Editing Surrey (section)

==Notable people==
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===Royal Family===
*[[Lady Louise Windsor]] (born 2003), daughter of [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]] and granddaughter of [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]], was born in [[Frimley Park Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3240966.stm |title=Royal Wessex baby finally named |work=BBC News |date=27 November 2003 |access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref>
*[[James, Earl of Wessex]] (born 2007), son of [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]] and grandson of [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]], was born in [[Frimley Park Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7148830.stm |title=Countess gives birth to baby boy |work=BBC News |date=17 December 2007}}</ref>

===Literature===
Besides its role in [[English Renaissance theatre|Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre]], many important writers have lived and worked in Surrey.

*''[[The Owl and the Nightingale]]'', one of the earliest [[Middle English]] poems; Nicholas of Guildford is mentioned in it several times.<ref name=Cartlidge2001>{{Cite book |title=The owl and the nightingale: Text and translation |date=2001 |publisher=University of Exeter Press |last=Cartlidge |first=Neil |isbn=0-85989-690-0 |location=Exeter |oclc=47356230}}</ref>
*[[John Donne]] (1572–1631) lived and worked for a time in [[Pyrford]].<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Colclough |first=David |title=Donne, John (1572–1631) |id=7819 |date=19 May 2011}}</ref>
*[[John Evelyn]] (1620–1706) was born and spent much of his life in [[Wotton, Surrey|Wotton]], and is buried there.<ref>{{Citation |author=English Heritage | author-link=English Heritage | url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-290082-wotton-house-wotton | title=Wotton House | publisher=BritishListedBuildings.co.uk | access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>
*[[Daniel Defoe]] (1659/61–1731) was educated in Dorking.
*[[William Cobbett]] (1763–1835) was born and raised in Farnham, later lived in [[Wyke, Surrey|Wyke]], where he died, and is buried in Farnham; Surrey features prominently in his ''[[Rural Rides]]''.
*[[Thomas Love Peacock]] (1785–1866) lived in [[Lower Halliford]], then part of Middlesex, now in Surrey.
*[[Benjamin Disraeli]] (1804–1881) wrote ''[[Coningsby (novel)|Coningsby]]'' while living in Dorking.
*[[Alfred Tennyson]] (1809–1892) spent the latter part of his life, and died, in [[Haslemere]].
*[[Charles Dickens]] (1812–1870) wrote part of ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'' in Dorking, and refers to the town in the novel.
*[[Robert Browning]] (1812–1889) was born in [[Camberwell]], then part of Surrey.
*[[George Eliot]] (1819–1880) wrote most of ''[[Middlemarch]]'' while living in Haslemere.
*[[Matthew Arnold]] (1822–1888) lived in [[Laleham]], then part of Middlesex, now in Surrey.
*[[George Meredith]] (1828–1909) lived at Box Hill.
*[[Lewis Carroll]] (1832–1898) spent much of his time at his sisters' home in Guildford, where he wrote ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]''; he died there and is buried in the town.
*[[Isabella Beeton]] (1836–1865) lived for several years in Epsom, where her step-father was clerk of the racecourse.
*[[George Bernard Shaw]] (1856–1950) lived in Woking and later in [[Hindhead]], where he wrote ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (play)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]''.
*[[Arthur Conan Doyle]] (1859–1930) lived and wrote many of his books in Hindhead and served as [[deputy lieutenant]] of Surrey; the county forms a setting for several of the [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories.
*[[J. M. Barrie]] (1860–1937) lived in [[Tilford]], and based ''The Boy Castaways'', which later evolved into ''[[Peter Pan]]'', in the nearby countryside.
*[[H. G. Wells]] (1866–1946) wrote ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' while living in Woking; much of northern Surrey is laid waste in the course of the story.
*[[John Galsworthy]] (1867–1933) was born in Kingston and the ''[[Forsyte Saga]]'' is partly set in the area.
*[[E. M. Forster]] (1879–1970) lived and wrote in [[Weybridge]] and [[Abinger Hammer]].
*[[P. G. Wodehouse]] (1881–1975) was born in Guildford and baptised there in [[St. Nicolas' Church, Guildford|St Nicolas' Church]].
*[[A. P. Herbert]] (1890–1971) was born in [[Ashtead]].
*[[Aldous Huxley]] (1894–1963) was born and raised in [[Godalming]] and his ashes are interred at Compton; the end of ''[[Brave New World]]'' is set in Surrey.
*[[Robert Graves]] (1895–1985) was born in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], then part of Surrey.
*[[Rosemary Sutcliff]] (1920–1992) was born in [[East Clandon]].
*[[Clive King]] (1924–2018) was born in [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], then part of Surrey.
*[[John Osborne]] (1929–1994) grew up in [[Stoneleigh, Surrey|Stoneleigh]].
*[[Kazuo Ishiguro]] (born 1954) grew up in Guildford.

