This is a list of notable people born in or strongly associated with the Isle of Wight, alphabetically within categories.

Born on the Isle of Wight

* Dr

Thomas Arnold Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were wide ...

, headmaster of Rugby School and immortalised in '' Tom Brown's Schooldays'', born in

Cowes Cowes () is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The two towns are linked by the Cowes Floa ...

* King Arwald, last pagan king in England and last king of the Isle of Wight, died 686 * Lee Bradbury, ex professional footballer, currently manager of

Havant and Waterlooville Havant & Waterlooville Football Club is a professional football club based in Havant, Hampshire, England. The club participates in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, after relegation from the National League in the 2 ...

, born in

* Danny Briggs, Hampshire and England cricketer *

Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères Sophie Dawes (29 September 1790 – 15 December 1840), ''Baroness de Feuchères'' by marriage, was an English "adventuress" best known as a mistress of Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé. Early life Dawes was born in 1790 at St Helens, Isle of ...

, born in St Helens * Craig Douglas (Terry Perkins) pop singer, born 1941 in Newport, topped the charts in 1959 with Only Sixteen * Arthur Percy Morris Fleming, born 1881 in Newport, electrical engineer and pioneer in the development of radio and submarine detection * Thomas Fleming, judge and Lord Chief Justice * Uffa Fox, yacht designer * Vivian Fuchs, Antarctic explorer * Marius Goring, born

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay Europe Ireland *Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...

* Maxwell Gray (Mary Gleed Tuttiett), novelist *

Lauran Hibberd Lauran Amaly Hibberd (born 8 July 1997) is an English singer-songwriter from the Isle of Wight. Biography Hibberd started playing the guitar at the age of 14, later telling Music Week "I write two songs a week, I always have". Her breakthrough ...

Slacker-pop singer, born in

Sheila Hancock Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author. Hancock trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before starting her career in repertory theatre. Hancock went on to perform in plays and musica ...

, actress, born in

Blackgang Blackgang is a village on the south-western coast of the Isle of Wight. It is best known as the location of the Blackgang Chine amusement park which sits to the south of St Catherine's Down. Blackgang forms the west end of the Ventnor Undercli ...

Robert Hooke Robert Hooke FRS (; 18 July 16353 March 1703) was an English polymath active as a scientist, natural philosopher and architect, who is credited to be one of two scientists to discover microorganisms in 1665 using a compound microscope that ...

, scientist, born in

Freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

* Jeremy Irons, actor, born in

and raised in St Helens *

Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, ''né'' Swan; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on all but one BBC Two-broadcast episode of music quiz ''N ...

, comedian, born in

* Mark King, born in Gurnard nr. Cowes, bass player and vocalist in pop/funk band Level 42 *

Suri Krishnamma Suri Krishnamma (born 10 May 1961) is a British film director and writer best known for feature films ''A Man of No Importance (film), A Man of No Importance'', ''New Year's Day (2001 film), New Year's Day'' and ''Dark Tourist'' and television ...

, film director and writer, born in Shanklin * Cliff Michelmore, television presenter and producer born in

Albert Midlane Albert Midlane (23 January 1825 – 27 February 1909) was a British poet who wrote several hundred hymns, most notably " There's a Friend for Little Children". Life Midlane was born in Carisbrooke, a village in Newport on the Isle of Wight, into ...

, failed ironmonger, poet and hymn-writer was born in

* Anthony Minghella, film director; born in Ryde; his parents run the Minghella's Ice Cream company on the Island; his film '' The English Patient'' includes footage of Shanklin Pier; on accepting his Best Picture Oscar, he said, "This is a great day for the Isle of Wight!" *

Loretta Minghella Loretta Caroline Rose Minghella (born 4 March 1962) is a British charity executive and solicitor. Since 2021, she has served as Master of Clare College, Cambridge, her alma mater. From November 2017, she served as the First Church Estates Commi ...

, charity executive and solicitor * Brian Murphy, actor, born in

Ventnor Ventnor () is a seaside resort and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England, from Newport. It is situated south of St Boniface Down, and built on steep slopes leading down to the sea. ...

