List of Famous people born in Huntingdon, United Kingdom

Oliver Cromwell was an English general and statesman who, first as a subordinate and latterly as Commander-in-Chief, led armies of the Parliament of England against King Charles I during the English Civil War, subsequently ruling the British Isles as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death in 1658. He acted simultaneously as head of state and head of government of the new republican commonwealth.

Himesh Jitendra Patel is a British actor. He is known for playing Tamwar Masood on the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2016 and for starring in the 2019 musical romantic comedy film Yesterday, and the Christopher Nolan science fiction action film Tenet.

Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke is a British politician, former solicitor and convicted criminal. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover from 2010 to 2019. As a member of the Conservative Party he served as a Government whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2015 to 2016.

Charlotte Marie "Lottie" Edwards CBE is an English former professional cricketer who was captain of the England women's team. Edwards, who retired from international cricket in May 2016 and from all cricket in September 2017, was England's then youngest cricketer on her debut, and broke a world scoring record before her 18th birthday, one of many firsts in an international career of 20 years. Her leadership of the England team, from 2005, included successful Ashes series, and world titles in one-day and Twenty/20 formats of the game.

Harriet Lee is a British Paralympic swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Richard Cromwell was an English statesman who was the latter Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and son of the first Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.

Ada of Scotland, also known as Ada of Huntingdon, was a member of the Scottish royal house who became Countess of Holland by marriage to Floris III, Count of Holland.

William the Lion, sometimes styled William I, also known by the nickname Garbh, "the Rough", reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. He had the second-longest reign in Scottish history before the Act of Union with England in 1707. James VI would have the longest.

Henry Cromwell was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, and an important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland.

Sir Michael Foster was an English physiologist. He was instrumental in organizing the Cambridge Biological School and acted as Secretary of the Royal Society.