List of people from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are:

A
  • Les Allen – former footballer and manager
  • Tony Adams – footballer

B

C

D
  • Devlin – Grime MC
  • Françoise Dior – French-born Nazi, arrested 1967
  • Diversity – street dance group who won Britain's Got Talent in 2009
  • Job Drain – soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in 1914
  • Devon Willoughby – young entrepreneur

E
  • David Howell Evans (aka "The Edge") – popular music musician.
  • Ethelburga (d. c.680 AD) – first Abbess of Barking Abbey
  • Daisy Evans – singer, past member of S Club Juniors

F

G

H

I

J

K

L
  • Jason Leonard – professional rugby union player, 2003 Rugby World Cup winner
  • Vera Lynn – voted the most popular singer in 1939[3]

M

O
  • Conor Okus – professional footballer
  • Hank Osasuna – actor and performance artist who grew up in Chadwell Heath

P

Q
  • Zain Qaiser – "most prolific cyber criminal to be sentenced in the UK"

R
  • Alf Ramsey – 1966 World Cup winning football manager with England
  • Richard of Barking – Abbot of Westminster (died 1246)
  • Jo Richardson – former Member of Parliament for Barking; Shadow Spokesman for Women's Rights, 1983–1992

S

T
  • Daniel Tammet – writer
  • John Terry – former professional footballer
  • Paul Terry – former professional footballer
  • The Tremeloes – band formed by classmates Alan Howard and Brian Poole[13]
  • Dave Trott – former Chairman and Executive Creative Director of The Gate London, copywriter, blogger and author
  • Wes Thomas – professional footballer with Oxford United F.C.

V
  • Terry Venables – former professional footballer and manager
  • Sir Cornelius Vermuyden – 17th-century Dutch drainage engineer; contracted by the Essex Sewer Commissioners to repair breaches in the Thames riverbank at Dagenham

W

Z
  • Bobby Zamora – professional footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

References
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  2. Deborah Ross (11 November 2002). "Billy Bragg: Rebel with a cause". London: The Independent. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  3. Anon 2009a, p. 1.
  4. McKeown, Pat (25 July 2012). "Lord Chilver obituary". The Guardian. London.
  5. "Famous 18th-century people in Barking and Dagenham" (PDF), Local Studies Information Sheets, Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, 2008, retrieved 9 January 2010
  6. "Player profile: Mark Frost". CricketArchiv'l[pplplp.[#'e. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  7. "Elizabeth Fry" (PDF), Local Studies Information Sheets, Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, 2007, retrieved 9 January 2010
  8. Anon 2009b, p. 1
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  10. Jeff Powell (2006). Bobby Moore: The Life and Times of a Sporting Hero. Anova.
  11. "Yunus Musah's USMNT call-up and Valencia starting role are no fluke". ESPN.com. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  12. Marc Almond (2000). Tainted Life. Sidgwick & Jackson. p. 98.
  13. Anon 2009a, p. 2
  14. Anon 2009b, p. 2
Bibliography
  • Anon (2009a), "Singers and Musicians" (PDF), Local Studies Information Sheets, Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, retrieved 9 January 2010
  • Anon (2009b), "Famous women of Barking and Dagenham" (PDF), Local Studies Information Sheets, Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council, retrieved 9 January 2010
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