List of people from the London Borough of Hackney explained

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Hackney, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category):

Notable residents

Key to "Notes" in tables below regarding the residents' affiliation to Hackney
LetterDescription
BIndicates that the subject was born in Hackney.
DIndicates that the resident died in Hackney.
IIndicates that the subject is buried in Hackney.
LIndicates that the resident lived in Hackney.
Reference citations in the "Notes" column refer to the information in the entire row.

Academia and research

People from Hackney in academia and research
NameNotabilityDistrict{{refn|group=nb|name="Localityunavailable"|Entries with no sourced locality (district) of residence available are marked with a "?".}}Notes
Carol AdamsFirst chief executive of the General Teaching Council for EnglandL
Arthur AikinFLS and founder of the Chemical Society of LondonHoxtonL
Revd George CollisonFirst president of Hackney AcademyHomertonL
William GodwinPolitical philosopher (studied)HoxtonL[1]
Philip Henry GosseNaturalistDe Beauvoir TownL[2]
Edmond HalleyAstronomerHaggerstonB[3]
George LoddigesHorticulturalist and scientistHackneyL/I[4]
Sir Charles Martin FRS FRCSScientist; a director of the Lister Institute of Preventive MedicineDalstonB
Richard PricePhilosopher, mathematician, and first actuaryNewington GreenD[5]
Leonard WoolleyArchaeologist and discoverer of UrUpper ClaptonL[6]

Arts and entertainment

Business and finance

People from Hackney in business and finance
NameNotabilityDistrictNotes
Robert AskeMerchant and philanthropistHoxtonL
Sir John Harvey JonesBusinessman and television presenterB
Moses MontefioreFinancier and philanthropistStamford HillL
Emma ObanyeBusinesswoman, entrepreneurL
Samuel RogersPoet and banker
Nathan Meyer RothschildFinancierStamford HillL
Alan, Lord SugarBusinessman and celebrityClaptonL

Crime

People from Hackney with criminal notoriety
NameNotabilityDistrictNotes
Ronald and Reginald KrayCrime gang leadersHaggerstonB
Dick TurpinHighwayman, plied his tradeKingsland Road and
in Stoke Newington
L

Engineering and technology

People from Hackney in engineering and technology
NameNotabilityDistrictNotes
Sir Francis BeaufortHydrographerBuried in Saint John's Church Gardens.
Hackney Central
D
Jean Charles de MenezesElectrician wrongly accused of a crime; shot dead by police in 2005
Joseph PriestleyChemist and philosopherPreached at the Gravel Pit Meeting in
Homerton, lived in Lower Clapton
L[23]

Journalism and the media

People from Hackney in journalism and the media
NameNotabilityDistrictNotes
Laura BatesFeminist writer and founder of the Everyday Sexism ProjectHackneyL
Mel CalmanCartoonist and writerStamford HillB[24]
Benjamin CohenInternet entrepreneur and journalistHoxtonL[25]
Robert CramptonJournalistSouth HackneyL[26]
Trevor NelsonDJ (and MBE)HoxtonL
Donald ZecJournalistAttended Upton House Secondary School, HomertonL[27]

Literature

People from Hackney in literature
NameNotabilityDistrictNotes
Grace AguilarWriterHoxtonB
Lucy AikinBiographer, daughter of John AikinL
Talbot Baines ReedWriterHackneyB
Anna Laetitia BarbauldPoet, buried in Saint Mary's ChurchStoke NewingtonL/I[28]
Alexander BaronWriter
(works include The Lowlife, set in the area)
Hackney Downs SchoolL[29]
James BurghWriter, educationalist and philosopherL[30]
Rosa Nouchette CareyChildren's novelistTryons RoadL[31]
Daniel DefoeWriter and spy (educated)Stoke NewingtonL[32]
Siobhan DowdAuthorHaggerstonL
Sir Edmund GossePoet, author and criticDe Beauvoir TownB[33]
Kate GreenawayChildren's illustratorHoxtonL[34]
William HazlittWriter (educated)HomertonL
Mary HowittPoet and translatorUpper ClaptonL
Mary LambWriter, including co-author of Tales from ShakespeareHackneyL
Harold PinterPlaywright and Nobel Prize winnerHackney Downs SchoolB[35]
Edgar Allan PoeWriter (educated)Stoke NewingtonL[36]
Samuel RogersPoet and bankerL
Michael RosenChildren's Laureate 2007–2009DalstonL[37]
Iain SinclairWriterHaggerstonL
Mary WollstonecraftReformer and writer, mother of Mary ShelleyNewington GreenL[38]

