List of people from Southend-on-Sea
This is a list of people from the city of Southend-on-Sea, England who have become known notable in different roles and professions. The list also contains the people who have been awarded the freedom of the city. Southend-on-Sea is located in the county of Essex, 40 miles from London.
Notable people
- Shenda Amery, sculpturer[1]
- David Amess (1952–2021), British politician and local MP who was murdered in 2021; Southend was named a city in his honour.[2]
- Jasmine Armfield, actress[3]
- Sir Edwin Arnold (1832–1904), poet and journalist, writer of The Light of Asia[4][5]
- David Atkinson, politician[6]
- Trevor Bailey (1923–2011), cricketer[7]
- John Barber (1919–2004), former Finance Director of Ford of Europe & Managing Director of British Leyland.[8]
- Fred Barnes (1885–1938), singer [9]
- Mathew Baynton, musician, writer, actor[10]
- Bishop James Bellord (1846–1905), Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar and Titular Bishop of Milevum[11][5]
- David Bellos, professor/translator[12]
- Angie Best, model and ex-wife of George Best[13]
- Brinn Bevan, artistic gymnast[14]
- James Booth (1927–2005), actor[15]
- James Bourne, musician, singer Busted[16]
- Tim Bowler, children's author[17]
- Kevin Bowyer, concert organist[18]
- Bernard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley (1915–2000), politician, died in Southend.[19]
- Rosina Brandram (1845–1907), opera singer and actress[20][5]
- Gary Brooker (1945–2022), lead singer of The Paramounts and Procol Harum[21]
- Dave Brown, comedian and actor[22]
- Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901), Scottish poet, buried in St John's Church, Southend.[23][24]
- Cameron Carter-Vickers (born 1997), footballer who played for the United States national team[25]
- Dean Chalkley, photographer[26]
- Aidan Chambers, author[27]
- Jeannie Clark, former professional wrestling manager[28]
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003), author and broadcaster[29]
- Dick Clement, screenwriter[30]
- Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), artist[31]
- Eric Kirkham Cole (1901–1966), founder of EKCO[32]
- Peter Cook, architect[33]
- Phil Cornwell, actor and impressionist[34]
- Tina Cousins, singer[35]
- Gemma Craven, actress[36]
- Rosalie Cunningham, singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist[37]
- Matthew Cutler, ballroom dancer[38]
- Danielle Dax, musician, actress and performance artist[39]
- Warwick Deeping (1877–1950), author[40]
- Richard de Southchurch, knight and landowner.[41]
- Andy Ducat (1886–1942), cricketer, footballer.[42]
- Sam Duckworth, musician[43]
- Mike Edmonds, actor[44]
- Warren Ellis, novelist and comic writer[45]
- Nathalie Emmanuel, actress[46]
- Digby Fairweather, jazz musician, author, founder of the National Jazz Archive.[47]
- Mark Foster, swimmer[48]
- John Fowles (1926–2005), author[49]
- Becky Frater, first female helicopter commander in the Royal Navy and female member of the Black Cats display team[50]
- John Georgiadis(1939–2021), violinist, conductor for Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra[51]
- Edward Greenfield (1928–2015) chief music writer in The Guardian from 1977 to 1993 and biographer of Andre Previn[52]
- Benjamin Grosvenor, pianist[53]
- Daniel Hardcastle, author[54]
- Roy Hay, musician with Culture Club[55]
- Joshua Hayward, guitarist for The Horrors[56]
- William Heddle (1847–1948), Supreme Bishop of the Peculiar People 1901-1942[57][58]
- John Hodge (1929–2021), aerospace engineer[59]
- John Horsley (1920–2014), actor[60]
- John Hutton, politician[61]
- Dominic Iorfa, football player[62]
- Colin Ireland (1954–2012), serial killer[63]
- Wilko Johnson (1947–2022), singer, guitarist and songwriter; Game of Thrones actor[64]
- Daniel Jones, musician, producer[65]
- R. A. Jones (1849–1925), jeweller and town benefactor[66]
- Phill Jupitus, comedian[67]
- Mickey Jupp, musician[68]
- Russell Kane, comedian[69]
- Laura Keeble, artist[70]
- Murray David Maitland Keddie (1929–2018), owner of Keddies, founder of Essex Radio and former High Sheriff of Essex.[71]
- Dominic Littlewood, TV presenter[72]
- David Lloyd, tennis player[73]
- John Lloyd, tennis player[73]
- Robert Lloyd, opera singer[74]
- Ron Martin, Southend United chairman, 1998-2024[75]
- Frank Matcham (1854–1920), English theatre designer, retired and died in Southend[76][77]
- Lee Mead, musical theatre actor[78]
- Jon Miller (1921–2008), TV presenter[79]
- Helen Mirren, actress[80]
- Jack Monroe, blogger, campaigner[81]
- Peggy Mount (1915–2001), actress[82]
- Tris Vonna Michell, artist[83]
