List of people from Guernsey
This is a selected list of notable people with links to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.
16th century
- Catherine Cauchés, Guillemine Gilbert and Perotine Massey, burned at the stake for heresy; Perotine Massey gave birth while tied to the stake
- Sir Henry de Vic, a founding member of the Royal Society, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter
17th century
- Edmund Andros, colonial administrator, governor of the Dominion of New England in America
18th century
- Peter Perchard, privateer, goldsmith and merchant, served as Lord Mayor of London in 1806
- Paul Le Mesurier, merchant, Lord Mayor of London 1793-4
- James Saumarez, Vice Admiral of the Blue and first Baron de Saumarez
- Major-General Sir Thomas Saumarez, commandant at Halifax, commander-in-chief of New Brunswick during the War of 1812
- Daniel de Lisle Brock, chief civic magistrate of Guernsey and brother of Sir Isaac Brock
- Richard Saumarez, British surgeon and medical author
- Major-General John Gaspard Le Marchant, founder of the first British military college
- Sir Isaac Brock, Major General and Lieutant-Governor of Upper Canada, hero of Upper Canada
- John MacCulloch, geologist in the Channel Islands, England and Scotland
- John Le Mesurier, Major General and governor of Alderney
- Peter Paul Dobree, English classical scholar and critic
- Frederick Corbin Lukis, antiquary and natural historian including botany, geology, conchology, and science
- George Métivier, the island's national poet
- Margaret Ann Neve, first validated female supercentenarian and oldest ever Guernsey-born person, 110 years 321 days
- Thomas de la Rue, printer and stationer
- John Jeremie, British judge, diplomat and abolitionist
- Ferdinand Brock Tupper, historian
- Peter Broun, first Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, and a member of Western Australia's first Legislative Council
- Samuel Elliott Hoskins, physician
19th century
- Sampson Avard, leader of a band of Mormon vigilantes called the Danites
- William Le Lacheur, sea captain and developed the coffee business in Costa Rica.
- James Jeremie, Dean of Lincoln
- Bonamy Price, political economist
- Warren De la Rue, astronomer and chemist
- Francis Colborne, Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements
- Paul Jacob Naftel, artist
- Edmund Kennedy, explorer
- Jasper Hume Nicolls, Canadian Anglican priest and first Principal of Bishop's College
- Maria Rosetti née Grant, political activist and journalist
- Effingham Grant, diplomat and businessman, brother of Maria Rosetti
- Robert Carey, Major-General in the British Army
- John Elias Collings, General in the British Army
- George Jackson Carey, Major-General in the British Army
- Peter le Page Renouf, Egyptologist
- Denys Corbet, Guernésiais poet
- Duncan Charles Home, Victoria Cross recipient
- Terence O'Brien, surveyor, engineer and colonial governor of Newfoundland
- Walter Wren, member of Parliament
- John Richard Magrath, British academic
- Frederick Moynihan, sculptor
- Mrs. Bartle Teeling, writer
- Mabel Collins, theosophist and author
- John Frederick McCrea, Victoria Cross recipient
- Theodore Fink, elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australia
- Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly, Uchter Knox, Governor of New Zealand
- Samuel Mauger, Australian social reformer and politician
- Victor Herbert, musician
- James Arnold, New Zealand Member of Parliament
- Fanny Davies, pianist
- Havilland de Sausmarez, judge of various British courts in Africa and Asia, the Ottoman Empire and China
- Martha Sarah Bidmead, Australian nurse of the Boer War
- Sir Henry Beauvoir De Lisle, British Army general
- Ernest Roberts, Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives
- Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday, Victoria Cross recipient
- George Edward Nurse, Victoria Cross recipient
- Herbert John Fleure, zoologist and geographer
- Ernest Martin Jehan, commander of a Q-Ship that sank German submarine UB-4 in 1915
- Arthur Maurice Hocart, anthropologist
- Percy Hodge, Olympic gold medalist, 3,000 metre steeplechase
- Ambrose Sherwill, 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, Director-General of the Petroleum Warfare Department 1940–45
- Barry Jones, actor
- Herbert Jolly, professional golfer
- James Parkes, clergyman, historian, and social activist
- Marjorie Ozanne, Guernsey author
- Michael Davidson, journalist
- Gerald Basil Edwards, author of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page
- Beatrice Collenette, dancer
20th century
- Ethel Wood, supercentenarian
- John Louis "Bonnie" Newton DSC, Croix De Guerre (étoile en argent), born in Alderney, Special Operations Executive operative 1940–45.
- John Harold Henry Coombes, Principal of Cadet College Petaro, one of the earliest public schools built in Pakistan
- Marie Ozanne, protester against the German treatment of slave labourers during World War II
- Robert Morley, actor
- John Le Patourel, historian
- Philip Maitland Hubbard, crime fiction writer
- William "Billy" Spurdle, footballer, played for Manchester City F.C.
- Mary Eily de Putron, stained glass artist and archaeologist
- Wallace Le Patourel, Brigadier, Victoria Cross recipient
- John Marr, author
- George Clarence Bassett Smith, footballer; played for Southampton F.C.
- Hubert Nicolle, considered to be the first Commando of WW2, landed in occupied Guernsey in September 1940
- Peter Brock, historian
- Peter Le Cheminant, Air Chief Marshal and Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey
- Frank Griffiths Caldwell, Major General OBE MC and bar
- Roy Dotrice, actor, winner of Tony and BAFTA Awards
- Sylvester Houédard, known as dsh, poet, literary editor and Benedictine monk
- Len Duquemin, footballer, played for Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
- William "Billy" Whare, footballer, played for Nottingham Forest F.C.
