From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable people associated with the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets in
London,
England.
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Kia Abdullah – author; born in
Mile End, went to school in
Bow.
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Damon Albarn – singer-songwriter for bands
Blur,
Gorillaz; born in
Whitechapel.
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Joe Anderson – 'All England' boxing champion of 1897.
[1]
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Cheryl Baker – member of
Bucks Fizz, winners of the
1981 Eurovision Song Contest, grew up in Roman Road,
Bethnal Green.
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Danny Boyle – film director, producer and screenwriter; lives in
Mile End.
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Andy Lee (boxer) – Professional Boxer; born in
Bow.
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Rosa Nouchette Carey – children's novelist; born in
Stratford-le-Bow.
[2]
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Ashley Cole – footballer, played for Arsenal's invincibles; born in
Stepney; attended
Bow Boys School.
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Steve Conway – singer (1920–1952), born in Bethnal Green.
[3]
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Donald Crisp – Academy Award-winning actor; born in Bow.
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Ralph Fiennes –
actor; lives in Bethnal Green.
[4]
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Clara Grant – educational pioneer and social reformer.
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John Granville Harkness – Major-General in the British Army of the Victorian era.
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Peter Green – guitarist and songwriter, founder of
Fleetwood Mac; born in
Mile End.
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Perry Groves – footballer, played for Arsenal; born in
Bow.
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Felicity Jones – actress, lives in Bethnal Green.
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Isaac Julien – artist, raised in Bow.
[5]
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Ledley King – former footballer;
defender for
Tottenham Hotspur; born in Bow.
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Oona King – former
Labour
MP for
Bethnal Green and Bow; political commentator.
[6]
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Eddie Marsan –
actor; grew up in Bethnal Green.
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Charlie McDonnell – comedian and musician;
YouTube personality; shares a flat in Bow.
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Ian McKellen – award-winning actor; lives in Limehouse.
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Margaret Moran – former
Labour
MP for
Luton South.
[7]
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Graham Norton –
comedian and
television presenter; lives in Wapping.
[8]
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Sylvia Pankhurst – suffragette and social campaigner.
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Lutfur Rahman – former
Mayor of
Tower Hamlets (2010-2015; lives in
Whitechapel.
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Harry Redknapp – former footballer; manager,
Queens Park Rangers.
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Dizzee Rascal –
grime musician.
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John Robertson –
Premier of New South Wales,
Australia, on five occasions between 1881 and 1886; born in
Bow.
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Tinchy Stryder – grime musician.
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Joakim Sundström – Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician; has a flat south of Bow.
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Danny Wallace – filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television; lives in Bow.
[9]
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Wiley – grime musician, urban artist.
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Glen Wilkie (born 1977), League 1 football player.
[10]
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Amy Winehouse – jazz singer-songwriter; had a flat in Bow.
See also
References
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"Bare-Knuckle Fighter".
Antiques Roadshow Detectives. Series 1. Episode 3. 8 April 2015.
BBC Television. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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^ Mitchell, Charlotte.
"Carey, Rosa Nouchette (1840–1909)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
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^ McKinstry, Leo (20 March 2014).
"An ode to Steve Conway, Britain's forgotten balladeer".
The Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
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^ MacBain, Hamish.
"My London: Ralph Fiennes". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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^ Jeffries, Stuart (29 September 2010).
"Isaac Julien's angel of Morecambe".
The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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"Home". Oona King. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
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^ Ward, Victoria (13 October 2010).
"Margaret Moran: a controversial career". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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Sunday Mirror 4 March 2001. (source: Highbeam).
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^ Canessa, Joey (19 October 2005).
"My Home: Danny Wallace, Comedian".
The Independent. Archived from
the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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^
Glen Wilkie Statistics, www.soccerbase.com – The Internet Soccer Database. Retrieved on 10 July 2007.