In the twentieth century, the novelist E. M. Forster (1879–1970) lived at 9 Arlington Park Mansions in Chiswick from 1939 until at least 1961.

Notable people born before the Second World War include the cricketers Patsy Hendren (1899-1962) and Jack Robertson (1917-1996), theatre and film director Peter Brook (1925- ), zoologist and broadcaster Aubrey Manning (1930- ), and marine geologist Frederick Vine (1939- ).
The Who rock musicians John Entwistle (1944–2002) and Pete Townshend (1945- ) were both born in Chiswick during the Second World War.

Those born in Chiswick during the post-war period include the cricketer Mike Selvey (1948- ), the musician Phil Collins (1951- ), the singer Kim Wilde (1960- ), the illustrator Clifford Harper (1949- ), the photographer Derek Ridgers (1952- ), the actress Kate Beckinsale (1973- ), comedian Mel Smith (1952–2013), and the cricketer Dimitri Mascarenhas (1977- ).

Among those who have lived in Chiswick are the novelist Anthony Burgess (1917-1993), who lived at 24 Glebe Street in the mid-1960s; the pop artist Peter Blake (1932–), who has lived in Chiswick since 1967, with a "vast" studio in a former ironmonger's warehouse; the actor Hugh Grant (1960- ), who grew up in Chiswick, living next to Arlington Park Mansions on Sutton Lane; the singer Bruce Dickinson (1958- ) of the band Iron Maiden; the TV presenter Kate Humble (1968- ); the actress Elizabeth McGovern (1961- ) and her husband the film director Simon Curtis (1960- ); American lawyer John Lowenthal (1925–2003), and the model Cara Delevingne (1992- ).
In the twentieth century, the novelist E. M. Forster (1879–1970) lived at 9 Arlington Park Mansions in Chiswick from 1939 until at least 1961.
Notable people born before the Second World War include the cricketers Patsy Hendren (1899-1962) and Jack Robertson (1917-1996), theatre and film director Peter Brook (1925- ), zoologist and broadcaster Aubrey Manning (1930- ), and marine geologist Frederick Vine (1939- ). The Who rock musicians John Entwistle (1944–2002) and Pete Townshend (1945- ) were both born in Chiswick during the Second World War.
Those born in Chiswick during the post-war period include the cricketer Mike Selvey (1948- ), the musician Phil Collins (1951- ), the singer Kim Wilde (1960- ), the illustrator Clifford Harper (1949- ), the photographer Derek Ridgers (1952- ), the actress Kate Beckinsale (1973- ), comedian Mel Smith (1952–2013), and the cricketer Dimitri Mascarenhas (1977- ).
Among those who have lived in Chiswick are the novelist Anthony Burgess (1917-1993), who lived at 24 Glebe Street in the mid-1960s; the pop artist Peter Blake (1932–), who has lived in Chiswick since 1967, with a "vast" studio in a former ironmonger's warehouse; the actor Hugh Grant (1960- ), who grew up in Chiswick, living next to Arlington Park Mansions on Sutton Lane; the singer Bruce Dickinson (1958- ) of the band Iron Maiden; the TV presenter Kate Humble (1968- ); the actress Elizabeth McGovern (1961- ) and her husband the film director Simon Curtis (1960- ); American lawyer John Lowenthal (1925–2003), and the model Cara Delevingne (1992- ).
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