Notable Local Residents
- Author Eleanor Hibbert. Her best-known pseudonyms were Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, and Philippa Carr.
- Actor, comedian, author, broadcaster and political campaigner Tony Robinson
- Actor Terence Stamp
- Photographer David Bailey
- Singer Vera Lynn
- Athletics coach, sports commentator and TV Presenter Ron Pickering. Host of the BBC1 children's sports programme We Are the Champions 1973 to 1995
- Prison reformer, social reformer, Quaker, and Christian philanthropist Elizabeth Fry
- Surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister
- Actor Margaret Tyzack
- Actor Noele Gordon
- Guitarist Bert Weedon
- Film director, actor and writer Bryan Forbes
- Actor Perry Fenwick, who has played Billy Mitchell in EastEnders from 1998
- 1960s model Celia Hammond
- Singer Vanessa White - Member of girl band The Saturdays
- Actor and professional Cockney Danny Dyer, who has appeared in films including Human Traffic and The Football Factory
- Rapper Plan B
- Actress Carol Harrison who played Louise Raymond in EastEnders during the late 1990s
- Athlete Christine Ohuruogu
- Basketball paralympian and TV presenter Ade Adepitan
- Actor Idris Elba, star of The Wire and Obsessed and the title role of Detective John Luther in the BBC television show Luther.
- Actor, Jimmy Akingbola
- Singer and actor, David Essex
- Scriptwriter Johnny Speight
- Athlete, Mohammed Farah
- Footballer, Dennis Oli
- Footballer, Jermain Defoe
- Footballer, Sol Campbell
- Footballer, Mark Noble
- Comedienne, Andi Osho
- Dance Choreographer, Kymberlee Jay
- Karate Athlete, Molly Samuels (7 times World Champion)
- Bond girl, Honor Blackman
- Rapper, Ghetts
- Singer, and member of Sugababes, Jade Ewen
- Rapper, Singer-songwriter Mumzy Stranger
- Page 3 Model, Peta Todd
- Rap Group, Newham Generals
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Famous quotes containing the words notable, local and/or residents:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“There is the falsely mystical view of art that assumes a kind of supernatural inspiration, a possession by universal forces unrelated to questions of power and privilege or the artist’s relation to bread and blood. In this view, the channel of art can only become clogged and misdirected by the artist’s concern with merely temporary and local disturbances. The song is higher than the struggle.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)