Topic summary
West Molesey
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Molesey.
Notable residents
- Alfie Gilchrist, Chelsea Footballer grew up in West Molesey, his family were all season ticket holders at Chelsea. Went to school at Esher High School
- Dominic Wood, English magician and presenter
- Ray Lewington, football manager and former player
- Chemmy Alcott, British Olympic alpine skier
- Rick Astley, British pop musician, lives in East Molesey
- Mick Avory, drummer and percussionist for rock band The Kinks, grew up in West Molesey
- Keith Barron, actor, lived in the town from the 1970s to 2017
- Ed Bishop, actor, lived in West Molesey
- Liv Boeree, professional poker player, lives in East Molesey
- Ronald Brooks (1899–1980), first-class cricketer and British Army officer
- Cottie Arthur Burland (1905–1983), head of ethnography at British Museum
- Bernie Constable (1921–1997), cricketer, brother of the below
- Dennis Constable (1925–2011), cricketer, brother of the above
- Bill Cotton, the television producer and executive and the son of big-band leader Billy Cotton, lived in East Molesey in his later years
- Terence Cuneo (1907–1996), artist lived for many years in East Molesey and is commemorated by a blue plaque on the site of his former home and studio in Ember Lane.
- Hazell Dean, pop music singer, lives in the town
- Geoffrey Durham, magician known as "The Great Soprendo", was born in East Molesey
- Bob Falconer (born 1962), of East Molesey, a former English cricketer
- Kenneth Falconer, mathematician, resident in the 1960s
- Ray Galton comedy dramatist, most notable for Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son
- Marius Goring, actor
- Herbert "Barry" Hart (1894–1954), sculptor and stone carver, died at 2 Walton Road, East Molesey
- Roy Holder, actor
- George Isaacs, politician
- Jentina, British rapper
- Eric Lyons, architect
- Lee Mack, stand-up comic, lives in East Molesey
- Joseph Palmer (1756–1815) was an English writer who is buried at St Peter's church, West Molesey.
- Howard Parkes (1877–1920), cricketer, buried at Molesey Cemetery, West Molesey
- John Orlando Parry (1810–1879), 19th century entertainer
- Daniel Pemberton, musician
- Luke Shaw, professional footballer, grew up in West Molesey and played for Molesey Juniors FC
- Alfred Sisley (1839–1899), Anglo-French impressionist painter, resided in East Molesey in 1874, executing nearly twenty paintings of the Upper Thames
- Steve Steen, actor, lives in East Molesey
- Les Strong, professional footballer who played for Crystal Palace and Fulham
- Michael Underwood, the physician who first described polio, was born in West Molesey
- Julius Vogel (1835–1899), Prime Minister of New Zealand, resident in East Molesey in his final years
- Matt Willis, the musician, TV presenter and ex-actor, who is best known for being the bassist in Busted, lived in Molesey during his youth
- Freya Wilson, actress
- Bridget St John, singer-songwriter, was born in East Molesey
- India Amarteifio, Actress, known for being in Queen Charlotte a bridgerton story and brudgerton