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List[edit]
This is a selected list of notable people with links to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.
16th Century[edit]
- Catherine Cauchés, Guillemine Gilbert and Perotine Massey (?–1556), burned at the stake for heresy; Perotine Massey gave birth while tied to the stake[1]
- Sir Henry de Vic (1599–1671), a founding member of the Royal Society, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter[2]
17th Century[edit]
- Edmund Andros (1637–1714), colonial administrator, governor of the Dominion of New England in America[3]
18th Century[edit]
- Peter Perchard (1729–1806), privateer, goldsmith and merchant, served as Lord Mayor of London in 1806[4]
- Paul Le Mesurier (1755–1805), merchant, Lord Mayor of London 1793-4[5]
- James Saumarez (1757–1836), Vice Admiral of the Blue and first Baron de Saumarez
- Major-General Sir Thomas Saumarez (1760–1845), commandant at [Nova Scotia|Halifax], commander-in-chief of New Brunswick during the War of 1812[6]
- Daniel de Lisle Brock (1762–1842), chief civic magistrate of Guernsey and brother of Sir Isaac Brock
- Richard Saumarez (1764–1835), British surgeon and medical author
- Major-General John Gaspard Le Marchant (1766–1812), founder of the first British military college
- Sir Isaac Brock (1769–1812), Major General and Lieutant-Governor of Upper Canada, hero of Upper Canada
- John MacCulloch (1773–1835), geologist
- Thomas Mansell (1777–1858), Rear-Admiral[7][8]
- John Le Mesurier (1781–1843), Major General and governor of Alderney
- Peter Paul Dobree (1782–1825), English classical scholar and critic
- Frederick Corbin Lukis (1788–1871), antiquary and natural historian including botany, geology, conchology, and science
- George Métivier (1790–1881), the island's national poet
- Margaret Ann Neve (1792–1903), first validated female supercentenarian and oldest ever Guernsey-born person, 110 years 321 days
- John Lihou (1792–1840), inventor and naval explorer[9][10]
- Thomas de la Rue (1793–1866), printer and stationer
- John Jeremie (1795–1841), British judge, diplomat and abolitionist
- Ferdinand Brock Tupper (1795–1874), historian
- Peter Broun (1797–1846), the first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, and a member of Western Australia's first Legislative Council
- Samuel Elliott Hoskins (1799–1888), physician
19th century[edit]
- Sampson Avard (1800-1869), leader of a band of Mormon vigilantes called the Danites[11]
- William Le Lacheur (1802-1863), sea captain and coffee merchant
- James Jeremie (1802-1872), Dean of Lincoln
- Bonamy Price (1807-1888), political economist
- Peter Le Lievre (1812-1878), artist[12]
- George de Sausmarez (1814-1890), General commanding Hong Kong during war with China 1860-1[13]
- Warren De la Rue (1815-1889), astronomer and chemist, son of [[Thomas de la Rue}}
- Thomas Sausmarez Lacy (1816-1884), garrison surgeon at Agra during 8-month siege during the Indian Mutiny[14]
- Richard Ashmore Powell (1816-1892), Vice-Admiral in British Navy[15]
- Francis Colborne (1817-1895), Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements
- Paul Jacob Naftel (1817-1891), artist
- Edmund Kennedy (1818-1848), explorer
- Jasper Hume Nicolls (1818-1877), Canadian Anglican priest and first Principal of Bishop's College
- Edward Lacy (1818-1884), Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy[16]
- Charles Betts (1818-18??), Lieutenant-General in Egyptian Government
- Maria Rosetti (1819-1893) née Grant, political activist and journalist
- Robert Carey (1821-1883), Major-General in the British Army
- John Elias Collings (1821-1886), General in the British Army[17]
- George Jackson Carey (1822-1872), Major-General in the British Army[18]
- Peter Le Page Renouf (1822-1897), Egyptologist
- Denys Corbet (1826-1909), Guernésiais poet
- Thomas Augustus Carey (1827-1892), Major-General in the British Army[19]
- Duncan Charles Home (1828-1857), VC recipient
- Terence O'Brien (1830-1903), surveyor, engineer and colonial governor of Newfoundland
- Walter Wren (1833-1898), member of Parliament
- John Richard Magrath (1839-1930), British academic
- Frederick Moynihan (1843-1910), sculptor
- Mabel Collins (1851-1927), theosophist and author
- John Frederick McCrea (1854-1894), VC recipient
- Nicholas Le Tocq (1854-1886), last person to see Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial of France alive, in the Zulu Wars[20]
- Theodore Fink (1855-1942), elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australia
- Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly (1856-1933), Uchter Knox, Governor of New Zealand
- Samuel Mauger (1857-1936), Australian social reformer and politician
- James Frederick Arnold (1859-1929), New Zealand Member of Parliament
- Fanny Davies (1861-1934), pianist
- Havilland de Sausmarez (1861-1941), judge of various British courts in Africa and Asia, the Ottoman Empire and China
- Sir Henry Beauvoir De Lisle (1864-1955), British Army general
- Ernest Roberts (1868-1913), Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives
- Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday (1870-1966), VC recipient
- George Edward Nurse (1873-1945), VC recipient
- Herbert John Fleure (1877-1969), zoologist and geographer
- Ernest Martin Jehan (1878-1929), commander of a Q-Ship that sank German submarine UB-4 in 1915
- Arthur Maurice Hocart (1883-1939), anthropologist
- James Francis McCarthy (1885-1918), Albert Medal in Gold recipient[21]
- William Tongs (1888-1915), awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal[22]
