List of people from Chichester

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Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, England. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live in Chichester, or had some important contribution to make to the town.

• Alan Arnell (1935–2013) - Association Football Player
• Michael Ashcroft (born 1946) - Pollster, Businessman and Conservative Peer

• Peter Baldwin (1933–2015) - actor
• Harriet Barber (1968–2014) - painter
• Geoffrey Beevers (1941- ) - actor
• John Blund (c. 1175 – 1248) - philosopher
• Cordelia Bugeja (born 1976) - actress
• John Bullokar (1574–1627) - physician and lexicographer

• William Cawley (1602–1667) - politician; signatory to death warrant of King Charles I
• Steve Clamp (born 1976) - freelance journalist and newsreader
• Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus - local ruler in Roman Britain
• William Clowes (1779–1847) - printer
• William Collins (1721–1759) - poet.^[1]
• Holly Colvin (born 1989) - cricketer
• Richard Cudmore (1787–1840) - violinist
• Vincent Cushing (born 1950) - cricketer

• Harvey Lonsdale Elmes (1813–1847) - architect
• Michael Elphick (1946–2002) - actor
• David Emms (1925–2015) - rugby union player and educationalist

• Justin Fitzpatrick (born 1973) - rugby union player and Major League Rugby coach
• Mike Friday (born 1972) - rugby union player and coach
• J.F.C. Fuller (1878–1966) - Army officer (major-general) and historian

• Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961) - composer, orchestrator, conductor, and music producer
• Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 1966) - composer

• Jamie Hall (born 1968) - cricketer
• Lisa Hammond (actress), born 1983
• Ian Hannah (1874–1944) - academic, writer, politician
• Charles Harington (1872–1940) - Army officer in World War I
• Edward Harrison (1910–2002) - cricketer and squash player^[2]
• Charlotte Hawkins (born 1975) - Sky News presenter
• Giles Haywood (born 1979) - former Sussex and Nottinghamshire cricketer
• Sean Heather (born 1982) - cricketer
• Antony Hegarty (born 1971) - singer
• George Hersee (1924–2001) - BBC engineer
• Jack Hinshelwood (born 2005) - footballer
• Andrew Hodd (born 1984) - cricketer
• Alex Horne (born 1978) - comedian
• Charlie Howard (1854–1929) - cricketer
• Jim Howick (born 1979) - comedian and writer

• William Juxon (1582–1663) - Archbishop of Canterbury

• Joseph Kelway (c. 1702–1782)- Harpsichordist, Organist Composer
• Jarvis Kenrick (1852–1949) - association football player

• Jennifer Lash (1939–1993) - novelist and painter
• Lord Henry Lennox (1821–1886) - politician
• Morgan Lewington - Canadian TV and film producer
• James Lillywhite (1842–1929) - English cricketer
• Robert Ballard Long (1771–1825) - Army officer
• Walter Loveys (1920–1969) - politician and farmer

• Charlotte Mardyn (1789-after 1844) - actress
• Cursor Miner - musician
• Kate Mosse (born 1961) - author, playwright and broadcaster

• Ralph Neville (died 1244) - Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England
• Adrian Noble (born 1950) - theatre director

• Tom Odell (born 1990) - singer-songwriter; winner of the 2013 Critics' Choice BRIT Award

• Abraham Pether (1756-1812) - painter
• Timothy Peake (born 1972) - astronaut

• Zoe Rahman - jazz pianist
• Leslie Rands (1900–1972) - opera singer
• Mark Roberts (born 1961) - archaeologist

• Richard Seaman (1913–1939) - Grand Prix driver
• Ros Simmons - CEO of Vie at Home
• George Smith (1713/14–1776) - landscape painter
• Edward Speleers (born 1988) - actor
• Paul Steinitz (1909–1988) - musician
• Edward Story (died 1503) - bishop
• Charles Sutton (1891–1962) - cricketer

• Frederick Tees - member of the Dam Busters raid during Operation Chastise
• James Tighe - professional wrestler

• Herbert Vivian (1865–1940) – writer, journalist and newspaper proprietor

• Rollo Weeks (born 1987) - actor
• George Weldon (1908–1963) - conductor
• John Weldon (1676–1736) - composer
• Simon of Wells (died 1207) - Bishop of Chichester

• Comfort Yeates (born 2005) – trampoline gymnast^[3]