List of people from Hackney
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
| Name | Notability | District[1] | Notes[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Aikin | FLS and founder of the Chemical Society of London | Hoxton | L |
| Revd George Collison | First President of Hackney Academy | Homerton | L |
| William Godwin | Political philosopher (studied) | Hoxton | L[3] |
| Philip Henry Gosse | Naturalist | De Beauvoir Town | L[4] |
| Edmond Halley | Astronomer | Haggerston | B[5] |
| George Loddiges | Horticulturalist and scientist | Hackney | L/I[6] |
| Sir Charles Martin FRS FRCS | Scientist; a director of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine | Dalston | B |
| Richard Price | Philosopher, mathematician, and first actuary | Newington Green | D[7] |
| Leonard Woolley | Archaeologist and discoverer of Ur | Upper Clapton | L[8] |
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, 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
| Name | Notability | District[1] | Notes[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Aske | Merchant and philanthropist | Hoxton | L |
| Sir John Harvey Jones | Businessman and television presenter | B | |
| Moses Montefiore | Financier and philanthropist | Stamford Hill | L |
| Samuel Rogers | Poet and banker | ||
| Nathan Meyer Rothschild | Financier | Stamford Hill | L |
| Alan, Lord Sugar | Businessman and celebrity | L |
Crime
| Name | Notability | District[1] | Notes[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald and Reginald Kray | Crime gang leaders | Hoxton | B |
| Dick Turpin | Highwayman, plied his trade | Kingsland Road and in Stoke Newington |
L |
Engineering and technology
| Name | Notability | District[1] | Notes[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Francis Beaufort | Hydrographer | Buried in Saint John's Church Gardens. Hackney Central |
D |
| Joseph Priestley | Chemist and philosopher | Preached at the Gravel Pit Meeting in Homerton, lived in Lower Clapton |
L[21] |
Journalism and the media
| Name | Notability | District[1] | Notes[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Bates | Feminist writer and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project | Hackney | L |
| Benjamin Cohen | Internet entrepreneur and journalist | Hoxton | L[22] |
| Mel Calman | Cartoonist and writer | Stamford Hill | B[23] |
| Robert Crampton | Journalist | South Hackney | L[24] |
| Trevor Nelson | DJ (and MBE) | Hoxton | L |
Literature
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Mary Wollstonecraft, (c. 1797); a painting by John Opie
Medicine
- John Aikin, physician and author (Evenings at Home), brother of ALB
- Silvanus Bevan (1691–1765), apothecary and Fellow of the Royal Society
- Edith Cavell, nurse and spy executed in Belgium in 1915, worked at St Leonard's Hospital
- John Coakley Lettsome, Quaker physician and abolitionist
- James Parkinson, physician and researcher; known for identifying Parkinson's Disease; lived in Hoxton
- Hannah Woolley, (1622 – c.1675) writer, amateur physician and advocate for female education; opened a school in Hackney
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
| Name | Notability | District[1] | Notes[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Booth | founder of the Salvation Army | Stoke Newington | B (buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington) |
| Vicesimus Knox | Anglican pacifist | Hoxton | L |
| Isaac Watts | Theologian, logician, and hymn writer | Stoke Newington | L |
| Jabez Whiteley | Anglican missionary, and first Bishop of Chota Nagpur | Hoxton | B |
- 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:
- Richard Price, political radical who preached on the French and American Revolutions (see Revolution Controversy)
- Thomas Rees, a leading authority of the history of Unitarianism, and made connections with the Unitarian Church of Transylvania
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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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. 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
- ↑ http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/08/teen-wolf-season-3-spoilers-what-to-expect-from-showrunner-jeff-davis.html
- ↑ http://remotecontrol.mtv.com/2014/03/26/teen-wolf-daniel-sharman-leaving/
- ↑ 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
- ↑ (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
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