Notable People Born in Chelmsford
- Najma Akhtar (b.1962), jazz singer.
- Liam Chilvers (b.1981), professional footballer.
- Sarah Cracknell (b.1967), singer, Saint Etienne.
- Hazell Dean (b.1956), singer.
- James Gibson (b.1980), swimmer.
- Greg Halford (b.1984), professional footballer.
- Philemon Holland (b.1552), translator.
- Harry Judd (b.1985), drummer, McFly.
- George Clift King (b.1848), former Mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- Anne Knight (b.1786), anti-slavery campaigner and pioneer of feminism.
- Malcolm O'Kelly (b.1974) Irish international rugby union player.
- Tom Payne (b.1982), Waterloo Road actor.
- Grayson Perry (b.1960) Turner prize-winning artist.
- Nigel Spink (b.1958), professional footballer and European Cup winner as well as junior goalkeeper at Writtle Minors football club.
- Joseph Strutt (b.1742), engraver and antiquary.
- Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (b.1776), lawyer, judge and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
- James Harper (b.1980), professional footballer.
- Peter Collins (b.1948), professional footballer, Chelmsford City and Tottenham Hotspur.
- Guthrie Govan (b.1971), professional jazz/rock/fusion guitar player.
- Mike Edmonds (b.1944), notable dwarf actor.
- Alex Dowsett (b.1988), professional cyclist.
- Ronald Skirth (b.1897), World War I veteran who became a pacifist during the war and purposely miscalculated British guns.
- Joe Thomas (b.1983), actor.
- Tom Jenkinson (b.1975), aka Squarepusher, English electronic music artist.
- Sir Walter Mildmay (b.1525), Chancellor of the Exchequer of England under Queen Elizabeth I.
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