Folkestone is a town and seaside resort in Kent, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Folkestone, or had some important contribution to make to the town.
Notable people from Folkestone edit
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- William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843–1920) astronomer, chemist, and photographer
- Les Ames (1905–1990) cricketer
- Richard Ashworth (born 1947) Member of European Parliament
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- Julian Baggini (born 1968) philosopher and writer
- Mark Barham (born 1962) association footballer
- Peter Barkworth (1929–2006) actor
- Graham Barlow (born 1950) cricketer
- Michael Bentine (1922–1996) comedian: The Goon Show
- Lesley Brook (1917–2009) actress
- Arthur Brough (1922–1980) actor (Are You Being Served?); established Folkestone Repertory Theatre
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- John Henry Challis (1809–1880) philanthropist
- Fred Cheesmur (1908–1987) association footballer
- Jack Coggins (1911–2006) artist
- Wilkie Collins (1824–1889)[1]
- A. E. Coppard (1878–1957) short story writer
- Bithia Mary Croker (c. 1848–1920) Irish-born novelist
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- John Dartnell (1838–1913), Commandant of the Natal Mounted Police
- Michael Dillon (1915–1962) physician; first trans man to undergo phalloplasty
- John Doogan (1853–1940) Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Roy Douglas (1907–2015) composer and arranger
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- John Eric Erichsen (1818–1896) surgeon
- Eamon Everall (born 1948) artist, educator, founding member of Stuckism Art Movement
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- Thomas Field (1855–1936) Church of England priest
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- George Gardiner (1935–2002) politician
- Carl Gilbert (born 1948) association footballer
- Jonathan Gledhill (born 1949) Bishop of Lichfield
- Kitty Gordon (1878–1974) actress
- George Grossmith (1847–1912) comedian, writer, etc. collaborating with Gilbert and Sullivan on several operas
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- William Halcrow (1883–1958) civil engineer
- Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943) author
- William Hall-Jones (1851–1936) Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Augustus Harris (1852–1896) actor, impresario and dramatist
- Charlotte Harris (born 1981) portrait artist
- William Harvey (1578–1657) physician (discoverer of blood circulation)
- Norman Heatley (1911–2004) scientist
- Michael Hogben (born 1952) auctioneer, antiques dealer
- Billy Hughes (born 1960) footballer
- Charles Bousfield Huleatt (1863–1908) missionary; discoverer of important papyrus documents
- Jessica Hynes (Born 1972) Bafta winning actress
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- Peter Imbert (born 1933) senior police officer
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- Michael Jack (born 1946) politician
- Hattie Jacques (1924–1980) comedy actress; Carry On films
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- Alice Keppel (1868–1947) mistress of King Edward VII; great-grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- Pete Kircher (born 1945) rock/pop drummer
- William Knox (1850–1913) Australian politician and businessman
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- Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (1913–1995) Victoria Cross recipient
- Mabel Love (1874–1953) dancer, actress
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- Francis MacKinnon (1848–1947) Test cricketer
- Mary Martin (1907–1969) sculptor
- Charles McCausland (1898–1965) cricketer
- Patrick McHale (1826–1866) Irish recipient of Victoria Cross
- Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) violinist; founder of Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists held in Folkestone
- Helena Millais (1886-1970) comedienne and actress
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- Paul Nicholas (born 1945) actor and singer
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- Sam Pepper (born 1989) Big Brother 2010 contestant.
- Edith Pechey (1845–1908) one of the first United Kingdom Women doctors.
- John Philipot (1588–1645) College of Arms.
- Samuel Plimsoll (1824–1898) politician and social reformer; the "Plimsoll line”.
- Mavis Pugh (1914–2006) comedy actress.
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- Len Quested (1925–2012) association footballer
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- Noel Redding (1945–2003) musician; bass player with The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Ricky Reina (born 1971) association footballer
- Baker Russell (1837–1911) senior army officer
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- Marcus Sarjeant (born 1964) attempted murderer of Queen Elizabeth II
- Blaine Sexton (1892–1966) ice hockey player
- Brendan Sheerin (born 1959) travel guide and coach-trip host
- Sheila Sherlock (1918–2001) physician and hepatologist
- Gerald Sinstadt (born 1930) sports commentator
- Susan Spain-Dunk (1880-1962) composer, conductor and violinist
- Anne Stallybrass (1938–2021) actress
- Sydney Sturgess (1915–1999) Canadian actress
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- Phil Tate (1922–2005) dance bandleader
- Cliff Temple (1948–1994) sports journalist
- Thunderstick (living) heavy rock musician; drummer[2]
- David Tomlinson (1917–2000) actor[3]
- Arthur Tooth (1839–1931) Ritualist priest; curate of St Mary's Folkestone
- Walter Tull (1888–1918) first black infantry officer in British Army; football (soccer) player
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- Ernest Ewart Unwin (1881–1944) educationist
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- Phil Vickery (born 1961) celebrity chef
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- Weller brothers (born 1802, 1805, 1814) were the founders of a whaling station on Otago Harbour, New Zealand. Their name lives on in the sea shanty Soon May the Wellerman Come.
- Chris Wills (born 1978), game show contestant
- Dave Wiltshire (born 1954), association footballer
References edit
- ^ Collins stayed with Charles Dickens in Folkestone
- ^ real name Barry Graham, based in Folkestone area since the mid-1990s; played for Iron Maiden and Samson; noted for wearing a mask and playing in a cage
- ^ appeared in several Disney films including Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and Mary Poppins