Editing Ruislip (section)

==Notable people==
{{main|List of people from Hillingdon}}
* Optical mineralogist [[Stuart Olof Agrell]] (1913–1996) was born in Ruislip.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pillinger |first1=Colin |last2=Hutchison |first2=Robert |last3=Scott |first3=Robert. R. D. |year=1996 |title=Memorial: Stuart Olof Agrell |journal=Meteoritics and Planetary Science |volume=31 |pages=931–932 |publisher=Meteoritical Society |doi= 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02127.x|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Mary Bankes]] (c. 1598–1661), [[Cavalier|Royalist]] figure of the [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]], lived in Ruislip.<ref>Bowlt 2007, p.24420</ref> Lady Bankes Infant and Junior School is named after her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ladybankes-jun.hillingdon.sch.uk/history-of-the-school-1/|title=History of the School {{!}} Lady Bankes Junior School|website=www.ladybankes-jun.hillingdon.sch.uk|access-date=4 January 2017|archive-date=5 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105084950/http://www.ladybankes-jun.hillingdon.sch.uk/history-of-the-school-1/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Experimental musician [[Paul Burwell]] (1949–2007) was born in Ruislip.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paul-burwell-435617.html |title=Paul Burwell |date=9 February 2007 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=28 November 2011}}</ref>
* [[Conn Iggulden]], author, attended Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sale|first1=Jonathan|title=Passed/Failed: An education in the life of author Conn Iggulden|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-author-conn-iggulden-1802531.html|access-date=19 April 2018|work=The Independent|date=14 October 2009}}</ref>
* Poet [[Peter Levi]] (1931–2000) was born in Ruislip.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/03/news.obituaries |title=Peter Levi |last=Forbes |first=Peter |date=3 February 2000 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=28 November 2011}}</ref>
* Actress [[Lana Morris]] (1930–1998) was born in Ruislip.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lana-morris-1156921.html |title=Obituary: Lana Morris |last=Vallance |first=Tom |date=30 May 1998 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=28 November 2011}}</ref>
* Choral director and television song composer [[Fred Tomlinson (singer)|Fred Tomlinson]] lived in Walnut Way.<ref>''Harefield Gazette'', 7 December 1994, p. 22</ref><ref name=times>Obituary, ''The Times'', 7 September, 2016</ref>
* Actress [[Jessie Matthews]] (1907-1981) is buried in St Martins graveyard.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024|reason=Not sourced in linked article}}
* Actor [[Simon Fisher-Becker]] was born in Ruislip in 1961.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024|reason=Not sourced in linked article}}