Notable People
- John Bell (d. 1556) Church of England bishop
- Thomas Birch
- Thomas Britton
- James Duff Brown (1862–1914) British librarian, information theorist, music biographer and educationalist
- Rev. Moses Browne (1704–1787) Church of England priest and poet
- Robert Burnside
- Phil Cameron (b. 1972) British entrepreneur, the founder of No.1 Traveller, and a former Tony and Olivier Award-winning theatre producer.
- William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
- Earl of Clanricarde
- Tim Crane
- Oliver Cromwell, soldier and statesman
- Daniel Defoe (ca. 1659 to 1661-1731) journalist and writer
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) novelist
- Zaha Hadid
- John Holwell (1649–1686?) English astrologer and mathematician
- Anthony Horowitz, novelist and screenwriter
- Vladimir Lenin, a visitor
- Charles Sabini, criminal, leader of the Sabini gang
- David Thewlis (b. 1963) actor
- Louis Wain, painter
- John Weever
- John Wilkes (1725–1797) English radical, journalist, and politician
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