List of people from Reading, Berkshire
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This is a list of notable people who are current or former residents of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.
- Henry Addington (former Prime Minister; donor of land for Royal Berkshire Hospital)
- Jacqueline Bisset (actress)
- Daniel Blagrave (former Member of Parliament and regicide)
- John Blagrave (early mathematician)
- Felix Bowness (jockey in hit BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!)
- Kenneth Branagh (actor)
- Angela Browning (politician)
- Richard Burns (rally driver)
- Deon Burton (professional footballer)
- David Byron (original lead vocalist with rock group Uriah Heep)
- John Cennick (early Methodist and Moravian evangelist and hymnwriter)
- Tom Derrett (Bassist)
- Natalie Dormer (actress)
- Marianne Faithfull (singer and actress)
- Hugh Cook Faringdon (churchman; last Abbot of Reading Abbey)
- Michael Foot (politician)
- Dawn French (comedienne)
- Ricky Gervais (comedian)
- David Gill (chief executive of Manchester United F.C.)
- Matthew Greener (musician; lead singer of band Morning Runner)
- Lenny Henry (comedian)
- Joseph Huntley (innovative biscuit maker)
- Stacy Keach (American actor and narrator)
- John Kendrick (merchant and mayor)
- William Laud (former Archbishop of Canterbury)
- David Lean (director)
- John Madejski (entrepreneur and philanthropist)
- Mary Russell Mitford (author, poet and playwright)
- Sam Mendes (director)
- Jeff Minter (computer programmer)
- Liz Mitchell (singer and member of Boney M)
- Mike Oldfield (composer and artist)
- George Palmer (biscuit manufacturer, entrepreneur and politician)
- Stuart Price (Electronic musician)
- Lawrie Sanchez (manager of Fulham F.C.)
- Ayrton Senna (Formula 1 champion. For a short period during the early stages of his career, he lived in Tilehurst. Following his death, a street was named in his memory.[1])
- Louise Setara (singer)
- Michael Sprott (professional boxer)
- Levi Stanley (King of the Gypsies)
- John Sykes (Heavy Metal/Hard Rock guitarist)
- William Henry Fox Talbot (early photographer)
- Fiona Talkington (radio broadcaster and presenter of Late Junction)
- Thomas Noon Talfourd (judge and author)
- Chris Tarrant (radio broadcaster and host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)
- Rudolph Walker (actor and narrator)
- Kevin Warwick (scientist)
- Alfred Waterhouse (architect)
- Neil Webb (professional footballer)
- Harriet Wheeler (vocalist, The Sundays)
- Oscar Wilde (poet and playwright, author of The Ballad of Reading Gaol), not actually from Reading, but a guest in the Gaol for sometime
- Beth Winslet (actress)
- Kate Winslet (actress)
- Doug "The Anarchist" Williams (Wrestler)
- Charles Thomas Wooldridge (soldier, convicted murderer, subject of The Ballad of Reading Gaol)
[edit] References
- ^ Ayrton Senna Road, Tilehurst, Reading. Streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved on August 1, 2006.