* Noel Odell, geologist and mountaineer, born in St Lawrence * Queen

Osburga Osburh or Osburga (also Osburga Oslacsdotter) was the first wife of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and mother of King Alfred the Great. Alfred's biographer, Asser, described her as "a most religious woman, noble in character and noble by birth". ...

, daughter of Oslac, Chief Butler of England and mother of King

Alfred the Great Alfred the Great (alt. Ælfred 848/849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who bot ...

* Arthur Cecil Pigou, economist and proponent of

pigouvian taxes A Pigouvian tax (also spelled Pigovian tax) is a tax on any market activity that generates negative externalities (i.e., external costs incurred by the producer that are not included in the market price). The tax is normally set by the governmen ...

, born in Ryde * Albert Pollard, historian, born in Ryde *

Horace Rawlins Horace Thomas Rawlins (5 August 1874 – 22 January 1935) was an English professional golfer who won the first U.S. Open Championship in 1895. Early life Rawlins was born at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, England, the son of Thomas Horatio and ...

, golfer, winner of the first U.S. Open in 1895 *

Jake Scrimshaw Jake Scrimshaw (born 13 September 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays for Poole Town, as a striker. Early life Scrimshaw was born on the Isle of Wight, growing up in Ryde. He attended Ryde Academy. Career Scrimshaw began his ...

, professional footballer * Henry Sewell, first Prime Minister of New Zealand, born on the island in 1807 and lived there until emigrating to New Zealand at the age of 45 * Kelly Sotherton, heptathlete, born in Newport *

Polly Toynbee Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee (; born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for ''The Guardian'' newspaper since 1998. She is a social democrat and was a candidate for the Social Democratic Party in the 19 ...

, journalist, born at Yafford *

George Westmore George Henry Westmore (27 June 1879 – 12 July 1931) was an English hairdresser who emigrated to the United States with his family, including several relatives who became prominent in Hollywood. Specializing in wig-making, and later make-up, he ...

, founder of Hollywood's first make-up department, born 1879 in Newport. His son Bud Westmore is credited as make-up artist on over 450 movies * Harry Frederick Whitchurch V.C., born in Sandown *

Eric Charles Twelves Wilson Lieutenant Colonel Eric Charles Twelves Wilson VC (2 October 1912 – 23 December 2008) was an English British Army officer and colonial administrator. He received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the ...

V.C., born in Sandown in 1912

Raised on the Isle of Wight

E. Power Biggs Edward George Power Biggs (March 29, 1906 – March 10, 1977) was a British-born American concert organist and recording artist. Biography Biggs was born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England; a year later, the family moved to the Isle of Wi ...

, concert organist *

Frank Cadogan Cowper Frank Cadogan Cowper (16 October 1877 – 17 November 1958)"Obituary: Fran ...

, artist, raised at Lisle Court, Wootton * Uffa Fox, raised in

* William Hutt, MP and colonial administrator, educated in Ryde * George, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, at St. Lawrence Hall,

* Donna Langley, film executive and chairwoman of Universal Pictures, raised on the island. *

Fidelis Morgan Fidelis Morgan (born 8 August 1952) is an English actress and writer. She has acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, in repertory in various British cities and in the West End transfer of Noël Coward's ''The Vortex'' ...

, actress and writer, raised in Bonchurch *Nicholas Dingley alias Razzle, drummer for Hanoi Rocks, raised in

Binstead Binstead is a village on the Isle of Wight. It is located in the northeast part of the Island, west of Ryde on the main road A3054 between Ryde and Newport. In the 2011 Census Binstead had been incorporated within Ryde whilst still retaining it ...

Algernon Charles Swinburne Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as ''Poems and Ballads'', and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition ...

, poet, raised in East Dene, Bonchurch * Bear Grylls, climber, youngest Briton to reach the summit of Mount Everest and live; survival expert; host of Man vs. Wild

Lived on the Isle of Wight

Sam Browne General Sir Samuel James Browne, (3 October 1824 – 14 March 1901) was a British Indian Army cavalry officer, known best as the creator of the Sam Browne belt. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious award for gallantry ...

, soldier, retired to Ryde * Master Gunner

Daniel Cambridge Daniel Cambridge Victoria Cross, VC (27 March 1820 – 4 June 1882) born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, was an Irish people, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of ...

