List of people from the London Borough of Lambeth
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Among those who were born in the London Borough of Lambeth, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):
- Naveen Andrews, actor, born in Lambeth in 1969
- Elias Ashmole, alchemist, died in Lambeth in 1692
- William Blake, religious visionary, poet and artist
- Daniel Bott, Mayor of Strathfield, born in Lambeth
- David Bowie, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, and actor
- Jamal Campbell-Ryce, professional footballer for Carlisle United FC, born in Lambeth
- Charlie Chaplin, film actor and comedian, spent his early life in Lambeth
- Gordon Comstock, fictional poet from George Orwell's book Keep the Aspidistra Flying
- John Doulton and Sir Henry Doulton, founded pottery company Royal Doulton in Lambeth
- Kieran Gibbs, professional footballer, currently playing for Arsenal FC, born in Lambeth
- Christopher Newman Hall, founded the Christ Church complex in Lambeth of which only the Lincoln Memorial Tower survives today
- Ken Livingstone, former London Mayor, born in Lambeth in 1945
- Rob Lord, composer of music for films, TV and computer games
- Geoff Marshall, video producer and presenter; born in Lambeth
- W. Somerset Maugham, completed his training in obstetrics in Lambeth and used that experience as the basis for his novel Liza of Lambeth
- Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
- Elliot Rodger, perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings, born in Lambeth in 1991
- Carl McCoy, frontman for gothic rock band Fields of the Nephilim, born there in 1963
- F. B. Meyer, pastored Christ Church in Lambeth
- William Chester Minor, major contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary; while living at Lambeth, he murdered George Merrett, for which crime he was found criminally insane and confined for the rest of his life at Broadmoor[1]
- John Nash, architect and urbanist, born in Lambeth in 1752
- Akai Osei, street dancer; winner of Got To Dance; born in Lambeth
- Scott Parker, professional footballer for West Ham United FC, born in Lambeth
- Shirley Pitts (1934–1992), English fraudster and thief, the "queen of shoplifters", born on the Lambeth Walk
- Guy Pratt, bass guitarist, born in Lambeth
- Tony Selby, actor, born 1942, played Corporal Marsh in the comedy series Get Some In (ITV 1975 to 1978); starred in Eastenders, Dr Who, The Good Life, and Bless This House
- Katie Seymour, Gaiety Theatre dancer, Lambeth resident
- Charlie Smirke, Derby-winning jockey, born in Lambeth
- Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, born in Lambeth in 1842
- Edward Thomas, poet, born in Lambeth
- Arthur Tooth, ritualist clergyman in the Church of England, curate of St. Mary's Lambeth in 1863
- Harriet Vernon, music hall performer and principal boy; born in Lambeth in 1858
References
- ^ The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester, HarperPerennial, New York, 1998, trade paperback. (The original British edition is titled The Surgeon of Crowthorne.)
