Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are:
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- Devlin â Grime MC
- Françoise Dior â French-born Nazi, arrested 1967
- Diversity â street dance group who won Britain's Got Talent in 2009
- Job Drain â soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in 1914
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- David Howell Evans (aka "The Edge") â popular music musician.
- Ethelburga (d. c.680 AD) â first Abbess of Barking Abbey
- Daisy Evans â singer, past member of S Club Juniors
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- Zain Qaiser â "most prolific cyber criminal to be sentenced in the UK"
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- Alf Ramsey â 1966 World Cup winning football manager with England
- Richard of Barking â Abbot of Westminster (died 1246)
- Jo Richardson â former Member of Parliament for Barking; Shadow Spokesman for Women's Rights, 1983âÂÂ1992
- Jesse Roast â footballer
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- Daniel Tammet â writer
- John Terry â former professional footballer
- Paul Terry â former professional footballer
- The Tremeloes â band formed by classmates Alan Howard and Brian Poole
- Dave Trott â former chairman and Executive Creative Director of The Gate London, copywriter, blogger and author
- Wes Thomas â professional footballer with Oxford United F.C.
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- Terry Venables â former professional footballer and manager
- Sir Cornelius Vermuyden â 17th-century Dutch drainage engineer; contracted by the Essex Sewer Commissioners to repair breaches in the Thames riverbank at Dagenham
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Z
- Bobby Zamora â professional footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
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