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- Southfields is a district in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The following is a list of those people who were either born or live(d) in Southfields, or had some important contribution to make to the district.
* Mirza Masroor Ahmad - the elected spiritual leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
* John Creasey - English author
* Peter Duncan - British actor and television presenter, Blue Peter
* George Eliot - novelist, wrote The Mill on the Floss while living in Wimbledon Park Road
* George Entwistle - former Director-General of the BBC
* Phillip Glasier - expert on hawking and falconry, born in Southfields
* Will Greenwood - rugby player with Harlequins and England
* Andy Hamilton - scriptwriter of TV show Drop the Dead Donkey
* Alan Hudson - Chelsea and England footballer
* Ralph Ineson - actor
* Tom Mann - trade unionist and leader of the London Dock strike of 1889
* Michael Meacher - Labour MP and former Minister
* Paul Merton - comedian, panelist for BBC's Have I Got News for You
* Jason Rebello - jazz pianist
* Paul Reedy - Australian rower and coach with British Rowing
* Eleanor Roosevelt - civil and human rights activist responsible for the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, attended Allenswood Academy 1899-1902
* Simon Rose - journalist and broadcaster
* Dan Smith - member of indie/techno band Bastille
* Marie Souvestre - feminist educator, founder of Allenswood Academy and formative influence on Eleanor Roosevelt
* Jimmy White - English snooker player, six times World Championship finalist (en)
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