Editing Putney (section)

==Notable residents==
{{main|:Category:People from Putney}}
[[File:EdvardBenesBluePlaqueGwendolenAvenue 01.jpg|thumb|Edvard Beneš blue plaque, 26 Gwendolen Avenue, Putney]]
Listed in alphabetical order of last name:
*[[Stefan Abingdon]], musician, of the band [[The Midnight Beast]]
*[[J. R. Ackerley]], author and literary editor of ''[[The Listener (magazine)|The Listener]]'' lived at Star and Garter Mansions from 1941 until his death in 1967
*[[William Adams (locomotive engineer)|William Adams]], locomotive engineer<ref name="Ellis">{{cite book |last1=Ellis |first1=Hamilton |title=The South Western Railway |date=1956 |publisher=George Allen & Unwin Ltd |page=157 }}</ref>
*[[Gerry Anderson]] and [[Jim Henson]], television puppeteers, at different times leased the same workshop (since demolished) in Rotherwood Road, Putney
*[[Clement Attlee]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] 1945–1951 and [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] 1935 –1955, born in Putney in 1883<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/clement-attlee-2/ |title=Clement Attlee |access-date=31 July 2011 |publisher=www.number10.gov.uk. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004063449/http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/clement-attlee-2/ |archive-date=4 October 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Edvard Beneš]], second [[President of Czechoslovakia]], lived in Gwendolen Avenue during his exile in London from October 1938 to the end of [[World War II]]
*[[Marc Bolan]], singer and leader of the band [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]] lived at 6a Schubert Road, Putney and died in a car crash in near-by [[Barnes, London|Barnes]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine |date=2023-06-04 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marc_Bolan%27s_Rock_Shrine&oldid=1158475029 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-06-21 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Peter Bonetti]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] footballer, was born in Putney
*[[Richard Branson|Sir Richard Branson]], British entrepreneur
*[[Peter Brett]], American writer{{cn|date=January 2025}}
*[[Pierce Brosnan]], Irish actor best known for playing James Bond, attended school in Putney<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/28/pierce-brosnan-ovalhouse-theatre-appeal-james-bond|title=From Brixton with love: Brosnan's new mission is to save community theatre|first=Vanessa|last=Thorpe|date=28 May 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>
*[[Dustin Demri-Burns]], actor and comedian, attended school in Putney {{cn|date=May 2022}}
*[[Anna Calvi]], singer and songwriter
*[[Rosa Nouchette Carey]], writer of children's novels, died at her home in Keswick Road, Putney in 1909<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32288|title=Rosa Carey|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32288}}</ref>
*[[Christopher Chope]], Conservative MP for [[Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)|Christchurch]], was born in Putney
*[[Nick Clegg]], former [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] (2010–15) and Leader of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] (2007–15) lived in Putney before moving to California to work at Facebook<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/26/nick-clegg-swaps-putney-townhouse-7million-california-mansion/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/26/nick-clegg-swaps-putney-townhouse-7million-california-mansion/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Nick Clegg swaps Putney townhouse for £7million California mansion ahead of new Facebook role|last=Lumley|first=Sarah|date=26 January 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=29 December 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Tom Courtenay|Sir Tom Courtenay]], actor 
*[[Thomas Cromwell]], chief minister for [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and architect of the [[English Reformation]], was born in Putney around 1485
*[[Taio Cruz]], British R&B singer
*[[John Deacon]], former bass guitarist of the band [[Queen (band)|Queen]], lives in west Putney
*[[Catherine Maria Fanshawe]], poet, died at Putney Heath in 1834
*[[Jason Flemyng]], actor, born in Putney
*[[E. M. Forster]], author, lived at 22 Werter Road, Putney
*[[Henry Fuseli]], Swiss-born British artist, professor of painting and keeper of the [[Royal Academy]]<ref name=british/>
*[[Constance Garnett]], translator of ''[[War and Peace]]'', ''[[Anna Karenina]]'', ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'', and other Russian literary works
