# List of people from Kettering

This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Kettering, in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

## Academia

* Maurice Kendall, statistician, widely known for his contribution to statistics
* Henry Nettleship, classical scholar
* Dame Sarah Gilbert, Saïd Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford

## Entertainment

* James Acaster, comedian
* Robert Ames, conductor and violist, co-artistic director and co-principal conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra
* David Armand, comedian, actor and writer
* Jayne Conneely, DJane, record producer, co-founder and former manager of the record label Metalheadz
* Hugh Dennis, comedian, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist
* Sienna Guillory, actress and former model
* David Hawthorne, stage and film actor
* Jim King, original member of the British rock band Family
* Jack Lucien, British-born Andorran singer, music producer, and songwriter, best known for his 2009 single "I'm Not Afraid"
* Valerie Olukemi A "Kemi" Olusanya, DJane, record producer, co-founder and former manager of the record label Metalheadz
* Horace Panter, bassist for the 2 Tone ska band The Specials
* Russ Russell, record producer, sound engineer, mixer, mastering engineer, musician and writer
* Chris Smith, radio newsreader, most famous for presenting Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1
* Faryl Smith, soprano
* Mae Stephens, singer and songwriter
* Temples, rock band
* Naomi Battrick, actress

## Military

* Raymond Lewin, pilot officer of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), awarded the George Cross for rescuing his co-pilot in 1940 in Malta
* Edward Sismore, air commodore

## Miscellaneous

* Michael Kidner, pioneer of op art
* Ron Chippindale, chief inspector of air accidents in charge of the New Zealand Office of Air Accidents Investigations
* Alfred East, painter
* John Alfred Gotch, architect and architectural historian
* Thomas Cooper Gotch, painter and book illustrator loosely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement
* Catherine Hall, feminist historian
* Jack Laundon, lichenologist, president of the British Lichen Society
* Edward Nettleship, ophthalmologist
* John Trivett Nettleship, artist known as a painter of animals and in particular lions, he was also an author and book illustrator
* Samuel Perkins Pick, architect strongly associated with Leicestershire, and co-founder of the architecture and civil engineering firm Pick Everard
* Royston (Roy) Warner Wilson (1900-1965), Amalgamated Press comic artist

## Politics

* Tom Bradley, British politician
* Henry Briggs, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for 23 years, and its president for 13 years
* Andy Sawford, Labour and Co-operative Party politician
* Phil Sawford, Labour Party politician, who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Kettering from 1997 to 2005

## Religion

* Thomas Allen, clergyman and divine
* John Brine, Particular Baptist minister
* Andrew Fuller, Particular Baptist minister and theologian
* John Gill, Baptist pastor, biblical scholar, and theologian
* William Knibb, Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica, known for his work to free slaves

## Sport

* Dermot Bailey, professional wheelchair tennis player
* Daniel Berridge, trampoline gymnast
* Nick Coles, cricketer
* Sean Dyche, former professional footballer, former manager of Burnley Football Club, former manager of Everton F.C.
* Ricky Evans, darts player
* Harry Gouldstone, cricketer
* Charley Hull, professional golfer
* Angela Hunter, international track and road racing cyclist
* Kyren Wilson, snooker player

## Writer/ journalist

* Frank Bellamy, comics artist, best known for his work on the Eagle comic
* J. L. Carr, English novelist, publisher, teacher and eccentric
* Jane E. Clarke, writer of children's books and poetry
* Jill McGown, writer of mystery novels
* Keith Roberts, science fiction author