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Location of the
London Borough of Hackney within
Greater London
Among those who were born in the
London Borough of Hackney (
pronunciation
ⓘ ), or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category) :
Notable residents
Key to "Notes" in tables below regarding the residents' affiliation to Hackney
Letter
Description
B
Indicates that the subject was born in Hackney.
D
Indicates that the resident died in Hackney.
I
Indicates that the subject is buried in Hackney.
L
Indicates that the resident lived in Hackney.
Reference citations in the "Notes" column refer to the information in the entire row.
Academia and research
Edmond Halley
Arts and entertainment
Zak Abel (born 1995), English singer-songwriter, musician, and Cadet national table tennis champion
Jamie Adenuga , grime rapper, known as JME; co-founder of Boy Better Know
Joseph Adenuga , grime artist, songwriter and record producer; better known as Skepta
Freema Agyeman , actress, born and brought up on the Woodberry Down estate
[7]
Eileen Atkins , actress
Derek Bailey , avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement
Jeremy Beadle , television presenter
David Bendeth , born in Hackney, music producer, artist, songwriter, mixer
Steven Berkoff , playwright and actor, educated at
Hackney Downs School
[8]
Lionel Blair , Canadian-born British actor, grew up at
Stamford Hill
Buster Bloodvessel , born Douglas Trendle, singer and frontman of
Bad Manners , lived at Clapton Common
Dean Blunt , producer, contemporary artist, singer-songwriter and former member of hypnagogic pop duo
Hype Williams ; real name Roy Chukwuemeka Nnawuchi; also known as Babyfather
Marc Bolan , musician, born at
Homerton and brought up at
Stoke Newington Common
[9]
Richard "Abs" Breen , singer and member of pop band
Five ; raised in Hackney
Gary Brooker , musician, founder of
Procol Harum , born in
Hackney Hospital
Tobi Brown ,
YouTuber , internet personality and member of the
Sidemen ; born in Hackney
Bernard Butler , guitarist, known for his time with
Suede ; born in
Stamford Hill
Michael Caine , actor, educated at Hackney Downs School
Paigey Cakey , MC, born in Hackney
Phil Collen , guitarist with
Def Leppard
Steve Conway , singer (1920–1952), lived in Hackney
[10]
Adam Deacon , actor, brought up in Stoke Newington
Rob Dean , guitarist of
new wave band
Japan ; was associated in his first years with
Clapton (probably was born and/or brought up there)
DJ Dextrous
DJ Dextrous , born Errol Francis,
Ivor Novello Award - and
BAFTA Award -winning producer and DJ known as Dextrous; born in Stoke Newington
DJ Luck , born Joel Samuels, from the
garage duo DJ Luck & MC Neat
DJ Ron , jungle, drum & bass producer and DJ; filmmaker
Pete Doherty , musician, lived in a flat in Hackney which was the site of many after-gig parties for his fans
Idris Elba , actor and musician
Paloma Faith , singer-songwriter, born and lived in Stoke Newington
Michael Fassbender , actor, lives in Hackney
Noel Fielding , comedian, Vince Noir in
The Mighty Boosh and
The Great British Bake Off host
Colin Firth , actor, lived at
Sutton Place , Homerton
FKA Twigs , avant-garde and alternative R&B musician, artist and dancer, lives in Hackney
Green Gartside , musician and frontman of
Scritti Politti ; lives in Dalston and formed his band in a Hackney pub
Professor Green , rapper and singer; lived in Clapton
Charlie Harper , British singer and songwriter, lead singer of the punk band
U.K. Subs ; born in Hackney
Carol Harrison , actress, known as
Louise Raymond in
EastEnders ; lives at
Victoria Park ,
South Hackney
Sara Hennell , author
[11]
Gwyneth Herbert , singer-songwriter, lives in the borough
[12]
Maddy Hill , actress, known for her role as
Nancy Carter in
EastEnders
Alfred Hitchcock , film director, began his career at the
Gainsborough Studios in
Shoreditch
[13]
Sharon Horgan , Irish actress, writer, and comedian
Dave Kaye , pianist, born in
Shoreditch ; later lived in
Stamford Hill
[14]
[15]
1907 Hetty King sheet music cover, 1907
Hetty King , male impersonator of the
music hall era; born in Shoreditch
