Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live(d) in Royal Tunbridge Wells, or made some important contribution to the town. As a spa town Royal Tunbridge Wells was a popular resort for the upper classes, including members of the British royal family.
A Peter Adolph (1916–1994), Inventor of Subbuteo Table Soccer Joe Alwyn (born 1991), actor Jonathan Anders (born 1971), Shropshire cricketer Anti-Nowhere League, punk rock band
B Luke Baldwin (born 1990), rugby player Gary Barden (born 1955), musician Reverend Thomas Bayes (1702–1761), mathematician, who lived in Ashton Lodge Will Bayley (born 1988), paralympian C. A. Bayly (1945–2015), historian Jeff Beck (1944–2023), musician Rachel Beer (1858–1927), newspaper editor Compton Bennett (1900–1974), film director Golding Bird (1814–1854), medical writer Douglas Booth (born 1992), actor and musician Frank W. Boreham (1871–1959), Baptist preacher Jonathan Bowden (1962–2012), English political activist, orator, writer, and artist Jo Brand (born 1957), comedian William Thomas Brande (1788–1866), chemist Gary Brazil (born 1962), football player Christopher Brown (born 1943), British composer Nick Brown (born 1950), politician Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873), author Thomas Harrison Burder (1789–1843), physician and author Peter Burton (1924–2007), physicist, philosopher, logician Ballard Berkeley, British actor
C John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845–1914), Governor General of Canada Oliver Chris (born 1978), actor George Cohen (born 1939), football player Paul Condon, Baron Condon (born 1947), police commissioner Emma Corrin (born 1995), actor Martin Corry (born 1973), rugby player Reverend Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952), missionary and writer Sidney Elisabeth Croskery (1901–1990), doctorSidney Elisabeth Croskery (1983): Whilst I Remember, Richard Cumberland (1732–1811), dramatist Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham (1887–1963), military officer
D Iain Dale (born 1962), broadcaster and political commentator Gerald Charles Dickens (born 1963), actor and performer Marcus Dillistone (born 1961), film director Sir Howard Douglas, (1776–1861), military officer Keith Douglas (1920–1944), poet Roy Douglas (1907–2015), classical composer Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (1882–1970), Royal Air Force officer
E John Cox Dillman Engleheart (1784–1862), miniature painter
F Arthur Fagg (1915–1977), cricketer Caroline Fry (1787–1846), writer
G Thomas Field Gibson (1803–1889), Tunbridge Wells improvement commissioner and Royal Commissioner for the Great Exhibition of 1851 Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, artist and educator Jilly Goolden (born 1956), television personality Léon Goossens (1897–1988), oboist Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1818–1897), clergyman and writer ↑ David Gower (born 1957), cricketer Pauline Gower (1910–1947) pilot, commandant of the Women's Air Transport Auxiliary in Second World War Sir Robert Gower, MP (1880–1953) Sarah Grand (1854–1943), suffragist and "New Woman" writer Sir Tyrone Guthrie (1900–1971), theatrical director
H Ker Baillie Hamilton (1804–1889), colonial governor Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785–1856), Viceroy of India Jake Hill (born 1994), racing driver in the British Touring Car Championship Philip Carteret Hill (1821–1894), Nova Scotia politician Katrina Hodge, soldier and Miss England 2009
J Louise Jameson (born 1951), actress Richard Jones (1790–1855), economist
L Danny La Rue (1927–2009), entertainer Enid Lakeman (1903–1995), political reformer Duncan Lamont (1918–1978), actor Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford (1865–1953), Lieutenant-General and father of actor Peter Lawford Ron Ledger (1920–2004), politician Henry Bilson Legge (1708–1764), politician Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848–1939), daughter of Queen Victoria
M Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (1905–1980), conductor Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew (1929–2016), politician Alec McCowen (1925–2017), actor Victor McLaglen (1886–1959), actor Mark Morriss (born 1971), singer-songwriter
N Richard (Beau) Nash (1674–1762), celebrated dandy and leader of fashion William Nicholson (born 1948), writer
O Sir Charles Ogle (1775–1858), naval officer
P Tim Page (1944–2022), photojournalist Charles Paulet, 3rd Duke of Bolton (1685–1754), politician Tim Pears (born 1956), novelist Eliza Phillips (1822/3–1916), conservationist and co-founder of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Rose Pipette (born 1986), pop singer with The Pipettes
R Sir Richard Robinson (1849–1928), businessman and local politician Richard Rose (born 1982), footballer
S Sir David Lionel Salomons (1851–1925), scientist Sarah Sands (born 1961), journalist Henry Albert Seymour (1861–1938), secularist, anarchist and gramophone pioneer Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott (1852–1920), author Dominic Sherwood (born 1990), actor Pollie Hirst Simpson MBE (1871–1947), charity organiser and the first agricultural adviser to the National Federation of Women's Institutes (WI) Colin Smart (born 1950), rugby player Horace Smith (1779–1849), poet and novelist Soft Play, musical band Jamie Spence (born 1963), golfer Sir Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt (1811–1888), naval officer Reverend Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1835–1926), zoologist Gary A. Stevens (born 1962), footballer Francis Meadow Sutcliffe (1863–1941), photographer
T William Temple (1833–1919), recipient of the Victoria Cross William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), novelist Bob Todd (1921–1992), comedy actor
V Krystal Versace (born 2001), Winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK (Season 3) Sid Vicious (1957–1979), musician
W Virginia Wade (born 1945), tennis player H T Waghorn (1842–1930), cricket historian Scott Wagstaff (born 1990), footballer Charity Wakefield (born 1981), actress Arthur Waley (1889–1966), Orientalist Nick Wallace (born 1972), writer Frank Weare (1896–1971), World War I flying ace William Webber (1800–1875), surgeon James Whitbourn (born 1963), composer
Z Andy Zaltzman, comedian and writer Helen Zaltzman, co-host of popular podcast, Answer me this
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