List of people from Hackney
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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):
[edit] Notable residents
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[edit] Academia and research
Arthur Aikin, a prominent scientist
[edit] Arts and entertainment
- Dave Elsey Oscar Winning Makeup Effects artist. From Homerton. Went to Hackney Free school. Named as one of the five best makeup effects artists in the world.
- David Martin, Entrepreneur . From Hackney, Clapton Operates in europe.
- Freema Agyeman, actress, born and raised on the Woodberry Down estate.[9]
- Jeremy Beadle, television presenter.
- Steven Berkoff, playwright and actor, was educated at Hackney Downs School.[10]
- Marc Bolan, musician was born at Homerton, and raised at Stoke Newington Common.[11]
- Richard 'Abs' Breen, singer and member of pop band Five was born in Hackney.
- Michael Caine, actor educated at Hackney Downs School.
- Derek Bailey, avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement.
- Phil Collen, guitarist with Def Leppard.
- Trevor Nelson, discjockey for Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra
- Rob Dean, guitarist of New Wave band Japan, was associated in his first years with Clapton (probably was born and/or raised there).
- Adam Deacon, actor, raised in Stoke Newington.
- Pete Doherty,musician, lived in an apartment in Hackney which was the site of many after gig parties for his fans. This apartment is also where his famous Rolling Stone interview took place, during which he openly went through an array of drug taking activities.
- 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.
- Joel Samuels, better known as DJ Luck from the garage duo DJ Luck & MC Neat.
- Errol Francis, Ivor Novello Award & BAFTA Award winning Producer/DJ known as Dextrous was born in Stoke Newington.
- Green Gartside, British musician and front man of Scritti Politti, lives in Dalston and formed his band in a Hackney pub.
- 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.[12]
- Charlie Jones, actor who played Ben Mitchell in EastEnders until the role was recast. Attends Mossbourne Community Academy in Hackney.
- 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.
- Derrick Ligas American film director, currently lives in Hackney.
- Marie Lloyd, entertainer was born in Hoxton and lived her later life in Hackney.[13]
- 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.
- Dicky Moore, musician.
- Esau Mwamwaya, Malawian singer
- Anthony Newley, actor and singer was born in Homerton.
- Mike Reid, actor and comedian.
- Helen Shapiro, singer was educated at Clapton Park Girls School.
- Matt Schultz, co-founder of band Cage the Elephant, lived in Lower Clapton Road, in the early 2000s.
- Adrian Smith, guitarist with Iron Maiden.
1907 Hetty King sheet music cover, 1907
- Jessica Tandy, actress, born in Clapton.[14]
- Douglas Trendle aka Buster Bloodvessel of Bad Manners lived at Clapton Common.
- John Simon Ritchie, musician and singer with the Sex Pistols better known as Sid Vicious.
- Winston Bazoomies, harmonica player with Bad Manners, lives near Amhurst Park.
- Louis Alphonso of Bad Manners lived on Balls Pond Road.
- Rachel Whiteread, artist lives and works in Dalston.[15]
- Barbara Windsor, actress was born in Shoreditch and lived in Stoke Newington.
- Ray Winstone, actor born in Homerton.[16]
- Lily Loveless, actress from Bafta award winning drama Skins. Born in Finsbury Park, London.
- Professor Green, rapper,singer lived in Stamford Hill & Manor House
- Labrinth, singer/songwriter and music producer
- Maverick Sabre, Vocalist and rapper
[edit] Business and finance
Samuel Rogers, poet and banker
[edit] Engineering and technology
[edit] Journalism and the media
[edit] Literature
Samuel Rogers, poet and banker James Burgh, writer, educationalist and philosopher John Aikin, physician and author (e.g. Evenings at Home), brother of ALB Lucy Aikin, a biographer, daughter of John
[edit] Medicine
[edit] 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 Clapton.
- Tony Blair, later British Prime Minister, lived at 59 Mapledene Road in London Fields from 1980-86.[31]
- 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 was born in Hackney.
