List of people from Hackney

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Hackney, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are "(alphabetical order, within category)":

Notable residents

Academia and research

*The Reverend George Collison, first President of Hackney Academy.
*William Godwin, political philosopher studied at Hoxton. [ [http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_archives/godwin/Godwinchronol.html Godwin's Life] accessed 10 May 2007]
*Philip Henry Gosse, naturalist lived in De Beauvoir Town [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-philip-henry-gosse.htm "Philip Henry Gosse" (Historic plaque - 56 Mortimer Road)] (LB Hackney} accessed 19 August 2008]
*Edmond Halley, astronomer was born in Haggerston.
*George Loddiges, horticulturalist and scientist lived in Hackney.
*Richard Price, philosopher, mathematician, and first actuary lived in Hackney.
*Leonard Woolley, archaeologist and discoverer of Ur. [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-leonard-woolley.htm "Sir Leonard Woolley" (Historic plaque - 13 Southwold Road, E5)] (LB Hackney} accessed 19 August 2008]

Arts and entertainment

*Freema Agyeman, actress, born and raised on the Woodberry Down estate.cite web|author=Jury, Louise|title=From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick
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*Jeremy Beadle, television presenter.
*Steven Berkoff, playwright and actor, was educated at Hackney Downs School. [ [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2124821.ece "Steven Berkoff: The real East Enders" The Independent 04 Jan 2007] accessed 10 May 2007]
*Marc Bolan, musician was born at Homerton, and raised at Stoke Newington Common. [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-marc-bolan-2.htm "Marc Bolan (Field) (Hackney Historic plaque, lived 25 Newington Common 1947–62"] (LB Hackney) accessed 19 August 2008]
*Richard 'Abs' Breen, singer and member of pop band Five was born in Hackney.
*Michael Caine, actor educated at Hackney Downs School.
*Martin John Callanan, artist.
*Phil Collen, guitarist with Def Leppard.
*Pete Doherty, musician.
*Idris Elba, actor in television, theatre and film, and a hip-hop soul musician.
*Noel Fielding, comedian, as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh.
*Colin Firth, actor, lived at Sutton Place, Homerton.
*Errol Francis, Ivor Novello Award & BAFTA Award winning Producer/DJ known as Dextrous was born in Stoke Newington.
*Carol Harrison, actress best known for Louise Raymond in "EastEnders" lives at Victoria Park, South Hackney.
*Alfred Hitchcock film director, began his career at the Gainsborough Studios in Shoreditch. [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/visit/data/vi_vill4.htm Visiting Hackney] accessed 10 May 2007]
*Hetty King, "male impersonator" of the music hall era, was born in Shoreditch.
*Leona Lewis, singer, songwriter, and first female winner of The X Factor lived in Stamford Hill.
*Marie Lloyd, entertainer was born in Hoxton and lived her later life in Hackney. [ [http://www.amaranthdesign.ca/musichall/past/lloyd.htm Music Hall history site] accessed 10 May 2007]
*Peter Lowe, artist was born at Victoria Park, South Hackney.
*Nicko McBrain drummer for Iron Maiden.
*Martine McCutcheon, actress and singer.
*Tom McRae, singer and songwriter lived in Dalston and Hackney.
*Syrie Maugham, interior decorator.
*Bill Meyer (artist), printmaker and artist.
*Anthony Newley, actor and singer was born in Homerton.
*Mike Reid, actor and comedian.
*Helen Shapiro, singer was educated at Clapton Park Girls School.
*Adrian Smith, guitarist with Iron Maiden.
*Jessica Tandy, actress, born in Clapton. [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/pressrelease/prnov98/pr356.htm Jessica Tandy's family to unveil plaque to commemorate star's Hackney birthplace 19 Nov 1998] accessed 10 May 2007]
*Douglas Trendle, singer with Bad Manners known as Buster Bloodvessel lived at Stamford Hill.
*John Simon Ritchie, musician and singer with the Sex Pistols better known as Sid Vicious.
*Rachel Whiteread, artist lives and works in Dalston. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3975655,00.html Observer "A day in the life of British art" March 19, 2000] accessed 10 May 2007]
*Barbara Windsor, actress was born in Shoreditch and lived in Stoke Newington.
*Ray Winstone, actor born in Homerton. [ [http://www.copperlily.com/AboutRayWinstone/RWbiog.htm Winston Biography] accessed 10 May 2007]

Business and finance

*Sir John Harvey Jones, businessman and television presenter.
*Moses Montefiore, financier and philanthropist was raised in Stamford Hill.
*Nathan Meyer Rothschild, financier lived in Stamford Hill.
*Sir Alan Sugar, businessman and celebrity.

