Nationally Famous Residents Index
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| People connected mainly with a specific village | ||||
| Thomas Abell | Royal Confidant | Bradwell on Sea | 1497 - 1540 | |
| Mary Adams | Penny Dreadful character | Tillingham | 1652 | |
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George Attenborough DCM |
Great War Soldier | Burnham on Crouch | 1879-1918 | |
| Robert Barnard | Author | Burnham on Crouch | 1936 - 2013 | |
| Sir Henry Bate Dudley | Politician, playwright | Bradwell on Sea | 1745 - 1824 | |
| Samuel Levy Bensusan | Author | Bradwell on Sea | 1872 - 1958 | |
| Evelyn Barbara Blackburn | Author | Latchingdon | 1898 - 1981 | |
| James Wilson Booth | Industrialist and Irish Nationalist | Burnham on Crouch | 1849-1931 | |
| Aleck Bourne | Abortion Pioneer & Yachtsman | Burnham on Crouch | 1866 - 1974 | |
| Adam Buddle | Rector & Botanist | North Fambridge | 1708 | |
| Phillip Scott Burge MC MM | Great War Fighter Pilot Ace | Althorne | 1895 - 1918 | |
| Francis Edward Camps | Criminal Pathologist | Purleigh | 1905 - 1972 | |
| Edmund Castell | Language Expert | Woodham Walter | 1606 - 1685 | |
| Marcus Aurelius Carausius | Roman General | Bradwell on Sea | 287 AD | |
| Mick Cawston | Artist | Burnham on Crouch | 1959 - 2006 | |
| Saint Cedd | Christian Missionary | Bradwell on Sea | 664 | |
| Peter Chamberlen | Obstetrician | Woodham Mortimer | 1600 -1683 | |
| Clement Richard Dane | Captain RN - HMS St Mathew | Burnham on Crouch | 1893 - 1963 | |
| Charles Darwin & HMS Beagle | Scientist | River Roach | ||
| Tom Driberg | Politician | Bradwell on Sea | 1905 -1976 | |
| Wiliam Ely | Wheelwright | Southminster | 1832 -1904 | |
| Charles Hay Sweet Escott | Cricketer | Tillingham | 1846 - 1920 | |
| Adam Eves | Police Officer | Purleigh | 1893 | |
| Alice Maud Fanner | Artist | Burnham on Crouch | 1865 - 1930 | |
| Joseph Fels | Horticulturalist & Philanthropist | Mayland | 1853 - 1914 | |
| Penrose Fitzgerald family | Henrietta, Mary & John | Burnham on Crouch | 1855-1977 | |
| Fitzwalter family | Large Landowners | Woodham Walter | 1198 - 1629 | |
| John Gamble | Communications Expert | Bradwell on Sea | 1762 - 1811 | |
| Margaret Gatty | Author | Burnham on Crouch | 1809 - 1873 | |
| John Gauden | Vicar & Politician | Mayland | 1605 - 1662 | |
| Jimmy Gooch | Speedway Rider | Bradwell on Sea | 1928 - 2011 | |
| Walter Henry Hill | Naturalist | Southminster | 1798 - 1829 | |
| Harry Mountford Hills | Cricketer | Mayland | 1886 | |
| Daniel Horsemanden | Politician | Purleigh | 1694 - 1778 | |
| Arthur Kitching | Artist | Burnham on Crouch | 1912 - 1981 | |
| Robert Leslie OBE | Marine Engineeer | Burnham on Crouch | 1854-1938 | |
| Walter Lyhart | Roman Catholic Politician | Bradwell on Sea | 1440 | |
| Ponsard de Monte Martino | Priest & Murder Victim | Bradwell on Sea | 1325 | |
| Air Commodore Allen Mawer DFC | RAF Commander and WW2 Pilot | Burnham on Crouch | 1921-1989 | |
| Guido Mone | Politician | Bradwell on Sea | 1407 | |
| Hugh Owen | Cricketer | Bradwell on Sea | 1859 - 1912 | |
| John Owen | Rector & Footballer | Bradwell on Sea | 1848 - 1921 | |
| Clement Parker | Barge Owner | Bradwell on Sea | 1864 - 1923 | |
| Noel Pemberton Billing | ||||
| Kathleen Wendy Peyton, MBE | Author | North Fambridge | ||
| William & Harold Pye | Radio Pioneers | Burnham on Crouch | 1901 - 1986 | |
| Claude Ridley | Great War Pilot | Stow Maries | 1897 - 1942 | |
| Andrew Rome | Police Officer | Burnham on Crouch | 1820-1905 | |
| William Rome | Oyster Merchant | Creeksea | 1842 - 1907 | |
| Alexander John Scott | Chaplain to Nelson | Southminster | 1768 - 1840 | |
| Una Silberrad | Author | Burnham on Crouch | 1872 - 1955 | |
| Thomas Smith | Horticulturalist | Mayland | 1857 - 1955 | |
| Lancelot Speed | Illustrator | Burnham on Crouch | 1860-1931 | |
| Thomas Sutton | Philanthropist | |||
| Laban Sweeting | Oyster Merchant & Philanthropist | Burnham on Crouch | 1796 - 1876 | |
| Joan Thurrock | Witch | Burnham on Crouch | 1584 | |
| Anthony Tyrell | Catholic Rebel | Southminster | 1552 | |
| Christopher Urswick | Courtesan | Bradwell on Sea | B1488 D 1522 | |
| Arthur Wakefield | Royal Navy Captain | Burnham on Crouch | 1799 - 1841 | |
| Robert Francis Walker | Rector & Author | Purleigh | 1789 - 1854 | |
| Lawrence Washington | Rector with USA links | Purleigh | 1633 | |
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William Wedgewood Benn 1st Viscount Stansgate |
Pilot & Politician | Steeple | 1877 1960 | |
Sir Geoffrey Luis Worthington, CB , KBE, CBE and Legion of Merit |
Air Vice Marshall | Burnham on Crouch | 1903-1992 | |
| People connected with the whole of the Dengie Hundred | ||||
| Essex Saints | Saints connected with Essex | |||
| Literary References | Daniel Defoe, Alfred Hitchcock, HG Wells | |||
