Notable Residents
- Enid Blyton, author of Noddy, the Secret Seven and the Famous Five.
- Helen Chamberlain, TV presenter
- Petula Clark, singer from the 1960s
- George Cohen, member of the 1966 England World Cup-winning team.
- Harry Hawker, well known engineer, test pilot and racing driver, lived in Hook until 1921.
- Barry Chuckle, from the hit TV show the Chuckle Brothers
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