Notable People
- Beryl Bainbridge lived in Albert Street from the 1960s until her death in 2010.
- Playwright Alan Bennett has lived in Gloucester Crescent for the last forty years.
- Anthony Head (actor/singer) was born here.
- Physicist, mathematician, and engineer Oliver Heaviside was born in Camden Town.
- The painter Walter Sickert lived and worked as part of the Camden Town Group in Mornington Crescent. In 1908 he painted a group of four paintings entitled collectively The Camden Town Murder, in referernce to the notorious Camden Town Murder case of 1907.
- Poet Dylan Thomas owned a house at 54 Delancey Street from 1951 until his death in 1953. There is a plaque on the house today.
- Jazz singer Amy Winehouse lived in Camden Town and was a regular visitor. She was found dead in her Camden Square home in July 2011.
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