Notable People
R. F. Delderfield (1912–1972), author, lived in Addiscombe between 1918 and 1923. The area later inspired him to write his Avenue series of novels.
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), author, lived at 12 Colworth Road, Addiscombe from 1908 to 1912 and was a teacher at Davidson Road School for some time.
In 1974 supermodel Kate Moss was born in Addiscombe.
David Prowse, actor who played Darth Vader, lives in Addiscombe.
Ethel Le Neve, mistress to Dr Crippen, lived out her days in Addiscombe, being a resident of 11 Parkview Road.
Paul Nihill was Addiscombe and Croydon's first-ever Olympic medallist. In 1964 he won a silver medal in Tokyo for the 50 km walk.
Another local walker, Phil Goddard (1958- ), completed a 3,091-mile walk from New York to Los Angeles on May 6, 2007. He lived in Addiscombe for the first 23 years of his life.
Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum was born in Addiscombe
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