Notable People
- Actor Michael Anderson, Jr. was born in Hillingdon
- Horror fiction writer A. M. Burrage (1889-1956) was born in Hillingdon
- Actor James Corden, best known for BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey, was born in Hillingdon
- Actress Lynne Frederick (1954-94), probably best known for her marriages to Peter Sellers and David Frost, was born in Hillingdon
- Actor Denis Gilmore, best known for 1971 cult horror film Psychomania, was born in Hillingdon
- Kwame Kwei-Armah was born in Hillingdon
- Conductor and composer Eugene Goossens (1893-1962), whose career was ruined by the Rosaleen Norton affair, lived in Hillingdon
- Actor Huw Higginson was born in Hillingdon
- Musician Stephen Luscombe, of 1980s pop-group Blancmange, was born in Hillingdon
- Actress Elspeth March (1911-1999), married to actor Stewart Granger from 1938 to 1948, lived in Hillingdon
- Comic actor and comedian Alfred Marks (1921-1996) lived in Hillingdon
- Screenwriter and film director Simon Monjack (1970-2010) was born in Hillingdon
- Claire Richards, singer in 1990s pop-group Steps, was born in Hillingdon and attended Bishopshalt School
- Meinhardt Schomberg (1641-1719), general in the service of Prince William of Orange, built and lived in Hillingdon House
- Actor and director Tony Tanner was born in Hillingdon
- Actress Heather Thatcher (1896-1987), signed by MGM in 1930s Hollywood, lived in Hillingdon at the time of her death
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