Editing Cheam (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Joanna Rowsell's gold postbox in Cheam, London.jpg|thumb|upright|Olympic gold postbox in Cheam Village for local medal winner, [[Joanna Rowsell]]]]
*[[James Blades]] (1901–1999) orchestral percussionist, lived in Cheam.<ref>{{cite web |author=Peter |first=Mattey |title=History of our area |url=http://www.bscra.com/History.html |access-date=26 August 2024 |publisher=Belmont and South Cheam Residents Association}}</ref>
* [[Jane Dee]], Elizabethan [[lady-in-waiting]] and wife of occultist [[John Dee]], was born in Cheam.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Harkness |first1=Deborah E. |title=Managing an Experimental Household: The Dees of Mortlake and the Practice of Natural Philosophy |journal=Isis |date=June 1997 |volume=88 |issue=2 |page=251 |doi=10.1086/383691 |s2cid=144404148 |jstor=236573 }}</ref>
* [[Tony Hancock]] (1924–1968), comedian, lived in and set his sketches in Cheam
* [[Paul Greengrass]] (born 1955), film director, was born in Cheam.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |date=2007-08-05 |title=Hollywood's favourite Brit |language=en-GB |work=[[The Observer]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/aug/05/television |url-status=live |access-date=2023-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224114230/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/aug/05/television |archive-date=24 December 2021 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
* [[James Hunt]] (1947–1993), Formula One racing driver, lived in Cheam as a child and attended Ambleside School.
* [[Peter Manley]] (born 1962), darts player, was born in Cheam.
* Jimmy Mann (born 1978), darts player, lives in Cheam and attended Cheam Fields primary school
* [[Joanna Rowsell]] (born 1988), Olympic cycling gold medallist, attended Cuddington-Croft Primary School and [[Nonsuch High School|Nonsuch High School for Girls]].
* [[Alex Sawyer]] (born 1993), actor, lived in Cheam and attended The Avenue School.
* [[Harry Secombe]] (1921–2001), comedian, lived in Cheam.
* [[Alec Stewart]] (born 1963), (ex-England cricketer) lived in Cheam.
* [[Jeremy Vine]] (born 1965) (presenter) and his brother [[Tim Vine]] (born 1967) (comedian) were born in Cheam.
* [[Carrie Quinlan]], actress, lived in Cheam and attended [[Nonsuch High School|Nonsuch High School for Girls]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cheam-traders.co.uk/about/cheam-village/|title=Cheam Village}}</ref>
* [[Suzannah Lipscomb]] (born 1978), historian, lived in Cheam and attended [[Nonsuch High School|Nonsuch High School for Girls]].<ref name="podcasts.apple.com">[https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sister-queens-mary-ii-and-anne/id1564113869?i=1000566599863 Not Just the Tudors podcast by History Hit; Episode – Sister Queens: Mary II and Anne 29:56–30:14]. Retrieved 20 June 2022.</ref>