- William Randal Cremer Liberal MP for Haggerston, pacifist and winner of the 1903 Nobel Peace Prize.[32]
- 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.
- Nat Wei, Baron of Shoreditch and youngest peer ever to enter the House of Lords. Social entrepreneur and senior advisor to the Cabinet Office on Big Society and currently living in Haggerston.
[edit] 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.
- Rainbow Jaya, Freelance Astrologist, lived and practiced on Well St, Hackney Central
- Arguably, all the English Dissenters associated with Newington Green Unitarian Church, as the church itself lies within Hackney, although the rest of the green (and thus most of the houses) belong to Islington. Notable ministers of the church:
- Anglican pacifist Vicesimus Knox
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Entries with no sourced locality (district) of residence available are marked with a "?".
- ^ a b c d e f All entries contain a reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating Birth, Lived, or Death.
- ^ Godwin's Life accessed 10 May 2007
- ^ Philip Henry Gosse (Historic plaque - 56 Mortimer Road) (LB Hackney) accessed 19 August 2008
- ^ Cook, Alan H. Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998).
- ^ Loddiges, George The Botanical Cabinet (London 1817-1833)
- ^ Richard Price (St Andrews) accessed 20 March 2009
- ^ Sir Leonard Woolley (Historic plaque - 13 Southwold Road, E5) (LB Hackney) accessed 19 August 2008
- ^ Jury, Louise (2007-03-23). "From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick". The Independent. http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2383877.ece. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ Steven Berkoff: The real East Enders The Independent 04 Jan 2007 accessed 10 May 2007
- ^ Marc Bolan (Field) (Hackney Historic plaque, lived 25 Newington Common 1947–62 (LB Hackney) accessed 19 August 2008
- ^ Visiting Hackney accessed 10 May 2007
- ^ Music Hall history site accessed 10 May 2007
- ^ Jessica Tandy's family to unveil plaque to commemorate star's Hackney birthplace 19 Nov 1998 accessed 10 May 2007
- ^ Observer A day in the life of British art March 19, 2000 accessed 10 May 2007
- ^ Winston Biography accessed 10 May 2007
- ^ Joseph Priestley (Historic plaque - 113 Upper Clapton Road, E5) (LB Hackney) accessed 19 August 2008
- ^ Legal fight over iTunes UK domain (BBC News) accessed 20 March 2009
- ^ Mel Calman (Historic plaque - 64 Linthorpe Road) (LB Hackney) accessed 19 August 2008
- ^ [1] (LB Hackney) accessed 12 February 2010
- ^ Anna Laetitia Barbauld (historic plaque) (Lived and died at 113 Stoke Newington Church Street) (LB Hackney local history) accessed 19 August 2008
- ^ 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
- ^ Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ Daniel Defoe (Historic plaque - 95 Stoke Newington Church Street) (LB Hackney) accessed 19 August 2008
- ^ Sir Edmund Gosse (Historic plaque - 56 Mortimer Road) (LB Hackney) accessed 19 August 2008
- ^ Kate Greenaway (Historic plaque - New North Road) (LB Hackney) accessed 19 August 2008
- ^ Apart from the known and the unknown, what else is there 22 July 2008 The Guardian accessed 28 September 2009
- ^ Silverman, Kenneth (1991). Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance (Paperback ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. pp. 16–18. ISBN 0060923318.
- ^ Michael Rosen: Interview (Time Out) accessed 28 September 2009
- ^ Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft Lyndall Gordon (Little, Brown: 2005)
- ^ Tony’s career in property Anne Ashworth 4 May 2007 The Times accessed 18 January 2010
- ^ Sir Randal Cremer (Biography) (Nobel Winners) accessed 18 January 2010
- ^ Anne Keothavong Biography accessed 13 May 2009
- ^ My School Sport: Phillips Idowu, 18 December 2007, The Guardian. Retrieved on 18 August 2009.
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