List of people from Guernsey

This is a selected list of notable people with links to Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.

16th to 18th centuries

• Catherine Cauchés, Guillemine Gilbert and Perotine Massey (?-1556), burned at the stake for heresy; Perotine Massey gave birth whilst tied to the stake
• Sir Henry de Vic (1599-1671), a founding member of the Royal Society, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter
• Edmund Andros (1637-1714), colonial administrator governor of the Dominion of New England in America
• Peter Perchard (1729-1806), privateer, goldsmith and merchant, served as Lord Mayor of London in 1806
• Paul Le Mesurier (1755-1805), merchant, Lord Mayor of London 1793-4^[1]
• James Saumarez (1757–1836), Vice Admiral of the Blue and first Baron de Saumarez
• Major-General Sir Thomas Saumarez (1760-1845), commandant at Halifax, commander-in-chief of New Brunswick during the War of 1812^[2]
• Daniel De Lisle Brock (1762-1842), chief civic magistrate of Guernsey and brother of Sir Isaac Brock^[2]
• Richard Saumarez (1764-1835), physician
• Major-General John Gaspard Le Marchant (1766-1812), founder of the first British military college
• Sir Isaac Brock (1769–1812), Major General and Lieutant-Governor of Upper Canada, hero of Upper Canada
• John MacCulloch (1773–1835), geologist
• Thomas Mansell (1777-1858), Rear-Admiral^[3]
• John Le Mesurier (1781–1843), Major General and governor of Alderney
• Peter Paul Dobree (1782-1825), English classical scholar and critic
• Frederick Corbin Lukis (1788–1871), antiquary and natural historian including botany, geology, conchology, and science
• George Métivier (1790–1881), the island's national poet
• Margaret Ann Neve (1792–1903), first validated female supercentenarian and oldest ever Guernsey-born person, 110 years 321 days
• John Lihou (1792-1840), inventor and naval explorer^[4]
• Thomas de la Rue (1793–1866), printer and stationer
• John Jeremie (1795–1841), British judge, diplomat and abolitionist
• Ferdinand Brock Tupper (1795–1874), historian
• Peter Broun (1797–1846), the first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, and a member of Western Australia's first Legislative Council
• Samuel Elliott Hoskins (1799-1888), physician

19th century

• Sampson Avard (1800-1869), leader of a band of Mormon vigilantes called the Danites
• William Le Lacheur (1802–1863), sea captain and coffee merchant
• James Jeremie (1802-1872), Dean of Lincoln
• Bonamy Price (1807-1888), political economist
• Peter Le Lievre (1812-1878), artist^[5]
• George de Sausmarez (1814-1890), General commanding Hong Kong during war with China 1860-1^[6]
• Warren de la Rue (1815–1889), astronomer and chemist
• Thomas Sausmarez Lacy (1816-1884), garrison surgeon at Agra during 8-month siege during the Indian Mutiny^[7]
• Richard Ashmore Powell (1816-1892), Vice-Admiral in British Navy^[8]
• Francis Colborne (1817-1895), Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements
• Paul Jacob Naftel (1817-1891), artist
• Edmund Kennedy (1818-1848), explorer
• Jasper Hume Nicolls (1818-1877), Canadian Anglican priest and first Principal of Bishop's College
• Edward Lacy (1818-1884), Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy^[9]
• Charles Betts (1818-18??), Lieutenant-General in Egyptian Government
• Maria Rosetti (1819-1893) née Grant, political activist and journalist
• Robert Carey (1821–1883), Major-General in the British Army
• John Elias Collings (1821-1886), General in the British Army^[10]
• George Jackson Carey (1822-1872), Major-General in the British Army^[11]
• Peter Le Page Renouf (1822-1897), Egyptologist
• Denys Corbet (1826-1909), Guernésiais poet
• Thomas Augustus Carey (1827-1892), Major-General in the British Army^[12]
• Duncan Charles Home (1828-1857), VC recipient
• Terence O'Brien (1830-1903), surveyor, engineer and colonial governor of Newfoundland
• Walter Wren (1833-1898), member of Parliament
• John Richard Magrath (1839-1930), British academic
• Frederick Moynihan (1843-1910), sculptor
• Mabel Collins (1851-1927), theosophist and author
• John Frederick McCrea (1854-1894), VC recipient
• Nicholas Le Tocq (1854-1886), last person to see Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial of France alive, in the Zulu Wars^[13]
• Theodore Fink (1855–1942), elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australia
• Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly (1856-1933), Uchter Knox, Governor of New Zealand
• Samuel Mauger (1857-1936), Australian social reformer and politician
• James Frederick Arnold (1859–1929), New Zealand Member of Parliament
• Fanny Davies (1861-1934), pianist
• Havilland de Sausmarez (1861-1941), judge of various British courts in Africa and Asia, the Ottoman Empire and China
• Sir Henry Beauvoir De Lisle (1864-1955), British Army general
• Ernest Roberts (1868-1913), Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives
• Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday (1870-1966), VC recipient
• George Edward Nurse (1873-1945), VC recipient
• Herbert John Fleure (1877-1969), zoologist and geographer
• Ernest Martin Jehan (1878-1929), commander of a Q-Ship that sank German submarine UB-4 in 1915
• Arthur Maurice Hocart (1883–1939), anthropologist
• James Francis McCarthy (1885-1918), Albert Medal in Gold recipient^[14]
• William Tongs (1888-1915), awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal^[15]
• Ambrose Sherwill (1890-1968), President of the Controlling Committee during the German occupation of the Channel Islands, until he was deported
• Major-General Sir Thomas MacDonald "Donald" Banks KCB DSO MC TD (1891-1975), Director-General of the Petroleum Warfare Department 1940-45
• Barry Jones (1893–1981), actor
• Herbert Jolly (1895-1983), professional golfer
• James Parkes (1896–1981), clergyman, historian, and social activist
• Michael Davidson (1897–1976), journalist
• Wilfred Hansford Gallienne (1897–1956), British Ambassador to Cuba and Vice Consul at Los Angeles^[16]
• Gerald Basil Edwards (1899–1976), author of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page

