Editing Grantham (section)

==Notable people==
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[[File:Theed Newton Grantham Piédestal.JPG|thumb|''Sir Isaac Newton'' by [[William Theed]], 1858, bronze; St Peter's Hill, Grantham]]
[[File:Maison natale de Margaret Thatcher, Grantham.JPG|thumb|The corner shop where [[Margaret Thatcher]] was born, North Parade, Grantham. Location: {{Coord|52|54|57.09|N|0|38|42.40|W|}}]]

===Armed forces and police===
*[[Philip Knights, Baron Knights]] (1920–2014), police officer
*[[Walter Richard Parker]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (1881–1936), Royal Marine awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] at [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://granthammatters.co.uk/parker-walter-1888-1936/ |title=Walter Parker (1888–1936) |website=www.granthammatters.co.uk |date=19 August 2012 |access-date=8 June 2013}}</ref>
*[[Edith Smith (police officer)|Edith Smith]] (1876–1924), first woman police officer with full arrest powers

===Arts and entertainment===
*[[Antonio Berardi]] (born 1968), fashion designer
*[[Judy Campbell]] (1916–2004), actor and playwright
*[[Syd Cain]] (1918–2011), film production designer
*[[Eric Chappell]] (born 1933), comedy writer
*[[Colley Cibber]] (1671–1757), actor, playwright and poet laureate, attended [[The King's School, Grantham]].
*[[Dorothy Cowlin]] (1911–2010), novelist born in Grantham
*[[Johnny Haddon Downes]] (1920–2004), television producer
*[[Vince Eager]] (born 1940), singer
*[[Graham Fellows]] (born 1959), actor and musician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/fellows_graham.html|title=Graham Fellows|website=www.corrie.net}}</ref>
*[[Michael Garner]] (born 1954), actor
*[[Holly Humberstone]] (born 1999), singer and songwriter
*[[Henry Johnson (acrobat)|Henry Johnson]] (1806–1910), circus equestrian gymnast and acrobat
*[[Jessie Lipscomb]] (1861–1962), sculptor
*[[Spencer Matthews]] (born 1988), television personality and entrepreneur
*[[Nicholas Maw]] (1935–2009), composer
*[[Richard Nauyokas]] (born 1962), soldier and actor
*[[Nicholas Parsons]] (1923–2020), television and radio presenter
*[[Roy Petley]] (born 1951), Grantham-born ''[[plein air]]'' painter
*[[William Stukeley]] (1687–1765), [[antiquarian]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20080229203854/http://www.newtonproject.sussex.ac.uk/texts/viewtext.php?id=OTHE00017&mode=normalized William Stukeley at Grantham]. Retrieved 29 January 2011.</ref><ref>[http://stamfordcivicsociety.org.uk/WILLIAM_STUKELEY.pdf William Stukeley: Grantham doctor] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827211544/http://stamfordcivicsociety.org.uk/WILLIAM_STUKELEY.pdf |date=27 August 2011}}. Retrieved 29 January 2011.</ref>
*[[Richard Todd]] (1919–2009) actor
*[[Clare Tomlinson]] (born 1968), news presenter

===Crime===
*[[Beverley Allitt]] (born 1968), serial killer<ref>{{cite news |title=Nurse 'only link to children's deaths' |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=Manchester |date=16 February 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shadows of death fell across Ward 4 |last=Jenkins |first=Lin |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=18 May 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Killings fed a craving for attention |last=Jenkins |first=Lin |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=18 May 1993}}</ref>
*[[Murder of Julie Pacey|Julie Pacey]] (1955/1956–1994), victim of mysterious unsolved murder in the town in 1994. The killer, 'Overalls Man', may also be from the area or still lives there today<ref>{{cite news |title=DNA breakthrough over 1994 Julie Pacey murder |url=https://www.itv.com/news/central/2015-07-28/dna-breakthrough-over-1994-julie-pacey-murder |access-date=1 July 2023 |work=ITV News |date=28 July 2015}}</ref>

===Politics and philosophy===
*[[Mary Sophia Allen]] (1878–1964), suffragist, women's rights activist, and Nazi sympathizer
*[[Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet]] (1659–1697), politician and landowner
*[[William Bury (Roundhead)|William Bury]] (c. 1605–1669), [[Commonwealth (England)|Commonwealth]] politician and army officer
*[[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley]] (1520–1598), statesman and [[Secretary of State]], attended the King's School.
*Sir [[Clement Cotterell (MP)|Clement Cotterell]] (died 1631), courtier and [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] for Grantham
*Sir [[Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet|John Cust]] (1718–1770), MP for Grantham (1743–1770) and [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]]
*[[Joseph Godber]], Lord Godber (1914–1980), was Conservative MP for Grantham in 1951–1979 and held several government posts.
*[[Douglas Hogg]], Lord Hailsham (born 1945), was a Conservative politician and minister, and MP for Grantham (1979–1997).
*[[Denis Kendall]], MP for Grantham 1942–1950
*[[John Mordaunt (speaker)|John Mordaunt]] (died c. 1505), MP for Grantham in 1491 and Speaker of the House of Commons
*[[Henry More]] (1614–1687), rationalist philosopher, attended The King's School.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle= More, Henry |volume = 18 |last= |first= |author-link= |page=822 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Paine]] (1737–1809), political writer and revolutionary
*[[Margot Parker]] (born 1943), [[UK Independence Party|UKIP]] [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] (2014–2019)
*Sir [[Arthur Priestley]] (1865–1933), Liberal MP for Grantham (1900–1918)
*Alderman [[Alfred Roberts]] (1892–1970), local politician
*[[Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby]] (1735–1803), politician
*[[Norman Shrapnel]] (1912–2004), political correspondent and author
*[[Margaret Thatcher]] (1925–2013), Conservative Prime Minister, daughter of Alfred Roberts
*[[Thomas Witham]] (c. 1420–1489), Chancellor of the Exchequer to [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] and [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]]

