Notable Residents
- Lord Brabazon of Tara, Britain's first licensed pilot, lived at 'Grangewood', Longcross near Chertsey in the early 1950s.
- Mark Stephens (solicitor), Lawyer, mediator, broadcaster, educationalist and philanthropist of the visual arts lived in Chertsey from 1962-1982.
- Justin Hawkins, lead singer of The Darkness rock group, singer-songwriter, was born in Chertsey in 1975.
- Musician Doug Walker and the England cricketers Ashley Giles and Richard Johnson were born in Chertsey in the 1970s.
- Keith Moon, drummer with rock band The Who, lived in the town in that decade.
- Vivian Stanshall and his wife Ki Longfellow lived on a houseboat moored on the Thames beginning in 1977
- Rufus Hound born in Chertsey in 1979.
- Chesney Hawkes lives in Chertsey with his wife and three children.
- English glamour model Charmaine Sinclair is originally from Chertsey.
- Vince Clarke of pop bands Yazoo, Depeche Mode and Erasure lived in Chertsey and recorded much of the Erasure material in the studio adjacent to his home.
- Steve Rushton from pop band Son of Dork with James Bourne was born in Chertsey in 1987; he now lives in L.A and works as a singer/songwriter for Disney.
- *H E Sir Seretse Khama Ian Khama (born 27 February 1953 at Chertsey) is a Botswana politician who has been the President of Botswana since 2008; he is also the Paramount Chief of the Bamangwato tribe. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence Force, he entered politics and served as Vice-President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008.
- Robert Green, the Queens Park Rangers and England goalkeeper, was born in Chertsey.
- Bobby Whitlock, keyboardist with Derek & the Dominos lived in Chertsey in the 1970s.
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