List of people from the London Borough of Bexley

This is a list of notable people who were born or grew up in the London Borough of Bexley or otherwise have a strong association with the area.

Politics, government, military

Sir Cloudesley Shovell

Scientists and inventors

Hiram Maxim
  • Patrick Young Alexander (1867–1943), aeronautical pioneer, born in Erith or Belvedere
  • Sir William Anderson (1834–98), engineer and philanthropist, lived in Erith from 1864 until 1889 and contributed substantial time and money to the local community[20]
  • Augustus Applegath (1788–1871), inventor of the vertical printing-press, also built Shenstone House, lived and worked in Crayford[21]
  • Sheila Callender (1914–2004), haematologist, born in Sidcup[22]
  • Frank Farmer (1912–2004), physicist, pioneer in developing medical applications for physics, born in Bexleyheath[23]
  • Ivan Magill (1888–1986), innovative anaesthetist, worked in Sidcup[24]
  • Sir Hiram Maxim (1840–1916), inventor of the Maxim Gun, moved his works to Crayford in 1884 and lived in Stoneyhurst from then until 1889 [25][26]
  • Anthony Reckenzaun (1850–93), engineer, worked at the Erith Ironworks and set up evening classes for the workmen
  • Flaxman Charles John Spurrell (1842–1915), archaeologist, geologist and photographer, moved to the borough as a child and later lived at The Priory, Picardy Road, Belvedere. Spurrell Avenue in Bexley is named after him.[27]
  • Joshua Trimmer (1795–1857), geologist, born in North Cray[28]
  • Jack Wall (1932–2018), inventor of the Crayford focuser, which is incorporated into many modern telescopes[29]

Writers and journalists

William Morris
  • Neal Lawson (1963–), politician and commentator, grew up and went to school in Bexleyheath[40]
  • James Leasor (1923–2007), journalist and author, born in Erith[41]
  • Gerard Shelley (1891–1980), author, translator and Catholic bishop, born in Sidcup[42]
  • Nevil Shute (1899–1960), novelist and aeronautical engineer, lived in Hatherley Road, Sidcup, in the late 1920s, while working at Vickers in Crayford[13]
  • Jim Sterling (1984–), video game journalist, born and grew up in Erith[43]
  • Anne Swithinbank (1957–), horticulturist and gardening writer, born in Belvedere
  • Elizabeth Wiskemann (1899–1971), historian and journalist, born in Sidcup[44]

Entertainment, arts, culture

Visual arts

Kate Bush
  • Tom Raworth (1938–2017), poet and visual artist, born in Bexleyheath and grew up in Welling[53]

Performing arts

Sport

Football

Jimmy Bullard
Bernie Ecclestone

Other sports


Other

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