===Religion===
[[File:Effigy of John Still at his tomb in Wells Cathedral, Somerset, UK - 20100930.jpg|thumb|180px|
Bishop [[John Still]], effigy in [[Wells Cathedral]]]]
*[[Frederic Barker]] (1808–1882), Anglican Bishop of Sydney, attended The King's School.
*[[Tim Ellis (bishop)|Tim Ellis]] (born 1953), Anglican suffragan Bishop of Grantham (2006–2013)
*[[Arthur Greaves]] (1873–1960), Anglican suffragan Bishop of Grantham and later [[Grimsby]]
*[[Gregory Hascard]] (died 1708), Anglican Dean of Windsor and religious writer
*[[Dennis Hawker]] (1921–2003), Anglican suffragan Bishop of Grantham (1972–1987)
*[[John Hine (bishop of Grantham)|John Hine]] (1857–1934), Anglican bishop, successively of [[Nyasaland]], [[Zanzibar]], [[Northern Rhodesia]] and Grantham (1920–1930)
*[[Welbore MacCarthy]] (1840–1925), Anglican Archdeacon of [[Calcutta]], and later inaugural suffragan Bishop of Grantham (1905–1920)
*[[Algernon Markham]] (1869–1949), Anglican suffragan Bishop of Grantham (1937–1949)
*[[James McCann (bishop)|James McCann]] (1897–1983), Anglican [[Archbishop of Armagh]] and Primate of All Ireland
*[[Anthony Otter]] (1896–1986), Anglican suffragan Bishop of Grantham (1949–1965)
*[[John Still]] (1593–1608), [[Bishop of Bath and Wells]], once thought to have written an early farce, ''Gammer Gurton's Needle''
*[[Doris Stokes]] (1920–1987), spiritualist and psychic medium
*[[William Wand]] (1885–1977), Anglican prelate, successively [[Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane|Archbishop of Brisbane]], [[Bishop of Bath and Wells]] and [[Bishop of London]]

===Science and engineering===
[[File:Rivercourt Methodist Church 02.JPG|thumb|180px|[[Rivercourt Methodist Church]], Hammersmith, London, designed by Charles Bell]]
*[[Charles Bell (British architect)|Charles Bell]] (1846–1899), architect
*[[William Clarke (apothecary)|William Clarke]] (1609–1682), apothecary and tutor to Isaac Newton
*[[Maxwell Hutchinson]] (born 1948), architect
*[[Isaac Newton]], (1642–1726/27), physicist and mathematician
*[[Mark A. O'Neill]] (born 1959), biologist and computer scientist
*[[Thomas James Smith]] (1827–1896), pharmacist and founder of the medical equipment firm [[Smith & Nephew]]

===Sport===
*[[Shaun Balfe]] (born 1972), racing driver
*[[Patrick Bamford]] (born 1993), professional footballer with [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and the [[England national football team]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/16852847 |title=Bamford deal a sign of the times |work= BBC Sport|access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Terry Bly]] (1935–2009), professional footballer, died in Grantham
*[[Ian Bowyer]] (born 1951), professional footballer
*[[Roderick Bradley]] (born 1983), American footballer
*[[John Broughton (cricketer)|John Broughton]] (1873–1952), first-class cricketer
[[File:Charles P. Dixon.jpg|thumb|180px|Olympic gold medal winning tennis player [[Charles P. Dixon]]]]
*[[Charles P. Dixon]] (1873–1939), Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal-winning tennis player
*[[Mathew Dowman]] (born 1974), first-class cricketer
*[[Dave Gilbert (footballer)|Dave Gilbert]] (born 1963), professional footballer
*[[Arthur Green (footballer, born 1885)|Arthur Green]] (1885 – post-1912), professional footballer
*[[Timothy Grubb]] (1954–2010), Olympic show jumper
*[[Cyril Hatton]] (1918–1987), professional footballer<ref>Grantham Matters [http://www.granthammatters.co.uk/hatton-cyril/ Retrieved 17 March 2016.]</ref>
*[[Richard Holmes (footballer)|Richard Holmes]] (born 1980), professional footballer
*[[Richard Howitt (cricketer, born 1977)|Richard Howitt]] (born 1977), first-class cricketer
*[[Vikki Hubbard]] (born 1989), international high jumper
*[[Dickie Joynes]] (1877–1949), professional footballer
*[[Alastair McCorquodale]] (1925–2009), Scottish athlete and first-class cricketer, died in Grantham.
*[[Harry Pringle]] (1900–1965), professional footballer, died in Grantham.
*[[Arnold Rylott]] (1839–1914), first-class cricketer
*[[David Storer]] (born 1968), former cricketer
*[[Simon Terry]] (1974–2021), Olympic Bronze medal-winning archer
*[[Tom Wells (cricketer)|Tom Wells]] (born 1993), first-class cricketer
*[[William Woof]] (1858–1937), first-class cricketer
*[[Ashley Wright (cricketer)|Ashley Wright]] (born 1980), first-class cricketer
*[[Luke Wright]] (born 1985), first-class cricketer