Notable Inhabitants
- Living in Stevenage
- Stephen McPartland, MP for Stevenage.
- Barbara Follett (b. 1942), politician, former MP for Stevenage
- Ken Follett (b. 1949), author
- Lived in Stevenage
- E. M. Forster (1879–1970), novelist, lived in the house at Rooks Nest from 1883 to 1893.
- Denholm Elliott (1922–1992), actor, who lived in the house now known as the 'Little Folks Lab' nursery in North Road.
- Miguel of Portugal, King of Portugal between 1828 and 1834, is reputed to have lived on the High Street around 1845
- Naum Slutzky (1894–1965), designer, master of Weimarer Bauhaus
- Elizabeth Poston, composer, lived in Rooks Nest from 1914 to 1987.
- Gary Younge, journalist. Lived in Stevenage until the age of 17.
- Born in Stevenage
- Ian Allinson (b. 1957), footballer
- Harry Bates (1850–1899), sculptor
- Francis Cammaerts (1916–2006), French Resistance leader, headmaster of Alleyne's Grammar School and witness in the Lady Chatterley Trial, October 1960
- Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), scenographer and theatre theorist
- Andrew Croft (1906–1991) explorer and SOE (Special Operations Executive) agent
- Yasmin Crotch, member of dance group Four Corners, semi-finalists on Britain's Got Talent in 2012
- Albert and Ebenezer Fox (1857–1926, 1857–1936), infamous poachers
- Rupert Grint (b. 1988), Actor
- Lewis Hamilton (b. 1985), Formula One world champion (2008)
- Peter Harper (1921–2003) International Rally Driver
- Ken Hensley (b. 1945), keyboard player and main songwriter of Uriah Heep in the 1970s
- Aleks Josh, contestant on The Voice UK
- Cathy Lesurf, singer and member of bands such as Oysterband, Fiddler's Dram, Fairport Convention and The Albion Country Band
- Alex Pettyfer (b. 1990), actor
- Kevin Phillips (b. 1973), footballer
- Rob Playford (b. 1968), Drum and Bass Pioneer and founder of Moving Shadow Records
- Ian Poulter (b. 1976), golfer
- Jason Shackell (b. 1983), footballer
- Kelly Stafford (b. 1978), pornographic actress
- John Thurloe (1616–1668), secretary to Oliver Cromwell, lived in what is now the Cromwell Hotel.
- Henry Trigg, 18c. farmer who wanted to come back from the dead after 30 years. His coffin was placed on a beam in a barn which later became a bank in Old Stevenage.
- Phil Vincent (1908–1979), British motorcycle pioneer
- Ed Westwick (b. 1987), actor
- Jack Wilshere (b. 1992), Arsenal footballer
- Anthony (Tony) John Wright (b. 1962), cricketer
- Karen Woo, surgeon, killed along with other aid workers in Afghanistan (2010 Badakhshan massacre)
- Ashley Young (b. 1985), Manchester United footballer
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