List of people from Guildford

The oldest surviving record of the town is from a c. 1000 copy of the c. 880 – c. 885 will of Alfred the Great, in which the settlement appears as Gyldeforda.

[2] Roger Fry (1866–1934), the English artist, critic and member of the Bloomsbury Group, lived in "Durbins" in Chantry View Road, which he designed, from 1909 to 1919.

[5][6] Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll, died of pneumonia at his sisters' home, "The Chestnuts", in Guildford on 14 January 1898.

Drummer Jet Black ran an off-licence in the town and bass player Jean-Jacques Burnel attended the Royal Grammar School.

[17] The band played their first gig at the Star Inn, in Quarry Street, in 1974,[18] and were banned from performing at the University of Surrey on 11 October 1978.

1984), who played Will McKenzie in The Inbetweeners and Adam Goodman in Friday Night Dinner, were both born in Guildford.

[38] Guildford has been home to racing driver Katherine Legge[39] and sprinter Allan Wells, gold medallist in the 100 metres at the 1980 Olympics.

[41] Footballer Matt Jarvis grew up in Guildford[42] and the town is also home to Olympic kayakers Rachel Cawthorn and Liam Heath.

[citation needed] Alfred Smith, recipient of the Victoria Cross, was born in Guildford,[46] as was WWE wrestler Paul Burchill.