List of people from Barnet
Location of the London Borough of Barnet within Greater London
Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barnet, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category):
Notable residents
| Key to "Notes" regarding the residents' affiliation to Barnet | |
|---|---|
| Letter | Description |
| B | Indicates that the resident was born in Barnet. |
| D | Indicates that the resident died in Barnet. |
| I | Indicates that the subject is buried in Barnet. |
| L | Indicates that the resident lived in Barnet. |
| Citations in the Notes box refer to the information in the entire row |
Academia and research
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Cattley | for whom the orchid species cattleya was named | ||
| Peter Collinson | botanist | Mill Hill | [3] |
| Harold Hopkins | physicist | ||
| John Strugnell | Dead Sea Scrolls editor-in-chief and Harvard Professor | ||
Arts and entertainment
- Katrina Kaif - Indian-British actress in Bollywood [4]
- Anthony Andrews – actor
- Juliette Ashby – singer-songwriter
- Richard Baker – newsreader, lived for many years in Hadley Green
- Peter Banks – musician
- Stephanie Beacham – actress
- Claire Bloom – actress
- Emma Bunton – singer
- Shelley Conn – actor
- Nadine Coyle – singer
- D. C. Eyles – illustrator and comics artist
- Samantha Fox – model and singer
- Robert Fripp – musician
- Devin Griffin – BBC Radio 1 DJ (commonly known as Dev)
- Trevor Howard – actor
- Humphrey Lyttelton – jazz musician and broadcaster
- Tony Maudsley – actor
- Stephen Merchant – actor, writer and comedian
- George Michael – singer and songwriter
- Monica Michael – singer-songwriter
- Spike Milligan – comedian[5]
- Bob Monkhouse – comedian (lived in The Vale, NW11)
- Sir Roger Moore – actor
- Eric Morecambe – comedian
- Elaine Paige – singer and actress
- Frederick Peisley – actor
- Steve Pemberton – actor
- Anna Popplewell – actress
- Angharad Rees – actress (born in Edgware Hospital and lived at 13 Engel Park, Mill Hill, until she was 2)
- Sir Cliff Richard – singer
- Peter Sellers – comedian
- Feargal Sharkey – singer
- Reece Shearsmith – actor
- Sir Donald Sinden – actor (lived at 60, Temple Fortune Lane, Hampstead Garden Suburb 1954–1997)
- Marc Sinden – film director, actor and theatre producer
- Mike Skinner – rapper and music producer
- John Somerville (born 1951)
- Jerry Springer – TV personality (born at East Finchley, or possibly Highgate)
- Steven Stapleton – musician
- Terry-Thomas – actor/comedian[6]
- Lee Thompson – musician
- Alan Tilvern – actor
- Tamás Vásáry – pianist and conductor
- Johnny Vaughan – radio presenter
- Amy Winehouse – singer-songwriter (1983–2011) (born in Southgate and lived on Osidge Lane until 1991 and moved to Whetstone when she was 7/8.
- Sir Norman Wisdom – actor, comedian
Crime
- Owen Suffolk, Australian transported convict and bushranger (born in Finchley in c.1830)[7]
- Thomas Nugent, chief gangster of the Borough of Barnet, inspiration for the TV character John Locke
Design
- Harry Beck, designer of the original Tube map
Travel and exploration
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celia Fiennes | early recreational traveller, the first recorded woman to visit every county in England | Mill Hill | L[3] |
| David Livingstone | |||
Judiciary
- Sir William Shee, the first Roman Catholic judge to sit in England and Wales since the Reformation
Literature
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleur Adcock | poet | ||
| Kingsley Amis | novelist and poet | Barnet | L |
| Martin Amis | novelist | Barnet | L |
| Alison Weir | novelist, historian | Barnet | L |
| Charles Dickens | novelist | Finchley | L |
| Tim Parks | novelist (his semi-autobiographical Tongues of Flame is set in the North Finchley of 1968) | Finchley | |
| Samuel Pepys | |||
| Will Self | novelist, reviewer and columnist | Finchley | L [8] |
Journalism and the media
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Douglas | journalist, ITV | ||
| Richard Baker | broadcaster | ||
| Mark Kermode | film critic | Finchley | |
| John Kennedy O'Connor | Broadcaster & writer | Finchely | |
Politics and government
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Bercow | Current Speaker of the House of Commons and the Member of Parliament for Buckingham | Edgware | B [9] |
| Cyril Bibby | prospective Labour Party candidate opposing Reginald Maudling in 1958–1959 | ||
| Robert Carr (Baron Carr of Hadley) | Conservative politician | ||
| Sir Sydney Chapman | local MP 1979–2005 | ||
| Nick Griffin | Political Leader of the BNP | ||
| Octavia Hill | social reformer | L | |
| Sir Stamford Raffles | founder of Singapore | Mill Hill | L [3] |
| Reginald Maudling | local MP 1950–1979 | ||
| Sir Vincent Tewson | TUC General Secretary | Arkley | |
| Margaret Thatcher | local MP and Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1979–1990 | ||
| William Wilberforce | politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade | Mill Hill | L [3] |
| John Wilkes | radical, journalist and politician | Mill Hill | [3] |
Sport and games
| Name | Notability | District [1] | Notes [2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Crawley | Gaelic football player | ||
| C. B. Fry | polymath best known as a cricketer | Childs Hill | L D[3] |
| Ram Vaswani | professional poker player | ||
| Phil Tufnell | cricketer | Finchley |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 All entries contain a reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating Birth, Lived, or Death.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hibbert, Christopher; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (3rd ed.). Pan Macmillan. p. 550. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
- ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/katrina-kaif-s-success-journey-from-barnet-to-bollywood_32490.html
- ↑ "Spike Milligan Statue Fund". Finchley Society. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ↑ {{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1052851/I-say-What-bounder--All-dandy-comic-legend-Terry-Thomas-really-liked-jolly-eager-girls.html|title=I say! What a bounder... All dandy comic legend Terry-Thomas really liked was 'jolly eager girls' |last=Mccann |first=Graham|date=5 September 2008|publisher=Daily Mail|accessdate=2009-04-29}}
- ↑ Eastwood, Jill (1976). "Suffolk, Owen Hargraves (1830? – )". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
- ↑ Self, Will (6 July 2007). "Head in the clouds". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
- ↑ "John Bercow: Electoral history and profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
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