List of people from Wandsworth

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Wandsworth, or have lived/live within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):

Jonathan Ansell — singer
Alun Armstrong — actor
Martin Bashir — journalist
Tony Blair — former Prime Minister (shared a house with Lord Charlie Falconer in the Tonsleys on Bramford Road)
Marcus Brigstocke — comedian
Frank Bruno — boxer^[1]
Charles Bernard Childs - physicist
Thomas Craig — actor
Sophie Dahl — model
Jack Dee — comedian^[2]
Daniel Defoe — author
Lesley-Anne Down — actor
George Eliot — author^[3]
Lord Charlie Falconer — politician (shared a house with Tony Blair in the Tonsleys on Bramford Road)
Jason Flemyng — actor
Edward Gibbon — historian
Francis Grose — antiquary, lived in Mulberry Cottage on the Common (1731–1791)
Thomas Hardy — author (a blue plaque at the junction of Trinity Road and Broderick Road commemorates his residence)^[4]
Ainsley Harriott — TV chef
Jason Rosam - radio presenter
Mick Jones — guitarist/songwriter (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite)
Mollie King — member of girl band The Saturdays
Keira Knightley — actress
David Lloyd George — former Prime Minister
Dan McLoughlin - Spice Girls expert
Martin Marquez — actor
Ramona Marquez — actor
Daniel Massey — actor
Michael Nicholson — journalist
Mark Owen — singer
Kevin Pietersen — cricketer
Steve Sidwell — footballer
Kevin Spacey — actor
Phil Spencer — TV presenter
Jessica Taylor — singer with Liberty X
William Makepeace Thackeray — novelist
Louis Theroux — TV presenter^[5]
Paul Theroux — travel writer
Joe Thomas — actor
Andrew Wakely — musician
Penelope Wilton — actor
Ed Wynne — musician

References

List of people from London

Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

London Borough of Wandsworth

Districts	Balham Battersea Clapham Earlsfield Furzedown Nine Elms Putney Putney Heath Putney Vale Roehampton Southfields Streatham Park Summerstown Tooting (including Tooting Graveney and Upper Tooting) Wandsworth West Hill

Attractions	Battersea Arts Centre Battersea Power Station Bridge Lane Theatre Chrysalis Theatre De Morgan Centre Grace Theatre New Covent Garden Market New Wandsworth Museum Pump House Gallery Theatre 503 Theatre of the Dispossessed

Bridges and tunnels	Albert Bridge Battersea Bridge Battersea Railway Bridge Chelsea Bridge Fulham Railway Bridge Grosvenor Bridge Putney Bridge Wandsworth Bridge

Parks and open spaces	Battersea Park Clapham Common King George's Park Tooting Bec Common Wandsworth Common Wandsworth Park Wimbledon Park York Gardens

Constituencies	Battersea Putney Tooting

Rail and tube stations	Balham Battersea Park Clapham Junction Clapham South Earlsfield East Putney Putney Queenstown Road (Battersea) Southfields Tooting (in LB of Merton) Tooting Bec Tooting Broadway Wandsworth Common Wandsworth Town

Other topics	Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

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