title: List of people from Folkestone
text: # List of people from Folkestone
  
  Folkestone is a town and seaside resort in Kent, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Folkestone, or had some important contribution to make to the town.
  
  ## A
  
  * William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843–1920) astronomer, chemist, and photographer
  * Les Ames (1905–1990) cricketer
  * Richard Ashworth (born 1947) Member of European Parliament
  
  ## B
  
  * Julian Baggini (born 1968) philosopher and writer
  * Mark Barham (born 1962) association footballer
  * Peter Barkworth (1929–2006) actor
  * Graham Barlow (born 1950) cricketer
  * Michael Bentine (1922–1996) comedian: The Goon Show
  * Lesley Brook (1917–2009) actress
  * Arthur Brough (1922–1980) actor (Are You Being Served?); established Folkestone Repertory Theatre
  
  ## C
  
  * John Henry Challis (1809–1880) philanthropist
  * Fred Cheesmur (1908–1987) association footballer
  * Jack Coggins (1911–2006) artist
  * Wilkie Collins (1824–1889)
  * A. E. Coppard (1878–1957) short story writer
  * Bithia Mary Croker (c. 1848–1920) Irish-born novelist
  
  ## D
  
  * John Dartnell (1838–1913), Commandant of the Natal Mounted Police
  * Michael Dillon (1915–1962) physician; first trans man to undergo phalloplasty
  * John Doogan (1853–1940) Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
  * Roy Douglas (1907–2015) composer and arranger
  
  ## E
  
  * John Eric Erichsen (1818–1896) surgeon
  * Eamon Everall (born 1948) artist, educator, founding member of Stuckism Art Movement
  
  ## F
  
  * Thomas Field (1855–1936) Church of England priest
  
  ## G
  
  * George Gardiner (1935–2002) politician
  * Carl Gilbert (born 1948) association footballer
  * Jonathan Gledhill (born 1949) Bishop of Lichfield
  * Kitty Gordon (1878–1974) actress
  * George Grossmith (1847–1912) comedian, writer, etc. collaborating with Gilbert and Sullivan on several operas
  
  ## H
  
  * William Halcrow (1883–1958) civil engineer
  * Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943) author
  * William Hall-Jones (1851–1936) Prime Minister of New Zealand
  * Augustus Harris (1852–1896) actor, impresario and dramatist
  * Charlotte Harris (born 1981) portrait artist
  * William Harvey (1578–1657) physician (discoverer of blood circulation)
  * Norman Heatley (1911–2004) scientist
  * Michael Hogben (born 1952) auctioneer, antiques dealer
  * Billy Hughes (born 1960) footballer
  * Charles Bousfield Huleatt (1863–1908) missionary; discoverer of important papyrus documents
  * Jessica Hynes (Born 1972) Bafta winning actress
  
  ## I
  
  * Peter Imbert (born 1933) senior police officer
  
  ## J
  
  * Michael Jack (born 1946) politician
  * Hattie Jacques (1924–1980) comedy actress; Carry On films
  
  ## K
  
  * Alice Keppel (1868–1947) mistress of King Edward VII; great-grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
  * Pete Kircher (born 1945) rock/pop drummer
  * William Knox (1850–1913) Australian politician and businessman
  
  ## L
  
  * Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (1913–1995) Victoria Cross recipient
  * Mabel Love (1874–1953) dancer, actress
  
  ## M
  
  * Francis MacKinnon (1848–1947) Test cricketer
  * Mary Martin (1907–1969) sculptor
  * Charles McCausland (1898–1965) cricketer
  * Patrick McHale (1826–1866) Irish recipient of Victoria Cross
  * Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) violinist; founder of Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists held in Folkestone
  * Helena Millais (1886-1970) comedienne and actress
  
  ## N
  
  * Paul Nicholas (born 1945) actor and singer
  
  ## P
  
  * Sam Pepper (born 1989) Big Brother 2010 contestant.
  * Edith Pechey (1845–1908) one of the first United Kingdom Women doctors.
  * John Philipot (1588–1645) College of Arms.
  * Samuel Plimsoll (1824–1898) politician and social reformer; the "Plimsoll line”.
  * Mavis Pugh (1914–2006) comedy actress.
  
  ## Q
  
  * Len Quested (1925–2012) association footballer
  
  ## R
  
  * Noel Redding (1945–2003) musician; bass player with The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  * Ricky Reina (born 1971) association footballer
  * Baker Russell (1837–1911) senior army officer
  
  ## S
  
  * Marcus Sarjeant (born 1964) attempted murderer of Queen Elizabeth II
  * Blaine Sexton (1892–1966) ice hockey player
  * Brendan Sheerin (born 1959) travel guide and coach-trip host
  * Sheila Sherlock (1918–2001) physician and hepatologist
  * Gerald Sinstadt (born 1930) sports commentator
  * Susan Spain-Dunk (1880-1962) composer, conductor and violinist
  * Anne Stallybrass (1938–2021) actress
  * Sydney Sturgess (1915–1999) Canadian actress
  
  ## T
  
  * Phil Tate (1922–2005) dance bandleader
  * Cliff Temple (1948–1994) sports journalist
  * Thunderstick (living) heavy rock musician; drummer
  * David Tomlinson (1917–2000) actor
  * Arthur Tooth (1839–1931) Ritualist priest; curate of St Mary's Folkestone
  * Walter Tull (1888–1918) first black infantry officer in British Army; football (soccer) player
  
  ## U
  
  * Ernest Ewart Unwin (1881–1944) educationist
  
  ## V
  
  * Phil Vickery (born 1961) celebrity chef
  
  ## W
  
  * Weller brothers (born 1802, 1805, 1814) were the founders of a whaling station on Otago Harbour, New Zealand. Their name lives on in the sea shanty Soon May the Wellerman Come.
  * Chris Wills (born 1978), game show contestant
  * Dave Wiltshire (born 1954), association footballer
  