This is a list of people from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, England, who have become known internationally in different roles and professions. The

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is an Inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the ...

is a central London borough of Royal borough status. After the

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, it is the wealthiest borough in England. *

Freddie Adkins Frederick Thomas (Freddie) Adkins (1894 – 1986) was a British comics artist who worked for the Amalgamated Press from the 1920s to the 1950s. Born in Knightsbridge, London, on 7 December 1894, he joined ''The Daily Mail'' as an office boy aft ...

John Wall Callcott John Wall Callcott (20 November 1766 – 15 May 1821) was an eminent English composer. Callcott was born in Kensington, London. He was a pupil of Haydn, and is celebrated mainly for his glee compositions and catches. In the best known of his ...

* Cyril Chadwick *

Frederic Chancellor Frederic Chancellor , (27 April 1825 – 3 January 1918)"Death of Mr Frederic Chancellor J.P", ''The Essex County Chronicle'', 4 January 2018, p. 6. was an English architect and surveyor who spent much of his career working in Chelmsford, ...

Arthur Cullin Arthur Cullin was a British actor of the silent era who was born in Kensington, London. He is often credited as Arthur M. Cullin. Selected filmography * '' The Answer'' (1916) * ''The Valley of Fear'' (1916) * '' Whoso Is Without Sin'' (1916) * ...

Coningsby Disraeli Coningsby Ralph Disraeli (25 February 1867 – 30 September 1936), was a British Conservative politician, and MP for Altrincham. Early life and education Disraeli was born in Kensington, London, in February 1867, to Ralph Disraeli (1809–1 ...

* Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson *

Marc Fitch Marcus Felix Brudenell Fitch , (5 January 1908 – 2 April 1994) was an English historian and philanthropist. Fitch was born in Kensington, London in 1908, the only child of provision merchant Hugh Bernard Fitch (1873–1962) and his wife Bert ...

Nicholas Freeman Nicholas Hall Freeman (25 July 1939 - 11 November 1989), OBE (1985) was the Conservative Party leader of the London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council in the United Kingdom from 1977 until 1989; he was also its mayor in 1988. He wa ...

Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham Joan Brownlow Hanham, Baroness Hanham, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, CBE (née Spark; born 23 September 1939) is a former member of the House of Lords. She sat as a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative. She was P ...

* Letitia Elizabeth Landon, poet * Conrad Lant, bassist/vocalist for heavy metal band Venom * Lakshmi Mittal *

Stephen Poliakoff Stephen Poliakoff (born 1 December 1952) is a British playwright, director and screenwriter. In 2006 Gerard Gilbert of ''The Independent'' described him as the UK's "pre-eminent TV dramatist" who had "inherited Dennis Potter's crown". Early ...

Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton Robin William Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, (born 13 December 1937) is a former diplomat and a former member of the House of Lords. He was first a Labour peer but moved to the crossbenches in 2007. He retired from the House in 2018. Lord ...

Shireen Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie Shireen Olive Ritchie, Baroness Ritchie of Brompton ( Folkard; 22 June 1945 – 24 April 2012) was a Conservative Councillor for the Brompton Ward, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and advocate for women in the Conservative Party of the ...

* Nicholas Scott * George Smith * Tim Woodward

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