Deal, Kent: Difference between revisions

* [[John Harvey (Royal Navy officer, born 1772)|Admiral Sir John Harvey]] KCB (1772 in Eastry – 1837 in Upper Deal) was an, officer of the British Royal Navy during the [[French Revolutionary Wars|French Revolutionary]] and [[Napoleonic Wars]]

* [[Antonio Blitz]] (1810 in Deal – 1877) ,<ref>{{cite wikisource|chapter=Blitz,_Antonio |wslink=Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography|plaintitle=Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography}}</ref> magician, who worked mainly in Europe and the United States.

* [[John Hulke]] (1830 in Deal – 1895) ,<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Hulke,_John_Whitaker |volume= 13 |short=x}}</ref> surgeon, geologist and fossil collector and son of a physician in Deal

* [[Freddy McConnell]], a Guardian multimedia journalist and trans man<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/amp/transgender-dad-loses-court-case-212955/|title=Transgender dad and Seahorse star Freddy McConnell loses court case|last=Perkins|first=Eleanor|work=Kent Online|date=2019-09-25|access-date=2019-09-28|archive-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928213925/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/amp/transgender-dad-loses-court-case-212955/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Edward Millen]] (1860 in Deal – 1923)<ref>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/millen-edward-davis-7577 Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10 1986] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003224826/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/millen-edward-davis-7577 |date=3 October 2017 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> an Australian journalist and politician, the first [[Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Repatriation]]

* [[Alan Patterson (athlete)|Alan Patterson]] (1886 in Deal – 1916), track and field athlete,.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/alan-patterson-2.html Sports Reference LLC] retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> He competed at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in London and at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] in Stockholm.

* [[John Pinder (RAF officer)|Captain John William Pinder]] DFC (1898 in Deal ),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shores |first1=Christopher |last2=Franks |first2=Norman |last3=Guest |first3=Russell |title=Above The Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920 |year=1990 |location=London |publisher=Grub Street |isbn=0-948817-19-4 |page=305}}</ref> was a British First World War [[flying ace]]

* [[Carole White]] (born in Deal 1950),<ref>[http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8289185/Carole-White-the-outspoken-model-agent.html Fashion.telegraph.co.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404211319/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG8289185/Carole-White-the-outspoken-model-agent.html |date=4 April 2017 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> former model, and co-founder of Premier Model Management, but raised in Ghana

* [[James Arbuthnot|James Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom]] PC (born in Deal 1952),{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} Conservative Party politician,. He last served as MP for [[North East Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Hampshire]] from 1997 to 2015.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-arbuthnot-of-edrom/56 Members of the House of Lords] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004034803/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-arbuthnot-of-edrom/56 |date=4 October 2017 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref>

* [[Linda Ann Martin]] (born 1954 in Deal) fencer,.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040656/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/linda-ann-martin-1.html Sports Reference LLC] retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]], [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and [[1988 Summer Olympics]].

* [[Charles Hawtrey (actor born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] (1914–1988),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001889/ IMDb website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803050926/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001889/ |date=3 August 2018 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> comedy actor and musician,. heHe moved to Deal in 1968 and lived at 117 Middle St.

* [[Norman Wisdom|Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom]] OBE (1915–2010),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936295/ IMDb website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414040559/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936295/ |date=14 April 2018 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter;. He lived for a period in a children's home in Deal, but ran away when he was 11.

* [[Bruce Montague]] (born 1939 in Deal),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598757/ IMDb website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216021406/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598757/ |date=16 February 2017 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> actor, best known for his role as Leonard Dunn in the television sitcom ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]''

* [[Richard Cant]] (born in Dartford in 1964),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134458/ IMDb website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226012206/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0134458/ |date=26 December 2018 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> actor, best known for his roles in the ITV1 television series ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''

* [[Neil Stuke]] (born 1966 in Dover),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836146/ IMDb website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411103917/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836146/ |date=11 April 2018 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> actor best known for his role of Matthew in the TV sitcom ''[[Game On (UK TV series)|Game On]]'' and more recently for playing Billy Lamb in the BBC legal drama ''[[Silk (TV series)|Silk]]''

* [[Jack Scanlon]] (born 1998),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2643306/ IMDb website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129053606/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2643306/ |date=29 January 2018 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> actor and musician, best known for his role in the Holocaust film ''[[The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film)|The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas]]'' (2008). LivesHe lives in Deal with his parents and younger brother.

