Editing Hayes, Hillingdon (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:William Byrd.jpg|thumb|200px|Composer [[William Byrd]], "the father of English music", lived in Hayes and Harlington, 1578–88]]
* [[Frank Allen (bassist)|Frank Allen]] (1943–), bass player of sixties pop groups [[Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers]] and [[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950262/bio |title=Frank Allen: Biography |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=IMDb |publisher= |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
* So-called "godfather of [[alternative comedy]]" [[Tony Allen (comedian)|Tony Allen]] (1945-2023) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/12/08/tony-allen-alternative-comedy-store-obituary/ |title=Tony Allen, pioneer of alternative comedy, lifelong squatter and Speakers' Corner veteran – obituary |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 December 2023 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Anselm of Canterbury]] (1033/4–1109), later [[Anselm of Canterbury|Saint Anselm]], was stationed in Hayes by King [[William II of England|William II]] in 1095.<ref>{{cite book |title=St Anselm of Canterbury: A Chapter in the History of Religion |last=Rigg |first=J. M. |year=2004 |publisher=Adamant Media Corporation |location=Boston, U.S.A. |isbn=1421263793 |page=137}}</ref>
* [[Buster Bloodvessel]] (1958–), frontman of 1980s pop group [[Bad Manners]], once lived on a canal houseboat in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/93636.bad-manners-and-buster-is-back/ |title=Bad Manners And Buster Is Back |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2000 |website=[[Harrow Times]] |access-date=13 April 2013 |quote=Buster Bloodvessel, has emerged from his canal houseboat in Hayes}}</ref>
* Virtuoso French horn player [[Dennis Brain]] (1921–1957) – credited with producing arguably the definitive recordings of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Horn Concertos (Mozart)|horn concerti]] – lived from 1945 in a bungalow in Hayes.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gamble |first=Stephen |date=2011 |title=Dennis Brain: A Life in Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5y2llfXEZJUC&q=%22hayes%2C+middlesex%22+and+%22recorded+at%22&pg=PA76 |publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]] |page=76 |isbn=978-1574413076}}</ref>
* [[Robin Bush (historian)|Robin Bush]] (1943–2010) of [[Channel 4]]'s archaeological series ''[[Time Team]]'' was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jul/07/robin-bush-obituary |title=Robin Bush obituary |author=Tom Mayberry |date=7 July 2010 |work=The Guardian |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Composer [[William Byrd]] (1539/40-1623), "the father of English music", lived as a [[Recusancy|Catholic recusant]] in Hayes and [[Harlington, London|Harlington]] 1578–88; a primary school in the area bears his name.<ref name="ByrdGrant">{{cite book |last=Wyatt |first=Louise |date=2018 |title=Secret Hayes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4qyIDwAAQBAJ&dq=william+byrd+composer+hayes&pg=PT118 |location=Stroud |publisher=Amberley Publishing |page= |isbn=978-1445672205}}</ref>
* Alderman [[Harvey Christian Combe|Harvey Combe]] (1752–1818) – [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] politician; [[Lord Mayor of London]] in 1799 – lived in Hayes and is buried in St Mary's [[churchyard]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hibbert |first=Christopher |date=2011 |title=The London Encyclopaedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xa0D0PqiwfEC&q=%22visited+hayes%22+and+%22middlesex%22&pg=PA389 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |page=390 |isbn=978-1405049252|edition=3rd }}</ref>
* [[Brian Connolly]] (1945–1997), singer of [[glam rock]] band [[The Sweet|Sweet]], lived in Hayes and [[Harefield]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/393602.Brian_Connolly/ |title=Brian Connolly |date=16 July 2003 |work=Hillingdon Times |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Disgraced disc jockey [[Chris Denning]] (1941-2022) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23837286.paedophile-bbc-radio-1-dj-chris-denning-dies-prison/ |title=Paedophile BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning dies in prison |last=Thomson |first=Charles |date=5 October 2023 |website=[[The Echo (Essex)|Southend Echo]] |access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djsd.htm |title=Disc jockeys: D |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=offshoreradio.co.uk |access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>
