List of people from Southfields
Southfields is a suburban district in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live(d) in Southfields, or had some important contribution to make to the district.
- Paul Reedy - Australian rower and now Great British rowing coach
- Jimmy White - English snooker player.
- George Eliot - novelist; The Mill on the Floss written while living in Wimbledon Park Road
- Paul Merton - comedian; star of TV show "Have I Got News for You"
- Phillip Glasier - expert on hawking and falconry, born in Southfields
- Will Greenwood - rugby player; Harlequins and England
- Andy Hamilton - scriptwriter of TV show "Drop the Dead Donkey"
- John Creasey - English author.
- Ralph Ineson - actor
- Paul Richards - Labour politician and author
- Michael Meacher - Labour MP and former Minister
- Tom Mann - trade unionist and leader of the London Dock strike of 1889
- George Entwistle - former Director-General of the BBC
- Jason Rebello - jazz pianist
- Simon Rose - journalist and broadcaster
- Peter Duncan - British actor and television presenter, Blue Peter
- Mirza Masroor Ahmad - the elected spiritual leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
- Martyn Davies - producer, writer, voice actor
- Marie Souvestre - feminist educator, founder of Allenswood Academy and formative influence on Eleanor Roosevelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt - civil and human rights activist responsible for the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, attended Allenswood Academy 1899-1902
- Dan Smith - member of indie/techno band Bastille
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