===Arts and sciences===
*[[William of Ockham]] ({{circa|1288–1347}}), [[scholasticism|scholastic]] philosopher, most famous for "[[Occam's Razor]]", came from [[Ockham, Surrey|Ockham]].
*[[Thomas Malthus]] (1766–1834), pioneer of [[demography]], was born and raised in [[Westcott, Surrey|Westcott]], and later lived in Albury.
*[[Ada Lovelace]] (1815–1852), mathematician, lived at [[East Horsley]].
*[[Eadweard Muybridge]] (1830–1904), photographer, was born and raised in Kingston, then part of Surrey.
*[[Gertrude Jekyll]] (1843–1932), garden designer, lived for much of her life at Munstead near Godalming, created significant gardens in Surrey and is buried in [[Busbridge]].
*[[Ethel Frances Chawner]] (1866-1943) Entomologist born in Surrey who lived there 1866-1888.<ref name="Dipterists Digest">{{cite journal |last1=Chandler |first1=Peter J. |title=Dr John Henry Wood and Colonel John William Yerbury - their different lives as dipterists |journal=Dipterist's Digest |date=13 November 2015 |volume=21 |page=47 |url=https://dipterists.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/Dipterists%20Digest%202014%20Vol%2021%20Supplement.pdf |access-date=25 March 2025}}</ref> 
*[[Edwin Lutyens]] (1869–1944), architect, grew up in [[Thursley]]; many of his early works were built in Surrey, including collaborations with Gertrude Jekyll.
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] (1872–1958), composer, grew up at Leith Hill and later lived in Dorking.
*[[Laurence Olivier]] (1907–1989), actor, was born in Dorking.
*[[Peggy Ashcroft]] (1907–1991), actress, was born and raised in Croydon, then part of Surrey.
*[[David Lean]] (1908–1991), film director, was born in Croydon.
*[[Alan Turing]] (1912–1954), mathematician and pioneer of [[computer science]], lived for much of his early life in Guildford.
*[[Jimmy Perry]] (1923–2016), actor and screenwriter, was born in [[Barnes, London|Barnes]], then part of Surrey.
*[[Richard Briers]] (1934–2013), actor, was born in [[Raynes Park]], then part of Surrey.
*[[Roy Hudd]] (1936–2020), comedian and actor, was born and raised in Croydon.
*[[Alex Kingston]] (born 1963), actress, was born and raised in [[Epsom]].
*[[Tracey Emin]] (born 1963), artist, was born in Croydon.
*[[Tom Holland (actor)]] (1996) came from [[Kingston Upon Thames]]

===Military===
*[[Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke]] (1705–1781), admiral, lived at [[Sunbury-on-Thames]], then part of Middlesex, now in Surrey.
*[[F. C. Ricardo]] (1852–1924), colonel, was born in [[Guildford]].
*[[Francis Aylmer Maxwell]] (1871–1917), brigadier, was born in Guildford.
*[[Alfred Carpenter]] (1881–1955), admiral, was born in [[Barnes, London|Barnes]], then part of Surrey.
*[[Martin Dunbar-Nasmith]] (1883–1965), admiral, was born in Barnes, then part of Surrey.
*[[Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg]] (1889–1963), lieutenant-general, was born in [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], then part of Surrey.
*[[Alfred Victor Smith]] (1891–1915), lieutenant and [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, was born in Guildford.
*[[Raymond Sandover]] (1910–1995), brigadier, was born in Richmond, then part of Surrey.
*[[Gilbert White (British Army officer)|Gilbert White]] (1912–1977), brigadier, was born in [[Farnham]].
*[[Dominic Bruce]] (1915–2000), flight lieutenant and Colditz escapee, lived for most of his life after the Second World War in Sunbury-on-Thames.
*[[John Cunningham (RAF officer)|John Cunningham]] (1917–2002), air ace, was born in [[Croydon]], then part of Surrey.

