This is a list of notable people who were born in or have been residents of the town of Kettering, in the county of Northamptonshire, England.

• Maurice Kendall – statistician, widely known for his contribution to statistics
• Henry Nettleship – classical scholar
• Dame Sarah Gilbert - Saïd Professor of Vaccinology at the University of Oxford

• James Acaster – Comedian
• Robert Ames – conductor and violist, who holds the positions of co-Artistic Director and co-Principal Conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra^[1]
• David Armand – comedian, actor and writer
• Jayne Conneely - DJane, record producer, co-founder and former manager of the record label Metalheadz
• Hugh Dennis – comedian, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist
• Sienna Guillory – actress and former model
• David Hawthorne – stage and film actor^[2][3]
• Jim King – original member of the British rock band Family^[4]
• Jack Lucien – British-born Andorran singer, music producer, and songwriter,^[5] best known for his 2009 single I'm Not Afraid^[6]
• Valerie Olukemi A "Kemi" Olusanya - DJane, record producer, co-founder and former manager of the record label Metalheadz
• Horace Panter – bassist for the 2 Tone ska band The Specials
• Russ Russell – record producer, sound engineer, mixer, mastering engineer, musician and writer
• Chris Smith – radio newsreader, most famous for presenting Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1
• Faryl Smith – soprano
• Mae Stephens – singer and songwriter
• Temples – rock band

• Raymond Lewin GC – Pilot Officer of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) was (whilst a Sergeant) awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in rescuing his co-pilot from their burning plane on 3 November 1940 in Malta^[7]
• Edward Sismore DSO DFC Two Bars AFC AE – Air Commodore

• Michael Kidner – pioneer of Op art
• Ron Chippindale – Chief Inspector of Air Accidents in charge of the New Zealand Office of Air Accidents Investigations
• Alfred East – painter
• John Alfred Gotch – architect and architectural historian
• Thomas Cooper Gotch – painter and book illustrator loosely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement
• Catherine Hall – feminist historian
• Jack Laundon – lichenologist, who became President of the British Lichen Society^[8]
• Edward Nettleship FRS FCS - ophthalmologist^[9]
• John Trivett Nettleship – artist, known as a painter of animals and in particular lions, he was also an author and book illustrator
• Samuel Perkins Pick – architect strongly associated with Leicestershire, and co-founder of the architecture and civil engineering firm Pick Everard
• Royston (Roy) Warner Wilson - (1900-1965) - (famous Amalgamated Press comic artist)

• Tom Bradley – British politician
• Henry Briggs – Australian politician, a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for 23 years, and its President for 13 years.
• Andy Sawford – Labour and Co-operative Party politician
• Phil Sawford – Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kettering from 1997 to 2005

• Thomas Allen – clergyman and divine
• John Brine – Particular Baptist minister
• Andrew Fuller – Particular Baptist minister and theologian
• John Gill – Baptist pastor, biblical scholar, and theologian
• William Knibb – Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica, chiefly known today for his work to free slaves

• Dermot Bailey - professional wheelchair tennis player
• Daniel Berridge - trampoline gymnast
• Nick Coles – cricketer
• Sean Dyche - former professional footballer, former manager of Burnley Football Club, current manager of Everton F.C.
• Ricky Evans - darts player
• Harry Gouldstone - cricketer
• Charley Hull - professional golfer (birthplace)
• Angela Hunter – international track and road racing cyclist^[10]
• Kyren Wilson - snooker player

• Frank Bellamy – comics artist, best known for his work on the Eagle comic
• J. L. Carr – English novelist, publisher, teacher and eccentric
• Jane E. Clarke – writer of children's books and poetry
• Jill McGown – writer of mystery novels
• Keith Roberts – science fiction author