Notable Inhabitants
- Sir Sydney Camm, Hawker aircraft designer.
- Sir George Edwards, Vickers aircraft designer.
- Ron R Paine, air racing pilot and founder of Derby Aviation, later British Midland Airways (now BMI).
- Cyril Peckham, aviation photographer
- J C Stobart (1878–1933), author of The Glory That Was Greece lived latterly by West Byfleet Golf Course, and is buried at Old Byfleet.
- Frederick C Stoop, local benefactor and owner of West Hall.
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