VC (later

Yeoman of the Guard The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a bodyguard of the British monarch. The oldest British military corps still in existence, it was created by King Henry VII in 1485 after the Battle of Bosworth Field. History The ki ...

), stationed at Redoubt Battery, Fort Redoubt,

Freshwater Bay Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

, until 1871 (Census) * Julia Margaret Cameron, photographer, lived in

* Lewis Carroll, author, lived at Sandown while working on ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

'' *

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

, visited

for extended periods throughout his life *

Helen Clare Helen Clare (born Nelly Harrison; 29 November 1916 – 15 September 2018) was a British singer who was well known in the 1930s and 1940s through her work in variety, radio, television and recording. Clare worked extensively in light entertainm ...

, soprano singer * Sir Christopher Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft, spent two years in East Cowes working on his prototypes *

E. E. Cowper Edith Elise Cadogan Cowper (21 July 185918 November 1933) was a prolific author of adventure stories for girls. She married yachtsman Frank Cowper and had eight children by him before the marriage fell apart. Early life Cowper was born on 21 ...

, novelist, lived at Lisle Court, Wootton * Frank Cowper, yachtsman and author; designed and lived at Lisle Court, Wootton * Charles Darwin, naturalist, lived for a period in 1867 in the Kings Head Hotel in Sandown * Charles Dickens, author, lived in Bonchurch for 3 months in 1849 * King Charles I, held prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle for a year * Ken Dodd, comedian, had a holiday home at

* Jack Douglas, actor from a series of ''Carry On'' films *

Trevor Duncan Trevor Duncan (27 February 1924 – 17 December 2005) was an English composer, particularly noted for his light music compositions. Born in London, and largely self-taught, he originally composed as a sideline while working for the BBC. In th ...

, composer (known for the ''Dr Finlay's Casebook'' theme), lived in Bonchurch *King Ethelred the Unready, fled to the Isle of Wight in 1012 from the Danes under

Sweyn Forkbeard Sweyn Forkbeard ( non, Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg ; da, Svend Tveskæg; 17 April 963 – 3 February 1014) was King of Denmark from 986 to 1014, also at times King of the English and King of Norway. He was the father of King Harald II of D ...

* Uffa Fox, yacht designer, lived in Puckaster *

David Gascoyne David Gascoyne (10 October 1916 – 25 November 2001) was an English poet associated with the Surrealist movement, in particular the British Surrealist Group. Additionally he translated work by French surrealist poets. Early life and surrealis ...

, 20th-century surrealist poet *

Pamela Green Phyllis Pamela Green (28 March 1929 – 7 May 2010) was an English glamour model and actress, best known at the end of the 1950s and early 1960s. She modeled for Zoltán Glass and his brother Stephen, Horace Roye, Jean Straker, Bill Brandt, ...

, infamous nude model of the 1950s and 1960s, lived in

Yarmouth Yarmouth may refer to: Places Canada *Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia **Yarmouth, Nova Scotia **Municipality of the District of Yarmouth **Yarmouth (provincial electoral district) **Yarmouth (electoral district) * Yarmouth Township, Ontario *New ...

with the dambuster

Douglas Webb Douglas Webb DFM, (12 September 1922 – 8 December 1996) was a British photographer who worked in the film and television industries. He was also a veteran of the Dam Busters raid. Early life Webb was born in Leytonstone, London. Be ...

, DFM *King Harold II and his brother Tostig Godwinson, have estates at Kern and

Nunwell Nunwell is the location of Nunwell House, near Brading on the Isle of Wight, which was the home of the Oglander family for many centuries. It is in the civil parish of Brading. The present family are not direct descendants through the male line a ...

respectively * Jet Harris, musician with The Shadows *

Peter de Heyno Peter de Heyno was the Lord of Stenbury, Isle of Wight under Edward III. In 1377 a raiding force of French and Castilians invaded the Isle of Wight and burnt Yarmouth and Newtown which he had to defend. They laid siege to Carisbrooke Castle dur ...

