Editing Bexhill-on-Sea (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Hertha Marks Ayrton]], An  engineer, mathematician, physicist, and inventor who was awarded the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society for her work on electric arcs and ripples in sand and water.
* [[John Logie Baird]], Scottish inventor of [[television]], resided in a house by the station towards the end of his life.
* [[James Beeching]] (1788–1858), shipbuilder and inventor of the self-righting lifeboat.
* [[Joyce Lankester Brisley]] (1896–1978), writer of the Milly-Molly-Mandy stories, etc. – exact place of birth unidentified.
* [[Georgina Fanny Cheffins]] (1863–1932), militant suffragette, lived here in her later years
* [[Michael Cowpland]], founder of high-tech companies [[Mitel]], [[Corel]], and [[Zim corporation|ZIM]], lived in Bexhill and went to [[Bexhill College]] until he was 18.
* [[Fanny Cradock]] and [[Johnnie Cradock]], chef-broadcasters, lived in Cooden Drive, Bexhill.
* [[Max Faulkner]], professional golfer and Open champion in 1951.
* [[Norman Franks]], aviation historian and author of over 120 books on military aviation.
* [[William Kelsey Fry]] (1889-1963), dental and plastic surgeon 
* [[Ruth Gipps]], composer and music impresario, founder of London Repertoire Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://londonrepertoireorchestra.org.uk/|title=London Repertoire Orchestra – Exploring orchestral repertoire since 1955|website=londonrepertoireorchestra.org.uk|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100445/http://londonrepertoireorchestra.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[Jimmy Glover]] (1861–1931), an Irish composer and conductor, was Mayor of Bexhill-on-Sea for 1906–07.<ref>"Glover, James Mackey", in ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (London: A. & C. Black, 1919), p. 964</ref> 
* [[David Hare (dramatist)|Sir David Hare]] (born 1947), British dramatist.
* [[Peter Katin]], (1930–2015) concert pianist, recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, made Bexhill his home.
* [[Henry Richard Kenwood]] public health specialist, born here.
* [[Philip Ledger|Sir Philip Ledger]] (1937–2012), classical musician, choral composer and scholar, was born in Bexhill.
* [[Desmond Llewelyn]], the [[James Bond]] actor who played Q, lived in the town until his death in 1999.
* [[Ted Lowe]], commentator on BBC's 'Pot Black', which brought snooker to prominence on British TV, was a longtime resident of Bexhill until his death in May 2011.
* [[Kate Marsden]] (1859–1931), nurse who travelled through Siberia helping Yakut lepers, lived in Bexhill in the 1910s and became a founder of [[Bexhill Museum]].<ref>{{cite web
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* [[Spike Milligan]] (1918-2002) was stationed in Bexhill while in the army during the Second World War, and most of the first volume of his war memoirs takes place there.
* [[Hayley Okines]] (1997–2015), patient with the rare premature ageing disease [[progeria]].
* [[Andrew Sachs]] (1930–2016), actor, had his stage début in 1947 at the De La Warr Pavilion, where he also worked as an assistant stage manager.<ref>{{cite news
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* [[Alex Sanders (Wiccan)|Alex Saunders]] (1926–1988), the founder of Alexandrian Witchcraft lived in the Old Town at 1 Chantry Cottage.
* [[Ronald Skirth]] (1897–1977), conscientious objector and author of the [[First World War]] memoir ''The Reluctant Tommy'', grew up in Bexhill and describes it at length in his book.
* [[Eric Slater]] (1896–1963), English artist and printmaker, lived in Bexhill and created images of the surrounding countryside.
* [[Gwyneth Strong]], the ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' actress who played [[Cassandra Trotter]] lives in Bexhill.
* [[Oli Thompson]], [[Strongman (strength athlete)|strongman]] and 2006 winner of [[Britain's Strongest Man]].
* [[Leslie Weatherhead]], preacher and theologian, retired to Bexhill.
* [[Hugh Williams]] (1904–1969), actor, playwright and dramatist.
* [[Angus Wilson]]  (1913 -1991) Novelist, short story writer and campaigner for homosexual equality. He was born in Bexhill, lived in Dorset Road and Marina Court and attended Kindergarten in the town before his family moved to Eastbourne.<ref>Angus Wilson;A Biography, Margaret Drabble, Secker & Warburg, 1995.</ref>
* [[Jimmy Robertson (snooker player)|Jimmy Robertson]] (born 1986), professional snooker player, was born in Bexhill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wst.tv/players/jimmy-robertson/|title=Jimmy Robertson|website=wst.tv/players|access-date=21 August 2021|archive-date=15 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815013906/https://wst.tv/players/jimmy-robertson/|url-status=dead}}</ref>