===Popular music===
The "Surrey Delta" produced many of the musicians in 1960s British blues movements. [[The Rolling Stones]] developed their music at the Crawdaddy Club in [[Richmond upon Thames|Richmond]].

*[[Roger Waters]] (born 1943) was born in [[Great Bookham]], a village in Surrey.
*[[Jimmy Page]] (born 1944) spent much of his early life in [[Epsom]].
*[[Jeff Beck]] (1944–2023) was born in [[Wallington, London|Wallington]], then part of Surrey.
*[[Eric Clapton]] (born 1945) was born and grew up in [[Ripley, Surrey|Ripley]].
*[[Peter Gabriel]] (born 1950) was born in [[Chobham]] and grew up in Surrey. His band [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] was formed at the [[Charterhouse School]] in Godalming.
*[[Paul Weller]] (born 1958) was born and grew up in [[Woking]], which inspired the song "[[Town Called Malice]]" and formed [[The Jam]] at [[Sheerwater Secondary School]] in 1972.
*[[The Stranglers]] were formed in [[Guildford]] in 1974.
*[[Sham 69]] were formed in [[Hersham]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/sham_69_history.htm |title=The history of Sham 69 Part 1 - Punk Rock legends. |website=Punk77.co.uk |access-date=9 April 2018 |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824072109/https://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/sham_69_history.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

*[[The Clash]] opened their White Riot Tour at the Guildford Civic Hall (now [[G Live]]) on 1 May 1977.
*[[The Police]] recorded their first two albums - [[Outlandos d'Amour]] (1978) and [[Regatta de Blanc]] (1979) at Surrey Sound Studios in [[Leatherhead]].
*[[Kirsty MacColl]] (1959–2000) was born in Croydon, then part of Surrey.
*[[Norman Cook]], also known as Fatboy Slim (born 1963), grew up in Reigate.
*[[Georgia Buchanan]], also known as [[Call Me Loop]] (born 1991), was born in Surrey.<ref>{{cite news |title=get to know: call me loop |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/abtcbd/get-to-know-call-me-loop |access-date=9 July 2020 |work=[[MTV]] |archive-date=9 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709194539/http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtv-push/news/get-to-know-call-me-loop |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Hard-Fi]] members [[Richard Archer]], Ross Phillips and [[Kai Stephens]] are from Staines-upon-Thames.
*[[Justin Hawkins]], lead singer of rock band [[The Darkness (band)|the Darkness]], was born in Surrey.
*[[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]] members Guy and Howard Lawrence are from Reigate.
*[[Keith Relf]] (1943–1976) was born and grew up in [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], then part of Surrey.
*[[Jane Relf]] (born 1947) was born and grew up in [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], then part of Surrey.
*[[Henry Moodie]] (born 2004) was born in Guilford, Surrey.

===Sport===
*[[Max Hall (cricketer)|Max Hall]] (born 1975), cricketer<ref>{{cite web|title=Cricinfo: Max Hall|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/max-hall-15207|access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[Graham Thorpe]] (1969–2024), cricketer, was born in and played for Surrey.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thorpe |first=Graham |date=1 September 2005 |title=Rising from the Ashes |url=https://archive.org/details/grahamthorperisi0000grah |location=London |publisher=CollinsWillow |isbn=978-0007205974 |oclc=65202849}}</ref>
*[[Luke Shaw]] (born 1995), footballer, was born in [[Kingston upon Thames]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lemieux|first=Hannah|date=10 July 2021|title='Humble' England star Luke Shaw a 'natural leader' say former Surrey teachers and junior club|website=GetSurrey|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/humble-england-star-luke-shaw-21011500|access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Harvey Elliott]] (born 2003), footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/harvey-elliott-259928/ |title=Harvey Elliott |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>
* [[Gregory Slade]] (born 2002), Wheelchair Tennis Player, was born in [[Redhill, Surrey]]<ref>{{cite web|title=' The Surrey Paralympians going for gold this summer'|website=BBC News|date=30 August 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg41exge0xo.amp |access-date=5 September 2024 }} </ref>