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.^[1]
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.^[2]
Ashley Cole – footballer, played for Arsenal's invincibles; born in Stepney; attended Bow Boys School.
Steve Conway – singer (1920–1952), born in Bethnal Green.^[3]
Donald Crisp – Academy Award-winning actor; born in Bow.
Ralph Fiennes – actor; lives in Bethnal Green.^[4]
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.^[5]
Ledley King – former footballer; defender for Tottenham Hotspur; born in Bow.
Oona King – former Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow; political commentator.^[6]
Eddie Marsan – actor; grew up in Bethnal Green.
Charlie McDonnell – comedian and musician; YouTube personality; shares a flat in Bow.
Ian McKellen – award-winning actor; lives in Limehouse.
Margaret Moran – former Labour MP for Luton South.^[7]
Graham Norton – comedian and television presenter; lives in Wapping.^[8]
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.^[9]
Wiley – grime musician, urban artist.
Glen Wilkie (born 1977), League 1 football player.^[10]
Amy Winehouse – jazz singer-songwriter; had a flat in Bow.

References

^ "Bare-Knuckle Fighter". Antiques Roadshow Detectives. Series 1. Episode 3. 8 April 2015. BBC Television. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
^ Mitchell, Charlotte (2004). "Carey, Rosa Nouchette (1840–1909)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32288. Retrieved 12 September 2011. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ McKinstry, Leo (20 March 2014). "An ode to Steve Conway, Britain's forgotten balladeer". The Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
^ MacBain, Hamish (21 March 2019). "My London: Ralph Fiennes". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^ Jeffries, Stuart (29 September 2010). "Isaac Julien's angel of Morecambe". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ "Home". Oona King. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
^ Ward, Victoria (13 October 2010). "Margaret Moran: a controversial career". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ Sunday Mirror 4 March 2001. (source: Highbeam).
^ Canessa, Joey (19 October 2005). "My Home: Danny Wallace, Comedian". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ Glen Wilkie Statistics, www.soccerbase.com – The Internet Soccer Database. Retrieved on 10 July 2007.