Living people • Sir
Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), computer scientist and inventor of the World Wide Web, grew up in East Sheen and attended Sheen Mount Primary School. A mosaic by Sue Edkins was placed at Sheen Lane Centre in June 2013 to commemorate his association with East Sheen. •
Abigail Cruttenden (born 1968), actress, lives in East Sheen. •
Omid Djalili (born 1965), actor and comedian, lives in East Sheen. •
David Gandy (born 1980), model, lives in East Sheen. •
Philip Glenister (born 1963), and
Beth Goddard (born 1969), actors, live in East Sheen. •
Tom Hardy (born 1977), actor, lives in East Sheen. •
Carrie Johnson (born 1988), conservationist and wife of Prime Minister
Boris Johnson, was brought up in East Sheen. •
Andrew Marr (born 1959), political broadcaster, and
Jackie Ashley (born 1954), political journalist, have lived in East Sheen. • Sir
Trevor McDonald (born 1939), broadcaster, lives in East Sheen. •
Steven Moffat (born 1961), television writer and producer, and his wife
Sue Vertue (born 1960), television producer, live in East Sheen. •
Valerie Vaz (born 1954), politician and solicitor, Labour MP for
Walsall South, was brought up in East Sheen.
Historical figures 18th century lived in East Sheen in 1855. lived in a flat at Cedar Court. , pictured here in 1973, lived in East Sheen. •
John Partridge (1644–c.1714),
astrologer, was born at East Sheen and apprenticed to a local shoemaker. He died in Mortlake and is buried there.
19th century •
Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet (1757–1830),
Admiral of the Fleet, who married Henrietta Goddard, niece of Henry Hope of Sheen House, in 1792, lived at Sheen House from 1806 onwards. •
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, usually known as
Lord Castlereagh (1769–1822), British
Foreign Secretary, rented Temple Grove, East Sheen, from
Lord Palmerston's trustees, from 1802 to 1806. His wife's mother, the Countess of Buckinghamshire, lived next door, at The Firs. •
Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890), social reformer, died at Park Cottage, East Sheen. •
Sir Henry Parker (1808–1881),
Premier of New South Wales, acquired Stawell House, East Sheen, on his return to England in 1868, and his family continued there until 1935. •
Thomas German Reed (1817–1888), composer, musical director, actor, singer and theatrical manager, died at St Croix, Upper East Sheen, and is buried at
Old Mortlake Burial Ground. With his wife
Priscilla Horton (1818–1895), he created the
German Reed Entertainments. • The novelist Mary Anne Evans, better known as
George Eliot (1819–1880), took rooms at 7 Clarence Row, East Sheen (now demolished) from May to September 1855. • Sir
Arthur Blomfield (1829–1899), architect, one of whose early works was
Christ Church, East Sheen, designed and lived in The Cottage, now divided into two as 53 and 55 Christ Church Road.
20th and 21st centuries •
Ralph Knott (1879–1929), architect of
County Hall, the former London County Council building on the South Bank, Westminster, lived and died in East Sheen. •
Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891–1959), granddaughter of
King Edward VII and great-granddaughter of
Queen Victoria, was born at East Sheen Lodge. •
Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893–1945), granddaughter of
King Edward VII, was born at East Sheen Lodge. •
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith, Baroness Hornsby-Smith (1914–1985),
Conservative Party politician, was born in East Sheen. •
Esmond Knight (1906–1987), actor, was born in East Sheen. •
Desmond Hawkins (1908–1999), author, editor and radio personality, was born in East Sheen. •
Frank Broadbent (1909–1983), architect, who designed churches and schools for the Roman Catholic Church, lived at 71 Christchurch Road, East Sheen. •
Richard Dimbleby (1913–1965), radio
broadcaster, was born in the borough and lived in a flat at Cedar Court, East Sheen. This has been commemorated by an
English Heritage blue plaque. •
Patricia Hornsby-Smith, Baroness Hornsby-Smith (1914–1985), Conservative Party politician, was born in East Sheen. •
John Chadwick (1920–1998), linguist and classical scholar, was born in East Sheen. •
Peter Graham Scott (1923–2007), film producer, director, editor and screenwriter, was born in East Sheen. •
Don Lawrence (1928–2003), comic book artist and author, was born in East Sheen. •
Leslie Dew (1914–1999), insurance executive and a Chairman Lloyd's London lived Sheen House 1960-1963. •
Robert Watson-Watt (1892–1973), known as the ‘father of
radar’, is commemorated with a blue plaque at 287 Sheen Lane. ==Education==