer and philosopher
*Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920), Empress of France
*Richard D'Oyly Carte, (1844-1901) impressario and opera company founder
*Barry Dransfield (?- ), folk musician

E

*Maya Evans (1979- ), political activist ‡

F

*Karl Ferris (1948- ), rock album cover photographer for Jimi Hendrix, Donovan, The Hollies
*Michael Jabez Foster (1946- ) Labour MP
*Simon Fuller (1960- ), pop-music manager (most famously of The Spice Girls)
*Harry Furniss (1854–1925), cartoonist
*Steve Furst (1967- ), comedian and actor on Little Britain ‡

G

*David Gemmell, (1946–2006), novelist
*Jaine Green (?- ), (Jaine Harmston-Green) documentary maker ‡

*Clive Malcolm Griffiths, (?- ), media personality ¶

H

*Rider Haggard (1865-1936), writer
*Claire Hamill (1954- ), singer songwriter ‡
*John Wesley Harding (1965- ), singer

I

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J

*Andrew Jefford (1956- ), wine writer and poet
*Billie-Jo Jenkins (1986-1997), murdered schoolgirl
*Sophia Jex-Blake (1840-1912), feminist and founder of the London School of Medicine for Women
*Houn Jiyu-Kennett (1924-1996) Zen Buddhist teacher ¶

K

*Sheila Kaye-Smith, (1881-1956), local author ¶
*Steve Kinch (?- ), bass guitarist with Manfred Mann and formerly with Hazel O'Connor

L

*Alex Lester (1956- ), BBC Radio 2 presenter ‡
*Peter Ling (1926-2006), writer and creator of "Crossroads"
*Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999), seen as 'Q' in the James Bond film series
*Geoff Love (1917-1991), band leader

M

*George MacDonald (1824—1905), writer of children's stories
*John Martyn (1948- ), singer-songwriter
*Anna McNeill Whistler,((1831?-1881) Whistler's Mother.
*Graham McPherson (1961- ), aka 'Suggs' of Madness, singer
*Paul Merton (1957- ), TV presenter/comic
*Spike Milligan (1918-2002), comedian and writer
*George Monger (1840-1887), who at 17 won a Victoria Cross at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny
*General Sir James Murray (1721—1794), Governor of Quebec

N

*Marianne North, 1830-1890, botanical painter with permanent gallery at Kew Gardens, London

O

*Titus Oates (1649-1705), instigator of the "Popish Plot"
*Jane Omorogbe (1971- ), actress, TV presenter, journalist
*Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney) (1888-1938), author, nature conservation pioneer, and Canadian icon

P

*Cecil Parker (1897-1971), actor
*Coventry Patmore, (1823-1896), Roman Catholic poet and Pre-Raphaelite
*Fiona Pitt-Kethley (1954- ), writer
*Christopher Priest (1943- ), novelist ‡

Q

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R

*Milan Rai (? ), political activist ‡
*Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946), Australian born author
*Lee Richardson, (1979- ), speedway rider
*Neil Ruddock (1968- ), Ex-footballer ‡

*Alex Sanders (1926-1988), dubbed "King of the Witches"
*Malcolm Saville (1901-1982), author of children's books
*Elizabeth Siddal (1834-1862), Poet,artist; and muse to the pre-Raphaelite Painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti
*Paul Antony Smith (1976- ) footballer
*Screaming Lord Sutch (1940-1999), founder of the Monster Raving Loony Party
*SilverSpirit (2000- as SilverSpirit), Tommy (1992- ) and Daniel Bailey-Graham (1980- ), electro-pop duo and dance remixers ‡¶

T

*David Tibet (1960- ), poet, artist and musician ‡
*Claude Buchanan Ticehurst (1881-1941) ornithologist ¶
*Tulsen Tollett (?- ) Australian Rugby League player
*Robert Tressell (1870-1911), socialist novelist
*Alan Turing (1912-1954) Pioneering Computer Scientist ¶
*Tony Tyler, (1943-2006) writer on computer topics

U

*Barry Upton (1954- ) musician, songwriter, producer
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V

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W

*Winifred Wagner (1897-1980), manager of Bayreuth Festival 1930-1945
*Sarah Waldegrave, Countess Waldegrave (1787-1873), philanthropist
*Thomas Attwood Walmisley, (1814-1856) Professor of Music at Cambridge.
*Dr Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, (1791-1868)
*Paul Watson (1975- ) footballer
*Randall Wells (1877-1942)
*Dean White (1958- ), footballer
*William Hale White (1831-1913, novelist (pseudonym "Mark Rutherford")

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Y

Paula Yates(1959-2000) Television Presenter

Z