- Frederick Charles Hurrell, Air Vice-Marshal and Director-General of RAF Medical Services from 1986 to 1988
- Tony Fox, doctor and rower, represented Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics and at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Charles Wood, playwright and scriptwriter
- John Savident, actor, appeared in many TV series, including Coronation Street
- Peter Le Vasseur, artist
- Nicholas Edward Day, statistician and cancer epidemiologist
- Bruce Parker, BBC television presenter, first presenter of Antiques Roadshow
- Dick Le Flem, footballer, played for Nottingham Forest F.C. and England U23
- Noel Duquemin, shooter, Commonwealth and Island Games
- Chris Foss, British artist and science fiction illustrator
- George Torode, writer and radio host
- Malcolm Wicks, Member of Westminster Parliament
- Richard Doyle, British author of thriller novels
- Michele Dotrice, actress, daughter of Roy Dotrice
- Simon Kay, plastic surgeon
- Adrian Fulford, judge; formerly a member of the International Criminal Court in The Hague
- Karen Dotrice, actress
- Linda Martel, healer
- Aden Gillett, actor
- Andrew Lawrence-King, baroque harpist, director of The Harp Consort
- Craig Allen, football player in North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League
- Adrian Breton, 1990 Commonwealth Games gold medal, men's rapid fire pistol
- Martine Le Moignan, squash player
- Lisa Opie, squash player
- Ashley Highfield, media magnate
- Sarah Montague, BBC journalist and news presenter
- Carl Hester, dressage rider, Team GB Olympian and 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal winner
- Jenny Kendall-Tobias, radio presenter for BBC Radio Guernsey; known and loved locally as JKT
- Matthew Le Tissier, retired Southampton FC and England footballer
- Martin Brady, world record holder of the slowest heart ever recorded in a healthy human
- Lee Luscombe, footballer; played for Brentford FC
- Alison Merrien, indoor bowls player
- Andrew Singleton, human geneticist
- Andy Priaulx, four times touring car race champion
- Lee Savident, cricketer; played for Hampshire County Cricket Club
- Chris Tardif, footballer; played for Portsmouth F.C.
- Dawn Porter, BBC television presenter
- Lee Merrien, athlete and Team GB Olympian
- Dale Garland, athlete
- Paul Le Tocq, badminton player
- Tom Druce, athlete
- Chris Simpson, squash player
- Tobyn Horton, the Channel Islands' first professional cyclist
- Tim Ravenscroft, cricketer; played for Hampshire County Cricket Club
- Heather Watson, tennis player, 2009 US Open Girls' singles champion, Team GB Olympian and Wimbledon champion
- Harry Lewis, better known as W2S, YouTube personality and member of the Sidemen
- Alex Crossan, better known as Mura Masa, electronic music producer and DJ
- Cameron Chalmers, British track and field sprinter
21st century
- Claudia Valentina, singer/songwriter
- Maya Le Tissier, footballer; plays for Manchester United and England
- Alex Scott, footballer; plays for AFC Bournemouth
Moved to and lived in Bailiwick of Guernsey
- General Sir John Doyle, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, drained Braye du Valle joining the north of Guernsey to the rest of the Island
- John Wilson, architect from Cumberland, lived in Guernsey 1813–1830, and designed some of the island's most iconic buildings, including Elizabeth College, St James, Castle Carey and the market buildings.
- Victor Hugo, 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, last person executed by Guernsey
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, artist; spent summer of 1883 in Guernsey
- Henry Watson Fowler, lexicographer, moved to Guernsey in 1903
- Lilian Lyle, botanist and phycologist, studied the marine life of Guernsey during the 1920s
- Francis George Fowler, lexicographer, moved to Guernsey in 1903
- Compton Mackenzie, author, tenant of Herm
- Nicholas Monsarrat, author of The Cruel Sea and more than thirty other novels; lived in Guernsey from 1959 to 1963
- John Le Mesurier, actor in Dad's Army; lived in Guernsey for the majority of his life
- Cyril Fletcher, actor, comedian
- Robert Farnon, conductor and composer; lived in Guernsey for 40 years
- Derrick Bailey, founder of Aurigny Airlines
- Desmond Bagley, best-selling writer of thriller novels; lived in Guernsey 1976–1983
- Ronnie Ronalde, siffleur, lived in Guernsey from the 1960s to the 1980s
- Eliza Beresford, writer, creator of children's characters The Wombles; lived in Alderney
- G. N. Georgano, author of reference books about motorcars
- Brian Walden, broadcaster and Labour politician
- David and Frederick Barclay, businessmen in media, retail and property
- Oliver Reed, actor in Gladiator, Oliver! and other films; lived in Guernsey for many years
- Dawn Brooke, world's oldest natural mother; gave birth in 1997 at the age of 59
- Mary Perkins, co-founder and a senior executive of Specsavers
- Raymond Evison,, nurseryman, lecturer, author and photographer
- Norman Wood, Scottish Ryder Cup player
- Guy Hands, financier and investor, former chairman of EMI
- Wayne Bulpitt, UK Chief Commissioner for The Scout Association
- Liam Mooney, Businessman ex professional rugby player
- Zef Eisenberg, Maximuscle founder and motorbike land speed records holder