List of people from Guernsey

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

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

Daniel De Lisle Brock (1762-1842), chief civic magistrate of Guernsey and brother of Sir Isaac Brock

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

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

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

George de Sausmarez (1814-1890), General commanding Hong Kong during war with China 1860-1

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

Richard Ashmore Powell (1816-1892), Vice-Admiral in British Navy

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

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

George Jackson Carey (1822-1872), Major-General in the British Army

Peter Le Page Renouf (1822-1897), Egyptologist

Denys Corbet (1826-1909), Guernésiais poet

Thomas Augustus Carey (1827-1892), Major-General in the British Army

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

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

William Tongs (1888-1915), awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal

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

Gerald Basil Edwards (1899–1976), author of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page

20th century

Ethel Wood (1901-2011), supercentenarian

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

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

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 Tony and BAFTA Awards

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

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

Noel Duquemin (born 1944), shooter, Commonwealth and Island Games

Chris Foss (born 1946), British artist and science fiction illustrator

George Torode (1946–2010), writer and radio host

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

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

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

Martin Brady (born 1969), world record holder of the slowest heart ever recorded in a healthy human

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

Marco Silvestri (born 1983), actor

Tom Druce (born 1986), athlete

Chris Simpson (born 1987), squash player

Tobyn Horton (born 1989), the Channel Islands' first professional cyclist

Bradley Watson (born 1990), boxer

Fraser Ward (born 1990), former British National Sabre Team fencer

James McLaughlin (born 1990), professional cyclist

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.

Harry Lewis (born 1996), better known as W2S (a shortened version of his online alias wroetoshaw), Youtube personality.

Alex Crossan (born 1996), better known as Mura Masa, electronic music producer and DJ

Jack Oldfield (born 1998), tennis player and Commonwealth Youth Games gold medalist

Brent Oldfield (born 2000), tennis player and Commonwealth Youth Games gold medalist

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

Nicholas Monsarrat (1910-1979), author of The Cruel Sea and more than thirty other novels; lived in Guernsey from 1959-1963

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

Mary Perkins (born 1944), co-founder and a senior executive of Specsavers

Raymond Evison, (born 1944), nurseryman, lecturer, author and photographer

Norman Wood (born 1947), Scottish Ryder Cup player

Guy Hands (born 1959), financier and investor, former chairman of EMI

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

Jenson Button (born 1980), Formula One driver