# List of people from Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Chichester, or had some important contribution to make to the town.

## A

* Alan Arnell (1935–2013) - Association Football Player
* Michael Ashcroft (born 1946) - Pollster, Businessman and Conservative Peer

## B

* Peter Baldwin (1933–2015) - actor
* Harriet Barber (1968–2014) - painter
* Geoffrey Beevers (1941- ) - actor
* John Blund (c. 1175 – 1248) - philosopher
* Cordelia Bugeja (born 1976) - actress
* John Bullokar (1574–1627) - physician and lexicographer

## C

* William Cawley (1602–1667) - politician; signatory to death warrant of King Charles I
* Steve Clamp (born 1976) - freelance journalist and newsreader
* Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus - local ruler in Roman Britain
* William Clowes (1779–1847) - printer
* William Collins (1721–1759) - poet.
* Holly Colvin (born 1989) - cricketer
* Richard Cudmore (1787–1840) - violinist
* Vincent Cushing (born 1950) - cricketer

## E

* Harvey Lonsdale Elmes (1813–1847) - architect
* Michael Elphick (1946–2002) - actor
* David Emms (1925–2015) - rugby union player and educationalist

## F

* Justin Fitzpatrick (born 1973) - rugby union player and Major League Rugby coach
* Mike Friday (born 1972) - rugby union player and coach
* J.F.C. Fuller (1878–1966) - Army officer (major-general) and historian

## G

* Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961) - composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer
* Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 1966) - composer

## H

* Jamie Hall (born 1968) - cricketer
* Lisa Hammond (actress), born 1983
* Ian Hannah (1874–1944) - academic, writer, politician
* Charles Harington (1872–1940) - Army officer in World War I
* Edward Harrison (1910–2002) - cricketer and squash player
* Charlotte Hawkins (born 1975) - Sky News presenter
* Giles Haywood (born 1979) - former Sussex and Nottinghamshire cricketer
* Sean Heather (born 1982) - cricketer
* Antony Hegarty (born 1971) - singer
* George Hersee (1924–2001) - BBC engineer
* Jack Hinshelwood (born 2005) - footballer
* Andrew Hodd (born 1984) - cricketer
* Alex Horne (born 1978) - comedian
* Charlie Howard (1854–1929) - cricketer
* Jim Howick (born 1979) - comedian and writer

## J

* William Juxon (1582–1663) - Archbishop of Canterbury

## K

* Joseph Kelway (c. 1702–1782)- Harpsichordist, Organist Composer
* Jarvis Kenrick (1852–1949) - association football player

## L

* Jennifer Lash (1939–1993) - novelist and painter
* Lord Henry Lennox (1821–1886) - politician
* Morgan Lewington - Canadian TV and film producer
* James Lillywhite (1842–1929) - English cricketer
* Robert Ballard Long (1771–1825) - Army officer
* Walter Loveys (1920–1969) - politician and farmer

## M

* Charlotte Mardyn (1789-after 1844) - actress
* Cursor Miner - musician
* Kate Mosse (born 1961) - author, playwright and broadcaster

## N

* Ralph Neville (died 1244) - Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England
* Adrian Noble (born 1950) - theatre director

## O

* Tom Odell (born 1990) - singer-songwriter; winner of the 2013 Critics' Choice BRIT Award

## P

* Abraham Pether (1756-1812) - painter
* Timothy Peake (born 1972) - astronaut

## R

* Zoe Rahman - jazz pianist
* Leslie Rands (1900–1972) - opera singer
* Mark Roberts (born 1961) - archaeologist

## S

* Richard Seaman (1913–1939) - Grand Prix driver
* Ros Simmons - CEO of Vie at Home
* George Smith (1713/14–1776) - landscape painter
* Edward Speleers (born 1988) - actor
* Paul Steinitz (1909–1988) - musician
* Edward Story (died 1503) - bishop
* Charles Sutton (1891–1962) - cricketer

## T

* Frederick Tees - member of the Dam Busters raid during Operation Chastise
* James Tighe - professional wrestler

## V

* Herbert Vivian (1865–1940) – writer, journalist and newspaper proprietor

## W

* Rollo Weeks (born 1987) - actor
* George Weldon (1908–1963) - conductor
* John Weldon (1676–1736) - composer
* Simon of Wells (died 1207) - Bishop of Chichester

## Y

* Comfort Yeates (born 2005) – trampoline gymnast