Do you want to know where Magnus Volk the eccentric Brighton inventor lived? Or maybe you are more interested in where the actor Lawrence Olivier or entertainer Max Miller, lived in Brighton? Here we have a collection of famous and interesting people for whom Brighton was home, even if for some it was only for a short time. We will be building up this section, so check back again for new additions.
Amon Henry Wilds
Regency period architect
Martha Gunn
Brighton's famous dipper woman
Flora Robson
Stage and screen actress
Rudyard Kipling
Poet, short-story writer, and novelist
Anthony Dale
Historian and conservationist
Patrick Hamilton
Author and playwright
Sir Rowland Hill
Invented the penny post
Captain Samuel Brown
Engineer and designer of the Chain Pier
Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898)
A famous Rottingdean resident
Deryk Carver
Deryk Carver's residence in Black Lion Street
Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Beardsley's birthplace in Buckingham Road
Maria Fitzherbert
Maria Fitzherbert's house in the Old Steine
Dr Richard Russell
Dr Richard Russell's house was in the Old Steine
Max Miller
Max Miller's house in Burlington Street
Lord Olivier
Lord Olivier's home in Royal Crescent
Magnus Volk
Famous inventor
Hester and Henry Thrale
Hester and Henry Thrale's house stood in West Street