Editing Amersham (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Val Biro]], illustrator and author, lived in Amersham at 95 High Street<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amersham Museum – 89–95 High St |url=https://amershammuseum.org/history/old-town/high-street-north/91-95-high-st/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=www.amershammuseum.org}}</ref>
* [[Katy Brand]], actress/comedian/writer, born and brought up in Amersham<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/comedy/is-katy-brand-the-new-catherine-tate-6637777.html|title=Is Katy Brand the new Catherine Tate?|last=Dessau|first=Bruce|date=19 October 2007|newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]]|access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref>
* [[Anne Chamney]], mechanical engineer, known for invention of a novel [[oxygen tent]], born in Amersham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/8782/images/ons_b19312az-0200?pId=41737224 |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=www.ancestry.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[Simon Church]], Wales international footballer, born in Amersham and attended Amersham School<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37180591|title=Simon Church: Wales striker leaves MK Dons for Roda JC|work=BBC Sport|date=24 August 2016|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Giles Cooper (producer)|Giles Cooper]], entertainment producer, born in Amersham. Best known as Chairman of the [[Royal Variety Performance]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.royalvarietycharity.org/home/welcome/giles-cooper-biog|title=Giles Cooper – biography &#124; Royal Variety Charity|first=Royal Variety|last=Charity|website=www.royalvarietycharity.org}}</ref>
* [[Ruth Ellis]], last woman hanged in England, buried in St Mary's Cemetery<ref>{{cite news |last1=Soodin |first1=Vince |title=Time to put Ruth Ellis murder case to rest |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/441286.time-to-put-ruth-ellis-murder-case-to-rest/ |access-date=10 September 2022 |work=Bucks Free Press |date=11 December 2003}}</ref>
* [[Paul Foot (comedian)|Paul Foot]], comedian, born and raised in Amersham<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/features/2022/Paul_Foot-Interview.html|title=Paul Foot: Interview|last=Hay|first=Malcolm|date=25 September 2006|work=Time Out London|publisher=Time Out Group|access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref>
* [[Cindy Gallop]], advertising chief turned adult industry entrepreneur, born in Amersham<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/cindy-gallop-make-love-not-porn-founder-on-de-stigmatising-sex-and-why-emma-watson-was-wrong-to-call-a7163901.html|title=Cindy Gallop Make Love Not Porn founder on destigmatising sex and why Emma Watson is wrong}}</ref>
* [[Walter Goehr]] conductor, and his wife, photographer Laelia Goehr, lived at 17, Batchelors Way at the start of World War II.<ref>[https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/19032929.amersham-nostalgia-laelia-goehr---passionate-photographer/ ''Bucks Free Press'']</ref> 
* [[Allan Gray (composer)|Allan Gray]] (real name Josef Zmigrod), [[List of émigré musicians from Nazi Europe who settled in Britain|émigré composer]] best known for his film scores in the 1940s, lived in Bois Lane<ref>[https://amershammuseum.org/history/people/20th-century/allan-gray-josef-zmigrod/ Allan Gray biography, Amersham Museum]</ref> 
* [[Eddie Howe]], [[Newcastle United]] manager, born in Amersham<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/9044186.The_Eddie_Howe_story__Part_two/|title=The Eddie Howe story: Part two|last=Geldard|first=Suzanne|date=24 May 2011|newspaper=[[Lancashire Telegraph]]|access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Laverick]], engineer, first woman to receive a PhD in a scientific subject at [[Durham University]], born and raised in Amersham.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Haines |first=Catharine M. C. |url=http://archive.org/details/internationalwom00hain |title=International women in science : a biographical dictionary to 1950 |date=2001 |publisher=Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-57607-090-1}}</ref>
* [[Damien Lovelock]], Australian musician, lead singer of [[The Celibate Rifles]], born in Amersham<ref name="lovelock">{{cite news |last1=Cannane |first1=Steve |title=Singer, soccer commentator, yoga teacher: Celibate Rifles frontman Damien Lovelock dies |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-03/celibate-rifles-frontman-damien-lovelock-dead/11373500 |access-date=4 August 2019 |work=ABC News |date=3 August 2019 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[Arthur Machen]], Welsh author and mystic, resident in Amersham, buried in St Mary's Cemetery<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/oct/30/featuresreviews.guardianreview24|title=Pan's people|last=Stanley|first=Richard|date=30 October 2004|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref>
* [[Bill Pertwee]], actor, best known as Warden Hodges in the sitcom ''Dad's Army'', born in Amersham<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/may/27/bill-pertwee|title=Bill Pertwee obituary|first=Dennis|last=Barker|date=27 May 2013|website=The Guardian|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Eileen Ramsay (photographer)|Eileen Ramsay]], photographer, brought up in Amersham<ref name=gob>{{cite news |last1=Pickthall |first1=Barry |title=Eileen Ramsay obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/feb/21/eileen-ramsay-obituary |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=21 February 2017 |language=en |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826165842/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/feb/21/eileen-ramsay-obituary |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tim Rice]], born in Amersham<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tim-Rice|title=Sir Tim Rice – English lyricist|website=britannica.com|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetheatreworkshop.com/tim-rice/|title=Sir Tim Rice – The Theatre Workshop|website=www.thetheatreworkshop.com|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Jennifer Worth]], nurse and author of ''The Midwife Trilogy'', raised in Amersham<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/8671467/Jennifer-Worth.html|title=Obituary: Jennifer Worth|date=29 July 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=26 April 2012}}</ref>