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This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Kettering, in the county of Northamptonshire, England.
- Maurice Kendall – statistician, widely known for his contribution to statistics
- Henry Nettleship – classical scholar
- Dame Sarah Gilbert - Saïd Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford
- James Acaster – Comedian
- Robert Ames – conductor and violist, who holds the positions of co-Artistic Director and co-Principal Conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra[1]
- David Armand – comedian, actor and writer
- Jayne Conneely - DJane, record producer, co-founder and former manager of the record label Metalheadz
- Hugh Dennis – comedian, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist
- Sienna Guillory – actress and former model
- David Hawthorne – stage and film actor[2][3]
- Jim King – original member of the British rock band Family[4]
- Jack Lucien – British-born Andorran singer, music producer, and songwriter,[5] best known for his 2009 single I'm Not Afraid[6]
- Valerie Olukemi A "Kemi" Olusanya - DJane, record producer, co-founder and former manager of the record label Metalheadz
- Horace Panter – bassist for the 2 Tone ska band The Specials
- Russ Russell – record producer, sound engineer, mixer, mastering engineer, musician and writer
- Chris Smith – radio newsreader, most famous for presenting Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1
- Faryl Smith – soprano
- Mae Stephens – singer and songwriter
- Temples – rock band
- Naomi Battrick - actress
- Raymond Lewin – Pilot Officer of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) was (whilst a Sergeant) awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in rescuing his co-pilot from their burning plane on 3 November 1940 in Malta[7]
- Edward Sismore – Air Commodore
- Michael Kidner – pioneer of Op art
- Ron Chippindale – Chief Inspector of Air Accidents in charge of the New Zealand Office of Air Accidents Investigations
- Alfred East – painter
- John Alfred Gotch – architect and architectural historian
- Thomas Cooper Gotch – painter and book illustrator loosely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement
- Catherine Hall – feminist historian
- Jack Laundon – lichenologist, who became President of the British Lichen Society[8]
- Edward Nettleship - ophthalmologist[9]
- John Trivett Nettleship – artist, known as a painter of animals and in particular lions, he was also an author and book illustrator
- Samuel Perkins Pick – architect strongly associated with Leicestershire, and co-founder of the architecture and civil engineering firm Pick Everard
- Royston (Roy) Warner Wilson - (1900-1965) - (famous Amalgamated Press comic artist)
- Tom Bradley – British politician
- Henry Briggs – Australian politician, a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for 23 years, and its President for 13 years.
- Andy Sawford – Labour and Co-operative Party politician
- Phil Sawford – Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kettering from 1997 to 2005
- Thomas Allen – clergyman and divine
- John Brine – Particular Baptist minister
- Andrew Fuller – Particular Baptist minister and theologian
- John Gill – Baptist pastor, biblical scholar, and theologian
- William Knibb – Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica, chiefly known today for his work to free slaves
- Dermot Bailey - professional wheelchair tennis player
- Daniel Berridge - trampoline gymnast
- Nick Coles – cricketer
- Sean Dyche - former professional footballer, former manager of Burnley Football Club, current manager of Everton F.C.
- Ricky Evans - darts player
- Harry Gouldstone - cricketer
- Charley Hull - professional golfer (birthplace)
- Angela Hunter – international track and road racing cyclist[10]
- Kyren Wilson - snooker player
- Frank Bellamy – comics artist, best known for his work on the Eagle comic
- J. L. Carr – English novelist, publisher, teacher and eccentric
- Jane E. Clarke – writer of children's books and poetry
- Jill McGown – writer of mystery novels
- Keith Roberts – science fiction author
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