 Pioneering motorist and auto-mobile manufacturer John Henry Knight lived in Weybourne House, before moving to Barfield in Runfold, Farnham.He designed and built "The first petroleum carriage for two people made in England" 

As a child, the singer Vera Lynn stayed with an aunt in the village every summer until the start of World War II.Actress Jessie Matthews once lived in Weybourne Road, Weybourne.