Notable Residents
- During the Second World War, the village was the home of Field Marshal Alan Brooke, later Viscount Alanbrooke. He remained in the village until his death in 1963. His younger son, the third Viscount Alanbrooke still lives in the village. Field Marshal Brooke is buried in St Mary's churchyard, next to the remains of his daughter who was killed in a horse riding accident.
- Lieutenant-General Henry 'Hangman' Hawley, the infamous butcher at the Battle of Culloden, lived at West Green House and is buried in the family vault beneath St Mary's Church.
- The Hampshire cricketer Thomas Howard (1781–1864), who was a leading fast bowler during the Regency period, lived all his life at Hartley Wintney.
- Admiral Sir William Milbourne James was born there, in 1881.
- William Lethaby, architect and architectural historian, is buried on the south side of St Mary's churchyard.
- William Lowe, an English cricketer, died in Hartley Wintney
- Claude Myburgh, cricketer and soldier, lived at Inholmes Court in his later years, where he died in 1987.
- Sir Benjamin Rudyerd (1572–1658), politician and poet, grew up in Hartley Wintney.
- England and Harlequins RFC fly-half Adrian Stoop (after whom the harlequins ground in Twickenham is named) lived in The Grange in Hartley Wintney.
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