Labrinth , singer-songwriter and music producer
Leona Lewis , singer, songwriter, first female winner of
The X Factor ; lived in
Stamford Hill
Marie Lloyd , entertainer, born in Hoxton and lived her later life in Hackney
[16]
Lily Loveless , actress from BAFTA Award-winning drama
Skins ; born in Finsbury Park, London
Peter Lowe , artist, born at Victoria Park, South Hackney
Syrie Maugham , interior decorator
Nicko McBrain , drummer for
Iron Maiden
Hoxton Tom McCourt , musician, face, born in Shoreditch and lived in Hoxton
Martine McCutcheon , actress and singer
Lenny McLean , bare knuckle/unlicensed boxer, actor, born in Hoxton
Tom McRae , singer and songwriter, lived in
Dalston and Hackney
Bill Meyer , printmaker and artist
Dicky Moore , musician
Esau Mwamwaya , Malawian singer
Trevor Nelson , disc jockey for
BBC Radio 1 and
BBC Radio 1Xtra
Anthony Newley , actor and singer, born in Homerton
Pauline Quirke , born Stoke Newington, English actress, best known for her role as "Sharon Theodopolopodous" in the long-running comedy TV series
Birds of a Feather
Tom Raworth , poet and visual artist, lived in Amhurst Road in the early 1960s
Mike Reid , actor and comedian
Rudimental , drum and bass group
Bree Runway , born Brenda Wireko Mensah, musician, born in the borough
Maverick Sabre , vocalist and rapper
Aba Shanti-I , born Joseph Smith, sound system operator and dub producer
Helen Shapiro , singer, educated at
Clapton Park Girls School
Daniel Sharman , actor, known for his roles in
Teen Wolf and
The Originals
[17]
[18]
Matt Shultz , co-founder of band Cage the Elephant; lived in Lower Clapton Road in the early 2000s
Marina Sirtis , actress, known for her role as
Deanna Troi from sci-fi series
Star Trek: The Next Generation ; raised in
Harringay
[19]
Anthony Smee , theatre producer, writer, stage, radio, television and film actor
Adrian Smith , guitarist with Iron Maiden
Jessica Tandy , actress, born in Clapton
[20]
Unknown T (born 1999), rapper, singer, media personality and member of 98s
John Varley (1778–1842), painter
Sid Vicious , musician and singer with the
Sex Pistols
Arnold Wesker , playwright, educated at Upton House Secondary School
Robert Westerby , British (
The Invisible Man , 1958), and Hollywood (
The Three Lives of Thomasina ), screenwriter, author, boxer
Rachel Whiteread , artist, lives and works in Dalston
[21]
Barbara Windsor , actress, born in Shoreditch and lived in Stoke Newington
Ray Winstone , actor, born in Homerton
[22]
Business and finance
Crime
Engineering and technology
Journalism and the media
Literature
Mary Wollstonecraft , (c. 1797); a painting by
John Opie
Medicine
Politics and government
Henry Allingham , briefly the world's oldest man and World War I veteran
Major John André , soldier, executed as a spy by
George Washington , lived with his
Huguenot family at Lower Clapton
Tony Blair , former British Prime Minister, lived at 59 Mapledene Road in
London Fields 1980–1986
[39]
Paul Boateng , previously
High Commissioner to South Africa ,
Chief Secretary to the Treasury , and Labour Party Member of Parliament for
Brent South ; born in Hackney
Harry Cohen ,
Labour Member of Parliament, born in Hackney
William Randal Cremer ,
Liberal MP for
Haggerston ;
pacifist ; winner of the 1903
Nobel Peace Prize
[40]
David Hallam , British Labour politician, educated at Upton House Secondary School, Homerton
John Howard , prison reformer, born and raised in
Lower Clapton
John Hunter ,
governor of New South Wales lived and is buried in Hackney
Samuel Morley , philanthropist and
abolitionist , born in Homerton and lived in Stamford Hill
Colonel John Okey ,
regicide of
Charles I , lived in Hackney
Nat Wei , youngest
Life Peer ever to enter the
House of Lords ; social entrepreneur and senior advisor to the Cabinet Office on
Big Society ; currently living in Haggerston
Religion
Sport
William Barber , first-class cricketer
Eric Bristow , darts champion
Edward Cuthbertson , cricketer
Kieran Dixon , professional rugby league player for
London Broncos ,
Hull KR
Leonard Garrett , footballer
Phil Gilman , darts player
Bert Goodman , professional footballer, born in Dalston
Len Goulden , footballer for
