List of people from Kettering

This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Kettering, in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

Academia

James Acaster - comedian
Robert Ames - conductor and violist, who holds the positions of co-Artistic Director and co-Principal Conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra[1]
David Armand - comedian, actor and writer
Hugh Dennis - comedian, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist
Sienna Guillory - actress and former model
David Hawthorne - stage and film actor[2][3]
Jim King - original member of the British rock band Family[4]
Jack Lucien - British-born Andorran singer, music producer, and songwriter,[5] best known for his 2009 single I'm Not Afraid[6]
Horace Panter - bassist for the 2 Tone ska band The Specials
Russ Russell - record producer, sound engineer, mixer, mastering engineer, musician and writer
Chris Smith - radio newsreader, most famous for presenting Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1
Faryl Smith - soprano
Temples - rock band

James Ashworth - British soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross
Raymond Lewin GC - Pilot Officer of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) was (whilst a Sergeant) awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in rescuing his co-pilot from their burning plane on 3 November 1940 in Malta[7]
Edward Sismore DSO DFC Two Bars AFC AE - Air Commodore

Michael Kidner - pioneer of Op art
Ron Chippindale - Chief Inspector of Air Accidents in charge of the New Zealand Office of Air Accidents Investigations
Alfred East - painter
John Alfred Gotch - architect and architectural historian
Thomas Cooper Gotch - painter and book illustrator loosely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement
Catherine Hall - feminist historian
Jack Laundon - lichenologist, who became President of the British Lichen Society[8]
James Moy - photographer, specialising in motorsport and motor racing, a leading Formula One Grand Prix photographer
Edward Nettleship FRS FCS - ophthalmologist[9]
John Trivett Nettleship - artist, known as a painter of animals and in particular lions, he was also an author and book illustrator
Samuel Perkins Pick - architect strongly associated with Leicestershire, and co-founder of the architecture and civil engineering firm Pick Everard

Thomas Allen - clergyman and divine
John Brine - Particular Baptist minister
Andrew Fuller - Particular Baptist minister and theologian
John Gill - Baptist pastor, biblical scholar, and theologian
William Knibb - Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica, chiefly known today for his work to free slaves

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