Welwyn Garden City ( ) is a town in

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

, England. It is located approximately from Kings Cross, London. Founded in 1920, Welwyn Garden City was the second garden city in England. In 1948, it was designated one of the first new towns under the New Towns Act 1946. The following notable people were born in, lived in, or are otherwise strongly associated with Welwyn Garden City.

Academics

Jack Goody Sir John Rankine Goody (1919–2015) was an English social anthropologist. He was a prominent lecturer at Cambridge University, and was William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology from 1973 to 1984. Among his main publications were ''Death, ...

(1919–2015), social anthropologist *

Jonathan M. Gregory Jonathan Michael Gregory is a climate modelling, climate modeller working on mechanisms of global and large-scale change in climate and sea level on multidecadal and longer timescales at the Met Office and the University of Reading. Education Gr ...

, climate scientist * Klaus Hasselmann (born 1931), Nobel Prize laureate, grew up in Welwyn Garden City *

Martin J. H. Mogridge Martin Mogridge (December 2, 1940 – February 29, 2000) was a British transport researcher based in London. He proposed the Lewis–Mogridge position that traffic varies in relation to the potential avenues of travel available, thus arguing tha ...

(1940–2000), transportation researcher

Arts

* Chris Floyd (born 1968), photographer *

Susanna Heron Susanna Heron (born 1949) hon FRIBA is a British site-specific artist recognised for her work in stone relief. Her best known works include ''Stone Drawing'' for St John's College, Oxford, completed in 2019, and ''Henslow's Walk'' at Sainsbury L ...

(born 1949), stone relief sculptor *

Andy Lomas Andy Lomas (born 1967 in Welwyn Garden City, England) is a British artist with a mathematical background, formerly a television and film CG supervisor and more recently a contemporary digital artist, with a special interest in morphogenesis us ...

(born 1967), digital artist

Media

* Colin Berry (born 1946), disc jockey and newsreader * Alesha Dixon (born 1978), media presenter, singer, model *

Briony McRoberts Briony McRoberts (10 February 1957 – 17 July 2013) was an English actress. Career On television, she played Tessa Kilpin in "No Stone", the 57th episode of '' The Professionals'', and appeared in television programmes including ''The Bill'' ...

(1957–2013), film and television actress * Jon Plowman (born 1953), television and film producer *

Edmund Purdom Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom (19 December 19241 January 2009) was an English actor, voice artist, and director. He worked first on stage in Britain, performing various works by Shakespeare, then in America on Broadway and in Hollywood, and event ...

(1924–2009), stage and film actor * Lisa Snowdon (born 1972), television presenter and model *

Una Stubbs Una Stubbs (1 May 1937 – 12 August 2021) was an English actress, television personality and dancer who appeared on British television and in the theatre, and occasionally in films. She became known after appearing in the film '' Summer Holiday ...

(1937–2021), television actress *

Mark Thompson Mark Thompson may refer to: Sports * Mark Thompson (American football) (born 1994), American football player * Mark Thompson (baseball) (born 1971), baseball player * Mark Thompson (footballer) (born 1963), former Australian rules football premie ...

(born 1957), media executive *

Aiden Turner Aiden John Turner (born 2 April 1977) is a British actor and model, probably best known for his role as Aidan Devane on '' All My Children'' and Brad Montgomery in the Prime Time Television series '' If Loving You Is Wrong''. He has also gues ...

(born 1977), television actor and model * Desmond Wilcox (1931–2000), documentary filmmaker

Music

* Chris Barber (1930–2021), jazz musician * Jonathan Cole (born 1970), composer * Lu Edmonds (born 1957), rock and folk musician * Terry Ellis (born 1944), record producer * Steve Kilbey (born 1954), singer-songwriter * Alex Larke (born 1979), singer-songwriter * Mat Osman (born 1967), bass guitarist * Keith Reid (born 1946), songwriter * Mick Taylor (born 1949), rock musician

Sports

Cricket

* Simon Cowley (born 1979), cricketer * John Cundle (born 1939), cricketer * Stephen Dean (born 1964), cricketer *

Neil MacLaurin Neil Ralph Charter MacLaurin (born 22 March 1966) is a former English cricketer. MacLaurin was a right-handed Batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled right-arm Seam bowling, medium pace. The son of Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth, a b ...

(born 1966), cricketer * James Morris (born 1985), cricketer * David Murphy (born 1989), cricketer * Tom Pearman (born 1979), cricketer * Robert Pitcher (born 1964), cricketer *

Luke Ryan Luke Ryan (born 6 February 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A versatile player Ryan is a Doig Medalist as well as an All-Australian. Early c ...

