Chichester Chichester () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publi ...

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cathedral city Cathedral city is a city status in the United Kingdom. Cathedral city may also refer to: * Cathedral City, California, a city in Southern California, United States * Cathedral City Cheddar, a brand of Cheddar cheese * Cathedral City High Scho ...

West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...

, 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.

Notable people from Chichester

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Alan Arnell Alan Arnell (25 November 1933 – 5 May 2013) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers and Halifax Town. Playing career Arnell was born in Chichester and started o ...

(1935–2013) - association football player *

Isabel Ashdown Isabel Ashdown (born 1970) is a British writer of contemporary fiction. Biography Isabel Ashdown was born in London and grew up in East Wittering on the south coast of England. She is the author of eight novels, a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, ...

(born 1970) - author

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Alan Badel Alan Fernand Badel (; 11 September 1923 – 19 March 1982) was an English stage actor who also appeared frequently in the cinema, radio and television and was noted for his richly textured voice which was once described as "the sound of tears ...

(1923–1982) - actor * Peter Baldwin (1933–2015) - actor * Harriet Barber (1968–2014) - painter *

Roland Beamont Wing Commander Roland Prosper "Bee" Beamont, (10 August 1920 – 19 November 2001) was a British fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and an experimental test pilot during and after the Second World War. He was the first British pilot to e ...

(1920–2001) - RAF fighter pilot ace World War II *

Geoffrey Beevers Geoffrey Beevers (born 15 January 1941) is a British actor who has appeared in many different stage and screen roles. Career Theatre Beevers has worked extensively at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond upon Thames, both as an actor (including ...

(1941- ) - actor *

John Blund John Blund () was an English scholastic philosopher, known for his work on the nature of the soul, the Tractatus de anima, one of the first works of western philosophy to make use of the recently translated ''De Anima'' by Aristotle and especia ...

(c. 1175 – 1248) - philosopher *

Tommy Boyd Timothy Leslie Boyd (born 14 December 1952), better known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio presenter. Television From 1977 to 1980, Boyd was co-presenter of the ITV children's magazine programme ''Magpie'' replacing Douglas Rae. In 1981, ...

(born 1952) - radio presenter *

Vic Buckingham Victor Frederick Buckingham (23 October 1915 – 26 January 1995) was an English football player and manager. He played for the then second division side Tottenham Hotspur. As manager he won the 1953–54 FA Cup with West Bromwich Albion and f ...

(1915–1995) - association football player *

Cordelia Bugeja Cordelia Bugeja (born 5 March 1976 in Chichester, West Sussex) is a British actress, best known for her roles as Julie in ''Not Going Out'', Nikki in ''EastEnders'', Melanie Hart in ''Family Affairs'', and sex worker Kate in '' Respectable''. ...

(born 1976) - actress * John Bullokar (1574–1627) - physician and lexicographer *

John William Burgon John William Burgon (21 August 18134 August 1888) was an English Anglican divine who became the Dean of Chichester Cathedral in 1876. He was known during his lifetime for his poetry and his defence of the historicity and Mosaic authorship of G ...

(1813 – 1888) - Dean of Chichester beginning in 1876, notable defender of

Biblical inerrancy Biblical inerrancy is the belief that the Bible "is without error or fault in all its teaching"; or, at least, that "Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact". Some equate inerrancy with biblical ...

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* John Cameron (1914–2000) - cricketer * William Cawley (1602–1667) - politician; signatory to death warrant of King Charles I *

William Chillingworth William Chillingworth (12 October 160230 January 1644) was a controversial English churchman. Early life He was born in Oxford, where his father served as mayor; William Laud was his godfather. In June 1618 he became a scholar of Trinity Coll ...

(1602–1644) - churchman *

Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus (or Togidubnus, Togidumnus or similar; see naming difficulties) was a 1st-century king of the Regni or Regnenses tribe in early Roman Britain. Chichester and the nearby Roman villa at Fishbourne, believed by some ...

- local ruler in Roman Britain * William Clowes (1779–1847) - printer * William Collins (1721–1759) - poet. *

Holly Colvin Holly Louise Colvin (born 7 September 1989) is an English former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in five Test matches, 72 One Day Internationals and 50 Twenty20 Internationals for ...

(born 1989) - cricketer * F.W.S. Craig (1929–1989) - psephologist *

Richard Cudmore Richard Cudmore (1787 – 29 December 1840) was an English musician. Primarily a violinist, he also played cello and piano, and was a composer. Life Cudmore was born in Chichester in 1787. He developed a talent for music at a very early age. His f ...

(1787–1840) - violinist *

Vincent Cushing Vincent Gordon Burke Cushing (born 17 January 1950) is an English former first-class cricketer. Cushing was born at Chichester in January 1950. He later studied at Oriel College at the University of Oxford. While studying at Oxford, Cushing pl ...

