Notable Guernseymen
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Government
Bailiffs
- Ambrose Sherwill
- William Arnold
- John Loveridge
- Charles Frossard
- Graham Martyn Dorey
- de Vic Carey
- Geoffrey Rowland
UK Politicians
- Paul Le Mesurier, First Guernseyman Lord Mayor of London
- Peter Perchard, Second Guernseyman Lord Mayor of London
Business & Commerce
- Captain William Le Lacheur, sea captain, merchant & philanthropist
- Thomas De La Rue, printer
- Jean Thomas Corbet, Quarry owner and grower
- John Henry Corbet, Fruit export merchant, constable
- William Corbet A.K.A. "Melon King", fruit grower, constable, minister
- Henry Bichard Fruit grower, exporter
- Onesimus Dorey Shipowner
Military
Army
- Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, saviour of Upper Canada
- Harry Wall Poat
- Major-General John Gaspard Le Marchant, founder of Sandhurst Military College
- Admiral Lord James Saumarez
- Rear-Admiral, Sir Thomas Mansell
- Commander William Le Mesurier
Victoria Cross recipients
- Brigadier Herbert Wallace Le Patourel, awarded Victoria Cross during World War II
- George Edward Nurse, World War I
Sports
- Andy Priaulx, motor racing driver
- Matt Le Tissier, England and Southampton footballer
- Heather Watson, rising tennis player
Arts
- Edith Carey, historian
- Denys Corbet, poet, painter
- Roy Dotrice, actor
- Barry Jones, actor
- George Metivier, poet
- Marie de Garis MBE, historian, author, philologist
- Peter Le Lievre, artist
- Paul Jacob Naftel, artist
- Maria Rosetti née Grant, heroine, journalist, writer, and the liberation of women
Photographers
Writers
- Gerald Basil Edwards, author
Yvonne Ozanne, novelist, writer
Academia
- Professor Herbert John Fleure, zoologist and geographer
- Ernest David Marquand, naturalist
- Professor John Le Patourel, Professor of Medieval History, Leeds University
- Professor Eric Bailleul Moullin, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Cambridge University
