List of people from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

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.
• 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.
• Ashley Cole footballer, played for Arsenal's invincibles; born in Stepney; attended Bow Boys School.
• Steve Conway singer (1920–1952), born in Bethnal Green.
• Donald Crisp Academy Award-winning actor; born in Bow.
• Ralph Fiennes actor; lives in Bethnal Green.
• 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.
• Ledley King former footballer; defender for Tottenham Hotspur; born in Bow.
• Oona King former Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow; political commentator.
• 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.
• Graham Norton comedian and television presenter; lives in Wapping.
• 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.
• Wiley grime musician, urban artist.
• Glen Wilkie (born 1977), League 1 football player.
• Amy Winehouse jazz singer-songwriter; had a flat in Bow.

See also

• List of mayors of Tower Hamlets
• List of people from London

References