Francis Bacon, artist – lived here
Jill Balcon, actor – lived here
Muirhead and Stephen Bone, artists – lived here
Adrian Boult, conductor – visited
Bertha Brewster, suffragette – lived here
Rupert Brooke, poet – visited
Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill, cousin of Winston Churchill – lived here
Winston Churchill – visited
Dan Day Lewis, actor – was at school here
Edward Elgar, composer – stayed here while convalescing
General de Gaulle – visited
Alec Guinness, actor – lived here
Keeley Halswelle, artist – lived here
Lord Thomas Horder, physician to five monarchs – lived here
Mark Knopfler, musician – lived here
Paul Maze, artist known as ‘The English Impressionist’ had a studio here
Sam Mendes, film director – had a house here
Sturge Moore, poet – lived here
John and Penelope Mortimer, writers – lived here
Martin Muncaster, TV presenter – lives here
Mark Owen, singer & songwriter – lives here
Stanley Spencer, artist – lived here
Edward Thomas, poet and writer – lived here
Kate Winslet, actor – has a house here (2019)
John Wyndham, writer – lived here