- Ambrose Sherwill (1890-1968), President of the Controlling Committee during the German occupation of the Channel Islands, until he was deported
- Major-General Sir Thomas MacDonald "Donald" Banks KCB DSO MC TD (1891-1975), Director-General of the Petroleum Warfare Department 1940-45
- Barry Jones (1893-1981), actor
- Herbert Jolly (1895-1983), professional golfer
- James Parkes (1896-1981), clergyman, historian, and social activist
- Michael Davidson (1897-1976), journalist
- Wilfred Hansford Gallienne (1897-1956), British Ambassador to Cuba and Vice Consul at Los Angeles[23]
- Gerald Basil Edwards (1899-1976), author of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page
- Beatrice Collenette (1899-2001), dancer and dancing school founder in Los Angeles, California
20th century[edit]
- Ethel Wood (1901-2011), supercentenarian[24]
- John Harold Henry Coombes (1906-1978), Principal of Cadet College Petaro, one of the earliest public schools built in Pakistan
- Marie Ozanne (1906-1943), protester against German occupying forces[25]
- Robert Morley (1908-1992), actor
- John Le Patourel (1909-1981), historian
- Philip Maitland Hubbard (1910-1980), writer
- William "Billy" Spurdle (1911-2011), footballer, played for Manchester City FC
- Wallace Le Patourel (1916-1979), Brigadier, VC recipient
- John Marr (1918-2009), author
- George Clarence Bassett Smith (1919-2001), footballer; played for Southampton F.C.
- Hubert Nicolle (1919-1998), considered to be the first Commando of WW2, landed in occupied Guernsey in September 1940[26]
- Peter Brock (1920-2006), historian
- Peter Le Cheminant (born 1920), Air Chief Marshal and Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey
- Frank Griffiths Caldwell (1921-2014), Major General OBE MC and bar
- Roy Dotrice (1923-2017), actor, winner of Tony and BAFTA Awards
- Sylvester Houédard (1924-1992), known as dsh, poet, literary editor and Benedictine monk
- Len Duquemin (1924-2003), footballer, played for Tottenham Hotspur FC
- William "Billy" Whare (1925-1995), footballer, played for Nottingham Forest FC
- Frederick Charles Hurrell (1928-2008), Air Vice-Marshal and Director-General of RAF Medical Services from 1986 to 1988
- Tony Fox (1928-2010), doctor and rower, represented Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics and at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Charles Wood (born 1932), playwright and scriptwriter
- John Savident (born 1938), actor, appears in many TV series, including Coronation Street
- Peter Le Vasseur (born 1938), artist[27]
- Nicholas Edward Day (born 1939), statistician and cancer epidemiologist
- Bruce Parker (born 1941), BBC television presenter, first presenter of Antiques Roadshow
- Dick Le Flem (born 1942), footballer, played for Nottingham Forest FC and England U23[28]
- Noel Duquemin (born 1944), shooter, Commonwealth and Island Games[29]
- Chris Foss (born 1946), British artist and science fiction illustrator
- George Torode (1946-2010), writer and radio host[30]
- Malcolm Wicks (1947-2012), Member of Parliament
- Richard Doyle (born 1948), British author of thriller novels
- Michele Dotrice (born 1948), actress, daughter of Roy Dotrice
- Simon Kay (born 1952?), plastic surgeon
- Adrian Fulford (born 1953), judge; formerly a member of the International Criminal Court in The Hague
- Karen Dotrice (born 1955), actress[31]
- Linda Martel (1956-1961), religious healer[32]
- Aden Gillett (born 1959), actor
- Andrew Lawrence-King (born 1959), baroque harpist, director of The Harp Consort
- Craig Allen (born 1959), football player in North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League
- Adrian Breton (1962-2007), 1990 Commonwealth Games gold medal, men's rapid fire pistol[33][34]
- Martine Le Moignan (born 1962), squash player
- Lisa Opie (born 1963), squash player
- Ashley Highfield (born 1965), digital communication[clarification needed]
- Sarah Montague (born 1966), BBC journalist and news presenter
- Carl Hester (born 1967), dressage rider, Team GB Olympian and 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal winner
- Jenny Kendall-Tobias (born 1967), radio presenter for BBC Radio Guernsey; known and loved locally as JKT
- Matthew Le Tissier (born 1968), retired Southampton FC and England footballer[35]
- Martin Brady (born 1969), world record holder of the slowest heart ever recorded in a healthy human[36]
- Lee Luscombe (born 1971), footballer; played for Brentford FC
- Alison Merrien (born 1971), indoor bowls player
- Andrew Singleton (born 1972), human geneticist
- Andy Priaulx (born 1973), four times touring car race champion
- Lee Savident (born 1976), cricketer; played for Hampshire County Cricket Club
- Chris Tardif (born 1979), footballer; played for Portsmouth FC
- Dawn Porter (born 1979), BBC television presenter (born in Scotland but grew up in Guernsey)
- Lee Merrien (born 1979), athlete and Team GB Olympian
- Dale Garland (born 1980), athlete
- Paul Le Tocq (born 1981), badminton player
- Marco Silvestri (born 1983), actor[37]
- Tom Druce (born 1986), athlete[38]
- Chris Simpson (born 1987), squash player
- Tobyn Horton (born 1989), the Channel Islands' first professional cyclist[39]
- Celia Jenkins (born 1989), author [40]
- Bradley Watson (born 1990), boxer [41]
- Fraser Ward (born 1990), former British National Sabre Team fencer[42]
- James McLaughlin (born 1990), professional cyclist[43]
- Kieran Guilbert (born 1991), news editor at Thomson Reuters[44], star player at Magicland FC[45], and Mexican chef.
