Notable People
Current and former residents of Welwyn Garden City include:
- Lol Coxhill, saxophonist (Digswell Arts Trust)
- Thomas Bowes, violist
- Louis de Soissons, architect (Guessens Road and High Oaks).
- Coco Star aka Sue Brice Singer Toca's Miracle & Songwriter.
- Alesha Dixon, R&B singer, rapper and TV presenter
- Robert Duncan, actor
- Nick Faldo, golfer (Sherrardspark Road)
- Tom Lewis, golfer
- Ian Fergusson, TV presenter (Panshanger)
- Frederick Forsyth, author
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon, author
- Rupert Grint, actor, 'Ron Weasley' in the Harry Potter films
- Rob Hague, drummer
- Mark Halsey, football referee
- Harry Hibbs, footballer (Mountway)
- Ebenezer Howard, town planner (Guessens Road).
- David James, footballer
- Steve Kilbey, bassist and lead singer of rock band The Church (moved to Australia at an early age)
- Glyn Maxwell, poet and playwright
- Sir Frederic Osborn, champion of the New Towns (Guessens Road).
- Mat Osman, musician
- Edmund Purdom, actor (Barleycroft Road).
- Flora Robson, actor (Handside Lane).
- Dinah Sheridan, actor (Parkway).
- Lisa Snowdon, model
- Una Stubbs, actor (Ravenfield Road)
- Mick Taylor, Guitarist for The Rolling Stones from 1969–1975
- S*M*A*S*H, pop group
- The Subways, rock band
- George Sweeney, actor (Longcroft Lane)
- Mark Thompson, former Director-General of the BBC and CEO of The New York Times company
- Jamie George, rugby player
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