, defended the Carisbrooke Castle 1377 against French–Castilian troops * Robyn Hitchcock, musician, lived in

from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, and cited it in many of his works of the period *

John Oliver Hobbes Pearl Mary Teresa Richards (November 3, 1867 – August 13, 1906) was an Anglo-American novelist and dramatist who wrote under the pen-name of John Oliver Hobbes. Though her work fell out of print in the twentieth-century, her first book ''Som ...

(Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie), novelist, lived part-time in

Steephill Steephill is a hamlet near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, previously the location of a Victorian country estate with a castle-style mansion, Steephill Castle, which was demolished to build bungalows in the 1960s. Steephill itself now forms part of the s ...

, 1900–1906 * Geoffrey Hughes, actor, lived in

* Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, lived at St. Lawrence Hall,

John Keats John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculo ...

, poet, moved to the island in 1814; areas of Shanklin are named after him * Kenneth Kendall, journalist and TV presenter, lived in Cowes where his partner owned an art gallery *

Charles Kingsley Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working ...

, spent childhood there *

Marek Larwood Marek Ryan Larwood (born 2 June 1976) is an English comedian and actor. He is best known for the BBC Three sketch show ''Rush Hour'' and for being one third of the comedy trio ''We Are Klang''. Early life Born in Norwich, Norfolk, Larwood lived ...

, actor and comedian * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet, spent the summer in Shanklin in 1868 *

Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (; 25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italians, Italian inventor and electrical engineering, electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegrap ...

did radio experiments in

Alum Bay Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within close sight of the Needles rock formation. Of geological interest and a tourist attraction, the bay is noted for its multi-coloured sand cliffs. The waters and adj ...

and

Niton Niton is a village on the Isle of Wight, west of Ventnor, with a population of 2,082. It has two pubs, several churches, a pottery workshop/shop, a pharmacy, a busy volunteer-run library, a medical centre and two local shops including a post o ...

around 1900 * Karl Marx, lodged in Ryde in the 1870s and in

in the 1880s *

John Milne John Milne (30 December 1850 – 31 July 1913) was a British geologist and mining engineer who worked on a horizontal seismograph. Biography Milne was born in Liverpool, England, the only child of John Milne of Milnrow, and at first raised in ...

, inventor of the horizontal pendulum

seismograph A seismometer is an instrument that responds to ground noises and shaking such as caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions. They are usually combined with a timing device and a recording device to form a seismograph. The output ...

, retired from the

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

ese Imperial College of Engineering in

Shide, Isle of Wight Shide is a small settlement on the Isle of Wight, some of which is considered to be in the Newport conurbation. Shide Hill House, which was demolished in the 1970s, was situated with its back towards St. George's Lane and Pan Chalk Pit with the ...

* David Niven, actor, lived in Bembridge as a child *

Isaac Pitman Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 22 January 1897) was a teacher of the :English language who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in ''Stenographic Soundhand'' in 183 ...

, invented a shorthand system, lived for a time in Sandown *

J.B. Priestley John Boynton Priestley (; 13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in ''The Good Compa ...

, author, playwright and broadcaster, lived at Brook for over a decade from 1948 *

John Morgan Richards John Morgan Richards (February 16, 1841''With John Bull and Jonathan'' – August 11, 1918), was an American businessman and entrepreneur who made his fortune from the promotion of patent medicines and American cigarettes in Britain. He was the ...

, cigarette and patent medicine entrepreneur, lived in

, 1903–1918 *

Legh Richmond Legh Richmond (1772–1827) was a Church of England clergyman and writer. He is noted for tracts, narratives of conversion that innovated in the relation of stories of the poor and female subjects, and which were subsequently much imitated. He wa ...

, preacher and writer of the religious tract '' The Dairyman's Daughter'',

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

for Yaverland and

Brading The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of Brading is the main town of the civil parishes in England, civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the Isle of Wight. The civil parish now includes the town ...

* Frederick Riddle, viola player, died in

John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, (31 May 1868 – 7 November 1947), also known as Jack Seely, was a British Army general and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1 ...