- Maajid Nawaz, former Islamist activist who now campaigns against extremism[84]
- Julian Okai, English footballer[85]
- Michael Osborne, first-class cricketer[86]
- Ron Pember (1934–2022), actor[87]
- Annabel Port, broadcaster[88]
- Stephen Port, serial killer[89]
- Spencer Prior, footballer[90]
- Lara Pulver, actress[91]
- Roy Walter Purdy (died 1982), propaganda broadcaster and informer at Colditz[92]
- Rachel Riley, Countdown co-presenter[93]
- Simon Schama, historian / TV presenter[94]
- Clement Scott (1841–1904), theatre critic[5]
- Anne Stallybrass (1938–2021), actress[95]
- Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995), musician[96]
- Sam Strike, actor[97]
- Ruby Tandoh, baker[98][99]
- Keith Taylor (1953–2022), politician[100]
- Peter Taylor, footballer and football manager[101]
- Theoretical Girl, singer-songwriter[102]
- Steve Tilson, footballer and football manager, voted Southend United's greatest ever player[103]
- Kara Tointon, actress[104]
- Hannah Tointon, actress[104]
- Robin Trower, rock-blues guitarist[105]
- L. C. Tyler, author[106]
- Clive Uptton (1911–2006), illustrator attended Southend Art College[107]
- Gary Vandermolen, footballer[108]
- Benjamin Waugh (1839–1908), campaigner and founder of NSPCC, buried at Sutton Road cemetery[5]
- David Webb, football manager[109]
- Paul Webb, musician, bassist for Talk Talk[110]
- Rhys "Spider" Webb, bassist of The Horrors[56]
- Toby Whithouse, actor and screenwriter[111]
- Michael Wilding (1912–1979), actor[112]
- David Witts, actor[113]
- C. R. Alder Wright (1844–1894), scientist - founder of the Royal Institute of Chemistry and inventor of Heroin[114]
- Ian Yearsley, local historian and author[115]
- Nothing But Thieves, musicians[116]
Freedom of the city
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City, or the previous awarded Freedom of the Borough of Southend-on-Sea.
Individuals
- Joseph Francis: 17 December 1918[117]
- R. A. Jones: 18 April 1919[117]
- William Gregson: 22 November 1921[117]
- Sir Frederick William Senier: 19 February 1929[117]
- Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh: 18 October 1932[117]
- Gwendolen Guinness, Countess of Iveagh: 18 October 1932[117]
- John Henry Burrows: 18 July 1933[117]
- Albert Martin: 18 July 1933[117]
- William Miles: 21 May 1940[117]
- Herbert James Worwood: 18 September 1945[117]
- Margaret Edith Reay: 30 March 1949[117]
- Stephen Frost Johnson: 18 March 1950[117]
- Ellis Gowing: 31 March 1954[117]
- Chalton Hubbard: 31 March 1954[117]
- Edward Cecil Jones: 20 April 1955[117]
- Alex Hemsley White: 20 January 1965[117]
- John Edwin Longman: 9 October 1968[117]
- William Harold Clough: 9 October 1968[117]
- Archibald Glen: 25 March 1971[117]
- Lady Doris Katherine McAdden: 22 April 1982[117]
- Norman Harris: 4 April 1984[117]
- Albert Victor Mussett: 17 January 1985[117]
- Frederick Geoffrey Laws: 17 January 1985[117]
- Frederick Royston Peacock: 11 May 1989[117]
- Jean Mary Sargent: 11 May 1989[117]
- Eric James Trevett: 11 May 1989[117]
- Bernard Birn: 5 August 1991[117]
- Derek Comedy Flatley:16 July 1992
- Norman Clarke: 19 September 1996[117]
- Philip Hyatt Herbert: 19 September 1996[117]
- Beryl Stella Scholfield: 15 October 1998[117]
- Trevor Bailey: 13 July 2000[117]
- Pat Barnett: 13 July 2000[117]
- Kenneth Crowe: 13 July 2000[117]
- Peggy Fairless: 13 July 2000[117]
- Richard 'Digby' Fairweather: 13 July 2000[117]
- Leonard Forge: 13 July 2000[117]
- Steve George: 13 July 2000[117]
- Paul Gilson: 13 July 2000[117]
- Barry Godwin: 13 July 2000[117]
- Norma Heigho: 13 July 2000[117]
- Ian Johnson: 13 July 2000[117]
- Hilda May: 13 July 2000[117]
- John May: 13 July 2000[117]
- Clifton Jay Morehouse: 13 July 2000[117]
- Richard Offord: 13 July 2000[117]
- Eileen Smith: 13 July 2000[117]
- Peter Thorn: 13 July 2000[117]
- Antony F. Tomassi: 13 July 2000[117]
- Arthur Wood: 13 July 2000[117]
- Jim Worsdale: 13 July 2000[117]
- Paul Channon, Lord Kelvedon: 26 November 2003[117]
- Ronald Kennedy: 26 November 2003
- Michael Woodford: 26 November 2003[117]
- Sir Teddy Taylor: 30 September 2004[117]
- Robert Tinlin: 23 February 2017[117]
- David Norman: 25 January 2022[117]
- Garry Lowen: 25 January 2022[117]
- David Amess: 1 March 2022[117]
- David Stanley: 24 July 2023.[118]
- Kevin Maher: 21 March 2024.[119][117]
Military Units
- The 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment: 1964[117]
- 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment: 17 June 2010.[120]
- Royal Air Force No.54 Reserve Squadron: 2016[117]
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