People from Essex

Harrison James Patrick Sullivan, known online as HSTikkyTokky, is an English social media personality. He gained prominence on the social media platform TikTok, becoming known for his fitness, crypto and dating content, as well as his views. He is one of the subjects of the 2026 Netflix documentary Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, which followed his activities in Marbella. The documentary drew attention to his dubious financial advice, inflammatory views on gender and sexuality, and his misogynistic, homophobic and antisemitic rhetoric.

English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist

English diplomat (1585-1646)

16th-century English linguist and translator

British-born Canadian pornographic actor, a pornographic film director, and an exotic dancer

English planter, soldier, politician, and the great-grandfather of George Washington

British japanologist (1898-1964)

English woman accused of witchcraft (c.1565-1645)

British physician, politician, and banker (1712-1800)

16th century English poet

English record producer and sound engineer

English doctor

British singer

English poet

British baroness (born 1939)

TV presenter

Anglo-Norman justiciar (1080-1141)

Norman nobleman

thumb|Statue of Byrhtnoth in Maldon, Essex created by John Doubleday Byrhtnoth (), Ealdorman of Essex ( 931 – 11 August 991), died at the Battle of Maldon. His name is composed of the Old English beorht (bright) and nōþ (courage). He is the subject of The Battle of Maldon, an Old English poem; J.R.R. Tolkien's short play in verse, ''The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son''; and a modern statue at Maldon.

Norman tenant-in-chief

English traveller

Chairman, Arthur J Gallagher Holdings (UK) Ltd, since 2015

British writer and archaeologist (1853-1935)

Anglo-Norman Baron