List of Famous people born in Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Lewis Dunk
Lewis Carl Dunk is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion, whom he captains, and the England national team.
Jenny Jones
Jennifer Helen Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, FSA is a British politician and member of the Green Party of England and Wales. She was until September 2019 the sole Green Party member in the House of Lords.
Tony Bloom
Anthony Grant Bloom is a British professional sports bettor, poker player, entrepreneur and owner/chairman of Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion and Belgian First Division B team Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.
Peter Tapsell
Sir Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle. He served in the House of Commons continuously from 1966 until 2015, and was also previously an MP from 1959 to 1964. He was Father of the House between 2010 and 2015.
Lucy Griffiths
Lucy Ursula Griffiths is an English actress best known for her roles as Lady Marian in the BBC drama series Robin Hood (2006–09), as Nora Gainesborough, Eric Northman's vampire "sister", in the HBO horror series True Blood (2012–13) and as Emily Woodrow in the AMC supernatural drama series Preacher (2016).
Boy Capel
Captain Arthur Edward "Boy" Capel CBE was an English polo player, possibly best-remembered for being a lover and muse of fashion designer Coco Chanel.
Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler. Beardsley's contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau and poster styles was significant despite his early death from tuberculosis. He is one of the important Modern Style figures.
Jill Haworth
Valerie Jill Haworth was an English-American actress. She appeared in films throughout the 1960s, and started making guest appearances on television in 1963. She originated the role of Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret on Broadway in 1966.
Tessie Reynolds
Teresa "Tessie" Reynolds was an English cyclist who in 1893 set a record for cycling from Brighton to London and back in 8 hours 30 minutes. She was aged sixteen at the time and dressed in "rational" clothing: pantaloons, a shirt and coat. The outfit, which was likely made for her by her sister, led to significant publicity and her ride came to be regarded as a milestone for women's rights. The record was broken in 1894 and Reynolds went on to be a London traffic safety officer.
George Burchett
George "Professor" Burchett was an English tattoo artist known as the "King of Tattooists".