20th century

• Ethel Wood (1901-2011), supercentenarian^[17]
• John Harold Henry Coombes (1906-1978), Principal of Cadet College Petaro, one of the earliest public schools built in Pakistan
• Marie Ozanne (1906-1943), protester against German occupying forces^[18]
• Robert Morley (1908-1992), actor
• John Le Patourel (1909-1981), historian
• Philip Maitland Hubbard (1910 -1980), writer
• William "Billy" Spurdle (1911-2011), footballer, played for Manchester City FC
• Wallace Le Patourel (1916-1979), Brigadier, VC recipient
• John Marr (1918-2009), author
• George Clarence Bassett Smith (1919-2001), footballer; played for Southampton F.C.
• Hubert Nicolle (1919-1998), considered to be the first Commando of WW2, landed in occupied Guernsey in September 1940^[19]
• Peter Brock (1920–2006), historian
• Peter Le Cheminant (born 1920), Air Chief Marshal and Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey
• Frank Griffiths Caldwell (1921-2014), Major General OBE MC and bar
• Roy Dotrice (born 1923), actor, winner of a Tony Award in 2000
• Sylvester Houédard (1924–1992), known as dsh, poet, literary editor and Benedictine monk
• Len Duquemin (1924–2003), footballer, played for Tottenham Hotspur FC
• William "Billy" Whare (1925–1995), footballer, played for Nottingham Forest FC
• Frederick Charles Hurrell (1928-2008), Air Vice-Marshal and Director-General of RAF Medical Services from 1986 to 1988
• Tony Fox (1928-2010), doctor and rower, represented Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics and at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• Charles Wood (born 1932), playwright and scriptwriter
• John Savident (born 1938), actor, appears in many TV series, including Coronation Street
• Peter Le Vasseur (born 1938), artist^[20]
• Nicholas Edward Day (born 1939), statistician and cancer epidemiologist
• Bruce Parker (born 1941), BBC television presenter, first presenter of Antiques Roadshow
• Richard Le Flem (born 1942), footballer, played for Nottingham Forest FC and England U23^[21]
• Noel Duquemin (born 1944), shooter, Commonwealth and Island Games^[22]
• Chris Foss (born 1946), British artist and science fiction illustrator
• George Torode (1946–2010), writer and radio host^[23]
• Malcolm Wicks (1947-2012), Member of Parliament
• Richard Doyle (born 1948), British author of thriller novels
• Michele Dotrice (born 1948), actress, daughter of Roy Dotrice
• Adrian Fulford (born 1953), judge; formerly a member of the International Criminal Court in The Hague
• Karen Dotrice (born 1955), actress
• Linda Martel (1956-1961), religious healer^[24]
• Aden Gillett (born 1959), actor
• Andrew Lawrence-King (born 1959), baroque harpist, director of The Harp Consort
• Craig Allen (born 1959), football player in North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League
• Adrian Breton (1962-2007), 1990 Commonwealth Games gold medal, men's rapid fire pistol^[25][26]
• Martine Le Moignan (born 1962), squash player
• Lisa Opie (born 1963), squash player
• Ashley Highfield (born 1965), digital communication
• Sarah Montague (born 1966), BBC journalist and news presenter
• Carl Hester (born 1967), dressage rider, Team GB Olympian and 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal winner
• Jenny Kendall-Tobias (born 1967), radio presenter for BBC Radio Guernsey; known and loved locally as JKT
• Matthew Le Tissier (born 1968), retired Southampton FC and England footballer^[27]
• Martin Brady (born 1969), world record holder of the slowest heart ever recorded in a healthy human^[28]
• Lee Luscombe (born 1971), footballer; played for Brentford FC
• Alison Merrien (born 1971), indoor bowls player
• Andrew Singleton (born 1972), human geneticist
• Andy Priaulx (born 1973), four times touring car race champion
• Lee Savident (born 1976), cricketer; played for Hampshire County Cricket Club
• Chris Tardif (born 1979), footballer; played for Portsmouth FC
• Dawn Porter (born 1979), BBC television presenter (born in Scotland but grew up in Guernsey)
• Lee Merrien (born 1979), athlete and Team GB Olympian
• Dale Garland (born 1980), athlete
• Paul Le Tocq (born 1981), badminton player
• Tom Druce (born 1986), athlete^[29]
• Chris Simpson (born 1987), squash player
• Tobyn Horton (born 1989), the Channel Islands' first professional cyclist^[30]
• Fraser Ward (born 1990), former British National Sabre Team fencer^[31]
• James McLaughlin (born 1990), professional cyclist^[32]
• Tim Ravenscroft (born 1992), cricketer; played for Hampshire County Cricket Club
• Heather Watson (born 1992), tennis player, 2009 US Open Girls' singles champion, Team GB Olympian and Wimbledon champion.^[33]
• Harry Lewis (born 1996), also known as W2S, Youtube content Producer. He has 8.8 million subscribers.
• Alex Crossan (born 1996), better known as Mura Masa, electronic music producer and DJ^[34][35]
• Jack Oldfield (born 1998), tennis player and Commonwealth Youth Games gold medalist^[36]
• Brent Oldfield (born 2000), tennis player and Commonwealth Youth Games gold medalist^[36]