Medicine

Politics and government

Religion

People from Hackney in religion
NameNotabilityDistrictNotes
William BoothFounder of the Salvation ArmyStoke NewingtonB (buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington)
Leslie FlintDirect-voice mediumSalvation Army Maternity HospitalB (buried in Hove Cemetery in Hove, East Sussex)
Vicesimus KnoxAnglican pacifistHoxtonL
Isaac WattsTheologian, logician, and hymn writerStoke NewingtonL
Jabez WhiteleyAnglican missionary, and first bishop of Chota NagpurHoxtonB

Sport

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chronology of Godwin's Life . Anarchy Archives . 10 May 2007.
  2. Web site: Philip Henry Gosse (56 Mortimer Road, N1) . 15 June 2010 . Hackney Council . 19 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160209014624/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-philip-henry-gosse.htm . 9 February 2016.
  3. Book: Cook, Alan H. . Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas . Oxford . Clarendon Press . 1998 . 978-0-19850-031-5.
  4. Book: Loddiges, George . Loddiges . The Botanical Cabinet . London . 1817–1833.
  5. Web site: Richard Price . O'Connor . J. J. . Robertson . E. F. . November 2004 . . 20 March 2009 . 13 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090413101730/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Price.html . dead.
  6. Web site: Sir Leonard Woolley (13 Southwold Road) . 28 February 2007 . Hackney Council . 19 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090101004938/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-leonard-woolley.htm . 1 January 2009.
  7. Web site: From council estate to Tardis: rise of the Timelord's sidekick . Jury . Louise . 23 March 2007 . . 18 September 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071019000735/http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2383877.ece . 19 October 2007.
  8. News: Steven Berkoff: The real East Enders . Coveney . Michael . 4 January 2007 . The Independent . 10 May 2007.
  9. Web site: Marc Bolan (25 Stoke Newington Common) . 28 February 2007 . Hackney Council . 19 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090101005434/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-marc-bolan-2.htm . 1 January 2009.
  10. Web site: Pallett. Ray. Past Articles & Features . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160731110936/https://www.memorylane.org.uk/file/Past_Articles.html. 2016-07-31. 2021-09-20. Memory Lane.
  11. Web site: Hennell, Sara Sophia (1812–1899) . Elisabeth . Jay . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . 22 October 2013.
  12. News: Gwyneth Herbert: the door-to-door diva . John Fordham (jazz critic) . John . Fordham . 4 August 2009 . . London . 25 April 2011.
  13. Web site: Visiting Hackney . Hackney Council . 10 May 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080102230509/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/visit/data/vi_vill4.htm . 2 January 2008.
  14. Web site: Index entry. FreeBMD. ONS. 2 February 2022.
  15. News: 5 July 1940. Notice. 4137. The London Gazette. 2 February 2022.
  16. Web site: Marie Lloyd . Morris . Paul . The English Music Hall . 10 May 2007.
  17. Web site: 'Teen Wolf' Season 3: 10 things to expect from showrunner Jeff Davis . Carina Adly . MacKenzie . 14 August 2012 . . 28 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130804195759/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/08/teen-wolf-season-3-spoilers-what-to-expect-from-showrunner-jeff-davis.html . 4 August 2013.
  18. Web site: It’s True…Daniel Sharman Is Leaving 'Teen Wolf,' And This Is How We Feel About It . Donnelly . Matthew Scott . 26 March 2014 . MTV.com . 4 February 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140330072756/http://remotecontrol.mtv.com/2014/03/26/teen-wolf-daniel-sharman-leaving/ . 30 March 2014.
  19. Sirtis . Marina . Marina_Sirtis . 984963302475345933 . 13 April 2018 . I was born in 'Ackney and grew up in Harringay. Went to school in Tottenham. . 4 February 2019.