- Tim Ravenscroft (born 1992), cricketer; played for Hampshire County Cricket Club
- Heather Watson (born 1992), tennis player, 2009 US Open Girls' singles champion, Team GB Olympian and Wimbledon champion.[46]
- Andrew Barnes (born 1995), first Guernsey born astronaut aboard Expedition 58 to the ISS. Conducting research at the University of Sheffield on the topic of Lunar Automotive Development.[citation needed]
- Cameron Chalmers (born 1997), British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres, current British U20 champion and also holds the BUCS title.
- Harry Lewis (born 1996), better known as W2S (a shortened version of his online alias wroetoshaw), YouTube personality.[47] [48]
- [[Alex Crossan (born 1996), better known as Mura Masa, electronic music producer and DJCite error: A
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21st Century[edit]
- Brent Oldfield (born 2000), tennis player and Commonwealth Youth Games gold medalist[50]
Moved to and lived in Bailiwick of Guernsey[edit]
- General Sir John Doyle (1756-1834), Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, drained Braye du Valle joining the north of Guernsey to the rest of the Island
- John Wilson, architect from Cumberland, lived in Guernsey 1813-1830, and designed some of the island's most iconic buildings, including Elizabeth College, St James, Castle Carey and the market buildings.
- Victor Hugo (1802-1885), author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame; lived in self-imposed exile on the island for 15 years, during which he wrote Les Misérables; Toilers of the Sea was dedicated to the island
- John Tapner (1823-1854), last person executed by Guernsey
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), artist; spent summer of 1883 in Guernsey
- Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933), lexicographer, moved to Guernsey in 1903
- Francis George Fowler (1871-1918), lexicographer, moved to Guernsey in 1903
- Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972), author, tenant of Herm
- Guy John Nixon (born 1909), ski jumper, holder of British ski jump record for 56 years; worked as a teacher in Guernsey[51]
- Nicholas Monsarrat (1910-1979), author of The Cruel Sea and more than thirty other novels; lived in Guernsey from 1959-1963[52]
- John Le Mesurier (1912-1983), actor in Dad's Army; lived in Guernsey for the majority of his life
- Cyril Fletcher (1913-2005), actor, comedian
- Robert Farnon (1917-2005), conductor and composer; lived in Guernsey for 40 years
- Derrick Bailey (1918-2009), founder of Aurigny Airlines
- Desmond Bagley (1923-1983), best-selling writer of thriller novels; lived in Guernsey 1976–1983
- Ronnie Ronalde (1923-2015), siffleur, lived in Guernsey from the 1960s to the 1980s
- Eliza Beresford (1926-2010), writer, creator of children's characters The Wombles; lived in Alderney
- G.N. Georgano (born 1932), author of reference books about motorcars
- David and Frederick Barclay (both born 1934), businessmen in media, retail and property
- Oliver Reed (1938-1999), actor in Gladiator, Oliver! and other films; lived in Guernsey for many years
- Dawn Brooke (born 1938), world's oldest natural mother; gave birth in 1997 at the age of 59[53]
- John Templeton Smith (born 1943), author of "The John Winter trilogy" and other stories; founder Anglo Normandy Aeroengineering Ltd,[54] lived in Guernsey for many years [55]
- Mary Perkins (born 1944), co-founder and a senior executive of Specsavers
- Raymond Evison, (born 1944), nurseryman, lecturer, author and photographer
- Norman Wood (born 1947), Scottish Ryder Cup player
- Guy Hands (born 1959), financier and investor, former chairman of EMI
- Wayne Bulpitt (born 1961), UK Chief Commissioner for The Scout Association
- David Gilliver (born 1979), photographer known for his light painting work and "Small World" series[56]
- Jenson Button (born 1980), Formula One driver[57]
- Sam Lesley (born 1994), local runner and resident[58]
See also[edit]
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