* Actress [[Anne Marie Duff]] (1970–) – best known for playing [[List of characters from Shameless|Fiona Gallagher]] in ''[[Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless]]'' and [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] in ''[[The Virgin Queen (TV serial)|The Virgin Queen]]'' – grew up in Hayes, attending [[Hewens College|Mellow Lane School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/6690637/Anne-Marie-Duff-interview.html |title=Anne-Marie Duff interview |author=John Preston |date=1 December 2009 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Greg Dyke]] (1947–), former [[Director-General of the BBC|BBC director general]] and former chairman of [[The Football Association|the FA]], grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/9946326/Greg-Dyke-the-ideal-candidate-for-role-as-FA-chairman.html |title=Greg Dyke the ideal candidate for role as FA chairman |author=Frank Malley |date=21 March 2013 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/celebrity-interviews/Greg-Dykes-Travelling-Life/ |title=Greg Dyke's Travelling Life |author=York Membery |date=13 June 2014 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>
* Pioneer in photography [[B. J. Edwards]] (1838–1914) lived at Wistowe House (which dates from the 17th century) on Church Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/companies1.html |title=Company Details: Edwards, B. J. |work=Early Photography |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Chris Finnegan]] (1944–2009), Olympic boxing gold medalist, lived in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/sport/other-sport/hayes-hod-carrier-who-ended-5975768 |title=The Hayes hod carrier who ended Britain's boxing drought |date=21 July 2012 |work=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
* Boxer [[Kevin Finnegan]] (1948–2008), brother of Olympic gold medalist Chris, lived in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/tributes-boxing-legend-kevin-finnegan-6015178 |title=Tributes for boxing legend Kevin Finnegan |date=27 October 2008 |work=[[MyLondon]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
* Bandleader [[Bert Firman]] (1906–1999) – popular in the 1920s, '30s and '40s – worked daily from 1924 to 1929 in Hayes's [[Zonophone]] recording studios.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.r2ok.co.uk/bertobit.htm |title=Bert Firman: 3 February 1906 - 9 April 1999 |date=1999 |publisher=Vintage Dance Band Music website |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
* Actor [[Barry Foster (actor)|Barry Foster]] (1927–2002), best known as 1970s TV detective [[Van der Valk (1972 TV series)|Van der Valk]], grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/12/guardianobituaries |title=Barry Foster |author=Philip Purser |date=12 February 2002 |work=The Guardian |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Musician [[Paul Gardiner]] (1958–1984) of [[Gary Numan]]'s [[Tubeway Army]] was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.numandiscography.co.uk/htdocs/band_members/paulgardiner.php |title=Paul Gardiner |work=The Definitive Tubeway Army & Gary Numan Discography |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[James Grant (Waterloo)|Major-General James Grant, C.B.]] (1778–1852), who served under [[Duke of Wellington|Wellington]] at the [[Battle of Waterloo]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/entity/4084133-grant-james-575 |title=Grant, James, 575 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2024 |website=[[Royal Mint Museum]] |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref> was a lifelong Hayes resident.<ref name="ByrdGrant"/>
* Celebrity tailor [[Doug Hayward]] (1934–2008) grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/may/03/fashion.mainsection |title=Doug Hayward |author=Veronica Horwell |date=3 May 2008 |work=The Guardian |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Sir [[Peter Hendy]] (1953–), chairman of [[Network Rail]] and former [[Commissioner of Transport for London]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/sir-peter-hendy-chairman-of-network-rail-reveals-how-he-keeps-the-city-on-track-a114491.html |title=Meet London's most powerful people |date=2015 |work=London Evening Standard |access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>
* [[England national football team|England]] footballer [[Glenn Hoddle]] (1957–) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/3001935/Glenn-Hoddle-Factfile.html |title=Glenn Hoddle Factfile |date=28 March 2001 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Noted [[Atomic physics|atomic]] and [[Nuclear physics|nuclear]] physicist [[Fritz Houtermans|Friedrich Georg Houtermans]] (1903–1966) lived between 1933 and 1935 in Hayes, where he worked for [[EMI]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Adventurous Life of Friedrich Georg Houtermans, Physicist (1903–1966) |last=Amaldi |first=Edoardo |year=2012 |publisher=[[Springer Publishing|Springer]] |location=Heidelberg |isbn=978-3642328541 |page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eagblog.org/news/lives-of-the-great-geochemists-fritz-houtermans/ |title=Lives of the great geochemists: Fritz Houtermans |last=Gonçalves |first=Mário |date=17 April 2018 |website=[[European Association of Geochemistry|EAG]] |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>
