List of people from Aldershot
Famous people from Aldershot include:
- Holly Aird - actress
- John Antrobus - playwright and script writer
- James Ashworth - soldier, awarded Victoria Cross
- Claude Auchinleck - Field Marshal
- Kelly Bell - glamour model
- Amelle Berrabah - Sugababes musician
- Johnny Berry - footballer
- Jason "J" Brown - former member of the boy band Five
- Dave Carter - British powerlifter
- Bob Catley - musician, ex-singer from band Magnum
- Michael Chappell - military writer and illustrator
- Chris Chittell - actor in Emmerdale
- Denise Coffey - actress
- Libby Davies - Canadian politician, New Democratic Party MP for Vancouver East
- Norman "Dinky" Diamond - drummer in the 1970s with Sparks
- Arthur English - actor
- Richard Eve - local solicitor and Grand Treasurer of the United Grand Lodge of England in 1889
- Martin Freeman - actor
- Maud Gonne - Irish revolutionary; muse of William Butler Yeats
- David Haig - actor
- T. J. Hamblin - professor of immunohaematology at the University of Southampton
- John Raymond Hobbs - pioneer in clinical immunology, protein biochemistry and bone marrow transplantation, specifically in child health
- Ann Hunt and Elizabeth Hamel - longest separated twins
- Joe Jopling - footballer
- Herminie Templeton Kavanagh - British - Irish - American writer
- Selden Long DSO, MC - British fighter ace during World War I
- Constance Loseby - Victorian actress and Gilbert and Sullivan performer
- George Martin - comedian
- Ian McEwan - novelist
- Heather Mills - former wife of Paul McCartney
- Mickie Most - record producer
- Alex Reid - cage fighter and television personality
- Bruce Rioch - former professional footballer, now manager
- Stella Ross-Craig - botanical artist
- Janet 'Rusty' Skuse - Britain's most tattooed woman
- Clive Strutt - composer
- Nanavira Thera - Buddhist monk
- Alfred Toye - recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Stephanie Twell - athlete
- James Wade - darts player
- Edward Whitehead - former Royal Navy officer better known for advertising Schweppes tonic water
- Tom Whittaker - footballer and manager
- Peter Yates - film director and producer
Notable animals from Aldershot:
References
- ↑ "Buster - A Real Dog of War". Sky News. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
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