Secretary of State for War The Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964. The Secretary of State for War headed the War Office and ...

in the years leading up to the First World War; MP and Justice of the Peace for the Isle of Wight * Michael Sheard, actor, lived in Ryde *

, poet, lived in Bonchurch * Shaw Taylor, television presenter, known for the catchphrase "keep 'em peeled", lived in Totland *

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

, poet, lived in

Farringford Farringford House, in the village of Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, was the home of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, from 1853 until his death in 1892. The main house dates from 1806 with gothic embellishments and extensions added from the 1830s. ...

*Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, rented a house in

Seaview Seaview or Sea View may refer to: Places * Clifton Beach, Karachi, also known as Sea View, a beach in Pakistan * Sea View, Dorset, a suburb in England * Seaview, Isle of Wight, a small village in England * Seaview, Lower Hutt, an industrial suburb ...

* Edward Upward, long-lived author and part of the

Auden Group The Auden Group or the Auden Generation is a group of British and Irish writers active in the 1930s that included W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, Cecil Day-Lewis, Stephen Spender, Christopher Isherwood, and sometimes Edward Upward and Rex Warner. ...

in the 1930s, lived in Sandown from 1961 to 2004 * Queen Victoria, had one of her residences at Osborne House in East Cowes *

Barnes Wallis Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979) was an English engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise (the "Dambusters" raid) to attack ...

, inventor of the bouncing bomb, lived and worked in

, DFM air gunner with 617 Squadron on the Dambusters raid; partner of the infamous nude model

; lived in

Currently resident

* Raymond Allen, television scriptwriter best known for '' Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', born and lives in Ryde * Jack Barnes, musician and personality * Keegan Brown, professional darts player *

Patrick Buckland Patrick Buckland is a British video game programmer, designer and chief executive officer of Stainless Games, which he co-founded with Neil Barnden in 1994. Career Buckland is a video games pioneer, having been in the industry since 1982. Cr ...

, CEO of

Stainless Games Stainless Games is an independent British video game developer based in Newport, Isle of Wight, that is best known for the creation of the ''Carmageddon'' franchise. History Originally named Stainless Software, the company was founded in Au ...

, creator of ''

Carmageddon ''Carmageddon'' is a vehicular combat video game released for personal computers in 1997. It was produced by Stainless Games and published by Interplay Productions and Sales Curve Interactive. It was later ported to other platforms, and spawned ...

'' *

Hester Chambers Wet Leg are a British indie rock band from the Isle of Wight, founded in 2019 by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers. They debuted with the single " Chaise Longue" in 2021. Their self-titled debut album debuted in 2022 at number one on the ...

, founding member of

Wet Leg Wet Leg are a British indie rock band from the Isle of Wight, founded in 2019 by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers. They debuted with the single "Chaise Longue (song), Chaise Longue" in 2021. Their Wet Leg (album), self-titled debut album deb ...

* Sarah Close, singer-songwriter and YouTuber, born and lives on the island * Melvyn Hayes, actor, lives in Ryde * David Icke, conspiracy theorist, lives in Ryde * Mark King, Level 42 musician *

Dame Ellen MacArthur Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur (born 8 July 1976) is a retired English sailor, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, Isle of Wight. MacArthur is a successful solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005 ...

, sailor, based in Cowes * The Osbourne family have a holiday home in Yaverland * Dick Taylor, founding member of The Rolling Stones and the

Pretty Things The Pretty Things were an English band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent. They took their name from Willie Dixon's 1955 song "Pretty Thing". A pure rhythm and blues band in their early years, with several singles charting in the Unite ...

Rhian Teasdale Rhian Louise Teasdale (born 1992 or 1993) is an English musician. Born in Formby, she moved to the Isle of Wight aged eight and then to Bristol for her music career. Between 2016 and 2018, she released several singles as Rhain including "Solid ...

, founding member of

Alan Titchmarsh Alan Fred Titchmarsh HonFSE (born 2 May 1949) is an English gardener, broadcaster, TV presenter, poet, and novelist. After working as a professional gardener and a gardening journalist, he established himself as a media personality through a ...

, author and TV presenter *

M J Trow Meirion James Trow (born 16 October 1949) is a Welsh author of crime fiction, who writes under the name M. J. Trow. He has written mysteries featuring Inspector Lestrade, Peter Maxwell, Kit Marlowe and Margaret Murray. Biography Trow was bor ...

, author and teacher

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