* Admiral George Anson (1697 - 1762), noted for his circumnavigation of the globe
* Sir Francis Austen (1774 - 1865), Admiral of the Fleet and brother of Jane Austen
* Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), novelist and creator of Sherlock Holmes
* Helen Duncan (1897 - 1956), last woman to be tried and charged with witchcraft in the UK
* Joe Jackson (b 1954), singer/songwriter
* John Fredrick Thomas Jane, known as Fred T Jane (1865- 1916), founding editor of "Jane's Fighting Ships"
* Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), novelist
* Neville Shute Norway (1899 - 1960), novelist under the name of Neville Shute and aviation engineer
* H G Wells (1866 - 1946), novelist
* SIR FRANCES AUSTEN
Sir Francis Austen (1774?1865) was a British officer who spent most of his long life on active duty in the Royal Navy, rising to the position of Admiral of the Fleet. In October 1805, as commander of the HMS Canopus, a captured French ship of the line, Austen was temporarily detached from Admiral Nelson's fleet for convoy duty in the Mediterranean and missed fighting in the Battle of Trafalgar.
Austen's rapid early promotions were largely due to the patronage of the powerful Warren Hastings, who was a friend of the Austen family and was alleged to be the actual father of Frank's cousin (and later sister-in-law), Eliza de Feuillide.
Austen was brother to novelist Jane Austen, and likely the model for the character William Price in the novel Mansfield Park.
Francis Austen is buried at St Peter and St Paul church, Wymering.
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* SIR HENRY AYERS
Sir Henry Ayers (1 May 1821 ? 11 June 1897) was a Premier of South Australia who is best remembered for having Ayers Rock (now Uluru) named for him.
Henry Ayers was born at Portsea, England, on 1 May 1821. On leaving school he entered a law office, but emigrated to South Australia in 1840.
* SIR WALTER BESANT
Walter Besant 1836-1901, born in Portsmouth, English novelist and humanitarian, grad. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1859. Many of Besant's novels,dealt with social problems; among them were All Sorts and Conditions of Men (1882) and Children of Gibeon (1886). Besant was one of the most widely read novelists of the late 19th cent. He was knighted in 1895.
SIR WALTER BESANT
* ROGER BLACK (Olympic Athlete)
Roger was born on March 31st 1966 in Portsmouth. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and subsequently went on to read medicine at Southampton University
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