(born 1988), cricketer * Matthew Walshe (born 1970), cricketer

Football

Luke Amos Luke Ayodele Amos (born 23 February 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Queens Park Rangers. Early life Amos was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and is of Nigerian descent. He grew up in Stanstead ...

(born 1997), footballer * Dominic Ball (born 1995), footballer * Matt Ball (born 1993), footballer *

Damian Batt Damian Alexander Nathaniel Batt (born 16 September 1984) is an English footballer who most recently played for Dagenham & Redbridge. Career Batt was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. He started his career in the youth system at Norwic ...

(born 1984), footballer * Paul Cutler (born 1946), footballer * Alex Davey (born 1994), footballer * Mark Halsey (born 1961), football refereePlaces of residence and Football League list
mentions: ''Newcastle-Online.com'' website. * Ben Herd (born 1985), footballer * Harry Hibbs (1906–1984), footballer *

David James Dewi, Dai, Dafydd or David James may refer to: Performers *David James (actor, born 1839) (1839–1893), English stage comic and a founder of London's Vaudeville Theatre *David James (actor, born 1967) (born 1967), Australian presenter of ABC's ''P ...

(born 1970), footballer and coach *

Stuart Lewis Stuart Allan Lewis (born 15 October 1987) is an English retired footballer who works as Under-18s coach for Tottenham Hotspur. Early life Born in Welwyn Garden City, Lewis has lived in Turnford, Hertfordshire since birth. He played youth footba ...

(born 1987), footballer *

Ben Nugent Ben William Nugent (born 29 November 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Cambodian Premier League club Angkor Tiger. Career Cardiff City Born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Nugent attended Millfiel ...

(born 1992), footballer * Mike Ryan (1930–2006), footballer *

Aaron Skelton Aaron Skelton (born 22 November 1974 in Welwyn Garden City) is a former professional footballer who played at right-back, right-wing, center-midfield and center-back during his time at Luton Town FC, Luton Town and Colchester United F.C., Colch ...

(born 1974), footballer *

Oliver Skipp Oliver William Skipp (born 16 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Club career Skipp started his youth career with Bengeo Tigers FC before joining Tottenham H ...

(born 2000), footballer * Roger Smith (born 1944), footballer *

Jason Soloman Jason Rafael Soloman (born 6 October 1970) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a defender. Soloman made over 100 league appearances for a number of clubs between 1990 and 1997, before playing non-league football. Career ...

(born 1970), footballer *

David Stephens David Rhys Remington Stephens (born 8 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Boreham Wood. Stephens has previously played for Norwich City, Lincoln City and Hibernian. He has represented Wales at youth inter ...

(born 1991), footballer * Harry Toffolo (born 1995), footballer

Others

Nick Faldo Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo, (born 18 July 1957) is an English retired professional golfer and television commentator. A top player of his era, renowned for his dedication to the game, he was ranked No. 1 on the Official World Golf Ranking for ...

(born 1957), golfer * Jamie George (born 1990), rugby union player * Tom Lewis (born 1991), golfer * Brendan McKeown (born 1944), Olympic cyclist *

Hayley Sage Hayley Dawn Sage (born 1 August 1986 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is an English diver, who specialized in individual and synchronized springboard events. She won the bronze medal, along with her partner Tandi Gerrard, in the women's 3 m ...

(born 1986), Olympic diver * Billy Joe Saunders (born 1989), professional middleweight boxer *

Gary Staines Gary Martin Staines (born 3 July 1963 in Welwyn Garden City) is a male United Kingdom, British former long-distance runner. Athletics career Staines competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was the silver medallist in the 5000 metres at the 1990 ...

(born 1963), Olympic long-distance runner * Jack Waller (born 1989), Olympic water polo player * Liz Yelling (born 1974), Olympic long-distance runner

Writing

* Paul Bright (born 1949), children's author * Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004), children's author *

Lewis Grassic Gibbon Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell (13 February 1901 – 7 February 1935), a Scottish writer. He was best known for ''A Scots Quair'', a trilogy set in the north-east of Scotland in the early 20th century, of which ...

(1901–1935), novelist * Jan Mark (1943–2006), children's author

Miscellaneous

* Frederic Osborn (1885–1978), secretary of Welwyn Garden City Limited, founding company of Welwyn Garden City * John Clements (1953–1976), posthumously awarded the

George Cross The George Cross (GC) is the highest award bestowed by the British government for non-operational gallantry or gallantry not in the presence of an enemy. In the British honours system, the George Cross, since its introduction in 1940, has been ...

for rescuing others from a 1976 hotel fire

References

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