List of people from Peterborough

This is a list of people from Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire. This list may include people from Greater Peterborough, an area which includes a number of surrounding villages. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname:

A

• George Alcock – astronomer who was one of the most successful visual discoverers of novas and comets.
• Annabelle Davis - British actress of The Dumping Ground and Hollyoaks fame, daughter of Warwick Davis

B

• Andy Bell – lead singer of the English synth-pop duo Erasure
• David Bentley – former Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer.
• Paul Blades – footballer who played as a defender for Derby County, Norwich City and Wolves.
• Peter Boizot – entrepreneur, restaurateur, politician, and philanthropist. Best known as the founder of PizzaExpress.

C

• Walter Cornelius - strongman who escaped Communist Lithuania by swimming the Baltic Sea
• John Clare - English poet

D

• Joanna Dennehy, serial killer who murdered three men.

E

• Jimmy Elliott – footballer who played for Tottenham and Brentford. Later worked as a football manager.

F

• Gordon Fincham – former footballer who played for Leicester City, Plymouth Argyle and Luton Town.

H

• Henry Hodge – English solicitor and Judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
• Jake Humphrey – Journalist and television presenter for BT Sport.

J

• Julian Joachim – former football player for Leicester City, Aston Villa and Coventry City.

L

• Adrian Lyne – film director

M

• Aston Merrygold – singer-songwriter

O

• Matt Oakley – footballer who played for Southampton F.C. and Leicester City F.C.

P

• William Paley - (1743-1805) - Anglican Clergyman; author.
• Tom Plant – famous artist, part of the duo Plant & Frampton.
• Luke Pasqualino - Actor. Starred in Our Girl and The Musketeers.

R

• Henry Royce – founding partner in Rolls-Royce

S

• Louis Smith, (born 1989) – British artistic gymnast who specialises in the pommel horse.
• William Speechly (1735–1819), horticulturist
• Luke Steele – footballer who plays in goal for Barnsley F.C.

T

• Jodie Turner-Smith, (born 1986) – Actress and model

W

• Harry Wells, (born 1993) – rugby union player for Leicester Tigers

Z

• Steve Zenchuk, (born 1966) – former professional footballer