Notable People
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), the author of the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories, whose statue stands in the town centre
- Gary Numan (born 1958), musician, lives in the town
- David Jason (born 1940), actor, most commonly known for playing the character Del Boy in the TV sitcom Only Fools And Horses lived in the town during the 1980s
- Mark Donovan (born 1968), screen actor, has lived in the town on-off since 2007
- Richard Jefferies (1848–1887): writer and naturalist
- Jehst, hip hop artiste
- Lord Derek Rayner (Baron Rayner of Crowborough in the County of East Sussex) was a chairman and chief executive of Marks & Spencer plc
- James Dagwell (born 1974), British journalist, currently BBC News presenter
- Ross Kemp, best known for his role in EastEnders as Grant Mitchell
- Dylan Hartley, England Rugby Union player
- Piers Sellers, NASA astronaut
- Kim Woodburn, television presenter
- Tom Baker, most notable for playing the role of the fourth Doctor in Doctor Who, currently lives in the town
- Luxford House, on Luxford Road at the southern end of town, was once owned by the rock manager Tony Stratton-Smith of Genesis. His own in-house recording studio played host to, among others, Neil Diamond, Genesis and Van Der Graaf Generator, whose Pawn Hearts album cover features a photo of the house
- Crowborough is also home of the English Grand Lodge for Europe and Africa of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC.
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