Editing Leatherhead (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Harold Auten]] (1891{{en dash}}1964), recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] during the First World War, was born in Leatherhead.<ref>{{harvnb|Spindler|2016|pp=203–208}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ggusa.htm|title=VC BURIALS - USA|access-date=18 November 2011|archive-date=30 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130182837/http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ggusa.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[John Drinkwater Bethune]] (1762{{en dash}}1844), army officer, lived at Thorncroft Manor just outside the town from about 1838 until his death and is buried in the churchyard of the parish church.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=2309|title=Drinkwater, John [later John Drinkwater Bethune]}}</ref>
* Sir [[Thomas Bloodworth]] (1620{{en dash}}1682), [[Lord Mayor of London]] during the [[Great Fire of London|Great Fire of 1666]], lived at Thorncroft Manor.<ref name=Benger_1953_Mansion/><ref name=Bastian_Bludworth>{{cite journal |last1= Bastian |first1= F |year= 1962 |title= Leatherhead families of the 16th and 17th centuries: Bludworth of Thorncroft |url= https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/VOL_2_NO_6_1962.pdf |journal= Proceedings of the Leatherhead & District Local History Society |volume= 2 |issue= 6 |pages= 177–187 |access-date= 7 February 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Ted Bowley]] (1890{{en dash}}1974), English [[Test cricket]]er.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sussexcricketmuseum.org/edward-h-ted-bowley |title= Edward H. (Ted) Bowley |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 18 October 2020 |publisher= Sussex Cricket Museum |access-date= 15 February 2021 |archive-date= 1 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201101020346/http://sussexcricketmuseum.org/edward-h-ted-bowley |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[Michael Caine]] (born 1933), has lived in Leatherhead and is patron to the Leatherhead Drama Festival.<ref>{{cite news |last= Seymour |first= Jenny |date= 7 January 2019 |title= Sir Michael Caine puts Leatherhead mansion up for sale for £3.75 |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/sir-michael-caine-puts-leatherhead-15641056 |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 15 February 2021 |archive-date= 1 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201001235131/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/sir-michael-caine-puts-leatherhead-15641056 |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[Donald Campbell]] (1921{{en dash}}1967), [[Bluebird record-breaking vehicles|Bluebird]] pilot and fastest man on land and water, lived in Leatherhead.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.leatherheadlocalhistory.org.uk/miscellany/potted-history-50.pdf |title= Donald Campbell: Prior's Ford - Campbell Court |last= Powell |first= Goff |publisher= Leatherhead & District Local History Society |access-date= 15 February 2021 |archive-date= 16 February 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210216200305/https://www.leatherheadlocalhistory.org.uk/miscellany/potted-history-50.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[John Campbell-Jones]] (1930{{en dash}}2020), former [[Formula One]] racing driver.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/John_Campbell-Jones |title= John Campbell-Jones |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 26 March 2020 |publisher= oldracingcars.com |access-date= 15 February 2021 |archive-date= 27 October 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191027031943/http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/John_Campbell-Jones |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[Leonard Dawe]] (1889{{en dash}}1963), footballer, teacher and crossword compiler for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''; while living in Leatherhead in 1944 he was wrongly suspected of espionage by inserting codewords for [[Operation Overlord]] into his puzzles.<ref>{{cite news |last= Gilbert |first= Val |date= 3 May 2004 |title= D-Day crosswords are still a few clues short of a solution |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1460892/D-Day-crosswords-are-still-a-few-clues-short-of-a-solution.html |work= Daily Telegraph |location= London |access-date= 15 February 2021 |archive-date= 28 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201128082041/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1460892/D-Day-crosswords-are-still-a-few-clues-short-of-a-solution.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
* Admiral Sir [[John Thomas Duckworth]] (1747{{en dash}}1817), accomplished [[Royal Navy|Royal Naval]] officer who served under [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=8137|title=Duckworth, Sir John Thomas, first baronet}}</ref>
* [[Andy Ellison]] (b. 1945) and [[Chris Townson]] (1947{{en dash}}2008), founding members of the band [[John's Children]], and former pupils at [[Box Hill School]].<ref name=HistoryJohnsChildren>{{cite web |url= http://johnschildren.info/history.html |title= The history of John's Children |access-date= 20 May 2011 |archive-date= 20 October 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151020010752/http://johnschildren.info/history.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[Mel Giedroyc]] (b. 1968), TV presenter, actress and comedian, grew up in Leatherhead.
