List of people from the London Borough of Newham

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

Notable people associated with Newham

• Ade Adepitan, British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player
• Terngu Agera (Mover), rapper from Custom House
• Chuba Akpom, footballer
• Chuks Aneke, footballer
• Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Labour Party politician
• Jim Barrett, footballer
• Wally Bellett, footballer
• Honor Blackman, actress
• Reece Burke, footballer
• Clive Burr, musician
• Charlie Colkett, footballer for Chelsea F.C.
• Jermain Defoe, footballer
• Kristian Digby, television presenter
• Danny Dyer, actor
• Stan Earle, footballer
• Idris Elba, actor
• Medy Elito, footballer
• Perry Fenwick, actor
• Bryan Forbes, actor, screenwriter, film producer
• Ernie Gregory, footballer
• Peter Grotier, footballer
• Walter Hancock, inventor
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet
• Luke Howard, meteorologist
• Chris Hughton, ex-footballer and manager of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
• Henry Hughton, ex-footballer with Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient
• Tony Jarrett, Olympic gold-medal sprint and hurdling athlete
• Matt Johnson, singer songwriter
• Anna Kingsford, theosophist and author
• Nina Frances Layard, archaeologist and poet
• Joan Littlewood, director of the Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal
• Dame Vera Lynn, singer
• Stephen Mulhern, television presenter, entertainer, and former magician
• Dawn Neesom, journalist
• Mark Noble, footballer and captain of West Ham United
• Christine Ohuruogu, Olympic gold-medal winning sprinter
• Godfrey Poku, footballer
• Dominic Poleon, footballer
• Tony Rivers, singer
• Steve John Shepherd, actor
• Gwyneth Strong, actor
• Tinchy Stryder, rapper
• Crazy Titch, rapper
• Tony Way, actor
• David Webb, footballer
• Bert Weedon, guitarist
• Vanessa White, singer with The Saturdays
• Benjamin Zephaniah, dub poet

Note that William Shakespeare did not come from Stratford, Newham, but from Stratford-upon-Avon, which is known simply as "Stratford" to many people.