Battersea - Notable People

Notable People

The following people have lived, or currently live, in Battersea:

• George Shearing - Jazz pianist
• Ronnie Biggs - thief who took part in the Great Train Robbery
• Johnny Briggs - actor, best known as Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street
• Kathleen Byron - Actress
• G. K. Chesterton - writer
• Adrian Chiles - presenter
• Colin Douglas (actor) - stage and television actor
• Howard Eastman - boxer
• Craig Eastmond - footballer
• Freddie Foreman - criminal and associate of the Kray Twins, born in Sheepcote Lane
• Bob Geldof - singer and songwriter
• Pixie Geldof - socialite and model
• Rich Hall - comedian
• Harry Hill - comedian
• Dervla Kirwan - actress
• Simon Le Bon - musician
• Katie Leung - actress, best known as Cho Chang in Harry Potter films
• Kate Maberly - actress
• Terry Manning - music producer
• Buster Merryfield - actor, best known as Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses
• Dannii Minogue - musician
• John O'Farrell - writer
• Sean O'Casey - writer
• Rick Parfitt - singer with Status Quo
• William Page - historian and general editor of the Victoria County History
• Polly Paulusma - musician
• Mervyn Peake - author
• Rupert Penry-Jones - actor
• Gordon Ramsay - chef
• Joely Richardson - actress
• Greg Rusedski - tennis player
• Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
• John Scott - sociologist and Fellow of the British Academy
• So Solid Crew - musicians
• Timothy Spall - actor
• Shaker Aamer - held in Guantanamo without charge or trial
• Donald Swann - musician - of Flanders and Swann
• Gabriel Thomson - stars in My Family
• Vivienne Westwood - fashion designer
• William Wilberforce - prominent campaigner against the slave trade
• Ben Adams - musician from the band a1
• Nell Dunn - Playwright
• Mitchell Byrne - Writer
• James Aldridge - Writer