Famous People from Kent

(Image right - Geoffrey Chaucer)

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• Thomas Becket (c. 1118–1170) – saint and Archbishop of Canterbury

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• William Caxton (c. 1420–c. 1492) – first person to introduce a printing press into England
• Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) – diplomat and author of The Canterbury Tales
• Thomas Frederick Colby (1784–1852) – director of the Ordnance Survey
• Sir Noel Pierce Coward born 16th December 1899 in Teddington and died 26th March 1973 in Jamaica was a well known playright, actor, composer and singer.
• Nicholas Culpeper (18 October 1616 – 10 January 1654) was an English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer.

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• Charles Dickens (1812–1870) – foremost English novelist of the Victorian era

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• Roger Filcock (Blessed) (c. 1553–1601) – executed for preaching Catholicism
• John Frith (1503–1533) – Protestant priest and writer, executed for heresy

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• Frank John William Goldsmith (1902-1982) survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster
• David Ivon Gower (born 1 April 1957) is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports

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• John Stevens Henslow (1796–1861) – botanist and geologist

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• Mick Jagger (born 1943) – singer and songwriter for the band The Rolling Stones

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• Prince Michael of Kent

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• E. Nesbit (1858–1924) – children's author and poet

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• Mary Quant (born 1934) – fashion designer and inventor of the miniskirt and hot pants

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• George W. M. Reynolds (1814–1879) – author
• Keith Richards (born 1943) – guitarist and songwriter for the band The Rolling Stones

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• Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962) - novelist,traveler and gardner
• Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967) – leading conductor of choral works

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• John Tradescant the elder (c. 1575–1638) – gardener and botanist
• John Tradescant the younger (1608–1662) – gardener and botanist
• Joseph Mallord William Turner (c. 1775–1851) – landscape painter

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Related Projects on Geni

• Kent - Main Page
• Historic Kent
• People Connected to Kent

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