List of people from the London Borough of Islington
Among those who were born in the London Borough of Islington, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):
- Douglas Adams, writer, lived on Arlington Avenue and Duncan Terrace, later renting his house to comedian Angus Deayton
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, actor born in Islington
- Lily Allen, singer and daughter of actor Keith Allen
- Nadia Almada, first transsexual winner of Big Brother
- Tash Aw, Whitbread Book Award-winning author
- Julian Barratt and Julia Davis
- Nina Bawden, author, has lived in Islington for many years
- James Beck, actor, was born there
- Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the UK, lived at 1 Richmond Crescent before moving to Downing Street
- Helena Bonham Carter, actress
- Jay Bothroyd, footballer
- Jim Broadbent, actor, lives in the area
- Jonny Buckland, lead guitarist of the band Coldplay
- Alexandra Burke, singer and winner of The X Factor
- Kathy Burke, actor and director, lives in Islington
- Elaine Lordan, actor, appeared on EastEnders as Lynne Slater
- Asa Butterfield, actor
- Neve Campbell, Canadian actor
- Jimmy Carr, comedian
- Natalie Cassidy, actress, was born and raised in Islington
- John Chapple, one of the last Field Marshals of Great Britain and Governor of Gibraltar
- J. Smeaton Chase (1864–1923), travel writer and photographer who wrote about California; buried in Palm Springs, California
- Caroline Chisholm, lived at 32 Charlton Place[1]
- Sorcha Cusack, actor
- Charles Dance, OBE, actor, screenwriter and director
- Phil Daniels, actor
- Alan Davies, actor and comedian, Jonathan Creek and Bob and Rose, lives in Highbury
- Dido, singer, born in Islington and owns a property there
- Daisy Edgar-Jones, actress
- Colin Firth, Academy Award-winning actor[2]
- Edwin Flack (1873–1935), athlete and tennis player
- Jonathan Fortune, Sheffield United F.C. footballer, born in Islington
- John Foxx, electronic musician and first Ultravox singer, lived there in the 1970s
- Peaches Geldof, daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates
- John Glascock (1951–1979), (musician), bassist of Carmen from 1971–1974 and Jethro Tull from 1975–1979, born and raised in Islington
- Kate Greenaway, children's writer and book illustrator, lived at 147 Upper Street for 20 years before moving to Holloway
- Jonas Grimås, film and television director
- Teriy Keys, music executive, entrepreneur, founder and co-chief executive officer of R.O.A.D. Group
- Tony Hadley, lead singer, Spandau Ballet, born in Islington in 1960
- Edmund Halley, Astronomer Royal and discoverer of Halley's Comet lived in Islington (exact location unknown) from 1665
- Charlie G. Hawkins, actor, Darren Miller in EastEnders
- Isabel Hilton, journalist and broadcaster
- William Hogarth, artist, born in Bartholomew Close in 1697, spent his early years in Islington
- Darryl Hunt, bass player, The Pogues
- Edward Irving, founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church, lived in Claremont Square
- Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, musician
- Ian Jack, writer and journalist
- Valda James, the first black woman elected to Islington Council and the first black mayor of Islington.
