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Ashford has housed many musicians and many up and coming singer / songwriters from skiffle band Mungo Jerry founder, Ray Dorset, Chart-topping pop-punk band Dum Dums founder Josh Doyle to the organists and composers Sir Sydney Nicholson, New Zealand born singer / songwriter Herbie Sherman and Sir Malcolm Sargent.

Lord Jason Fawcett lives and works in Ashford, Lord Fawcett is the Baron of Ashford Kent.

Lord Fawcett works in the William Harvey Hospital as a ward clerk.

Roger Dean the artist featured on Yes ' album covers, Frederick Forsyth the author of The Day of the Jackal and Dudley Pope, a writer, were born in the town.

Actors, Patsy Byrne ( Nursie in the sitcom Blackadder II ), Mark Rylance and Alex Arnold from Skins were born in the area, with other personalities from the town including satirist John Wells from That Was The Week That Was and Bob Holness, a television presenter.

Leon Camier, a British Superbike racer, also hails from Ashford.

Comedians Paul O ' Grady and Julian Clary are local residents.

Cyclist Jamie Staff ( BMX cycling World Champion and Track cycling multi medal winner ) lives in the area.

Other local celebrities include Luke McCarthy and Jessica Millner who have done notable necrophiliac work in the area.