Editing Wimbledon, London (section)

==Notable residents==
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[[File:Oliver Reed 1968.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Oliver Reed]], born 1938 in Wimbledon]]
*[[Bob Astles]] (1924–2012), former associate of Ugandan presidents [[Milton Obote]] and [[Idi Amin]]
*[[Ben Barnes (actor)|Ben Barnes]] (born 1981), actor
*[[Joseph Bazalgette]] (1819–1891), civil engineer; his creation in the mid 19th century of the sewer network for central London eliminated the incidence of [[cholera]] epidemics<ref>{{cite web |author=The Wimbledon Society |title=Heritage: From London's sewers to the fresh air of Wimbledon |url=http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/heritage/news/9603435.print/ |work=Wimbledon Guardian |date=23 March 2012 |access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>
*[[Raymond Briggs]] (1934–2022), cartoonist<ref name="b211">{{cite news | last=Bailey | first=Jason M. | title=Raymond Briggs, Who Drew a Wordless 'Snowman,' Dies at 88 | website=The New York Times | date=2022-08-10 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/books/raymond-briggs-dead.html | access-date=2024-06-11}}</ref>
*[[Lyde Browne (antiquary)|John Lyde-Brown]] (died 1787), director of the [[Bank of England]]; resident of Cannizaro House;<ref name=Park1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cannizaropark.org.uk/history.htm |website=The Friends of Cannizaro Park |access-date=6 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830182512/http://www.cannizaropark.org.uk/history.htm |archive-date=30 August 2006 |url-status=dead |title=Three centuries of heritage behind the estate}}</ref> his collection of classical sculpture was acquired by [[Catherine the Great|Catherine II]] of Russia in 1787 and is held by the [[Hermitage Museum]]
*[[James Brunlees]] (1816–1892), engineer, lived at Argyle Lodge, Parkside
*[[Josephine Butler]] (1828–1906), feminist campaigner of the Victorian era, [[Blue Plaque]] at 8 North View, Wimbledon Common<ref name = plaque1/>
*[[George Edward Cates]] (1892–1917), [[World War I]] [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
*Duke (1784–1841) and Duchess of Cannizzaro<ref>{{cite news|author=The Wimbledon Society|title=Wimbledon Heritage: Colourful story of Cannizaro gets another hearing|url=http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/heritage/news/9566343.Colourful_story_of_Cannizaro_gets_another_hearing/|access-date=14 December 2017 |work=Wimbledon Guardian |date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[Ernst Boris Chain]] (1906–1979), joint winner of the 1945 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize in Medicine]] for the discovery of [[penicillin]]. Blue Plaque at 9 North View, Wimbledon Common<ref name=plaque1>{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/B|title=English Heritage|website=English-heritage.org.uk|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[Mavis Cheek]] (1948-2023), novelist born and brought up in Wimbledon.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mavis Cheek |website=Faber & Faber|url=http://www.faber.co.uk/author/mavis-cheek/ |access-date=2 April 2012}}</ref>
*[[Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough]] (1660–1744), close friend of [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]], resident of [[Wimbledon Manor House]]
*[[Norman Coburn]]{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} (born 1937), Australian actor played [[Donald Fisher (Home and Away)|Donald Fisher]] in Australian soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]''
*[[Annette Crosbie]] (born 1934), actress, screen wife of ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]''s [[Victor Meldrew]]
*[[Jack Davenport]] (born 1973), actor
*[[Sandy Denny]] (1947–1978), singer, born at the Nelson Hospital
*[[Laurence Doherty]] (1875–1919), winner of thirteen Wimbledon tennis championships and two Olympic gold medals
*[[Reginald Doherty]] (1872–1910), winner of twelve Wimbledon tennis championships and three Olympic gold medals
*[[Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding|Hugh Dowding]] (1882–1970), commander of [[RAF Fighter Command]] during the [[Battle of Britain]] in 1940, Blue Plaque at 3 St Mary's Road<ref name=plaque2>{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/D|title=English Heritage|website=English-heritage.org.uk|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville|Henry Dundas]], [[Viscount Melville]] (1742–1811), [[Home Secretary]] and [[Secretary of State for War]] to [[William Pitt the Younger]], resident of Cannizaro House<ref name = Park1/>
*[[Maria Fetherstonhaugh]] (1847–1918), novelist, bought a house by Wimbledon Windmill in 1905, where [[Robert Baden-Powell]] as her guest wrote ''[[Scouting for Boys]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Wimbledon Society|title=Heritage: Lord Robert Baden-Powell – Always prepared|url=https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/10246444.Baden_Powell___Always_prepared/|work=Wimbledon Guardian|date=22 February 2013|access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[Sid Field]] (1904–1950), English comedy actor, lived at 44 Parkside.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=7 April 1950 |title=FIELD, Sidney Arthur |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38880/page/1769/data.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826174549/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38880/page/1769/data.pdf |archive-date=26 August 2022 |url-status=live |journal=The London Gazette |issue=38880 |pages=1769}}</ref>