*[[Edward Gibbon]], historian, born in Putney, had local telephone exchange named in recognition
*[[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]], singer/guitarist and co founder of the band [[Fleetwood Mac (band)|Fleetwood Mac]] lived on Lytton Grove during his youth
*[[Francis North, 4th Earl of Guilford|Maria, Countess of Guilford]], resident of Putney Hill, 1825<ref name=british/>
*[[Kenelm Lee Guinness]], racing driver, started the KLG spark plug factory in [[Putney Vale]] and lived in Kingston Hill
*[[Peter Hain]], Labour Party MP, lived in Putney in the late-1960s
*[[Ralph Hill (music critic)|Ralph Hill]], music critic, lived at 39 Hazlewell Rd in the 1940s until his death in 1950. He founded the Putney Gramophone Society<ref>[https://putneysociety.org.uk/84230469/10Bulletin_Archive/PutSoc_April2010.pdf Putney Society Bulletin, April 2010]</ref>
*[[Ashley Horne]], of the band [[The Midnight Beast]]
*[[Joan Howson]] (1885–1964) was a British stained glass artist who lived in Deodar Road
*[[Konnie Huq]], television presenter of the children's television programme ''[[Blue Peter]]''
*[[Penny Irving]], actress (appearances include ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' and ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'')
*[[General Sir Mike Jackson]], Chief of the General Staff, 2003–06, lived, and attended primary school, in Putney<ref>Jackson, M., ''Soldier: The Autobiography'', London: Random House Group Ltd, 2007, p. 23</ref>
*[[Arthur Jeff]], British statesman and co-founder of Putney School of Art and Design
*[[Grace Jones]], singer and actress
*[[Joe Joyce (boxer)]], British Boxer, went to Elliott School
*[[Robin Knox-Johnston]], yachtsman, born in Putney
*[[Gunji Koizumi]], introduced judo to the United Kingdom
*[[Simon Lane]], YouTuber and member of the [[Yogscast]]
*[[Caroline Langrishe]], actress lives in Putney
*[[Simon Le Bon]], lead singer of [[Duran Duran]], has a home in Upper Richmond Road,<ref>See [[Charles Booth (philanthropist)]]'s map for an indication of building cost of this street.</ref> with his wife, [[Yasmin Le Bon|Yasmin]]
*[[Laurie Lee]], author, lived and worked as a builder's labourer in Putney during the 1930s
*[[Charles Lightoller|Commander Charles Lightoller]], the most senior officer to survive the [[RMS Titanic|Titanic disaster]], lived at 60A Upper Richmond Road<ref name="ThePutney" />
*[[David Luiz]], [[Chelsea F.C.]] and [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian international]] footballer
*[[James Macpherson]], translator and author of the [[Ossian|Ossian Poems]]
*[[David McKee]], creator of ''[[Mr Benn]]'', lived at 54 Festing Road ("at 52 Festive Road"), subsequently re-broadcast. Outside engraved paving slab<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8375309.stm |work=BBC News |title=Street pays tribute to Mr Benn |date=26 November 2009}}</ref>
*[[Sue Handscomb|Sue McNuff]] née Handscomb, Olympic rower,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rowingstory.com/people/sue-mcnuff/|title=Sue McNuff (née Handscomb)|date=30 January 2018}}</ref> was brought up in Putney
*[[JP Morgan]], US financier, occupied Dover House, Putney<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol4/pp78-83|title=Parishes: Putney - British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>
*[[Sir George Newnes|George Newnes]], publishing magnate, lived at Putney
*Sir [[Sidney Nolan]], one of Australia's leading artists of the 20th century, known for his paintings of [[Ned Kelly]], who lived at 79 Deodar Road.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frost |first=Stefan |date=10 March 2022 |title=Putney Society unveils blue plaque for artist Sir Sidney Nolan |url=https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/10032022-putney-society-unveils-blue-plaque-for-artist-sir-sidney-nolan |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=SW Londoner}}</ref>
*Cpt. [[Lawrence Oates]] Antarctic explorer, born and raised in Putney
*[[Edna O'Brien]] Irish author of [[The Country Girls]] and more lived in Putney in the 1960s<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/14/edna-obrien-is-still-writing-about-women-on-the-run|title=Edna O'Brien Is Still Writing About Women on the Run|first=Ian|last=Parker|magazine=The New Yorker|date=4 October 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Dick Pepper]] (1889–1962), banjo-player and writer, was born in Putney
*[[Catherine Louisa Pirkis]] (1839–1910), author of Victorian detective fiction, lived in Putney as an adult
*[[William Pitt the Younger]], Prime Minister, lived and died in Bowling-Green House at Putney Heath<ref name="Geikie, J. C. 1903 p. 85"/>
*[[Roy Plomley]] OBE (1914–1985), broadcaster, lived at 91 Deodar Road.
