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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" regarding the residents' affiliation to Hackney
Letter
Description
B
Indicates that the resident 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.
Citations in the Notes box refer to the information in the entire row
Academia and research
Edmond Halley
Arts and entertainment
Aba Shanti-I , born Joseph Smith, sound system operator and dub producer
Jamie Adenuga , Grime rapper, known as JME; co-founder of Boy Better Know
Freema Agyeman , actress, born and brought up on the Woodberry Down estate[ 9]
Eileen Atkins , actress
Derek Bailey , avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement
Jeremy Beadle , television presenter
Steven Berkoff , playwright and actor, educated at Hackney Downs School [ 10]
Marc Bolan , musician, born at Homerton and brought up at Stoke Newington Common [ 11]
Richard 'Abs' Breen , singer and member of pop band Five ; raised in Hackney
Buster Bloodvessel , born Douglas Trendle, singer and frontman of Bad Manners , lived at Clapton Common
Bernard Butler , guitarist, known for his time with Suede ; born in Stamford Hill
Michael Caine , actor, educated at Hackney Downs School
Phil Collen , guitarist with Def Leppard
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
Pete Doherty , musician, lived in a flat in Hackney which was the site of many after-gig parties for his fans
Idris Elba , actor in television, theatre and film; hip-hop soul musician
Paloma Faith , singer/songwriter, born and lived in Stoke Newington
Michael Fassbender , actor, lives in Hackney
Noel Fielding , comedian, as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh
Colin Firth , actor, lived at Sutton Place , Homerton
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 Stamford Hill and Manor House
Charlie Harper (singer) , 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[ 12]
Gwyneth Herbert , singer-songwriter , lives in the borough[ 13]
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 [ 14]
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[ 15]
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 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
Tom Raworth , poet and visual artist, lived in Amhurst Road in the early1960s
Mike Reid , actor and comedian
Rudimental , drum and bass group
Maverick Sabre , vocalist and rapper
Helen Shapiro , singer, educated at Clapton Park Girls School
Daniel Sharman , actor, known for his roles in Teen Wolf [ 16] and The Originals [ 17]
Matt Shultz , co-founder of band Cage the Elephant; lived in Lower Clapton Road in the early 2000s
Anthony Smee , theatre producer, writer, stage, radio, television and film actor
Adrian Smith , guitarist with Iron Maiden
Jessica Tandy , actress, born in Clapton[ 18]
Sid Vicious , born John Simon Ritchie, musician and singer with the Sex Pistols
Rachel Whiteread , artist, lives and works in Dalston[ 19]
Barbara Windsor , actress, born in Shoreditch and lived in Stoke Newington
Ray Winstone , actor, born in Homerton[ 20]
Paigey Cakey , MC, born in Hackney.
Business and finance
Crime
Engineering and technology
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 Clapton
Tony Blair , British Prime Minister, lived at 59 Mapledene Road in London Fields 1980–86[ 35]
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 [ 36]
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
Ife Grillo, Vice Chair of the British Youth Council . He was raised in Hackney and was a former member of the Hackney Youth Parliament and represented them to the UK Youth Parliament
Religion
Sport
Eric Bristow , darts champion
Kieran Dixon , professional Rugby league player for London Broncos , Hull KR
Bert Goodman , professional footballer, born in Dalston
Ron 'Chopper' Harris , footballer for Chelsea F.C. , raised in Hackney
Shaka Hislop , former goalkeeper for West Ham United and Trinidad and Tobago , born in Hackney
Phillips Idowu , world champion triple jumper, born and grew up in Hackney[ 37]
Anne Keothavong , tennis player; grew up in Hackney and learned to play on park courts in the borough; still lives in Hackney[ 38]
Kevin Lisbie , football player for Charlton Athletic , born in Hackney
Sanchez Watt , professional footballer playing for Arsenal
Kaiyne Woolery , professional footballer for Bolton Wanderers .
References
^ a b c d e f g Entries with no sourced locality (district) of residence available are marked with a "?".
^ a b c d e f g All entries contain a reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating B irth, L ived, or D eath.
^ 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 . 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
^ "Hennell, Sara Sophia" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 October 2013 .
^ John Fordham (4 August 2009). "Gwyneth Herbert: the door-to-door diva" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved 25 April 2011 .
^ Visiting Hackney accessed 10 May 2007
^ Music Hall history site accessed 10 May 2007
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^ Jessica Tandy's family to unveil plaque to commemorate star's Hackney birthplace 19 November 1998 accessed 10 May 2007
^ Observer A day in the life of British art 19 March 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 0-06-092331-8 .
^ 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
^ My School Sport: Phillips Idowu, 18 December 2007, The Guardian . Retrieved on 18 August 2009.
^ Anne Keothavong Biography accessed 13 May 2009