Editing Mitcham (section)

== Notable people ==
*[[John Donne]] – [[Jacobean era|Jacobean]] poet and churchman<ref>{{cite ODNB|last=Colclough|first=David|title=Donne, John (1572–1631)|id=7819|date=19 May 2011}}</ref>
*[[James Chuter Ede]] – politician, MP for Mitcham 1923, resident till 1937, later [[Home Secretary]]<ref>'Lady Griffith-Boscawen cries over Mitcham result', ''Daily Graphic'' (4 March 1923), and other newspaper articles</ref>
*[[Michael Fielding]] and [[Noel Fielding]] – ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' comedians and brothers<ref name="Sunday Times">{{cite news|last=Rumbelow|first=Helen|date=28 November 2009|title=The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding says that 'Kids are frightened of me'|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|location=London|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/the-mighty-booshs-noel-fielding-says-that-kids-are-frightened-of-me-6lh8vz8nbt5|access-date=19 October 2010}}</ref>
*[[Mike Fillery]] – [[Association football]]<ref>{{NeilBrownPlayers|player1/mikefillery}}</ref>
*[[David Gibson (cricketer)|David Gibson]] – cricketer<ref>David Lemmon, ''The History of Surrey County Cricket Club'', Christopher Helm, 1989, {{ISBN|0-7470-2010-8}}, p253.</ref>
*[[Florence Harmer]] – historian<ref name=life>[[Dorothy Whitelock]], 'Florence Elizabeth Harmer', in ''Interpreters of Early Medieval Britain'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=NVLJD0nweukC&pg=PA369 pp. 369-380]</ref>
*[[Neil Howlett]] – [[opera singer]]<ref>{{cite book|editor=David M. Cummings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BeTBnjmnypEC&dq=%22Howlett%2C+Neil+%22&pg=PA298 |title=International Who's Who in Music|publisher=Routledge|date=2000|page=268|isbn=0-948875-53-4}}</ref>
*[[Banaz Mahmod]], 20, an [[Kurds in Iraq|Iraqi Kurd]], victim of [[honour killing]] in 2006<ref name="observer">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/22/banaz-mahmod-honour-killing |title='They're following me': chilling words of girl who was 'honour killing' victim |first=Tracy |last=McVeigh |work=[[The Observer]] |date=22 September 2012 |accessdate=14 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] – singer, songwriter and rapper<ref name="popmattMay052">{{cite web|author=Wheaton, Robert|title=London Calling – For Congo, Columbo, Sri Lanka..|work=[[PopMatters]]|url=https://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/mia-0505062.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124220154/http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/mia-0505062.shtml|archive-date=24 January 2009|date=6 May 2005|access-date=6 May 2007}}</ref>
*[[Peter D. Mitchell]] — Nobel prizewinner, born in Mitcham in 1920<ref>{{Cite ODNB | title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/51236 | year = 2004 }}</ref>
*[[Michael Moorcock]] — author<ref name="fantasybookreview.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Michael-Moorcock/biography.html|title=Michael Moorcock biography|work=Fantasy Book Review|access-date=15 November 2016|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402153236/http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Michael-Moorcock/biography.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Ramz (rapper)]] - singer, rapper<ref>{{Citation|last=Amarudontv|title=Ramz [Interview] Overcoming Exclusion From Secondary School And Growing Up In South London|date=26 December 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy-lyEgyqMA|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref>
*[[Slick Rick]] – East coast Rapper, born in Surrey, moved to USA aged 11<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p97|pure_url=yes}} |first=John |last= Bush |title=Slick Rick Biography and History|website=AllMusic|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Alex Stepney]] – former [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] footballer and 1968 European Cup winner<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bethel|first1=Chris|last2=Sullivan|first2=David|title=Millwall Football Club 1940–2001|publisher=Tempus Publishing|year=2002|page=56|isbn=0-7524-2187-5}}</ref>
*[[Herbert Strudwick]] – cricket wicket-keeper<ref>{{ESPNcricinfo|id=20393|name=Herbert Strudwick|check-wikidata=no}}</ref>
*[[William Allison White]] – recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]<ref name="MCIS">{{cite web|title=Merton: Carved in Stone: William Allison White|url=https://cis.photoarchive.merton.gov.uk/white-vc|access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[Faryadi Sarwar Zardad]] – [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] warlord; lived in Mitcham for a time, later convicted and imprisoned for war crimes<ref name=Bbc20050718c>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/4693783.stm| date= 18 July 2005| title=How Newsnight found Zardad| author=John Simpson| publisher=BBC News| accessdate=12 April 2007| author-link= John Simpson (journalist)}}</ref>