Crime

*Ronald and Reginald Kray, crime gang leaders both born in Hoxton.
*Dick Turpin, highwayman, plied his trade on Kingsland Road and in Stoke Newington.

Engineering and technology

*Sir Francis Beaufort, hydrographer, is buried in Saint John's Church Gardens.
*Joseph Priestley, chemist and philosopher lived in Lower Clapton and preached at the Gravel Pit Meeting, in Homerton. [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-joseph-priestley.htm "Joseph Priestley" (Historic plaque - 113 Upper Clapton Road, E5)] (LB Hackney} accessed 19 August 2008]

Journalism and the media

*Benjamin Cohen, internet entrepreneur and journalist.
*Mel Calman, cartoonist and writer, born in Stamford Hill. [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-mel-calman.htm "Mel Calman" (Historic plaque - 64 Linthorpe Road)] (LB Hackney} accessed 19 August 2008]

Literature

*Grace Aguilar, writer.
*Anna Laetitia Barbauld, poet, lived in Stoke Newington and buried in Saint Mary's Church. [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-anna-laetitia-baubald.htm "Anna Laetitia Barbauld (historic plaque) (Lived and died at 113 Stoke Newington Church Street)"] (LB Hackney local history) accessed 19 August 2008]
*Alexander Baron was born and raised in Hackney and set his novel 'The Lowlife' in the area. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/1999/dec/08/guardianobituaries2 "Alexander Baron: His novels of war and London caught the essential decency of mankind"] John Williams December 8 1999, "The Guardian"; accessed 26 August [2008] ]
*Daniel Defoe, writer and spy was born in Stoke Newington. [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-daniel-defoe.htm "Daniel Defoe" (Historic plaque - 95 Stoke Newington Church Street)] (LB Hackney} accessed 19 August 2008]
*Siobhan Dowd, author lived at Haggerston.
*Sir Edmund Gosse, poet, author and critic lived in De Beauvoir Town. [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-philip-henry-gosse.htm "Sir Edmund Gosse" (Historic plaque - 56 Mortimer Road)] (LB Hackney} accessed 19 August 2008]
*Kate Greenaway [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-kate-greenaway.htm "Kate Greenaway" (Historic plaque - New North Road)] (LB Hackney} accessed 19 August 2008]
*William Hazlitt, writer studied at Homerton.
*Mary Howitt, poet and translator, lived for a while next to Clapton Pond.
*Harold Pinter, playwright and Nobel Prize winner was educated at Hackney Downs School.
*Edgar Allan Poe, writer educated in Stoke Newington.
*Michael Rosen, Children's Laureate 2007-2009, lives in Dalston.
*Iain Sinclair, writer lives in Haggerston.
*Mary Wollstonecraft, reformer and writer, mother of Mary Shelley was born and raised in Hoxton.

Medecine

*Edith Cavell, nurse executed in Belgium in 1915 worked at Saint Leonard's Hospital.
*James Parkinson, physician and researcher famous for identifying Parkinson's Disease lived in Hoxton.

Politics and government

*Henry Allingham, World War I veteran and supercentenarian.
*Major John André, soldier, executed as a spy by George Washington lived with his Huguenot family at Clapton.
*Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, lived at London Fields in the early 1980s.Fact|date=July 2008
*Harry Cohen, Labour Member of Parliament was born in Hackney.
*William Randal Cremer Liberal MP for Haggerston, pacifist and winner of the 1903 Nobel Peace Prize.
*John Howard, prison reformer was born and raised in Lower Clapton.
*John Hunter, governor of New South Wales lived and is buried in Hackney.
*Samuel Morley (MP), philanthropist and abolitionist was born in Homerton and lived in Stamford Hill.
*Colonel John Okey, regicide of Charles I lived in Hackney.

Religion

*William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army and is buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington.
*Isaac Watts, theologian, logician, and hymn writer lived and died at Stoke Newington.

port

*Eric Bristow, darts champion.
*Ron 'Chopper' Harris, footballer for Chelsea F.C. raised in Hackney.
*Shaka Hislop, goalkeeper for West Ham United and Trinidad and Tobago was born in Hackney.
*Anne Keothavong, tennis player lives in Hackney.
*Kevin Lisbie, football player for Charlton Athletic was born in Hackney.

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