By Tim Lambert
ALDERSHOT Ian McEwan 1948- Writer
ALTON Catherine McCormack 1972- Actress
ARUNDEL Judy Geeson 1948- Actor
Patsy Byrne 1933-2014 Actor
Frederick Forsyth 1938- Writer
Sir Malcolm Sargent 1895-1967 Composer
John Wallis 1616-1703 Mathematician
BASILDON, BERKSHIRE Jethro Tull 1674-1741 Invented the seed drill in 1701
John Arlott 1914-1991 Broadcaster
Thomas Warton 1728-1790 Poet
BATTLE, SUSSEX Eliza Acton 1799-1859 Poet
BEKESBOURNE, KENT Stephen Hales 1677-1761 Physiologist
BEXHILL
David Hare 1947- Playwright
Angus Wilson 1913-1991 Writer
BISHOPS WALTHAM Amanda Holden 1971- Actress
BRENCHLEY, KENT Siegfried Sassoon 1886-1967 Poet
Frank Bridge 1879-1941 Conductor
Ray Brooks 1939- Actor
David Garnett 1892-1981 Writer
Eric Gill 1882-1940 Sculptor and engraver
Sir Edward Marshall Hall 1858-1927 Lawyer
Max Miller 1894-1963 Comedian
Therese Lessore 1884-1945 Artist
Steve Ovett 1955- Athlete
Gilbert Ryle 1900-1976 Philosopher
Martin Ryle 1918-1984 Astronomer
BROADSTAIRS
Richard Bennett 1936-2012 Composer
Lionel Johnson 1867-1902 Poet
BROMLEY, KENT
Norman Cook 1963- Singer
Susan Dallion 1957- Singer
H G Wells 1866-1946 Science fiction writer
Antoinette Sibley 1939- Ballerina
CAMBERLEY
Joan Robinson 1903-1983 Economist
Frederick Twort 1877-1950 Bacteriologist
CANTERBURY Christopher Marlowe 1564-93 Playwright
CHATHAM Richard Dadd 1819-1897 Artist
Thomas Bradwardine 1290-1349 Theologian
William Collins 1721-1759 Poet
William Hayley 1745-1820 Poet
Edward Titchener 1867-1927 Psychologist
COBHAM, SURREY John Addison 1920-1998 Composer
COOMBE, SURREY John Galsworthy 1867-1933 Writer
CRANLEIGH Godfrey Hardy 1877-1947 Mathematician
CROYDON
Richard Briers 1934-2013 Actor
Henry Havelock Ellis 1859-1939 Psychologist
Kate Moss 1974- Supermodel
CUCKFIELD Debra Beaumont 1967- Actress
DORKING
John Evelyn 1620-1706 Writer
Laurence Olivier 1907-1989 Actor
Thomas Malthus 1766-1834 Economist
Donald Lynden-Bell 1935-2018 Astrophysicist
Joss Stone 1987- Singer
Angela Carter 1940-1992 Writer
Sir Frederick Hopkins 1861-1947 Biochemist
EAST COWES Thomas Arnold 1795-1842 Educational reformer
EAST GRINSTEAD Sarah Kennedy 1950- Broadcaster
EASTLEIGH Malcolm Green 1936- Chemist
Peter Danckwerts 1916-1984 Chemical Engineer
Nicholas Lyndhurst 1960- Actor
EPSOM
Petula Clark 1932- Singer
Spencer Gore 1878-1914 Artist
Sir Henry Chads 1819-1906 Naval Officer
Sir John Goss 1800-1880 Composer
William Cobbett 1763-1835
Baron Vansittart Diplomat 1881-1957
FELIXSTOWE Sir John Mills 1908-2005 Actor
FOLKESTONE
William Harvey 1578-1657 The doctor who discovered circulation of the blood
George Posford 1906-1976 Composer
FRESHWATER, ISLE OF WIGHT Robert Hooke 1635-1703 Scientist
GILLINGHAM
William Adams First Englishman to visit Japan
David Harvey 1935- Geographer
GODALMING Aldous Huxley 1894-1963 Writer
Richard Dawson 1932-2012 Actor
Sarah Jane Mellon 1824-1909 Actor
Martin Snape 1852-1930 Artist
Cyril Tawney 1930-2005 Singer
Arthur Upfield 1888-1964 Writer
George Abbot 1562-1633 Archbishop
Nicola Bryant 1962- Actress
Mildred Cable 1878-1952 Missionary
P G Wodehouse 1881-1975 Writer
GRAYSHOTT, HAMPSHIRE Colin Firth 1960- Actor
GRAVESEND
Sir Edwin Arnold 1832-1904 Poet
sir Derek Barton 1918-1998 Chemist
GREENWICH Keith Lucas 1879-1916 Neurophysiologist
HAMPTON Robert Cedric Sherriff 1896-1975 Playwright
HASTINGS Jo Brand 1957- Comedian
HERNE BAY, KENT Kevin Ayers 1945- Musician
HEYSHOTT, SUSSEX Richard Cobden 1804-65 Pioneer of free trade
HORSHAM Robert Southwell 1561-1595 Poet
HOVE Alexandra Bastedo 1946- Actress
HUNGERFORD, BERKSHIRE Charles Portal 1893-1971 Air Force Marshall