*[[Charles James Fox]] (1749–1806), Britain's first [[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Foreign Secretary]] under prime minister [[Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham|Marquess of Rockingham]]; took over Rockingham's Church Road house after the latter's death in 1782<ref name="Lysons">{{cite web|author=Daniel Lysons|title='Wimbledon', in The Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey (London, 1792)|pages=519–540|publisher=British History Online|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol1/pp519-540|access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[Ford Madox Ford]] (1873–1939), author; works include ''[[The Good Soldier]]'' and ''[[Parade's End]]''<ref>{{cite book |title=Complete Works of Ford Madox Ford, with picture of birthplace in Kingston Road, Wimbledon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s24bAgAAQBAJ&q=ford+madox+ford+kingston+road&pg=PT9 |access-date=3 February 2014|isbn = 9781908909701|last1 = Ford|first1 = Ford Madox|date = 17 November 2013| publisher=Delphi Classics }}</ref>
*[[John William Godward]] (1861–1922), painter
*[[Charles Gore]] born 1853, Wimbledon, theologian.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=David Lawrence |title=Leaders of the Church of England 1828 - 1978 |date=1978 |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |location=London |isbn=0340226358 |edition=Rev. and updated }}</ref>
*[[Charles Patrick Graves]] (1899–1971), journalist
*[[Robert Graves]] (1895–1985), poet
*[[Victoria Hamilton]] (born 1971), actress
*[[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen]] (1784–1860), prime minister 1852–55; resident of Cannizaro House<ref name = Park1/>
*[[Imogen Hassal]] (1942–1980), actress
*[[Ted Heath (bandleader)|Ted Heath]] (1902–1969), bandleader<ref>{{cite web |title=Big Band Library |url=http://www.bigbandlibrary.com/tedheath.html|website=Bigbandlibrarty.com |access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[Georgette Heyer]] (1902&ndash;1974), novelist born and raised in Wimbledon. She wrote her first five novels there. Two later novels, ''Pastel'' and ''Behold, Here's Poison'', are set in a suburb very like Wimbledon.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/13316513.Stephen_Fry_unveils_plaque_to_Wimbledon_author_Georgette_Heyer/ |title = Stephen Fry unveils plaque to Wimbledon author Georgette Heyer |work=Wimbledon Guardian|date = 5 June 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Mark Hollis]] (1955–2019), musician
*[[Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha]] (1893–1957), [[Secretary of State for Transport|Minister of Transport]], 1934–7 who introduced the driving test and the [[Belisha Beacon]]; then [[Secretary of State for War]], 1937–40
*[[Thomas Hughes]] (1822–1896), author of the 1857 novel ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays]]'' which was written in Wimbledon
*[[James Hunt]] (1947–1993), racing driver and commentator. Formula 1 World Champion 1976
*[[John Innes (philanthropist)|John Innes]] (1829&ndash;1904), property developer and philanthropist
*[[Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet|Sir Theodore Janssen of Wimbledon]] (c.1658–1748), director of the [[South Sea Company]] and founder-member of the [[Bank of England]]. Resident of [[Wimbledon Manor House]]. The grounds of his later house bordered the east side of the High Street.<ref>{{cite web |title=England: Teile von verschiedenen Regionen |url=https://biblio.unibe.ch/web-apps/maps/zoomify.php?pic=Ryh_1813_24.jpg&col=ryh&locale=en |website=18th century map of Wimbledon |publisher=Universität Bern |access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>
*[[Paul Jerricho]], actor
*[[Hetty King]] (1883&ndash;1972), music hall artiste and male impersonator.  A blue commemorative plaque was erected on her home in Palmerston Road, Wimbledon by [[The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America]] in November 2010.
*[[Vanessa Kirby]] (born 1988), actress
*[[Don Lang (musician)|Don Lang]] (1925&ndash;1992), with his band, a mainstay of Britain's first television rock and roll programme ''[[Six-Five Special]]''
*[[Alvar Lidell]] (1908–1981), BBC radio announcer; his voice was well known during [[World War II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=This is the news – with Alvar Lidell |url=http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/heritage/news/10135731.This_is_the_news___with_Alvar_Lidell/ |work=Wimbledon Guardian |date=4 January 2013 |access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>
*[[Jenny Lind]] (1820&ndash;1887), the Swedish Nightingale, at Argyle Lodge, Parkside.
