This is a list of people born in or strongly associated with the Isle of Wight, alphabetically within categories. The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ...

Born on the Isle of Wight

• Dr Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School and immortalised in Tom Brown's Schooldays, born in Cowes
• Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères, born in St Helens
• Vivian Fuchs, Antarctic explorer
• Robert Hooke, scientist, born in Freshwater
• Jeremy Irons, actor, born in Cowes and raised in St Helens
• Sheila Hancock, actress born Newport
• Marius Goring, born Newport
• Phill Jupitus, comedian, born in Newport
• Anthony Minghella, film director, born in Ryde, whose parents run the Minghella's Ice Cream company on the Island. On accepting his Best Picture Oscar for The English Patient he said, "This is a great day for the Isle of Wight!"
• Brian Murphy, actor, born in Ventnor
• Albert Pollard, historian, born in Ryde
• Horace Rawlins, golfer, winner of the first U.S. Open in 1895

Thomas Arnold, 1840 Thomas Arnold (June 13, 1795 – June 12, 1842) was a famous schoolmaster and historian, head of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. ... Cover of 1999 re-issue by Oxford Worlds Classics Tom Browns Schooldays, first published in 1857, is a novel by Thomas Hughes, set at a public school, Rugby School for Boys, in the 1830s when Hughes himself had been a student there. ... Cowes High Street Location within the British Isles Cowes Esplanade and Cowes Castle (home of the Royal Yacht Squadron) Cowes from sea Cowes is a seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island due south of the major southern English port of Southampton. ... Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères (c. ... St. ... Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs (February 11, 1908 – November 11, 1999) was a British explorer. ... Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703) was an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work. ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... Jeremy John Irons (born September 19, 1948) is an Academy Award, Tony Award, Screen Actors Guild, two-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning English film, television and stage actor. ... Cowes High Street Location within the British Isles Cowes Esplanade and Cowes Castle (home of the Royal Yacht Squadron) Cowes from sea Cowes is a seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island due south of the major southern English port of Southampton. ... St. ... Sheila Hancock OBE (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress and comedienne. ... Newport (Welsh: ) is the third-largest city within Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea), in the United Kingdom. ... Marius Goring (May 23, 1912 - September 30, 1998) was a British stage and cinema actor. ... Newport (Welsh: ) is the third-largest city within Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea), in the United Kingdom. ... Phill Jupitus (born March 6, 1962 in Newport, Isle of Wight) is a British comedian. ... Statistics Population: 23,957 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SZ502893 Administration District: Isle of Wight Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Isle of Wight Historic county: Hampshire Services Police force: Hampshire Constabulary Ambulance service: South Central Post office and telephone Post town... Anthony Minghella (born January 6, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning British film director, playwright and screenwriter. ... Ryde, seen from Ryde Pier and showing the twin spires. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The English Patient is a novel by Michael Ondaatje which deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned man, his Canadian nurse, a thief, and a British Army sapper as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian monastery. ... Brian Murphy (born Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, September 25th 1933) is a British actor. ... Ventnor is a seaside resort and civil parish[1] established in the Victorian era on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England. ... Albert Frederick Pollard was a British historian who specialized in the Tudor period. ... Ryde, seen from Ryde Pier and showing the twin spires. ... Horace Rawlins Horace Rawlins (August 5, 1874 - 1940) was an English professional golfer who won the first U.S. Open Championship in 1895. ... The United States Open Championship is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. ...

Raised on the Isle of Wight

• Raymond Allen, television scriptwriter best known for Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, attended Ryde Secondary Modern School
• David Batty, antiques expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow, educated at Newport Grammar School
• Nicholas Dingley alias Razzle, drummer for Hanoi Rocks, raised in Binstead
• William Hutt, MP and colonial administrator, educated in Ryde
• Algernon Swinburne, poet, raised in East Dene, Bonchurch
• George, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, at St. Lawrence Hall, Ventnor.
• Fidelis Morgan, actress and writer, raised in Bonchurch

