1553–1606) – writer and originator of the linguistic style Euphuism John Lloyd (born 1951) – comedy writer, and TV producer for Blackadder, Spitting Image and Not the Nine O'Clock News Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) – dramatist, poet and translator Ronald James Marsh (1914–1987) – novelist E. Nesbit (1858–1924) – children's author and poet William Nicholson (born 1948) – Academy Award nominated screenwriter, playwright, and novelist William Painter (1540–1594) – author James Parton (1822–1891) – American biographer Stel Pavlou (born 1970) – author and screenwriter Mervyn Peake (1911–1968) – author of the Gormenghast books Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (1878–1957) – writer and dramatist Dudley Pope (1925–1997) – author of nautical fiction Peter Quennell (1905–1993) – poet and literary historian Bruce Robinson (born 1946) – BAFTA award-winning screenwriter George W. M. Reynolds (1814–1879) – author William Pett Ridge (1857–1930) – author Sarah Sands (born 1961) – editor of The Sunday Telegraph newspaper Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967) – war poet Philip Sidney (1554–1606) – poet and military general Christopher Smart (1722–1771) – poet Robert Smythe Hichens (1864–1950) – journalist and novelist W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) – playwright and novelist David Lee Stone (born 1978) – fantasy author John Russell Taylor (born 1938) – film critic Russell Thorndike (1885–1972) – novelist and actor Thomas Turner (1729–1793) – diarist Gilbert Waterhouse (1883–1916) – war poet H. G. Wells (1866–1946) – writer John Wells (1936–1998) – satirical writer and comedy performer Norman Worker (1927–2005) – comic book writer Thomas Wyatt (1503–1400) – poet and diplomat Dornford Yates (1885–1960) – novelist Miscellaneous Mary Carleton (1642–1673) – fraudster Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst (1100–1134) – one of the earliest known sets of conjoined twins Kevin Foster (born 1958/59) – investment fraudster Frank John William Goldsmith (1902–1982) – survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster Tony Hayward (born 1957) – CEO of BP Group (2007–2010) Alice Liddell (1852–1934) – inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Marcus Sarjeant (born 1964) – fired six blank shots at Elizabeth II Sophia Stacey (1791–1874) – friend of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and writer Mary Shelley Walter Tirel (1065–1134) – killed William II of England, possibly accidentally John Ward (c. 1553–1622) – pirate References List of people from Kent Kent Kent-related lists Kent