List of people from Jersey
This is a list of notable people who were born in the Channel Island of Jersey, or have been resident there, including current Jersey residents.
Some persons may not be listed here, but are listed in other related articles, shown under the See also section.
All those listed should have an article dedicated to them.
Actors
- Henry Cavill, actor
- Anthony Faramus, actor and author
- Seymour Hicks, actor
- Tonicha Jeronimo, English actress
- Jonny Labey, actor
- Lillie Langtry, actress
- Sylvestra Le Touzel, actor
- Will Smith, British comedian, actor and writer
- Alma Stanley, actress,
- Ivy St. Helier, actress
Artists
- Edmund Blampied, artist
- Claude Cahun, artist
- Philip Jean, painter
- John St Helier Lander, portrait painter
- John Le Capelain, painter
- John Everett Millais, painter
- Jason Martin, painter
- Caroline Osborne, Duchess of Leeds
- Walter William Ouless RA, painter
- Charles H. Poingdestre, painter
- Reginald Hector Whistler, artist
Business people
- Billy Butlin, holiday camp empire, moved to Jersey in 1972
- David Kirch, property developer, collector and philanthropist
- Jean Martell, Jersey-born founder of cognac manufacturer Martell and responsible for establishing brandy trade routes with Guernsey
- Simon Nixon, founder of Moneysupermarket.com, moved to Jersey in 2013
- Charles Robin, developed, with brother John, the fishery in the Canadian maritime region
- Jack Walker, British industrialist and businessman
Criminals
- Francis Joseph Huchet, murderer, last criminal to be executed by hanging on the Channel Islands
- Edward Paisnel, sex offender
Musicians
- Dave Adams, musician
- Andy Chatterley, record producer, songwriter
- John Wort Hannam, folk musician
- Guru Josh, house musician
- Gerard Le Feuvre, cellist
- Steve Lodder, keyboardist, composer and organist
- Gilbert O'Sullivan, singer-songwriter
- Nerina Pallot, singer-songwriter
- Kevin Porée, record producer, musician
Rulers, politicians, soldiers
- Fleur Anderson, British Labour politician
- Francis George Atkinson, First District Officer in Jesselton, British North Borneo
- John George Bourinot, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia
- William Bruce, Lieutenant, VC
- Cecil Burney, Admiral of the Fleet
- George Carteret, vice-admiral, royalist statesman
- Henry Seymour Conway, British general, statesman in England and Governor of Jersey,
- Philippe d'Auvergne, British Vice Admiral, spymaster and Duc de Bouillon
- Renaud De Carteret III, land-owner
- Bertram Falle, 1st Baron Portsea, politician, barrister
- Lyndon Farnham, Chief Minister of Jersey
- Geraint Jennings, linguist, politician
- Wilfred Krichefski, Orthodox Jew, senator and television executive
- Timothy Le Cocq, Bailiff
- Augustus Asplet Le Gros, politician, writer
- Cyril Le Marquand, politician
- John Le Marquand, politician
- Isaac LeVesconte, Nova Scotia businessman and politician
- Robert MacRae, Bailiff
- Sam Mézec, politician
- Sarah Pallett, member of the New Zealand Parliament
- Walter Raleigh, Governor from 1600 to 1603
- William Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey, peer, film producer
- Roger Walden, English treasurer and church figure
Scientists
- Gerald Durrell, naturalist, author
- Lee McGeorge Durrell, naturalist, author
- Steve A. Kay, chronobiologist
- Robert Le Rossignol, chemist
- Robert Ranulph Marett, ethnologist, son of Robert Pipon Marett
- Arthur Mourant, haematologist
Television and media personalities
- Eric Blakeley, TV presenter
- Gary Burgess, TV and radio presenter
- Alan Whicker, TV presenter
- ChrisMD, YouTuber
Writers
- Simon Boas, humanitarian and writer
- Rosie Boycott, Baroness Boycott, journalist and feminist
- Daniel Brevint, author and clergyman
- Gary Burgess, journalist
- Babette Cole, children's writer and illustrator
- George William de Carteret, journalist and writer,
- Jean Dorey, Norman language writer
- Roger Drew, screenwriter
- Gerald Durrell, conservationist, author
- Elinor Glyn, novelist, scriptwriter
- John Guzzwell, yachtsman, writer
- Sir William Haley, newspaper editor and broadcasting administrator
- Victor Hugo, exiled in Jersey
- John Conroy Hutcheson, author
- Frederick Lonsdale, dramatist
- Robert Marett, British author and diplomat
- Robert Pipon Marett, lawyer, journalist, poet, politician
- Harry Patterson, author
- Amélia Perchard, Jèrriais-language writer
- Jeremy Reed, poet, novelist, biographer and literary critic
- William Rose, American screenwriter
- Wace, medieval author
Other notables
- Edward Bartley, architect
- Philip Carteret, British naval officer and explorer
- Eddie Chapman, double agent
- Daniel Dumaresq, Anglican priest and educational consultant to Russia and Poland
- Anthony Faramus, prisoner of war, actor
- Duncan Gibbons, film and music video director
- Louisa Gould, World War II resistance who assisted Russian prisoners in Jersey
- Norman Le Brocq, World War II resistance leader, and Deputy
- Alphonse Le Gastelois, hermit
- Bob Le Sueur, during World War II assisted Russian prisoners of war in Jersey
- Caroline LeSueur, Mormon pioneer
- Thomas Pullinger Automobile Engineer
- Marguerite Stocker engineering apprentice in First World War, governor of HM Prison Askham Grange 1959–1967.