*[[Richard Pollard (MP)|Sir Richard Pollard]], (1505–1542), MP for Taunton (1536) and Devon (1539, 1542), resided chiefly at Putney
*[[David Rock (architect)]], former [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] president, lived in West Row, Westleigh Avenue
*[[Ellen Mary Rope]] (1855–1934), a British sculptor who lived in Deodar Road
*[[M. E. Aldrich Rope|Margaret Edith Rope]] (1891–1988) was an English stained-glass artist who lived in Deodar Road
*[[Justin Rose]], golfer, has a flat in Putney<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/12/14/sgmair14.xml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118233454/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/12/14/sgmair14.xml | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 January 2007 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Rose now wedded to success | first=Lewine | last=Mair | date=14 December 2006 | access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref>
*[[Ronald Ross|Sir Ronald Ross]], discoverer of malaria transmission by mosquitoes, lived and died at Bath House, Putney Hill<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timeline.lshtm.ac.uk/1920.html|title=1920 History Timeline - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - LSHTM|work=lshtm.ac.uk|access-date=13 February 2012|archive-date=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228233128/http://timeline.lshtm.ac.uk/1920.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Fred Russell (ventriloquist)|Fred Russell]], known as the "Father of Modern Ventriloquism", remembered by blue plaque, lived in Lower Richmond Road near Putney Bridge
*[[Abdus Salam]], theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate, lived at Campion Road for almost 40 years and was honoured by an English Heritage blue plaque in 2020<ref name="Blue Plaque">{{cite web |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/abdus-salam/?s=09 |website=English Heritage |title=English Heritage at Putney, London Borough of Wandsworth|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[Ruth Sanger]] (1918–2001), Australian expert on blood groups, died in Putney
*[[Harry Gordon Selfridge]], founder of Selfridges department store, lived in Putney and died in a flat on Putney Heath in 1947
*[[Shas Sheehan]], Liberal Democrat politician and life peer
*[[Sophie Simnett]], actress
*[[Freda Skinner]], (1911–1993) sculptor and woodcarver, lived at 79 Deodar Road, Putney<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1210260572 |title=Miss Freda N. Skinner - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951 |website=sculpture.gla.ac.uk |access-date=2018-12-16 |archive-date=17 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217110613/https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1210260572 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[A.W. Smith]], market gardener<ref name="Gables-Smith">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59576929|title="The great A.W. Smith"|last=E.|first=Lucas, Alfred|date=2000|publisher=Gables Publishing in association with Feltham Notes History Group|others=Calder, R. J., Feltham Notes History Group.|isbn=0953816508|location=Ashford|oclc=59576929}}</ref>
*[[Oswald Stoll|Sir Oswald Stoll]], Australian-born British theatre and film magnate, lived at 33 Putney Hill<ref name="ThePutney" />
*[[Algernon Charles Swinburne]], poet and Nobel prize nominee, lived and died at [[The Pines, Putney|The Pines]] at the foot of Putney Hill<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk|title=FreeBMD Home Page|work=freebmd.org.uk}}</ref>
*[[Daley Thompson]], former decathlete
*[[Gabriel Thomson]], actor, attended Elliott School
*[[Alan Thornhill]], sculptor whose nine large works form the permanent [[Putney Sculpture Trail]] along the Thames
*[[Harry Tincknell]], racing driver
*[[Fernando Torres]], former Spanish International footballer, played for [[Chelsea F.C.]]{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*[[Caroline Townshend|Caroline Charlotte Townshend]] (1878–1944) was a British stained glass artist who lived in Deodar Road
* Sir [[Alliott Verdon-Roe]], pioneer aviator and founder of aircraft manufacturer [[AVRO]]
*[[Dennis Waterman]], actor grew up in Putney and attended Granard School
*[[Theodore Watts-Dunton]], who looked after Swinburne
*[[Nigel Williams (author)|Nigel Williams]], author
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]], author of ''[[Frankenstein]]'', lived in Putney at Layton House in 1839, and White House in 1843
*[[Jack Whitehall]], comedian
*[[Michael Whitehall]], talent agent
*[[Leonard Woolf]], husband of [[Virginia Woolf]], grew up in Putney
*[[Tony Wright (actor)|Tony Wright]], film star, lived in Chartfield Avenue
*[[Peter Zinovieff]], British composer, musician and inventor. founder in 1969 of [[Electronic Music Studios]] (EMS), world famous for some of the most innovative and earliest synthesizers
*[[Sofka Zinovieff]], daughter of [[Peter Zinovieff]], writer, grew up in Putney