Oxfordshire - Famous People

Oxfordshire has many notable people associated with it.

Listed Alphabetically by surname-

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

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Custos Rotulorum of Oxfordshire

A

• John Aglionby (divine)
• Edmund Ashfield (MP)

B

• Alexander de Balscot
• Nicholas de Balscote
• Alard Banastre
• Henry William Barnard
• Alan Basset
• Henry Bedel
• Henry Bertie (of Weston-on-the-Green)
• Kenny Bingham
• Sir John Borlase
• Alex Bowell
• Norman Bowell
• William Burcester

C

• Dudley Carleton (diplomat)
• Lewis Carroll
• Alan Castell
• Christopher Chavasse
• John Collins (mathematician)
• Anthony Cope (author)
• Richard Lynch Cotton
• John Croke
• Unton Croke
• Roland Culver

D

• Daniel Dalton
• Roger d'Amory

* Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore 

• Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester * Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza

E

• James Elles
• Thomas Ellwood

F

• Fettiplace

* William Filby (Roman Catholic priest) 

• Josiah Forshall

G

• Peter Gabbit
• Edward Gale
• Robin Gandy
• William Gardner (knight)
• William Garne
• Gewisse
• Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester
• John Godfrey (cricketer)
• Richard Gott
• Paul Gover
• Anne Greene
• George Gulliver

H

• Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
• Beatrix Havergal
• [ Tim Henman Tim Henman]
• Griffin Higgs
• John Hilsey
• William Hine
• Stuart Hole
• Anthony Hungerford of Black Bourton

I

• Walter de Islip

J

• P D James 1920-2014 Novelist
• Liz Jensen
• Huw Jones (cricketer)

K

• Robert Keilway
• Simon Kernick
• Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys

L

• Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
• Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Milfield
• Caroline Lucas

M

• Serena Mackesy
• Tim Matthews
• Mitford family
• George Herbert Morrell

N

• Norreys
• John Norreys

O

• Oliver Vernon Aplin
• George Owen (physician)

P

• Ann Packer
• Lorraine Pascale
• Richard Pate (bishop)
• Fred Paxford
• William Penney, Baron Penney
• Bruce Percy (photographer)
• Baron Phillimore
• John Piper
• Alice de la Pole
• Edmund Powell (MP)
• John Pratt (Canadian politician)
• James Pym

R

• John Rede (died 1404)
• James Robertson (activist)
• John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
• Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick
• Stephen Rowsham
• Rosemary Rue

S

• Bartholomew Steer
• Rick Stein
• Ninian Stephen
• Edward Cephas John Stevens
• Jack Straw (farmer)
• Murray Sueter
• Charles Summersby

T

• Sir Thomas Tipping, 1st Baronet
• Thomas Tipping (knight)
• William 'Eternity' Tipping
• Joseph Tubb

U-V-W

• John Walter (jurist)
• Kirwan Ward
• Deborah Warner
• Ed Welch
• Thomas Wentworth (Recorder of Oxford)
• Anne Wharton
• John Wilcotes

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