LEATHERHEAD Sir John Duckworth 1748-1817 Admiral
Susan Howarth 1940- Writer
George Baxter 1804-1867 Engraver and artist
Richard Challoner 1691-1781 Theologian
Gideon Mantell 1790-1852 Paleontologist
David Garnett 1892-1981 Writer
MAIDENHEAD Thomas Rickman 1776-1841 Architect
William Hazlitt 1778-1830 Writer
Francis Smythe 1900-1949 Mountaineer
MILFORD-ON-SEA Frances Fisher 1952- Actress
Francis Baily 1774-1844 Astronomer
John Langley 1852-1925 Physiologist
Edward Titchmarsh 1899-1963 Mathematician
NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT Elizabeth Sewell 1815-1906 Writer
PEACEHAVEN Alison Fisher 1968- Snooker player
PENSHURST, KENT Sir Philip Sidney 1554-1586 Soldier
Arthur Brough 1905-1978 Actor
William Cowper 1666-1709 Surgeon
PETWORTH Wilfrid Blunt 1840-1922 Poet
PLUMSTEAD, SURREY Kate Bush 1958- Singer/songwriter
PORTSMOUTH
Walter Besant 1836-1909 Writer
Howard Brenton 1942- Playwright
Charles Dickens 1812-1870 Writer
Isambard Kingdom Brunel 1806-1859 Engineer
Jonas Hanway 1712-1786 Popularised the umbrella
Olivia Manning 1911-1980 Writer
George Meredith 1828-1909 Writer
Peter Sellers 1925-1980 Comedian
RAMSGATE
Winifred Austen 1876-1964 Artist
Brenda Blethyn 1946- Actor
Alfred Whitehead 1861-1947 Mathematician
Ricky Gervais 1961- Comedian
Elizabeth Taylor 1912-1975 Writer
Kate Winslet 1975- Actress
REIGATE
Dame Margot Fonteyn 1919-1991 Ballet Dancer
Caroline Quentin 1961- Actress
RICHMOND
Arthur Cayley 1821-1995 Mathematician
Ronald Colman 1891-1958 Actor
Celia Johnson 1908-1982 Actor
ROCHESTER
Enid Bagnold 1889-1981 Writer
Phyllis Bottome 1884-1963 Writer
Kelly Brook 1979- Actress
John Littlewood 1885-1977 Mathematician
Wilbert Awdry 1911-1997 Children’s author
Lord Palmerston 1784-1865 Prime minister twice. Born in Broadlands House about 1 mile south of the town
Sir William Petty 1623-1697 Inventor
RYDE Albert Pollard 1869-1948 Historian
RYE
John Fletcher 1579-1625 Playwright
Issac Todhunter 1820-1884 Mathematician
SANDGATE, KENT Hattie Jacques 1920-1980 Comedian
SEVENOAKS Jeffrey Amherst 1717-1797 General
SHEERNESS
William Penney 1909-1991 Physicist
Henry Russell 1812-1900 Composer
SOUTHAMPTON
Sir Edward Abraham 1913-1999 Biochemist
Marcus Adams 1875-1959 Photographer
Wilfrid Butt 1922-2006 Endocrinologist
Charlie Dimmock 1966- Gardener
Benny Hill 1924-1992 Comedian
Allen Jones 1937- Artist
John Jellicoe 1859-1935 Admiral
Sir John Millais 1829-1896 Artist
Issac Watts 1674-1748 Hymn writer
SLOUGH
John Herschel 1792-1871 Astronomer
Tracey Ullman 1959- Actress
STEVENTON Jane Austen 1775-1817 Writer
STROOD Anne pratt 1806-1893 Botanist
ST LEONARDS, SUSSEX David Hare 1947- Playwright
SWANMORE, HAMPSHIRE Stephen Butler Leacock 1869-1944 Writer and Economist
TENTERDEN, KENT
William Caxton 1422-1492 Introduced printing press into England
David Frost 1939-2013 Journalist
TONBRIDGE
Harry Andrews 1911-1989 Actor
Henry Fowler 1858-1933 Lexicographer
Cecil Powell 1903-1969 Physicist
Frank Woolley 1887-1978 Cricketer
TUNBRIDGE WELLS Zoe Fairbairns 1948- Writer
WALMER
Robert Bridges 1844-1930 Poet
John Hassall 1868-1948 Artist
William Benham 1831-1910 Clergyman and writer
James Rogers 1823-1890 Economist
WEYBRIDGE
Jacqueline Bisset 1944- Actress
Richard Hughes 1900-1976 Writer
WIMBLEDON Allan Cunningham 1791-1839 Botanist
Richard Ford 1796-1858 Travel writer
John Lingard 1771-1851 Historian
Constance Collier 1878-1955 Actor
Sir Ranulph Fiennes 1945- Explorer
Henry Hallam 1777-1859 Historian
WOKING
Peter Gabriel 1950- Musician
Delia Smith 1941- Cook
Paul Weller 1958- Singer
Alma Cogan 1932-1966 Singer
Nicollette Sheridan 1963- Actress