West Ham United and England
Ron "Chopper" Harris , footballer for
Chelsea F.C. , raised in Hackney and attended Upton House School with footballer brother Alan Harris
Tao Geoghegan Hart , professional cyclist, born in Hackney
Shaka Hislop , former goalkeeper for
West Ham United and
Trinidad and Tobago , born in Hackney
Peter Hobson (born 1932), Olympic fencer, international fencing referee; headmaster of Brooke House school; born in Stoke Newington
[42]
Phillips Idowu , world champion triple jumper, born and grew up in Hackney
[43]
John Kane (born 1960), footballer
Anne Keothavong , tennis player; grew up in Hackney and learned to play on park courts in the borough; still lives in Hackney
[44]
John Lewis (born 1954), footballer
Kevin Lisbie , football player for
Charlton Athletic , born in Hackney
Lawrence Okolie , professional boxer, attended Stoke Newington School
[45]
Michael Page , professional boxer and mixed martial artist; lives in
Hackney
[46]
Sanchez Watt , professional footballer playing for [Wealdstone]
Kaiyne Woolery , professional footballer for
Tranmere Rovers
Anthony Yarde , professional boxer
Notes
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a
b
c
d
e
f
g Entries with no sourced locality (district) of residence available are marked with a "?".
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a
b
c
d
e
f
g All entries contain a
reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating the individual was B orn, L ived, D ied or I nterred in Hackney.
References
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^
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^
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"Richard Price" . School of Mathematics and Statistics,
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^
"Sir Leonard Woolley (13 Southwold Road)" . Hackney Council . 28 February 2007. Archived from
the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2008 .
^ Jury, Louise (23 March 2007).
"From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick" .
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^ Coveney, Michael (4 January 2007).
"Steven Berkoff: The real East Enders" . The Independent . Retrieved 10 May 2007 .
^
"Marc Bolan (25 Stoke Newington Common)" . Hackney Council . 28 February 2007. Archived from
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^ Pallett, Ray.
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^
Fordham, John (4 August 2009).
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^
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^
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^
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^
"Jessica Tandy's family to unveil plaque to commemorate star's Hackney birthplace" . Hackney Council . 19 November 1998. Retrieved 10 May 2007 . [
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^
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^
"Joseph Priestley (113 Lower Clapton Road & Ram Place, E9)" . Hackney Council . 28 February 2007. Archived from
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^
"Mel Calman (64 Linthorpe Road)" . Hackney Council . 28 February 2007. Archived from
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^
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^
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^
"Anna Laetitia Barbauld (113 Stoke Newington Church Street)" . Hackney Council . 28 February 2007. Archived from
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^
"Daniel Defoe (95 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16)" . Hackney Council . 28 February 2007. Archived from
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^
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^
"Kate Greenaway (1 Cavendish Street, off New North Road)" . Hackney Council . 28 February 2007. Archived from
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^
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^
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^
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^
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