What Interesting People Live Or Have Come From Reading?

Quite a few!

Notable people who are residents or former residents of Reading include:

Kenneth Branagh (actor)
Jacqueline Bisset (actress)
Marianne Faithful (singer and actress)
Dawn French (comedienne)
Ricky Gervais (comedian)
Lenny Henry (comedian)
Chris Tarrant (radio broadcaster, host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?)
Kate Winslet (actress)
Angela Browning (politician)
Henry Addington (former prime minister - in office 1801 to 1804, donor of land for Royal Berkshire Hospital))
Michael Foot (politian)
William Laud (former Archbishop of Canterbury)
Oscar Wilde (author and playwright)
Mary Russell Mitford (author, poet and playwright)
Michael Sprott (professional boxer)
Rudolph Walker (actor and narrator)
Sam Mendes (director)
John Blagrave (early mathematician)
Felix Bowness (jockey in the hit BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi)
Deon Burton (professional footballer)
Richard Burns (rally driver)
Jeff Minter (computer programmer)
Mike Oldfield (composer and artist)
George Palmer (biscuit manufacturer, entrepreneur and politician)
Stuart Price (Electronic musician)
Ayrton Senna (formula 1 champion. He lived in Tilehurst during the early stages of his career. A street was named in his memory following his death).

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