* [[Edward Francis Fitzwilliam]] (1824 in Deal – 1857),<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Fitzwilliam,_Edward_Francis |volume= 19 |short=x}}</ref> composer and music director.

* [[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]] (1879–1962),<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=x-7MOh-jSJoC&pg=PR12 Stewart R. Craggs, John Ireland. Ashgate Publishing (2007)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003224606/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=x-7MOh-jSJoC&pg=PR12&redir_esc=y |date=3 October 2017 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> was an English composer and teacher of classical music,. He lived at Comarques, 122, High Street, Deal, from 1936 to 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://highstreetdeal.co.uk/blue-plaque-walks-in-deal/|title=Blue Plaque Walks in Deal|publisher=High Street Deal|access-date=28 May 2016|archive-date=22 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422043901/http://highstreetdeal.co.uk/blue-plaque-walks-in-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[Dick Morrissey]] (1940–2000 in Deal),<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/09/guardianobituaries2 The Guardian, Thursday 9 November 2000, Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003174815/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/nov/09/guardianobituaries2 |date=3 October 2017 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> jazz musician and composer;. heHe played the tenor sax, soprano sax and flute.

* [[Adrian Brett]] (born Deal in 1945), flautist;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110707220959/http://www.beckerensemble.com/Musicians%20Pages/Adrian%20Brett%20page.html Biography on Becker Ensemble of London site] retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> his album, Echoes of Gold, appeared in the Top 20 of the UK Albums Chart.

* [[Elizabeth Carter]] (1717 in Deal – 1806) ,<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Carter, Elizabeth |volume= 05 |short=x}}</ref> poet, classicist, writer and translator, and a member of the Bluestocking Circle around Elizabeth Montagu

* [[Stephen Phillips]] (1864–1915 in Deal), poet and dramatist,. popularPopular early in his career, he lodged &and died in Deal.<ref name="auto">[https://highstreetdeal.co.uk/blue-plaque-walks-in-deal/ Blue Plaque Walks in Deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225814/https://highstreetdeal.co.uk/blue-plaque-walks-in-deal/ |date=3 October 2017 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref>

* [[Nathaniel Gubbins]] (1893–1976), journalist and humourist,<ref name="auto"/> lived at 109 Beach Street from 1947 to 1958, known as ''The War's Leading Humorist''. He lived at 109 Beach Street from 1947 to 195.

* [[Elizabeth Bartlett (British poet)|Elizabeth Bartlett]] (1924 in Deal – 2008),<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jul/29/poetry.mentalhealth Guardian Obituary Tuesday 29 July 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003175123/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jul/29/poetry.mentalhealth |date=3 October 2017 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> poet

* [[William Horwood (novelist)|William Horwood]] (born 1944), novelist,.<ref>[http://www.williamhorwood.co.uk/about/ William Horwood website 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003230837/http://www.williamhorwood.co.uk/about/ |date=3 October 2017 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> heHe grew up on the East Kent coast, primarily in Deal.

* [[Sean Gabb]] (born 1960 in Chatham),<ref>[http://www.seangabb.co.uk/ seangabb.co.uk, Own website] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/2013.04.21-051124/http://www.seangabb.co.uk/ |date=21 April 2013 }} retrieved 3 October 2017</ref> writer, lecturer and broadcaster, lives in Deal. He was the Director of the [[Libertarian Alliance]] from 2006 to 2017. He lives in Deal.

* [[Charlie Connelly]] (born 1970 in London), author and broadcaster

* [[Alexander James Kent]] (born 1977 in Dover),{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} cartographer, geographer and academic, and co-author of ''The Red Atlas''. President of the [[British Cartographic Society]] from 2015 to 2017 and lives in Deal.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

*[[Gregory Motton]] (born 1961), Playwrightplaywright, author and film director, lives in Deal.