* [[Badri Patarkatsishvili]] (1955{{en dash}}2008), businessman, collapsed and died in his mansion in Leatherhead.<ref>{{cite news |date= 14 February 2008 |title= Badri Patarkatsishvili: Billionaire businessman who failed to buy his way into the presidency of Georgia |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/badri-patarkatsishvili-billionaire-businessman-who-failed-to-buy-his-way-into-the-presidency-of-georgia-781980.html |work= The Independent |location= London |access-date= 16 February 2021 |archive-date= 19 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131219060632/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/badri-patarkatsishvili-billionaire-businessman-who-failed-to-buy-his-way-into-the-presidency-of-georgia-781980.html |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[Richard Patterson (artist)|Richard Patterson]] (b. 1963) and his brother [[Simon Patterson (artist)|Simon Patterson]] (b. 1967), both artists, were born in the town.<ref>{{cite news |last= Pilger |first= Zoe |date= 13 May 2013 |title= Art review: Richard Patterson, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/art-review-richard-patterson-timothy-taylor-gallery-london-8613947.html |work= The Independent |location= London |access-date= 16 February 2021 |archive-date= 22 May 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190522211859/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/art-review-richard-patterson-timothy-taylor-gallery-london-8613947.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Barnett |first= Laura |date= 29 April 2008 |title= Portrait of the artist: Simon Patterson, artist |url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/apr/29/art |work= The Guardian |location= London |access-date= 16 February 2021 |archive-date= 27 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150227021024/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/apr/29/art |url-status= live }}</ref>
* [[Jean Ross]] (1911{{en dash}}1973), an English writer was educated in Leatherhead and briefly confined in a nearby [[sanatorium]] as a young woman.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=74425|title=Ross, Jean Iris (1911–1973)}}</ref>
* [[Madron Seligman]] (1918{{en dash}}2002), [[Member of the European Parliament]] and friend of [[Edward Heath]].<ref>{{cite news |date= 12 July 2002 |title= Obituary: Madron Seligman |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1401094/Madron-Seligman.html |work= Daily Telegraph |location= London |access-date= 15 February 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210215185458/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1401094/Madron-Seligman.html |archive-date= 15 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[Marie Stopes]] (1880{{en dash}}1958), family planning pioneer, lived in the town.<ref name=visitlh>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitleatherhead.com/historyAndHeritage_leatherheadPeople.php|title=Visit Leatherhead|access-date=14 September 2010|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425135527/http://visitleatherhead.com/historyAndHeritage_leatherheadPeople.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Richard Wakeford]] (1921{{en dash}}1972), recipient of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War, died at Leatherhead.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/richard-wakeford-vc/ |title= Richard Wakeford VC |year= 2023 |publisher= Victoria Cross Online}}</ref>
* Sir [[Mortimer Wheeler]] (1890{{en dash}}1976), archaeologist and broadcaster, lived at "The Bothy", Downs Lane from September 1973 until his death.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31825|title=Wheeler, Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Hawkes|1982|p=373}}</ref>
* [[Edward Wilkins Waite]] (1854{{en dash}}1924), local landscape painter, was born in the town, was educated at the school at The Mansion and later lived at Long Cottage, Church Street<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.leatherheadlocalhistory.org.uk/miscellany/potted-history-60.pdf |title= Edward Wilkins Waite |last= Powell |first= Goff |publisher= Leatherhead & District Local History Society |access-date= 10 November 2021 |archive-date= 10 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211110204434/https://www.leatherheadlocalhistory.org.uk/miscellany/potted-history-60.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.burlington.co.uk/artist-biography/edward-wilkins-waite.html |title= Edward Wilkins Waite |author= <!--Not stated--> |publisher= Burlington |access-date= 16 February 2021 |archive-date= 29 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201029041223/http://www.burlington.co.uk/artist-biography/edward-wilkins-waite.html |url-status= live }}</ref>