Raymond Allen refers to two separate American actors. ... Michele Dotrice and Michael Crawford as Betty and Frank Spencer Some Mothers Do Ave Em (1973-1978) was a highly successful BBC sitcom, written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Antiques Roadshow is a British human interest television show in which antique appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom and appraise antiques brought in by local residents. ... Razzle during his time with Hanoi Rocks Nicholas Dingley, alias Razzle (December 2, 1960–December 9, 1984), was known most famously for being the drummer of Hanoi Rocks from 1982 until his death. ... Hanoi Rocks is a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. ... Binstead is a village on the Isle of Wight. ... Sir William Hutt was born in Lambeth, Surrey in 1791. ... Algernon Swinburne, Portrait by Rossetti Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. ... George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS, LLD, FKC, (April 3, 1918–22 February 2007) was a British politician and statesman, diplomatist and businessman. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Lived on the Isle of Wight

• Sam Browne, soldier, retired to Ryde
• Julia Margaret Cameron, photographer, lived in Freshwater Bay
• Winston Churchill visited Ventor for extended periods throughout his life.
• Lewis Carroll lived at Sandown while working on "Alice in Wonderland".
• Sir Christopher Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft, spent 2 years in East Cowes working on his prototypes.
• Charles Darwin lived for a period in 1867 in the Kings Head Hotel in Sandown.
• Charles Dickens, author, lived near Ventnor
• David Gascoyne 20th century surrealist poet
• Robyn Hitchcock, musician, lived in Yarmouth from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, and cited it in many of his works of the period
• Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, lived at St. Lawrence Hall, Ventnor.
• John Keats, poet, moved to the Island in 1814; areas of Shanklin are named after him
• King Charles I was held prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle for a year.
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet, spent the summer in Shanklin in 1868.
• Guglielmo Marconi did radio experiments in Alum Bay and Niton around 1900.
• Karl Marx lived in Ryde in the 1870s and in Ventor in the 1880s.
• David Niven, actor, lived in Bembridge as a child.
• Isaac Pitman, who invented a shorthand system, lived for a time in Sandown.
• John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, Secretary of State for War during the years leading up to the First World War; MP and Justice of the Peace for the Isle of Wight
• Michael Sheard, actor, lived in Ryde
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet, lived in Farringford in Freshwater Bay
• Margaret Thatcher rented a house in Seaview.
• Dekyi Tsering, mother of the current Dalai Lama, stayed in Freshwater during a long convalescence in 1960.
• Queen Victoria, had one of her residences at Osborne House in East Cowes
• Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb, lived and worked in Cowes.
• Trevor Duncan, composer (Dr Finlay's Casebook theme), lived in Bonchurch.

Samuel Browne, 1897 General Sir Samuel James Browne VC, GCB, KCSI (3 October 1824 - 14 March 1901) was a British Army cavalry officer in India and the Near East, best known today as the namesake of the Sam Browne belt. ... A portrait of Julia Jackson who was Camerons niece and favorite subject, an albumen silver print by Julia Margaret Cameron, taken in 1867. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, soldier in the British Army, orator, and strategist, and is studied as part of the modern British and world history. ... // Xiaan Amersu was once the apprentice of Anx Jedi Master, JMikel. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) - believed to be a self-portrait Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer. ... Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish[1] on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England, neighbouring the town of Shanklin to the south. ... Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell (June 4, 1910 – June 1, 1999) was an English engineer, inventor of the hovercraft. ... Cowes is a seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island due south of the major southern English port of Southampton. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish[1] on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England, neighbouring the town of Shanklin to the south. ... Dickens redirects here. ... Ventnor is a seaside resort and civil parish[1] established in the Victorian era on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England. ... The cover of Gascoynes 1935 book A Short Survey of Surrealism David Gascoyne (October 10, 1916 - November 25, 2001) was a British poet associated with the Surrealist movement. ... Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is a singer-songwriter, psych folk artist, and occasional actor. ... Location within the British Isles Yarmouth is a port in the western part of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (December 5, 1859–November 20, 1935) was a British Royal Navy admiral. ... John Keats (31 October 1795 – February 23, 1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement. ... The seafront at Shanklin, 2003 Shanklin is a popular seaside resort and civil parish[1] on the Isle of Wight, England, just south of Sandown on the south coast. ... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... Carisbrooke Castle Carisbrooke Castle is a historic castle located in the village of Carisbrooke, near Newport, Isle of Wight ( ). // The site of Carisbrooke Castle may have been occupied in pre-Roman times. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet whose works include Paul Reveres Ride, A Psalm of Life, The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. ... The seafront at Shanklin, 2003 Shanklin is a popular seaside resort and civil parish[1] on the Isle of Wight, England, just south of Sandown on the south coast. ... Guglielmo Marconi, Marchese, GCVO (25 April 1874-20 July 1937) was an Italian inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, which served as the foundation for the establishment of numerous affiliated companies worldwide. ... Alum Bay is a sandy bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within sight of The Needles. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818, Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883, London) was a German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ... Ryde, seen from Ryde Pier and showing the twin spires. ... // Xiaan Amersu was once the apprentice of Anx Jedi Master, JMikel. ... David Niven (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983) was an Academy Award-winning British actor. ... Bembridge is a village located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. ... Categories: Stub ... Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish[1] on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England, neighbouring the town of Shanklin to the south. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The secretary of war in cabinet position was Henry Knox. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Michael Sheard Michael Sheard (born 18 June 1940 in Aberdeen, died 31 August 2005) was a Scottish actor who featured in a large number of films and television programmes. ... Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born October 13, 1925), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933). ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... Osborne House and its grounds are now open to the public Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK. // History The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. ... Cowes is a seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island due south of the major southern English port of Southampton. ... Sir Barnes Neville Wallis Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, CBE, FRS, RDI, commonly known as Barnes Wallis, (September 26, 1887 – October 30, 1979) was an English scientist, engineer and inventor. ... Cowes High Street Location within the British Isles Cowes Esplanade and Cowes Castle (home of the Royal Yacht Squadron) Cowes from sea Cowes is a seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island due south of the major southern English port of Southampton. ... Trevor Duncan (27th February 1924 - 17 December 2005) was an English composer, particularly noted for his light music compositions. ...

Still resident

• David Icke, conspiracy theorist, lives in Ryde
• Geoffrey Hughes, actor, lives in Newport
• Ellen MacArthur, sailor, based in Cowes
• Mark King, Level 42 musician.
• Dick Taylor, Pretty Things Musician
• M J Trow, author and teacher

David Icke David Vaughan Icke (pronounced IKE //) (born April 29, 1952 in Leicester, England) is a British writer and public speaker who has devoted himself since 1990 to researching who and what is really controlling the world. ... Ryde, seen from Ryde Pier and showing the twin spires. ... Geoffrey Hughes as his character Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances. ... Ellen MacArthur Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE (born July 8, 1976) is an English sailor from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. ... Mark King can refer to: Mark King, bass player with Level 42 Mark King, snooker player Mark King, AFC Wimbledon player This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Dick Taylor performing with The Pretty Things in 1999. ... Meirion James Trow (born 1949) is a writer who writes under the name M. J. Trow. ...

External links

• Mike Plumbley's IOWRock website, concentrating on music and the festivals
• A website listing many current and former renowned residents of the Isle of Wight

Articles and Categories about the Isle of Wight, England

Category:Isle of Wight | Category:Buildings and structures on the Isle of Wight | Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight | Education on the Isle of Wight | History of the Isle of Wight | List of Isle of Wight people | List of civil parishes in the Isle of Wight | List of places on the Isle of Wight | Politics of the Isle of Wight | Category:Visitor attractions on the Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight (disambiguation) The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Image File history File links Escutmenorwight. ... The Isle of Wight is one of the richest dinosaur localities in Europe, with over 20 species of dinosaur having been recognised from the early Cretaceous Period (in particular between 132 and 110 million years ago), some of which were first identified on the island, as well as the contemporary... // Schools There are 69 LEA maintained schools on the Isle of Wight, and two private schools. ... Today, the Isle of Wight is rich in historical and archaeological sites dating from prehistoric periods from an extraordinary wealth of fossil discoveries including dinosaur bones through to remains from the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman periods onwards. ... This is a list of civil parishes in the Isle of Wight, England. ... This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Isle of Wight, England. ... As a geographical entity distinct from the mainland, the Isle of Wight has always fought to have this identity recognised. ... Isle of Wight can refer to: In the United Kingdom: The ceremonial county of the Isle of Wight The unitary authority region covered by Isle of Wight Council The UK Parliament constituency, the Isle of Wight As of 2004, all of these uses cover the same land area. ...