Notable Residents
This list includes notable persons who were born or have lived in Chipping Norton.
- Ronnie Barker, resident after retirement from show business in 1987.
- Rebekah Brooks, former editor of The Sun newspaper and former chief executive of News International.
- Geoffrey Burbidge, astronomy professor.
- Jeremy Clarkson, Top Gear presenter, journalist and writer.
- James Hind, highwayman born 1616 and executed for high treason in 1652.
- Conroy Maddox, surrealist painter resident 1929–33.
- Janice Meek, World record holding ocean rower.
- Wentworth Miller, American actor who was born there.
- Keith Moon, The Who drummer once owned the Crown and Cushion Hotel in High Street.
- Dominic Sandbrook, historian.
- Charles Stewart Parnell, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party attended school in the 1850s.
- Reverend Edward Stone, discoverer of aspirin, was a curate in the town.
- Rachel Ward, actress.
- Elizabeth Jane Weston, Neo-Latin poet also known as Westonia born 1581.
Some current famous residents of the town and its local area, including David Cameron whose constituency home is in nearby Dean, are commonly referred to as the "Chipping Norton set" by the British media.
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