List of people from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are:

A

• Les Allen – former footballer and manager
• Tony Adams – footballer

B

• Giles Barnes – professional footballer for Vancouver Whitecaps
• Adam Barrett – professional footballer for Southend United F.C.
• Rev. Abraham Blackborne – one of the longest-serving vicars of Dagenham
• Mark Blackhall – professional footballer
• Jamie Borthwick – actor
• Billy Bragg – alternative rock musician
• Sir Trevor Brooking – former professional footballer with West Ham
• James Buckley - Actor, born in Croydon, but grew up in Dagenham
• Max Bygraves – musician, moved to the area in 1945

C

• George Carey – Lord Carey of Clifton Archbishop of Canterbury
• Henry Chilver (Lord Chilver) – vice-chancellor of Cranfield Institute of Technology; Chair of Milton Keynes Development Corporation
• Captain James Cook – married in Barking in 1762

D

• Devlin – Grime MC
• Françoise Dior – French-born Nazi, arrested 1967
• Diversity – street dance group who won Britain's Got Talent in 2009
• Job Drain – soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in 1914

E

• David Howell Evans (aka "The Edge") – popular music musician.
• Ethelburga (d. c.680 AD) – first Abbess of Barking Abbey
• Daisy Evans – singer, past member of S Club Juniors

F

• John Farnham – Australian singer; born in Dagenham
• Mark Frost (born 1962) – cricketer
• Nick Frost – actor, comedian and screenwriter
• Elizabeth Fry – prison reformer

G

• Paul Gbegbaje – Britain's Got Talent 2011 finalist
• Stephen Gray – cricketer

H

• Eva Hart – child survivor of RMS Titanic disaster
• Danny-Boy Hatchard – actor
• Barry Hearn – sporting events promoter; Chairman of Leyton Orient F.C. and the Professional Darts Corporation
• William Hope – soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross in 1857 for bravery during Crimean War
• Rochelle Humes – television personality and singer
• Neil Humphreys – author
• Myke Hurley – podcaster and co-founder of podcast network Relay FM

I

• IMD Legion – street dance troupe, contestants on Got To Dance and Britain's Got Talent

J

• Phill Jupitus – comedian, grew up in Barking
• Elliot Justham – professional footballer

K

• Ross Kemp – actor, born in Barking
• Paul Konchesky – footballer, born in Barking

L

• Jason Leonard – professional rugby union player, 2003 Rugby World Cup winner
• Vera Lynn – voted the most popular singer in 1939
• Lethbridge, Charlotte - a young writer, published a book named “Lucy and the time portal”

M

• Megan McKenna – reality television personality
• McLean – singer
• Kevin Mitchell – boxer
• Bobby Moore – former professional footballer with West Ham; 1966 World Cup winner as captain of England
• Dudley Moore – international film star and musician
• Dean Marney – professional footballer with Burnley F.C.
• Yunus Musah - professional footballer with Valencia CF and USMNT

O

• Conor Okus – professional footballer
• Hank Osasuna – actor and performance artist who grew up in Chadwell Heath
• Ayo Oyelola - NFL Safety.

P

• Sara Pascoe – writer, stand-up comedian and actress
• Joseph Pearce – biographer, writer and professor; lives in New Hampshire, United States
• Stevo Pearce – owner of Some Bizzare Records
• Martin Peters – footballer, World Cup winner in 1966 with England
• Daniel Potts – professional footballer for Luton Town
• Potter Payper - UK Rapper
• Darren Pratley – footballer currently playing for Bolton Wanderers

Q

• Zain Qaiser – "most prolific cyber criminal to be sentenced in the UK"

R

• Alf Ramsey – 1966 World Cup winning football manager with England
• Richard of Barking – Abbot of Westminster (died 1246)
• Jo Richardson – former Member of Parliament for Barking; Shadow Spokesman for Women's Rights, 1983–1992
• Jesse Roast – footballer

S

• Brian Saah – footballer, born in Rush Green
• Sandie Shaw – singer, won Eurovision Song Contest in 1967
• Anne Shelton – singing star of the 1940s and 1950s
• Stacey Solomon – 2009 X-Factor finalist; winner of the British version of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here in 2010
• Jessamy Stoddart – stage and television actress

T

• Daniel Tammet – writer
• John Terry – former professional footballer
• Paul Terry – former professional footballer
• The Tremeloes – band formed by classmates Alan Howard and Brian Poole
• Dave Trott – former chairman and Executive Creative Director of The Gate London, copywriter, blogger and author
• Wes Thomas – professional footballer with Oxford United F.C.

V

• Terry Venables – former professional footballer and manager
• Sir Cornelius Vermuyden – 17th-century Dutch drainage engineer; contracted by the Essex Sewer Commissioners to repair breaches in the Thames riverbank at Dagenham

W

• King William I – stayed at Barking Abbey in 1066 and 1067 while the Tower of London was being constructed
• Norma Winstone – jazz singer
• Richard Wisker – actor, singer
• Mary Wollstonecraft – early feminist

Z

• Bobby Zamora – professional footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

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