Politics and Government
- Diane Abbott, politician, grew up in Harrow
- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, attended Harrow School beginning 1888
- Tony McNulty, politician lived sometime in Harrow
- Sir Oswald Mosley was the local MP in the 1920s
- Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India, educated at Harrow School
- Horatia Nelson, was the illegitimate daughter of Lord Horiatia Nelson who lived, died and is buried in Pinner
- Marmaduke Pickthall, convert to Islam, notable for translating the Qur'an into English
- Michael Portillo, Defence Minister in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet attended Harrow County Grammar School
- Merlyn Rees, Welsh politician, taught in Harrow Weald Grammar School and lived in Hatch End
- Lord Sutch, eccentric politician and musician lived and died in South Harrow (see also Arts, above)
- Gareth Thomas, politician, is from North Harrow
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