Mitcham - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • Jo Brand – comedienne: lived in Mitcham
  • Steve Brookstein – winner of the first series of TV talent show The X Factor.
  • Roy Budd – jazz musician
  • Ambrose Crowley – ironmaster
  • John Donne – Jacobean poet.
  • M.I.A. – singer, songwriter and rapper.
  • Master Shortie – MC
  • Michael Fielding – The Mighty Boosh comedian – Noel's younger brother
  • Noel Fielding – The Mighty Boosh comedian
  • Mike Fillery – footballer
  • David Gibson – cricketer
  • Ray Harrington-Vail - environmentalist: lived in Mitcham 1958 to 1981
  • Neil Howlett – opera singer, born in Mitcham
  • Maxwell Knight – spymaster
  • Chris Powell – manager of League One football club Charlton Athletic and former footballer, grew up in Mitcham.
  • Annie Ross – jazz singer
  • Slick Rick – rapper: born in Mitcham but moved to the Bronx, New York aged 10.
  • Shane Smeltz – New Zealand footballer: lived in Mitcham when he played for AFC Wimbledon
  • Alex Stepney – former Manchester United footballer and 1968 European Cup winner
  • Herbert Strudwick – cricket wicket-keeper
  • John Mosely Turner – supercentenarian
  • William Allison White – recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Faryadi Sarwar Zardad – Afghan warlord. Later tried for war crimes, convicted and imprisoned.
  • Mud – glam rock group
  • The Field Mice - pop group
  • Chinenye Mba Jr. - businessman, grew up in Mitcham

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