Leatherhead - Notable People

Notable People

  • Edmund Tilney (c. 1536–1610), Master of the Revels to Queen Elizabeth I, lived in the Mansion house. The Master of the Revels was in effect the official censor of the time. All of William Shakespeare's work would have passed his eyes before going public. In the film, Shakespeare in Love, he is portrayed by the actor Simon Callow. (A local Wetherspoons pub is now named after him).
  • Sir Thomas Bloodworth (1620–1682), Lord Mayor of London during the Great Fire of 1666, owned and lived at nearby Thorncroft Manor.
  • John Wesley preached his last sermon in Leatherhead on 23 February 1791, delivered at the top of Bull Hill when he was 88.
  • Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1747–1817), accomplished Royal Naval officer who served under Nelson.
  • Edward Wilkins Waite (1854–1924) was a noted local landscape painter.
  • Marie Stopes (1880–1958), family planning pioneer, lived in the town.
  • Ted Bowley (1890–1974), English Test cricketer.
  • Commander Harold Auten VC DSC (1891–1964), recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I, was born in Leatherhead.
  • Madron Seligman (1918–2002), Member of the European Parliament and friend of Edward Heath.
  • Donald Campbell (1921–1967), Bluebird pilot and fastest man on land and water, lived in Leatherhead.
  • John Campbell-Jones (born 1930), former Formula One racing driver.
  • Michael Caine (born 1933), lives in Leatherhead and is patron to the Leatherhead Drama Festival
  • Andy Ellison (born 1946) and Chris Townson (1947–2008), founding members of the band John's Children, and former pupils at Box Hill School.
  • Richard Patterson (b 1963) and his brother Simon Patterson (b 1967), both artists, were born in the town.
  • John Drinkwater Bethune (1762–1844) lived at Thorncroft Manor in the town from about 1838 until his death and is buried in the churchard of the parish church.
  • George Roger Waters (born 1943) Musician/songwriter/composer; vocalist and bassist of the famous English rock act, Pink Floyd.

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