(born 1950) - cricketer

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Norman Demuth Norman Demuth (15 July 1898 – 21 April 1968) was an English composer and musicologist, currently remembered largely for his biographies of French composers. Biography Early life Demuth was born in Croydon, Surrey, at 91 St James' Road. On lea ...

(1878–1968) - composer *

Hugh Dennis Peter Hugh Dennis (born 13 February 1962) is an English comedian, presenter, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist who has appeared in the comedy double act Punt and Dennis with partner Steve Punt. He played Dr Piers Crispin in the ...

(born 1962) - comedian, writer, actor

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Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton, GC (28 May 1906 – 29 November 1994) was an officer of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) who was awarded the George Cross for gallantry in defusing a parachute mine at Hoxton, the East End of London, dur ...

(1906–1984) - RNVR holder of George Cross *

Harvey Lonsdale Elmes Harvey Lonsdale Elmes (10 February 1814 – 26 November 1847) was an English architect, the designer of St George's Hall, Liverpool. Life The son of the architect, James Elmes, he was born in Chichester. After serving some time in his fathe ...

(1813–1847) - architect *

Michael Elphick Michael John Elphick (19 September 1946 – 7 September 2002) was an English film and television actor. He played the eponymous private investigator in the ITV series ''Boon'' and Harry Slater in BBC's ''EastEnders''. He was nominated for ...

(1946–2002) - actor * David Emms (1925–2015) - rugby union player and educationalist

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Justin Fitzpatrick Justin Michael Fitzpatrick (born 21 November 1973) is an Irish former rugby union player who most recently was head coach of the Houston SaberCats of Major League Rugby (MLR). He previously played for London Irish, Castres Olympique, Dungan ...

(born 1973) - rugby union player and Major League Rugby coach * John Forbes (1787–1861) - physician * Mike Friday (born 1972) - rugby union player and coach *

Christopher Fry Christopher Fry (18 December 1907 – 30 June 2005) was an English poet and playwright. He is best known for his verse dramas, especially ''The Lady's Not for Burning'', which made him a major force in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s. Biograph ...

(1907–2005) - playwright *

J.F.C. Fuller Major-General John Frederick Charles "Boney" Fuller (1 September 1878 – 10 February 1966) was a senior British Army officer, military historian, and strategist, known as an early theorist of modern armoured warfare, including categorising pr ...

(1878–1966) - Army officer (major-general) and historian

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* Edric Frederick Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford (1849–1911) - holder of the Victoria Cross *

Eric Gill Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' describes Gill as ″the greatest artist-cra ...

(1882–1940) - sculptor, typeface designer and printmaker *

William Greenfield William Greenfield (died 6 December 1315) served as both the Lord Chancellor of England and the Archbishop of York. He was also known as William of Greenfield. Early life Greenfield was born in the eponymous Lincolnshire hamlet of Greenfield. ...

(died 1315) - Dean of Chichester *

Harry Gregson-Williams Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''Metal Gear'' series, '' Spy Game'', ''Phone Booth'' ...

(born 1961) - composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer *

Rupert Gregson-Williams Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 12 October 1966) is a British composer, conductor, and record producer, best known for his film, video game, and television scores. His filmography includes ''Hotel Rwanda'', for which he was awarded the European ...

(born 1966) - composer

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* Jamie Hall (born 1968) - cricketer *

Lisa Hammond (actress) Lisa Jayne Hammond (born 3 June 1978) is an English actress, known for her roles as Donna Yates in ''EastEnders'' and as Tina in ''Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere''. In 2005, she had a minor role in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' '' ...

, born 1983 *

Ian Hannah Ian Campbell Hannah (16 December 1874 – 7 July 1944) was a British academic, writer and Conservative Party politician. Background He was born in Chichester, the eldest son of Rev. Prebendary John Julius Hannah, the Vicar of Brighton and later D ...

(1874–1944) - academic, writer, politician *

Edward Hardwicke Edward Cedric Hardwicke (7 August 1932 – 16 May 2011) was an English actor, who had a distinguished career on the stage and on-screen. He was best known for playing Captain Pat Grant in ''Colditz'' (1972-73), and Dr. Watson in Granada Te ...

(1932–2011) - actor * Charles Harington (1872–1940) - Army officer in World War I * Edward Harrison (1910–2002) - cricketer and squash player *

Charlotte Hawkins Charlotte Mary Hawkins (born 16 May 1975) is an English television and radio presenter, newsreader and journalist. Hawkins joined ITV's ''Meridian Tonight'' in 2003, hosting its main news programme, leaving in 2006 to become co-presenter of ...

(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 *

Andrew Hodd Andrew John Hodd (born 12 January 1984)Player profile at ...

