Notable former residents include 19th century zoologist and creationist Philip Henry Gosse, who lived at Sandhurst on Torquay Road (now called St Marychurch Road).
Henry VIII of England | Henry VIII | Henry Kissinger | Philip II of Spain | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Henry II of England | Henry II | Henry III of England | Henry IV of France | Henry IV | Henry | Henry Ford | Philip K. Dick | Henry James | Henry VII of England | Henry III | John Philip Sousa | Henry Moore | Henry Miller | Henry I of England | Henry Clay | Henry IV of England | Patrick Henry | Henry Mancini | Philip II | Philip Roth | Philip IV of Spain | Henry V | Henry David Thoreau | Philip II of Macedon |
The novel partly takes its inspiration from Father and Son, the autobiography of the English poet Edmund Gosse, which describes his relationship with his father, Philip Henry Gosse.