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==Notable residents== * [[Denise Black]] (1958β), actress. Best known for playing [[Denise Osbourne]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and Hazel in ''[[Queer as Folk (UK TV series)|Queer as Folk]]''. * {{small|Sir}} [[Peter Blake (sailor)|Peter Blake]] (1948β2001), yachtsman. Broke the world record for the [[Around the world sailing record|fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe]] in 1994. * [[William Buckler]] (1814β1884), artist and entomologist, lived in Emsworth from the 1860s and died in Lumley in 1884. * {{small|Sub-Lieut.}} [[Peter Danckwerts]] (1916β1984), Royal Navy officer, chemical engineer and academic.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Denbigh |first=K.G. |title=Peter Victor Danckwerts |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=32 |date=December 1986 |page=99|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1986.0004 |doi-access=free }}</ref> * [[Albert Finney]] (1936β2019), actor. Recipient of [[BAFTA Award|BAFTA]], [[Golden Globe]] and [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] awards. * {{small|Sir}} [[Mark Evelyn Heath]] (1927β2005), diplomat. Former [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Holy See|British Ambassador to the Holy See]] (1980β1985). * [[Thomas Hellyer (architect)|Thomas Hellyer]] (1811β1894), architect of many buildings in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight, was born in Emsworth.<ref name="RSHG-411">{{cite web|url=http://rshg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/855-internalfile411.pdf|title=Thomas Hellyer|date=August 2015|publisher=Ryde Social Heritage Group|access-date=19 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202005702/http://rshg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/855-internalfile411.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Nicholas Lyndhurst]] (1961β), actor. Best known for playing [[Rodney Trotter]] in ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. * {{small|General Sir}} [[David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux|David Richards]] (1952β), British Army officer. Former [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] (2010β2013). * [[Malcolm Waldron]] (1956β), footballer. Played for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] and [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]. * [[Joel Ward (footballer)|Joel Ward]] (1989-), footballer Played for [[Portsmouth FC]] currently playing for [[Crystal Palace FC]] was born in Emsworth * [[William Whitcher]] (1832β1910), cricketer. Played for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]. * [[George Wilder (cricketer)|George Wilder]] (1876β1948), cricketer. Played for Hampshire and [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]. * [[P. G. Wodehouse]] (1881β1975), writer.<ref name=bp1>{{Cite web|last=Hewitt|first=Christine|url=http://www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/havant08.html|title=Havant Literary Festival, 25th to 28th September 2008|publisher=The P. G. Wodehouse Society(UK)|access-date=16 July 2018|archive-date=16 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194730/http://www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/havant08.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[P. G. Wodehouse bibliography|Bibliography]] includes the ''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]'' and ''[[Blandings Castle]]'' series
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