List of people from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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This is a list of notable people associated with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England.
- Kia Abdullah – author; born in Mile End, went to school in Bow.
- Damon Albarn – singer-songwriter for bands Blur, Gorillaz; born in Whitechapel.
- Joe Anderson – 'All England' boxing champion of 1897.[1]
- Cheryl Baker – member of Bucks Fizz, winners of the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, grew up in Roman Road, Bethnal Green.
- Danny Boyle – film director, producer and screenwriter; lives in Mile End.
- Andy Lee (boxer) – Professional Boxer; born in Bow.
- Rosa Nouchette Carey – children's novelist; born in Stratford-le-Bow.[2]
- Ashley Cole – footballer, played for Arsenal's invincibles; born in Stepney; attended Bow Boys School.
- Steve Conway – singer (1920–1952), born in Bethnal Green.[3]
- Donald Crisp – Academy Award-winning actor; born in Bow.
- Ralph Fiennes – actor; lives in Bethnal Green.[4]
- Clara Grant – educational pioneer and social reformer.
- John Granville Harkness – Major-General in the British Army of the Victorian era.
- Peter Green – guitarist and songwriter, founder of Fleetwood Mac; born in Mile End.
- Perry Groves – footballer, played for Arsenal; born in Bow.
- Felicity Jones – actress, lives in Bethnal Green.
- Isaac Julien – artist, raised in Bow.[5]
- Ledley King – former footballer; defender for Tottenham Hotspur; born in Bow.
- Oona King – former Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow; political commentator.[6]
- Eddie Marsan – actor; grew up in Bethnal Green.
- Charlotte McDonnell – comedian and musician; YouTube personality; shared a flat in Bow.
- Ian McKellen – award-winning actor; lives in Limehouse.
- Margaret Moran – former Labour MP for Luton South.[7]
- Graham Norton – comedian and television presenter; lives in Wapping.[8]
- Sylvia Pankhurst – suffragette and social campaigner.
- Lutfur Rahman – former Mayor of Tower Hamlets (2010-2015; lives in Whitechapel.
- Harry Redknapp – former footballer; manager, Queens Park Rangers.
- Dizzee Rascal – grime musician.
- John Robertson – Premier of New South Wales, Australia, on five occasions between 1881 and 1886; born in Bow.
- Tinchy Stryder – grime musician.
- Joakim Sundström – Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician; has a flat south of Bow.
- Danny Wallace – filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television; lives in Bow.[9]
- Wiley – grime musician, urban artist.
- Glen Wilkie (born 1977), League 1 football player.[10]
- Amy Winehouse – jazz singer-songwriter; had a flat in Bow.
- Bonnie Wright – actress.