Moved to and lived in Bailiwick of Guernsey

• General Sir John Doyle (1756-1834), Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, drained Braye du Valle joining the north of Guernsey to the rest of the Island
• Victor Hugo (1802–1885), author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame; lived in self-imposed exile on the island for 15 years, during which he wrote Les Misérables; Toilers of the Sea was dedicated to the island
• John Tapner (1823-1854), last person executed by Guernsey
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), artist; spent summer of 1883 in Guernsey
• Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933), lexicographer, moved to Guernsey in 1903
• Francis George Fowler (1871-1918), lexicographer, moved to Guernsey in 1903
• Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972), author, tenant of Herm
• Guy John Nixon (born 1909), ski jumper, holder of British ski jump record for 56 years; worked as a teacher in Guernsey^[37]
• Nicholas Monsarrat (1910-1979), author of The Cruel Sea and more than thirty other novels; lived in Guernsey from 1959-1963^[38]
• John Le Mesurier (1912–1983), actor in Dad's Army; lived in Guernsey for the majority of his life
• Cyril Fletcher (1913-2005), actor, comedian
• Robert Farnon (1917-2005), conductor and composer; lived in Guernsey for 40 years
• Derrick Bailey (1918-2009), founder of Aurigny Airlines
• Desmond Bagley (1923–1983), best-selling writer of thriller novels; lived in Guernsey 1976–1983
• Ronnie Ronalde (1923-2015), siffleur, lived in Guernsey from the 1960s to the 1980s
• Eliza Beresford (1926-2010), writer, creator of children's characters The Wombles; lived in Alderney
• G.N. Georgano (1932), author of reference books about motorcars
• David and Frederick Barclay (both born 1934), businessmen in media, retail and property
• Oliver Reed (1938–1999), actor in Gladiator, Oliver! and other films; lived in Guernsey for many years
• Dawn Brooke (born 1938?), world's oldest natural mother; gave birth in 1997 at the age of 59^[39]
• Mary Perkins (born 1944), co-founder and a senior executive of Specsavers
• Norman Wood (born 1947), Scottish Ryder Cup player
• Guy Hands (born 1959), financier and investor
• Wayne Bulpitt (born 1961), UK Chief Commissioner for The Scout Association
• David Gilliver (born 1979), photographer known for his light painting work and "Small World" series^[40]

See also

• List of Governors of Guernsey
• List of Lieutenant Governors of Guernsey
• List of Bailiffs of Guernsey

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