*[[Joseph Norman Lockyer|Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer]] (1836–1920), scientist and astronomer; joint discoverer of [[helium]]
*[[James Murdoch]] (born 1972), younger son of media mogul [[Rupert Murdoch]] and former chief executive officer (CEO) of [[21st Century Fox]]
*[[Frederick Marryat]] (1792–1848), author, Blue Plaque at Gothic Lodge, 6 Woodhayes Road
*[[Tony McGuinness (English musician)|Tony McGuinness]] (born 1959), guitarist and songwriter, [[Above & Beyond (band)|Above and Beyond]]
*[[Michael McIntyre]]{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} (born 1976), comedian born in the area
*[[Thomas Ralph Merton]] (1888–1969), physicist
*[[Marcus Mumford]] (born 1987), lead singer and songwriter, [[Mumford & Sons]]
*[[John Murray III]] (1808–1892), publisher; significant publications include [[Charles Darwin]]'s ''[[The Origin of Species]]''; Murray built a house called "Newstead" on four acres at Somerset Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Wimbledon Society |work=Wimbledon Guardian |date=9 March 2012 |url=http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/heritage/news/9577848.print/ |access-date=14 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Horatio, Viscount Nelson]] (1758–1805), admiral; Nelson's estate, [[Merton Place]], included part of Wimbledon at the eastern end of the Broadway,<ref name=LBM>{{Cite web |url=http://www.merton.gov.uk/leisure/history/nelson/nelsonhistory.htm |title=London Borough of Merton, Nelson |access-date=23 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216074514/https://www.merton.gov.uk/leisure/history/nelson/nelsonhistory.htm |archive-date=16 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> though, strictly he was a resident of [[Merton, London (parish)|Merton]] the neighbouring parish
* [[Margaret Noble]] or Sister Nivedita (1867-1911), campaigner for Indian Independence
*[[Alan Pardew]] (born 1961), football manager
*[[Michelle Paver]] (born 1960), author, ''[[Chronicles of Ancient Darkness]]''
*[[Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham]] (1781–1851), Lord Chancellor; judge in the landmark 1841 court case [[Saunders v Vautier]] 
*[[William Henry Preece|Sir William Henry Preece]] (1834–1913), developed English telephone system; Blue Plaque at Gothic Lodge, 6 Woodhayes Road.
*[[Oliver Reed]] (1938–1999), actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/heritage/news/9529869.Oliver_Reed_-_Wimbledon_s_wildest_rebel/|title=Oliver Reed – Wimbledon's wildest rebel|date=17 February 2012|work=Wimbledon Guardian}}</ref>
*[[Margaret Rutherford]] (1892–1972), actress, Blue Plaque at 4 Berkeley Place<ref name=plaque3>{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/R|title=English Heritage|website=English-heritage.org.uk|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[Arthur Schopenhauer]] (1788–1860), philosopher, Blue Plaque at Eagle House where he lived in 1803<ref name=plaque4>{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/S|title=English Heritage|website=English-heritage.org.uk|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[Ridley Scott]] (born 1937), film director; films include ''[[Blade Runner]]'' and [[Gladiator (2000 film)|''Gladiator'']].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wimbledon Music Festival|url=http://www.wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk/wimbledon.html|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-date=10 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110193238/http://www.wimbledonmusicfestival.co.uk/wimbledon.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia]] (1892–1975), guest at a house in Parkside while in exile from Ethiopia owing to the [[Abyssinia Crisis|Italian invasion]]; his statue stands in Cannizaro Park.<ref name=Park2>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cannizaropark.org.uk/nr_17.htm |website=The Friends of Cannizaro Park |title=Royals, relatives and Rastafari attend unveiling of Haile Selassie statue |date=Winter 2005 |access-date=6 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719091516/http://www.cannizaropark.org.uk/nr_17.htm |archive-date=19 July 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Renu Setna]], actor
*[[Brian Sewell]] (1931–2015), art critic and media personality
*[[Mark Edgley Smith]] (1955&ndash;2008), composer
*[[Steve-O]] (born 1974), entertainer, born in Wimbledon
*[[Jamie T]] (born 1986), musician
*[[David Tipper]] (born 1976), producer, composer, DJ
*[[John Horne Tooke]] (1736–1812), politician, lived at [[Chester House, Wimbledon|Chester House]] on [[Wimbledon Common]]
*[[Arnold Toynbee (historian, born 1852)|Arnold Toynbee]] (1852–1883), economic historian, Blue Plaque at 49 Wimbledon Parkside<ref name=plaque5>{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/T|title=English Heritage|website=English-heritage.org.uk|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Toynbee]] (1815–1866), surgeon, Blue Plaque at 49 Wimbledon Parkside<ref name = plaque5/>
*[[Ralph Tubbs]] (1912&ndash;1996), architect; his buildings include the [[Dome of Discovery]] and [[Charing Cross Hospital]]
*[[Keith Walker (cricketer)|Keith Walker]] (1922–1989), cricketer
*[[Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham]] (1730–1782), twice Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Museum of Wimbledon |url=http://www.wimbledonmuseum.org.uk/index.php/on-view/georgian-era/politics |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> His Church Road house adjoined the grounds of Sir Theodore Janssen's and was previously occupied by a Mr Rush as shown on [https://biblio.unibe.ch/web-apps/maps/zoomify.php?pic=Ryh_1813_24.jpg&col=ryh&locale=en this map].<ref name="Lysons"/>
*[[Dame June Whitfield]] (1925–2018), actress
*[[William Wilberforce]] (1759–1833), anti-slavery campaigner<ref>{{cite web |title=The Theologian |url=http://www.theologian.org.uk/churchhistory/wilberforce.html|website=Theologican.org.uk |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref>