List of people from King's Lynn

This article provides a non-exhaustive list of notable people with Wikipedia pages born or educated in King's Lynn, or prominent there or nationally

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Armed forces

Florence Green (1901–2012), last known female veteran of World War I^[1]
John Mason (1586–1635), naval captain and coloniser

Diplomacy

Benjamin Keene (1697–1757), ambassador

Entertainment

Robert Armin (c. 1563–1615), actor
Mrs. Bernard Beere (1851–1915), actress
Victoria Bush (born 1978), actress and comedian
Michael Caine (born 1933), actor, was evacuated to King's Lynn in World War II and attended King Edward VII School
Zara Dawson (born 1983), actress and television presenter
Stephen Fry (born 1957), actor, writer, television presenter and film director
Richard Meek (born 1982), actor in musical theatre
Lucy Verasamy (born 1980), weather forecaster, currently employed by ITV National Weather
Mark Wheat (living), presenter on The Current from Minnesota Public Radio
Matthew Howard (born 1990), dancer, singer, brief but successful stint as 'Benny' in The Brits, hugely capable of Captain Morgan consumption

Exploration

Adam Thoroughgood (1604–1640), colonist and community leader in Colony of Virginia
George Vancouver (1757–1798), naval officer known for exploring North-West Coast of North America
Captain John Smith (c. 1580–1631) Admiral of New England and English soldier, explorer and author
Thomas Baines (1820–1875), artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia
Samuel Gurney Cresswell (1827–1867), first naval officer to cross entire Northwest Passage

Fine art

Odile Crick (1920–2007), artist and illustrator
Ruth, Lady Fermoy (1908–1993), founder of King's Lynn Festival of Arts, grandmother of Princess Diana
Samuel Lane (1780–1859), portrait painter
Edward Villiers Rippingille (c. 1790–1859), oil painter and water colourist

Journalism

Emily Bell (born 1965), journalist and academic
John Timpson (1928–2005), journalist and broadcaster

Literature

Fanny Burney (1752–1840), novelist and diarist
Sarah Burney (1772–1844), novelist
Suzanne Francis (born 1959), scifi and fantasy author
Ian Hamilton (1938–2001), critic, biographer and poet
Jack Hardiman Scott (1920–1999), crime writer, poet and broadcaster

Miscellaneous

Michael Carroll (born 1983), binman who won £9.7 million on the UK National Lottery in 2002

Music

Charles Burney (1726–1814), organist in King's Lynn, composer and musicologist
Gerry Conway (born 1952), folk and rock drummer and percussionist
Clara Dow (1883–1969), operatic soprano
Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799), organist in King's Lynn, composer and violinist
George Kiallmark (1781–1835), violinist and composer
Roger Taylor (born 1949), musician
David Thaxton (born 1982), singer and actor

Politics

Denys Bullard (1912–1994), Conservative politician and agriculturalist
Thomas Cromwell (c. 1540 – c. 1611), politician and parliamentary diarist
Maurice, Lord Fermoy (1885–1955), Conservative politician, grandfather of Princess Diana
William ffolkes, Liberal politician
Holcombe Ingleby (1854–1926), Conservative politician and mayor
Weston Jarvis (1855–1939), Conservative politician and army officer
Somerset Arthur Maxwell (1905–1942), Conservative politician and army officer
Thomas Oxborough (died 1623), politician and lawyer
Clare Sewell Read (1826–1905), Conservative politician and agriculturalist
Oliver Simmonds (1897–1975), Conservative politician and aircraft engineer
Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), Whig statesman generally regarded as first prime minister of Britain
Graham Woodwark (1874–1938), Liberal politician and mayor

Religion

John Arrowsmith (1602–1659), theologian and academic
John Barret (died 1563), Lynn's "Vicar of Bray", Carmelite friar, then Protestant cleric and theologian
John Capgrave (1393–1464), hagiographer and scholastic theologian
Harvey Goodwin (1818–1891), bishop and academic
William Gurnall (1616–1679), religious writer
John Hullier (c. 1520–1556), cleric and Protestant martyr
Edmund Keene (1714–1781), bishop and academic
Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – after 1438), mystic and pilgrim, author of possibly earliest autobiography in English
Thomas Pyle (1674–1756), cleric and controversialist
William Richards (1749–1818), Baptist minister and local historian

Science and scholarship

Eugene Aram (1704–1759), philologist and murderer
William Baly (1814–1861), physician and fellow of the Royal Society
Henry Bell (1647–1711), architect and mayor
G. G. Coulton (1858–1947), historian
Guy Dawber (1861–1938), Arts and Crafts-style architect
Charles Wycliffe Goodwin (1817–1887), Egyptologist and judge
Francis Goodwin (1784–1835), architect
John Harvey (1564–1592), physician and astrologer
Charles Edward Hubbard (1900–1980), botanist and world authority on grasses
George William Manby (1765–1854), inventor and author
Tom Petch (1870–1948), mycologist and plant pathologist
Simon Thurley (born 1962), academic and architectural historian.
Charles Vancouver (c. 1756 – c. 1815), writer on agriculture

Sport

Martin Brundle (born 1959), racing driver and F1 commentator for ITV Sport and the BBC
Fred Fayers, (1890–1954), international football player
Lewis Jarvis, (1857–1938), all-round athlete and banker
Kathryn Johnson (born 1967), Olympic field hockey player
Nicholas "Nick" Aldis (Magnus) (born 1986), professional wrestler and actor
Peter Parfitt (born 1936), test cricketer
Barbara Parker, Olympic track and field athlete
Lucy Pearson, test cricketer
George Russell (born 1998), racing driver
Martin Saggers (born 1972), test cricketer
James Sherlock (1875–1966), Open Championship golfer
Helen Slatter (born 1970), Olympic swimmer
Dave Taylor (born 1957), British champion wrestler
Stan Worthington (1905–1973), test cricketer

References

↑ "Britain's oldest surviving First World War veteran is Florence Green". Daily Mirror. 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2010-05-25.

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