  20. Web site: Jessica Tandy's family to unveil plaque to commemorate star's Hackney birthplace . 19 November 1998 . Hackney Council . 10 May 2007.
  21. News: A day in the life of British art . Collings . Matthew . 19 March 2000 . . 10 May 2007.
  22. Web site: Biography . Ray Winstone . 10 May 2007.
  23. Web site: Joseph Priestley (113 Lower Clapton Road & Ram Place, E9) . 28 February 2007 . Hackney Council . 19 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090101004933/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-joseph-priestley.htm . 1 January 2009.
  24. Web site: Mel Calman (64 Linthorpe Road) . 28 February 2007 . Hackney Council . 19 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090101005445/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-mel-calman.htm . 1 January 2009.
  25. Web site: Legal fight over iTunes UK domain . 5 August 2005 . BBC News . 20 March 2009.
  26. News: Tackle a hoody – like Dave doesn't . Crampton . Robert . 29 March 2007 . . 12 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604183132/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article1582264.ece . 4 June 2011.
  27. Web site: Donald Zec obituary . 8 September 2021 . The Times . 23 October 2021.
  28. Web site: Anna Laetitia Barbauld (113 Stoke Newington Church Street) . 28 February 2007 . Hackney Council . 19 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090101004343/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-anna-laetitia-baubald.htm . 1 January 2009.
  29. Web site: Worpole . Ken . Alexander Baron: 'The Lowlife' – 1963 . London fictions . 30 November 2019.
  30. Web site: Lysons . Daniel . Stoke Newington . British History Online . 30 November 2019.
  31. Web site: Carey, Rosa Nouchette (1840–1909) . Mitchell . Charlotte . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 1 June 2011 . subscription.
  32. Web site: Daniel Defoe (95 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16) . 28 February 2007 . Hackney Council . 19 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090101005354/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-daniel-defoe.htm . 1 January 2009.
  33. Web site: Edmund William Gosse . The Open University: Making Britain . 30 November 2019.
  34. Web site: Kate Greenaway (1 Cavendish Street, off New North Road) . 28 February 2007 . Hackney Council . 19 August 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622035825/http://www.hackney.gov.uk/ep-kate-greenaway.htm . 22 June 2008.
  35. News: Harold Pinter (1930–2008) . 22 July 2008 . The Guardian . 28 September 2009.
  36. Book: Silverman, Kenneth . Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance . Kenneth Silverman . Harper Perennial . New York . Paperback . 1991 . 16–18 . 0-06-092331-8 . registration .
  37. Michael Rosen: Interview . 9 July 2007 . . 28 September 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607122113/http://www.timeout.com/london/kids/features/3155/Michael_Rosen-Interview.html . 7 June 2011.
  38. Web site: Tomaselli . Sylvana . Mary Wollstonecraft . The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2018 Edition) . Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University . 30 November 2019.
  39. News: Tony's career in property . Ashworth . Anne . 4 May 2007 . The Times . 18 January 2010 . subscription.
  40. Web site: Sir Randal Cremer . 2003 . Nobel-winners.com . 18 January 2010.
  41. Web site: Jesus Caritas News & Archive of the Spiritual Family of Charles de Foucauld . 4 March 2019.
  42. https://www.britishfencing.com/peter-hobson/
  43. News: My School Sport: Phillips Idowu . Davies . Gareth A. . 18 December 2007 . . 18 August 2009.
  44. Web site: Anne Keothavong Biography . annekeothavong.co.uk . 13 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305084433/http://www.annekeothavong.co.uk/profile . 5 March 2012.
  45. News: Lawrence Okolie: Boxer talks being bullied at school, losing seven stone and building his confidence . Kal . Sajad . 16 November 2017. 6 February 2021.
  46. News: Hackney kick-boxer Michael Page set to make boxing debut . Jacob . Ranson . 6 September 2017 . Hackney Gazette . 4 February 2019.