Kentish Town - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • Mike Barson, the keyboardist of the British pop/ska band Madness
  • Sian Berry, Green Party politician and 2008 Green Party candidate for London Mayor.
  • Archie Bland, journalist, writer and Deputy Editor of The Independent newspaper
  • Tom Conti, actor
  • Giles Coren, restaurant critic
  • Hunter Davies, writer
  • Simon Day, comedian
  • Noel Fielding, comedian
  • Mr Hudson, singer
  • Margaret Forster, writer
  • Ben Goldacre, medical doctor and journalist
  • Eddy Grant, reggae and rock artist
  • Patricia Hewitt, former Secretary of State for Health
  • Bert Jansch, folk musician
  • Jim Jeffries, comedian
  • Tessa Jowell, Olympics Minister
  • Roger Lloyd Pack, actor
  • Karl Marx, 19th century political philosopher.
  • Scott Mills, Radio 1 DJ
  • Harry Mount, historian, barrister and journalist.
  • Henry Neele, poet
  • Mohamed Nur, Mayor of Mogadishu
  • Gareth Peirce, solicitor
  • Lucy Porter, comedian
  • Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian newspaper
  • Ibrahim Sharif, Deputy Mayor of Mogadishu
  • Jon Snow, TV journalist
  • Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions
  • Jim Sturgess, Actor and Musician
  • R N Taber, Poet

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