Cheshire - Famous People

Cheshire has many notable people associated with it.

Listed Alphabetically by surname-

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The following people of renown were either born or lived in Cheshire or are strongly associated with Cheshire.

A

• John Almond
• James Arderne
• James Aspinall
• Arthur Aston (army officer)

B

• Brutus Babington
• Thomas Worthington Barlow
• Rik Barnett
• John Barnston
• John Bavant
• William Bentney
• George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer
• Ian Botham
• Arnold Boyd
• Thomas Brerewood
• Katharine Brettargh
• Richard Broke
• Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet
• Moira Buffini
• Robin Burke
• Paul Burrell

C

D

E

F

• Peter Fahy
• John Feetham (bishop)
• Robin Fisher (cricketer)
• Alexander Fitton
• Edward Fitton (the elder)
• Mary Fitton
• Michael Fitton
• Charles Foster (writer)
• George Frodsham

G

• Erwin Gabathuler
• Ryan Gander
• Alfred Gerrard
• Rodge Glass
• Stephen Glover (antiquary)
• Jonathan Gray (cricketer)
• William Parr Greswell
• Lady Mary Grosvenor
• Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor

H

• Robert Hallam
• Gerry Hardstaff
• John Haslem (artist)
• Damian Hinds
• Blessed Thomas Holford
• Raphael Holinshed
• John Holland (cricketer)
• Rupert Holmes
• Jean Hood
• Robert Hope-Jones
• Philip Hough
• Simon Hughes
• Thomas Hughes (dramatist)
• Sheila Hutchins

I

J

• Robin Jones (cricketer)

K

• Barbara Keogh
• Robert Knolles

L

• Charles Lamb (cricketer)
• Ruth Lea
• Charles Lee (general)
• Piers Legh II
• Leghs of Adlington
• Leghs of Lyme
• Steve Leonard
• Rob Lloyd
• Gillian Lowndes

M

• Simon Martin (artist)
• Bob Meacock
• Laurence Merbury
• James F. Merton
• Godfrey Milton-Thompson

N

• Cathleen Nesbitt
• Thomas Newton (poet)
• David Norman (ornithologist)
• Norreys

O

• Murder of Stephen Oake
• John O'Brien (cricketer)
• Gillian Oliver

P

• Nigel Peel
• James Pickup
• Caroline Pierce (golfer)
• Mary Pilling
• Plegmund
• Louise Plowright
• John Poole (died 1601)

Q

R

• Peter Reynolds (actor)

S

• Ian Saltmarsh
• John Scotus (bishop of Dunkeld)
• Frank Sharp (English footballer)
• Edward Shippen
• Morag Siller
• Martin Sixsmith
• Sol Heras
• John Speed
• Oliver Starkey
• William Stobart
• Nigel Stonier
• Suzanne Strudwick
• Matthew Swarbrick

T

• Ian Tansley
• Thomas de Thelwall
• John Tollemache, 1st Baron Tollemache

U-V-W

• Benjamin Valentine
• Paul Wade
• Lee Warburton
• Steven Webb
• Christopher Webber
• Alan Webster (priest)
• Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster
• Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
• Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
• Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster
• Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster
• William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster
• Henry Wilbraham
• Richard Wilkinson (cricketer, born 1982)
• Clare Wille
• Hayley J Williams
• John Williams (motorcyclist)
• William Wilson Cash
• Joseph Wilson (cricketer)
• Damian Worrad