Helen Duncan
Scottish spiritualist, Duncan held a seance in Portsmouth, 1941 and predicted the sinking of HMS Barham.
On the 19th Jan 1944 during seance at a Copnor Road, Chemist Shop, she was arrested and charged with Witchcraft, tried at the Old Bailey and was jailed for 9 months.
She was the last person to be tried for Witchcraft as the act was repealed in 1951.

Murray Gold
Born in Portsmouth in 1969, Murray is a composer, working mainly in Film, Television and Theatre. He has written the music for The Second Coming (starring Christopher Ecclestone), Servants (BBC series), Clocking Off and Channel Four's series Shameless. Murray is best known as the core composer of the hit BBC TV series Doctor Who and the spin off series Torchwood and has been nominated for a BAFTA four times in the category Best Original Television Music.

Jonas Hanway
Jonas Hanway(1712-1786), traveller, prison reformer and philanthropist.
Born at St Georges Square 12 Aug 1712.
He founded the Marine Society to keep up the supply of British seamen, in 1758 he became a governor of the Foundling Hospital and was instrumental in establishing the Magdalen Hospital.
Famous as the first man to carry an umbrella on the streets of London, to the derision and outrage of hackney carriage coachmen, who feared for their business.

Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949 in Portsmouth, England) is among the best known and most controversial figures in contemporary American media. He is a prolific author, journalist, literary critic, and public intellectual who is often described as a "contrarian".
Now living in Washington, D.C., he has been a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Nation, Slate, and an occasional contributor to many other publications.

Roger Hodgson
Vocalist, composer and songwriter of the band Supertramp was born in Portsmouth on 21st March 1950. He spent a large part of his childhood years at boarding school in Surrey where he first learnt to play the guitar and later piano, bass and drums. After leaving school Roger recorded his first record "Mr. Boyd" with a session band including pianist Reg Dwight (Elton John). Roger met Rick Davies and together they went on to form the band Supertramp, releasing their first album "Supertramp" in 1970. Supertramp had worldwide success with albums such as Crime of the Century, Breakfast in America and Cisis? What Crisis? Roger left Supertramp in 1983 to persue a solo career and to spend more time with his family, he is still writing and performing in concerts, performing solo, with backing a band, and with a symphony orchestra.

Brian Howe.
Born 22nd July 1953, Portsmouth, UK.
Rock singer and songwriter, he was recruited as the lead vocalist of the reformed rock group Bad Company. Original singer Paul Rodgers was by then involved with a new band The Firm and therefore unavailable.
Prior to Bad Company, Brian sang lead vocals on Ted Nugents Penetrator album and world tour.

Jason Huskinson
British Lawn Mower Racing Champion, group 3 2003, group 4 2005, born Portsmouth.