# List of people from Folkestone

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.

## A

* William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843–1920) astronomer, chemist, and photographer
* Les Ames (1905–1990) cricketer
* Richard Ashworth (born 1947) Member of European Parliament

## B

* 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

## C

* John Henry Challis (1809–1880) philanthropist
* Fred Cheesmur (1908–1987) association footballer
* Jack Coggins (1911–2006) artist
* Wilkie Collins (1824–1889)
* A. E. Coppard (1878–1957) short story writer
* Bithia Mary Croker (c. 1848–1920) Irish-born novelist

## D

* 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

## E

* John Eric Erichsen (1818–1896) surgeon
* Eamon Everall (born 1948) artist, educator, founding member of Stuckism Art Movement

## F

* Thomas Field (1855–1936) Church of England priest

## G

* 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

## H

* 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

## I

* Peter Imbert (born 1933) senior police officer

## J

* Michael Jack (born 1946) politician
* Hattie Jacques (1924–1980) comedy actress; Carry On films

## K

* 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

## L

* Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (1913–1995) Victoria Cross recipient
* Mabel Love (1874–1953) dancer, actress

## M

* 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

## N

* Paul Nicholas (born 1945) actor and singer

## P

* 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.

## Q

* Len Quested (1925–2012) association footballer

## R

* 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

## S

* 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

## T

* Phil Tate (1922–2005) dance bandleader
* Cliff Temple (1948–1994) sports journalist
* Thunderstick (living) heavy rock musician; drummer
* David Tomlinson (1917–2000) actor
* 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

## U

* Ernest Ewart Unwin (1881–1944) educationist

## V

* Phil Vickery (born 1961) celebrity chef

## W

* 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