- 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 atHoxton . [ [http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_archives/godwin/Godwinchronol.html Godwin's Life] accessed 10 May 2007]
*Philip Henry Gosse , naturalist lived inDe Beauvoir Town [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-philip-henry-gosse.htm "Philip Henry Gosse" (Historic plaque - 56 Mortimer Road)] (LB Hackney} accessed19 August 2008 ]
*Edmond Halley , astronomer was born inHaggerston .
*George Loddiges, horticulturalist and scientist lived in Hackney.
*Richard Price , philosopher, mathematician, and firstactuary lived in Hackney.
*Leonard Woolley , archaeologist and discoverer ofUr . [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-leonard-woolley.htm "Sir Leonard Woolley" (Historic plaque - 13 Southwold Road, E5)] (LB Hackney} accessed19 August 2008 ]Arts and entertainment
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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 atHackney 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 atHomerton , and raised atStoke 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) accessed19 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 withDef Leppard .
*Pete Doherty , musician.
*Idris Elba , actor in television, theatre and film, and a hip-hop soul musician.
*Noel Fielding , comedian, as Vince Noir inThe Mighty Boosh .
*Colin Firth , actor, lived atSutton 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 forLouise Raymond in "EastEnders " lives atVictoria Park ,South Hackney .
*Alfred Hitchcock film director, began his career at theGainsborough Studios inShoreditch . [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/visit/data/vi_vill4.htm Visiting Hackney] accessed 10 May 2007]
*Hetty King , "male impersonator" of themusic hall era, was born in Shoreditch.
*Leona Lewis , singer, songwriter, and first female winner of The X Factor lived inStamford 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 forIron Maiden .
*Martine McCutcheon , actress and singer.
*Tom McRae , singer and songwriter lived inDalston 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 atClapton 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 withBad Manners known as Buster Bloodvessel lived at Stamford Hill.
*John Simon Ritchie, musician and singer with theSex 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
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Sir John Harvey Jones , businessman and television presenter.
*Moses Montefiore , financier and philanthropist was raised inStamford 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 inLower Clapton and preached at the Gravel Pit Meeting, inHomerton . [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-joseph-priestley.htm "Joseph Priestley" (Historic plaque - 113 Upper Clapton Road, E5)] (LB Hackney} accessed19 August 2008 ]Journalism and the media
*Benjamin Cohen, internet entrepreneur and journalist.
*Mel Calman , cartoonist and writer, born inStamford Hill . [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-mel-calman.htm "Mel Calman" (Historic plaque - 64 Linthorpe Road)] (LB Hackney} accessed19 August 2008 ]Literature
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Grace Aguilar , writer.
*Anna Laetitia Barbauld , poet, lived inStoke 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) accessed19 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 WilliamsDecember 8 1999 , "The Guardian "; accessed26 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} accessed19 August 2008 ]
*Siobhan Dowd , author lived atHaggerston .
*Sir Edmund Gosse, poet, author and critic lived inDe Beauvoir Town . [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-philip-henry-gosse.htm "Sir Edmund Gosse" (Historic plaque - 56 Mortimer Road)] (LB Hackney} accessed19 August 2008 ]
*Kate Greenaway [ [http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-kate-greenaway.htm "Kate Greenaway" (Historic plaque - New North Road)] (LB Hackney} accessed19 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 inDalston .
*Iain Sinclair , writer lives in Haggerston.
*Mary Wollstonecraft , reformer and writer, mother ofMary Shelley was born and raised in Hoxton.Medecine
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Edith Cavell , nurse executed inBelgium in1915 worked at Saint Leonard's Hospital.
*James Parkinson , physician and researcher famous for identifyingParkinson's Disease lived in Hoxton.Politics and government
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Henry Allingham ,World War I veteran andsupercentenarian .
*Major John André, soldier, executed as a spy byGeorge Washington lived with hisHuguenot family atClapton .
*Tony Blair , British Prime Minister, lived atLondon Fields in the early 1980s.Fact|date=July 2008
*Harry Cohen , LabourMember of Parliament was born in Hackney.
*William Randal Cremer Liberal MP for Haggerston, pacifist and winner of the 1903Nobel Peace Prize .
*John Howard, prison reformer was born and raised inLower Clapton .
*John Hunter,governor of New South Wales lived and is buried in Hackney.
*Samuel Morley (MP) , philanthropist andabolitionist was born in Homerton and lived in Stamford Hill.
*Colonel John Okey,regicide of Charles I lived in Hackney.Religion
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William Booth , founder of theSalvation Army and is buried inAbney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington.
*Isaac Watts , theologian, logician, and hymn writer lived and died at Stoke Newington.port
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Eric Bristow , darts champion.
*Ron 'Chopper' Harris, footballer forChelsea F.C. raised in Hackney.
*Shaka Hislop , goalkeeper forWest Ham United andTrinidad and Tobago was born in Hackney.
*Anne Keothavong , tennis player lives in Hackney.
*Kevin Lisbie , football player forCharlton Athletic was born in Hackney.References
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