* Golfer [[Barry Lane]] (1960–2022) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beauproductions.com/golfswingsws/barrylane/index.html |title=The golf swing of Barry Lane |work=BeauProductions.com |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Honey Lantree]] (1943–2018), drummer of sixties pop group [[The Honeycombs]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehoneycombs.info/honeylantree.php |title=Honey Lantree |work=The Honeycombs |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/28/honey-lantree-obituary |title=Honey Lantree obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 December 2018 |access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet]] (1639–1667), politician and (from 1644) stepson of [[Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester]], was educated in Hayes by [[Thomas Triplett|Dr Thomas Triplett]]. His son [[Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield|Edward Lee]] at age 13 married the 12-year-old [[Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield|Lady Charlotte Fitzroy]], an illegitimate daughter of [[Charles II of England|Charles II]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1660–1690, Volume 1 |last=Henning |first=Basil Duke |year=1983 |publisher=Haynes Publishing |page=717}}</ref>
* Screenwriter, Audio Playwright and Graphic Novelist [[Tony Lee]] (1970–), whose work including ''[[Pride and Prejudice and Zombies]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'' have topped the [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]], was born in Hayes, attending [[Hayes Manor School|Hayes Manor Secondary School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/comic-book-writer-thanks-top-5995736 |title=Comic book writer thanks top teacher |date=14 July 2010 |work=Get West London |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Lady [[Harriet Mordaunt]] (1848–1906) – [[respondent]] in a sensational [[Matrimonial Causes Act 1857|divorce]] case in which King [[Edward VII]], while still [[Prince of Wales]], was embroiled – lived for several years from 1877 in Hayes Park Private [[History of psychiatric institutions|Asylum]] (now [[Barra Hall Park|Barra Hall]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pastonglass.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/the-story-of-hampton-lea-uncovering-hidden-histories/ |title=The Story of Hampton Lea: Uncovering Hidden Histories |last=Nichols |first=Kathy |date=25 May 2017 |website=Past on Glass |publisher=[[London Borough of Sutton]] |access-date=21 April 2023 |quote=In 1877 she [Lady Mordaunt] was moved to Hayes Park Asylum, Hillingdon}}</ref>
* Author [[George Orwell]] (1903–1950) lived and worked in Hayes, 1932-3.<ref>{{cite book |title=George Orwell: A Political Life |last=Ingle |first=Stephen |year=1994 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |isbn=0719032466 |page=21}}</ref>
[[File:GeoreOrwell.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[George Orwell]] in 1933, in which year he lived and worked in Hayes]]
* Malcolm Owen (1955–1980) and Paul Fox (1951–2007) of [[Punk rock|punk]] band [[The Ruts]] grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/04432-the-ruts-malcolm-owen-30-year-anniversary |title=Remembering Malcolm Owen: The Ruts 30 Years On |author=John Robb |date=15 June 2010 |work=The Quietus |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Larry Page (singer and manager)|Larry Page]] (1936-2024), 1960s manager of pop groups [[The Kinks]] and [[The Troggs]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite book |title=Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland |last=Frame |first=Pete |year=1999 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=London |isbn=0711969736 |page=[https://archive.org/details/peteframesrockin0000fram/page/141 141] |url=https://archive.org/details/peteframesrockin0000fram/page/141 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/teenage-rage-producer-who-unleashed-wild-thing-and-managed-the-kinks-20240507-p5fpir.html |title='Teenage Rage' producer who unleashed Wild Thing and managed The Kinks |author=Glenn A. Baker |date=7 May 2024 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Colin Phipps]] (1934-2009) – geologist, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP, and founding member of the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]] - was born and schooled in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/feb/02/obituary-colin-phipps-labour |title=Labour: Colin Phipps |date=2009 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[Steve Priest]] (1948–2020), bass player of [[glam rock]] band [[The Sweet|Sweet]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thesweetband.com/bio/steve-priest/ |title=Steve Priest |work=Sweet website |access-date=6 October 2015 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807230959/http://thesweetband.com/bio/steve-priest/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |date=7 June 2020 |title=Steve Priest obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/07/steve-priest-obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |location= |access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]] (1951–), actress in the titular role in ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' and [[Bond girl]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005412/ |title=Jane Seymour |work=IMDb |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Tennis player [[Maud Shackle]] (1870–1962) – twice a [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] finalist, and the first [[ambidextrous]] player<ref>{{cite book|title=Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad |url=https://archive.org/details/lawntennisathom00myergoog |year=1903 |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons]] |location=New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/lawntennisathom00myergoog/page/n104 83] |edition=1 |editor=[[A. Wallis Myers]] |oclc=5358651 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=McKelvie |first=Roy |title=The Queen's Club Story, 1886–1986 |year=1986 |publisher=[[Stanley Paul (publishers)|Stanley Paul]] |location=London |isbn=0091660602 |pages=39,257}}</ref> – was born in Hayes.
* [[Nick Simper]] (1945–), founding member of Rock band [[Deep Purple]], lived in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nicksimper.com/nicks_story.htm |title=Nick's Story |author=Nick Simper |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] footballer [[John Sissons (footballer)|John Sissons]] (1945-) was born in Hayes.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
* [[David Smart (circus proprietor)|David Smart]] (1929–2007), co-owner of [[Billy Smart Jr.|Billy Smart's Circus]] and [[Windsor Safari Park]] and a son of [[Billy Smart Sr.]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1557377/David-Smart.html |title=David Smart |date=14 July 2007 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>
* Composer [[Stephen Storace]] (1762–1796), famous in his day and a friend of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], lived from the late 1780s in Wood End, Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/9659/Raising-the-roof |title=Raising the roof |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=[[Hillingdon London Borough Council|Hillingdon Council]] |publisher= |access-date=21 April 2023 |quote=Stephen Storace (1762-1796) lived at The Chestnuts, Wood End from 1788}}</ref> Mozart created the role of Susanna in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (1786) for his sister, [[Nancy Storace]] (1765–1817).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Storace |title=Stephen Storace: British composer |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref>
* Prebendary and philanthropist Dr [[Thomas Triplett]] (1602–1670) was a [[schoolmaster]] in Hayes during the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]] period (see ''Sir Francis Lee'', above); a primary school in the area bears his name.<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1690–1715, Volume 1 |last=Hayton |first=D. W. |year=2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0521772214 |page=16}}</ref>
* [[David Westlake]] (1965–), singer/songwriter of [[Indie rock|indie]] band [[The Servants]], was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://onlythelonelymusic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-servants-reserved-2006-disinterest.html |title=The Servants |date=2013 |work=Only the Lonely |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
* Welsh international footballer [[Rhoys Wiggins]] (1987–) grew up in Hayes.
* Football player/manager/pundit [[Ray Wilkins]] (1956–2018) grew up in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/04/04/ray-butch-wilkins-footballer-obituary/ |title=Ray 'Butch' Wilkins, footballer – obituary |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2018 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=13 April 2023 |quote=He grew up in Hayes and at 10 began to train with Chelsea}}</ref>
* Former [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]] leader [[Norman Willis]] (1933–2014) was born in Hayes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28027330 |title=Former TUC leader Norman Willis dies at 81 |year=2014 |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/25/norman-willis |title=Norman Willis obituary |author=Geoffrey Goodman |year=2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=1 September 2014}}</ref>