(born 1984) - cricketer *

Alex Horne Alexander James Jeffery Horne (born 10 September 1978) is a British comedian and musician. Horne is the creator of BAFTA award-winning TV series '' Taskmaster'', in which he also performs as the Taskmaster's assistant. He is the host and ban ...

(born 1978) - comedian *

Brian Horrocks Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks, (7 September 1895 – 4 January 1985) was a British Army officer, chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World W ...

(1895–1985) - Lt General, World War II; BBC presenter * Charlie Howard (1854–1929) - cricketer *

Jim Howick James "Jim" Howick (born 14 May 1979) is an English actor and writer, known for his appearances in television series such as ''Peep Show'', ''Horrible Histories'', '' Stag'', ''Ghosts'' and '' Here We Go''. Early life Howick was born in Chiche ...

(born 1979) - comedian and writer *

William Huskisson William Huskisson (11 March 177015 September 1830) was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool. He is commonly known as the world's first widely reported railway passenger casu ...

(1783–1828) - politician; killed in an early railway accident * Walter Hussey (1909–1985) - Dean of Chichester Cathedral

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William Juxon William Juxon (1582 – 4 June 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death. Life Education Juxon was the son of Richard Juxon and was born probably in Chichester, ...

(1582–1663) - Archbishop of Canterbury

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

Edward Knapp-Fisher Edward George Knapp-Fisher (8 January 19157 February 2003) was an Anglican bishop and scholar. Life Knapp-Fisher was born in Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom. His father was also an Anglican priest. He was educated at The King's School, Worc ...

(1915–2003) - bishop

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* Jennifer Lash (1939–1993) - novelist and painter *

Margaret Leighton Margaret Leighton, CBE (26 February 1922 – 13 January 1976) was an English actress, active on stage and television, and in film. Her film appearances included (her first credited debut feature) in Anatole de Grunwald's ''The Winslow Boy'' ( ...

(1922–1976) - actress * Lord Henry Lennox (1821–1886) - politician * Morgan Lewington - Canadian TV and film producer * James Lillywhite (1842–1929) - English cricketer * Ian Lloyd (1921–2006) - politician * George Long (1800–1879) - English classical scholar *

Robert Ballard Long Lieutenant-General Robert Ballard Long (4 April 1771 – 2 March 1825) was an officer of the British and Hanoverian Armies who despite extensive service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars never managed to achieve high comm ...

(1771–1825) - Army officer * Walter Loveys (1920–1969) - politician and farmer

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* Morris Maddocks (1928–2008) - bishop *

Charlotte Mardyn Charlotte Mardyn (1789 – after 1844) was an English actress of Irish descent of the early 19th-century who was rumoured to have been the mistress of Lord Byron. Early life Little is known of her early life or origins owing to her telling va ...

(1789-after 1844) - actress * Leslie Evershed Martin (1903–1991) - theatrical impresario and mayor of Chichester * Charlotte Mason (1842–1923) - educator * Stephen Matthews (born 1946) - Australian author and publisher *

Jasper Mayne Jasper Mayne (1604 – 6 December 1672) was an English clergyman, translator, and a minor poet and dramatist. Mayne was baptized at Hatherleigh, Devon, on 23 November 1604, and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He then e ...

(1604–1672) -

Archdeacon of Chichester The post of Archdeacon of Chichester was created in the 12th century, although the Diocese of Sussex was founded by St Wilfrid, the exiled Bishop of York, in AD 681. The original location of the see was in Selsey. The see was moved to Chichester, ...

Cursor Miner Cursor Miner (Robert Tubb) is an underground electronica producer from Selsey, England. Signed to Lo Recordings and Uncharted Audio in the UK, he has released four albums, ''Cursor Miner Requires Attention'' (2010), ''Danceflaw'' (2006), ''Cursor ...

- musician *

Kate Mosse Katharine Mosse (born 20 October 1961) is a British novelist, non-fiction and short story writer and Television presenter, broadcaster. She is best known for her 2005 novel ''Labyrinth (novel), Labyrinth'', which has been translated into more ...

(born 1961) - author, playwright and broadcaster

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Ralph Neville Ralph Neville (or Ralf NevillClanchy ''From Memory to Written Record'' p. 90 or Ralph de Neville; died 1244) was a medieval clergyman and politician who served as Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England. Neville first appears in t ...

(died 1244) - Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England *

Adrian Noble Adrian Keith Noble (born 19 July 1950) is a theatre director, and was also the artistic director and chief executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1990 to 2003. Education and career Noble was born in Chichester, Sussex, England. After le ...

(born 1950) - theatre director

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Tom Odell Thomas Peter Odell (born 24 November 1990) is an English singer-songwriter. He released his debut extended play, '' Songs from Another Love'', in 2012. It won the BRITs Critics' Choice Award in early 2013. Odell's debut studio album, ''Long Wa ...

