Notable Former and Current Residents
- Adele, singer
- Jack BC, Entrepreneur
- Sir Sidney Colvin, historian, literary and art critic
- Sir Ninian Comper, the Gothic architect, lived at Beulah Hill and had his studio at 228 Knights Hill, until it was destroyed by bombing in 1944.
- Des'ree, singer
- Edmund de Waal, ceramicist
- John Fraser, former Labour MP for Norwood 1966-1992
- Georg Hackenschmidt, the first world wrestling champion
- Euan Uglow, English artist
- Sir Philip Holland, former Conservative MP for Gedling
- Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of London
- Liz Lloyd, former Prime Minister Tony Blair's deputy chief of staff, since 1994
- Maxi Jazz, vocalist in band Faithless
- Hiram Maxim, who developed his machine gun in the garden of his house in Norwood Road (Serbia House, now demolished)
- The Noisettes, rock band
- Michael Paraskos, writer and newspaper art critic
- Benedict Read, FSA, art historian, writer and art curator.
- Sir John Scarlett, former Head of MI6
- The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, and former Vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Trinity Rise.
- Thurlow, former Lord Chancellor, who owned houses and estates at Knights Hill and Thurlow Park.
- Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull, former Cabinet Secretary
- Tom Utley, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail journalist
- Andy Zaltzman, comedian
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