Petts Wood - Notable People

Notable People

• Colin Earl, Artist and Media Cartoonist.
• Jack Dee, comedian and winner of Celebrity Big Brother 2001
• Ian Mortimer, historian
• William Willett, promoter of Daylight Saving
• Major Phil Packer, is a British soldier who was rendered paraplegic in 2008 by injuries sustained while serving in Iraq. He has since raised over a million pounds through charitable fundraising efforts which have garnered him several national awards.
• David Nobbs, Comedy writer and the creator of the successful 1970s sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
• Cerrie Burnell, Actress, singer, playwright, and television presenter for the BBC children's channel CBeebies.
• Sir Geraint Evans, Welsh baritone or bass-baritone noted for operatic roles including Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and the title roles in Falstaff and Wozzeck.
• Charles De Gaulle, French General and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He rented a home there for four months before moving his family further inland to Shropshire later in 1940.
• John Loveday Physicist
• Dame Antoinette Sibley DBE British Prima Ballerina