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Numerous notable people were born in the town including: Julius Caesar (born 1830), cricketer; Aldous Huxley (born 1894), writer; Nick Clarke (born 1948), radio journalist and presenter; and Mick Mills (born 1949), footballer.
The architect, Edwin Lutyens, began work in 1896 on a house at Munstead Wood, Godalming for the garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll. She died in 1932 and is buried in the churchyard of St. John the Baptist, Busbridge, Godalming next to her brother.
In the 1800s, James Wilde (1816-1899), British judge and 1st Baron Penzance lived at Eashing Park, Godalming.
In the late twentieth century, comedic actor Terry Scott and the singer Alvin Stardust resided in the town.
Significant people currently living in the town include the actress Rachel Hurd-Wood.
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Jack Phillips, Radio Officer of the ill fated Titanic, who remained at his post, sending a distress signal the night Titanic sank. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-biography/john-george-phillips.html
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