Editing Stratford, New Zealand (section)

==Born or lived in Stratford==
===Sports people===

* [[Mark "Bull" Allen (All Black)|Mark "Bull" Allen]] (31 July 1967), All Black, TV host
* [[Lisa Allpress]] (born 20 May, 1975), female [[jockey]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite press release |title=2024ワールドオールスタージョッキーズ出場外国騎手プロフィール |publisher=[[Japan Racing Association]] |url=https://jra.jp/datafile/seiseki/wasj/pdf/2024profile_01.pdf |access-date=2024-08-05 |language=ja}}</ref>
* [[Christine Arthur]] (26 August 1963), New Zealand field hockey player
* [[Arthur Collins (All Black)|Arthur Collins]] (1906–1988), All Black
* [[John Graham (All Black)|John Graham]] (1 January 1935), All Black, NZRU president, NZ cricket team manager, Auckland University Chancellor, Auckland Grammar School headmaster, businessman
* [[Stan Lay]] (1906–2003) Olympic Javelin thrower (born in New Plymouth)
* [[Dave Loveridge]] (born 22 April 1952), former All Black
* [[John McCullough (All Black)|John McCullough]] (8 January 1936), All Black
* [[Lane Penn]], representative rugby footballer, coach, All Black selector and NZRU President
* [[Mark Powell Robinson|Mark Robinson]] (born 17 January 1974), former All Black and current NZ Rugby CEO
* [[Ned Shewry]] (1889–1962), world champion woodchopper
* [[Alan Smith (All Black)|Alan Smith]] (10 December 1942), All Black
* [[Jeremiah Trueman]] (born 19 May 1987), New Zealand national basketball representative

===Literature, art and culture===
* [[Sylvia Ashton-Warner]] (1908–1984), novelist, autobiographer and educational pioneer
* [[Michael Hight]] (1961), artist - painter
* [[Michele Leggott]] (1956), poet and literary scholar
* [[Dominic Sheehan]], author of ''Finding Home'', a novel that illustrates growing up in Stratford<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards/past-winners/?year=1997|title=Past Winners|publisher=New Zealand Book Awards|accessdate=6 October 2021}}</ref>
* [[Cheryll Sotheran]] (1945-2017), founder of the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]]

===Medicine===
* [[John Daniel Bergin]] (17 January 1921 – 22 July 1995), Distinguished physician and neurologist, Catholic pro-life apologist
* [[Mel Brieseman]], missionary to India, Canterbury Medical Officer of Health
* [[Doris Gordon]] (10 July 1890 – 9 July 1956), doctor and obstetrician
* [[Graham Gordon]] (10 December 1927 – 29 February 2004), Surgeon, St John's officer, NZMA Council Chairman (1977–1988) and NZMA President (1990–1991)

===Law, government and politics===
* [[Peter Gordon (politician)|Peter Gordon]] (1921 – 1991), National Party politician
* [[David Thomson (New Zealand politician)|David Thomson]] (1915–1999), [[Minister of Defence (New Zealand)|Minister of Defence]] and [[Minister of Justice (New Zealand)|Minister of Justice]] in the [[Third National Government of New Zealand]]
* [[Venn Young]] (1929–1993), Cabinet minister in the [[Third National Government of New Zealand|Muldoon National Government]] and [[homosexual rights]] activist

===Academics===
* [[Alice Copping]] (14 May 1906 – 21 August 1982), Senior lecturer in nutrition, Queen Elizabeth College, University of London
* Dr [[Alan Kirton]] (1933 - 2001), agricultural scientist
* [[Jack Tizard]] (1919-1979) Professor of Child Development, University of London. CBE

===Other===
* [[Brian Davis (cleric)|Brian Davis]], (1934–1998), [[Archbishop of New Zealand]]
* [[Emily Stevens (hybridiser)|Emily Stevens]] (3 September 1900 – 8 August 1967), wholesale florist, nurserywoman, iris hybridiser