- Boris Johnson, MP Former Mayor of London
- Semothy Jones, songwriter/record producer, grew up in Holloway
- Churchill Julius, lived at 44 Milner Square in 1881, vicar of Holy Trinity Islington, went on to become Archbishop of New Zealand
- George Julius, lived at 44 Milner Square in 1881, invented the world's first automatic totalisator
- Noah Jupe, actor in the movie Wonder. [3]
- Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet, born in Islington, lived on Elmore Street
- Skandar Keynes, actor The Chronicles of Narnia
- Danny King, wrote The Burglar Diaries and Thieves Like Us
- Charles Lamb, writer, lived in Chapel Street from 1796, at 64 Duncan Terrace and also in Colebrook Row
- Edward Lear, writer, poet, artist, born in Islington
- Heath Ledger, lived in Roman way, Islington while filming his final film in 2007 before his death
- Vladimir Lenin, lived at 30 Holford Square from 1902 and later at 16 Percy Circus
- Leona Lewis, singer
- Louise Lombard, actor
- Arthur Louis, singer, lived at 12 Richmond Avenue in the 1970s
- Louisa Lytton, actress
- Marianne Majerus, photographer
- Dean Mason, association football player
- Princess Martha Louise of Norway lived in Islington 2012-2014[4]
- James McAvoy, actor
- Cameron McKenna, television announcer and radio broadcaster
- Scott Mills, Radio 1 DJ, lives in Islington
- Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development in the British Government (from May 2010)
- Ugo Monye, Harlequins and English rugby union player
- Robert Muchamore, author of the CHERUB series
- Sheree Murphy, actor born in Islington
- Scott Neal, actor, Beautiful Thing and PC Luke Ashton in The Bill
- Robin Nicholson CBE, Architect
- Edmund John Niemann, 19th century landscape artist born in Islington
- Ed O'Brien, guitarist, Radiohead
- Joe Orton, playwright, lived and was murdered in a flat at 25 Noel Road
- George Orwell, writer, lived at 50 Lawford Road and in a flat at 27B Canonbury Square
- Nicholas Owen, newsreader and broadcaster, was born in Islington and raised in Reigate, Surrey
- David Oyelowo, actor, grew up in Islington and attended City and Islington College.[5]
- Stephen Poliakoff, playwright
- Su Pollard, actor, Hi Di Hi
- Anna Popplewell, actress The Chronicles of Narnia
- Jacob Post, religious writer.[6]
- Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, courtier and explorer lived in Upper Street between 1575 and 1581
- Simon Rattle, conductor, lived in Islington for a period
- Linda Robson, actor, Birds of a Feather
- Francis Ronalds, inventor of the electric telegraph lived in Canonbury and then Highbury Terrace in the period 1789-1813.[7]
- Ronnie Ronalde, music hall performer famous for his singing, whistling, yodelling and imitations of bird song was born and raised in Islington
- Jon Ronson, author, columnist, documentary maker
- Salman Rushdie, writer, lived in Islington for a period
- Dana, winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest
- Kaya Scodelario, actress
- Andy Serkis, actor, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
- Martin Shaw, actor, Ray Doyle and Judge John Deed, lived in Noel Road, including while starring in The Professionals
- Ben Shephard, TV presenter, lived in Islington 2001–2004
- Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, neurologist, pathologist, bacteriologist, born in Islington
- Sid Smith, novelist, journalist, lives in Islington
- Nicky Spesh, rapper, lives in Islington
- Mark Strong, actor born in Islington
- Shana and Joe Swash, Eastenders actors
- Ann Taylor (1782–1866), poet, writer, born in Islington
- Sir Charles Todd FRS (1826–1910), astronomer
- Laura Trevelyan, international BBC newsreader and correspondent, born in Islington, now resides in New York City
- Ms. Triniti (born 1974), recording artist, born in Islington
- Peter Vowell, schoolteacher, executed for high treason
- Frank Warren, boxing promoter, born in Islington
- Emma Watson, actor.[8]
- Samuel West, actor
- Kenneth Williams (1926–1988), actor and comedian, born at 11 Bingfield Street, lived in Cromer Street.[9]
- Kate Winslet, actress
- Elizabeth Wilkinson (1700s), English bare-knuckle boxing champion, known to be the first female boxer.
- Edgar Wright, film director.[10]
- Hugo Young, journalist, lived in Milner Square from the late 1960s until the mid-1980s
See also
- Islington prisons – for a listing of persons imprisoned at the HM Prison Pentonville
References
- "A-Z of Islington's Plaques". Islington Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- White, Lesley (25 August 2002). "Firth Among Equals". The Times. Retrieved 5 February 2019 – via firth.com.
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- Woodgate, Emily (20 May 2014). "Princess Märtha Louise to move home". Norway News in English. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- Midgley, Simon (11 November 2011). "Dramatic turn". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- Fell-Smith, Charlotte (2004). "Post, Jacob (1774–1855)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
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- Chambers, Lucinda (December 2010). "Mega Watson". Vogue UK.
- Stevens, Christopher (2010). "Brushed over with false gaiety". Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-1-84854-460-4. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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