(born 1990) - singer-songwriter; winner of the 2013 Critics' Choice

BRIT Award The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...

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Abraham Pether Abraham Pether (1756 – 13 April 1812) was an English landscape painter, recognised for his skill in depicting moonlit scenes. He was also a talented musician, inventor, mathematician and philosopher. Life and work Abraham was born in Chichest ...

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

Edward Schroeder Prior Edward Schroeder Prior (1852–1932) was an architect, instrumental in establishing the arts and crafts movement. He was one of the foremost theorists of the second generation of the movement, writing extensively on architecture, art, craftsma ...

(1857–1932) - architect; Arts and Craft Movement * Mavis Pugh (1914–2006) - actress

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Zoe Rahman Zoe Rahman (born 20 January 1971) is an English jazz composer and pianist. Early life Rahman was born and brought up in Chichester, West Sussex, England by a Bengali father, Mizan Rahman, and an English-Irish mother. Her mother was a doctor wh ...

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

Anita Roddick Dame Anita Lucia Roddick (23 October 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of the British version of The Body Shop, now The Body Shop Internationa ...

(1942–2007) - founder of

The Body Shop The Body Shop International Limited, trading as The Body Shop, is a British cosmetics, skin care and perfume company. Founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick, the company currently has a range of 1,000 products sold in about 3,000 stores, divided ...

* Dame Patricia Routledge (born 1929) - theatre, television, and film actress; singer

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* James Saxon (1954–2003) - actor *

Richard Seaman Richard John Beattie Seaman (4 February 1913 – 25 June 1939) was a British Grand Prix racing driver. He drove for the Mercedes-Benz team from 1937 to 1939 in the Mercedes-Benz W125 and W154 cars, winning the 1938 German Grand Prix. He died o ...

(1913–1939) -

Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ...

driver *

John Selden John Selden (16 December 1584 – 30 November 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law. He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned ...

(1584–1654) - jurist * M.P. Shiel (1865–1947) - fantasy fiction writer * Ros Simmons - CEO of

Vie at Home Vie at Home (trademarked ''VIE at home''), formerly ''The Virgin Cosmetics Company'' and ''Virgin Vie At Home'', was a retailer and distributor of cosmetics. The company was formed as The Virgin Cosmetics Company by Mark and Liz Warom with the bac ...

Dudley Smith Sir Dudley Gordon Smith (14 November 1926 – 14 December 2016) was a British Conservative politician who served as a junior minister under Edward Heath. He was a Member of Parliament for a total of 35 years, latterly for Warwick and Leamingt ...

(born 1926) - politician * George Smith (1713/14–1776) - landscape painter * Edward Speleers (born 1988) - actor * Paul Steinitz (1909–1988) - musician *

Edward Story Edward Story (or Storey; died 1503) was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle, 1468–1477, and Bishop of Chichester, 1477–1503. Story was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he was elected a fellow about 1444. In 1450, he was app ...

(died 1503) - bishop * Charles Sutton (1891–1962) - cricketer

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* Frederick Tees - member of the Dam Busters raid during

Operation Chastise Operation Chastise or commonly known as the Dambusters Raid was an attack on Nazi Germany, German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by No. 617 Squadron RAF, 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using sp ...

* Dave Thomas (born 1950) - association football player; PE teacher *

James Tighe James Tighe (born 27 March 1982) is a semi-retired English professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with Frontier Wrestling Alliance. He currently competes around the United Kingdom. Professional wrestling career In the FWA, Tighe wa ...

- professional wrestler

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

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Honeysuckle Weeks Honeysuckle Susan Weeks (born 1 August 1979) is a British actress best known for her role as Samantha Stewart (later Wainwright) in the ITV wartime drama series ''Foyle's War''. Early life Weeks was born in Cardiff, Wales, to Robin and Susan ...

(born 1979) - actress *

Perdita Weeks Perdita Rose Weeks (born 25 December 1985) is a British actress who plays Juliet Higgins in the CBS-turned-NBC reboot series ''Magnum P.I.'' Life and education Weeks was born in South Glamorgan, to Robin and Susan (née Wade) Weeks, was educat ...

(born 1985) - actress *

Rollo Weeks Rollo Percival Loring Weeks (born 20 March 1987) is a British businessman and former actor. He is best known for his titular roles in the films '' The Little Vampire'' (2000) and '' The Thief Lord'' (2006). Early life Weeks was born in Chiche ...

(born 1987) - actor * George Weldon (1908–1963) - conductor * John Weldon (1676–1736) - composer *

Simon of Wells Simon of Wells (died 1207) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester. Life Simon was the son of Robert and was in the household of Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1194.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7: Bath and We ...

(died 1207) - Bishop of Chichester *

Michael Wilding Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle; he also made two films with Alfred Hitchcock, '' Under Capric ...

(1912–1979) - actor

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