Notable People
Notable residents, past and present, include:
- Olivia Anderson, South African international cricketer
- Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
- J. G. Ballard, author, lived in the same semi-detached house in Shepperton for over fifty years until his death in 2009
- Lynne Reid Banks, author
- John Boorman, film director
- Ray Dorset, lead singer of Mungo Jerry
- Frank Finlay, actor
- John Gregson, actor
- Tom Jones, singer
- Thomas Love Peacock, poet and novelist, at Halliford Green
- Tom Rush, blues/folk singer
- Ruth Wilson, actress
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