List of people from Southfields

Southfields is a suburban district in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live(d) in Southfields, or had some important contribution to make to the district.

• Mirza Masroor Ahmad - the elected spiritual leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
• John Creasey - English author
• Peter Duncan - British actor and television presenter, Blue Peter
• George Eliot - novelist, wrote The Mill on the Floss while living in Wimbledon Park Road
• George Entwistle - former Director-General of the BBC
• Phillip Glasier - expert on hawking and falconry, born in Southfields
• Will Greenwood - rugby player with Harlequins and England
• Andy Hamilton - scriptwriter of TV show Drop the Dead Donkey
• Ralph Ineson - actor
• Tom Mann - trade unionist and leader of the London Dock strike of 1889
• Michael Meacher - Labour MP and former Minister
• Paul Merton - comedian, panelist for BBC's Have I Got News for You
• Jason Rebello - jazz pianist
• Paul Reedy - Australian rower and coach with British Rowing
• Eleanor Roosevelt - civil and human rights activist responsible for the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, attended Allenswood Academy 1899-1902^[1]
• Simon Rose - journalist and broadcaster
• Dan Smith - member of indie/techno band Bastille
• Marie Souvestre - feminist educator, founder of Allenswood Academy and formative influence on Eleanor Roosevelt
• Jimmy White - English snooker player, six times World Championship finalist

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