Editing Hayling Island (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Marjorie Bowen]] (1885–1952), writer, was born on Hayling Island.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Long [née Campbell], Margaret Gabrielle Vere [pseuds. Marjorie Bowen, Joseph Shearing, George Preedy] (1885–1952), writer |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-40902 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/40902}}</ref> In her autobiography she wrote: "I was born in Hayling Island in the cottage of an old woman named Mrs. Cole, of whom I know nothing save that she made a quantity of sloe gin and hoarded it, leaving it to be drunk on the day of her funeral".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Debate Continues |url=https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1300751h.html |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=gutenberg.net.au}}</ref>
*[[Peter Chilvers]], inventor of the windsurfer
*[[Stephanie Lawrence]], "a musical actress of rare glamour",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/06/guardianobituaries.michaelbillington|title=Obituary: Stephanie Lawrence|first=Michael|last=Billington|newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 November 2000|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> dancer and star of West End musicals such as ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'' and ''[[Starlight Express]]'', lived during her childhood on Hayling Island, where her parents ran Broadview House School<ref>{{cite web |title=All About Windows The Hayling Site |url=http://www.hayling.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=15178 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216024958/https://hayling.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=15178 |archive-date=2010-12-16 |website=www.hayling.co.uk}}</ref> on Beach Road.
*[[Gary Mehigan]], chef and judge on ''[[MasterChef Australia]]'', was born and raised on Hayling Island.
*[[Herbert Arnould Olivier]], a portrait and landscape painter, and uncle of [[Laurence Olivier]], died on Hayling Island in 1952.
*[[William Padwick]] (1791–1861), purchased the manor and large estates from the [[Duke of Norfolk]] inheriting title and rights of 'Lord of the Manor'.  Considerable involvement in the developing transport links to the island.
*[[Nevil Shute]] (Nevil Shute Norway), the Ealing-born aeronautical engineer and novelist, lived at Pond Head on Hayling Island during World War II. His novels include ''[[A Town Like Alice]]'' and ''[[On the Beach (novel)|On the Beach]]''.
*[[William Thomas Stead]], notable political and social campaigner and journalist, had a home on Hayling Island – Hollybush House. He died with the sinking of the ''[[Titanic]]''.
*[[Martin White (Royal Navy officer)|Martin White]] (1779–1846), hydrologist responsible for maritime mapping of areas including Jersey, English Channel, Bristol Channel and Irish Sea 
*[[Catherine Yurievskaya|Princess Catherine Yurievskaya]], the youngest daughter of [[Alexander II of Russia]], lived on Hayling Island for many years and was buried at St Peter's church in 1959.
*[[Maurice Wilks]], automotive and aeronautical engineer, was born at Eastoke, Hayling Island on 19 August 1904. He became chairman of the Rover Car Company, and was involved in the development of the [[Land Rover series|Land Rover]]. He also led Rover's involvement in the development of the jet engine during World War II.