Reading has been the place of birth, residence, marriage, death and burial for many people who have became well-known in various walks of life. Here are just a few; or for an overview, check out our Brief History of Reading.

Dr. Anthony Addington Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth Sir Arthur Aston Jane Austen St. Birinus Daniel Blagrave John Blagrave Joseph Blagrave Thomas Blagrave of Reading Rev. Dr. Charles Blake Thomas Bradley Col. Elizeus Burges William Cadogan, Earl Cadogan St. Thomas Cantilupe of Hereford John D'Earley Sir Henry Charles Englefield Sir William Essex Hugh Cook of Faringdon, Abbot of Reading John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster John Hampden King Henry I John Kendrick Sir John Kentwood Sir Francis Knollys Senior Sir Francis Knollys Junior Henry Knollys Lettice Knollys, Countess of Essex & Leicester Richard Knollys

Sir Robert Knollys William Knollys, Earl of Banbury William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. John London William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke Henry Marten Sir Christopher Milton Mary Russell Mitford Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury Richard the Kingmaker Neville, Earl of Warwick Jocelyn Palmer William Penn Sir Constantine Phipps Robert De Reading John Scott, Earl of Eldon William Scott, Baron Stowell George Blackall Simonds William Blackall Simonds Sir John Soane George Spencer-Churchill, Duke of Marlborough Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely Thomas Turner, Dean of Canterbury Tanfield Vachell Sir Peter Vanlore Alfred Waterhouse Sir Thomas White Sir Thomas Wood

Gentry

Blagrave Family Noyes Family

Blandy Family Simonds Family

Offices

Abbots of Reading

Mayors of Reading