Notable People
- Bob Downs - former professional cyclist
- James Tomkins (footballer) – footballer, West Ham United FC
- Kunt and the Gang - musical comedy act
- Stuart Bingham – snooker player.
- Justin Edinburgh - ex- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Portsmouth F.C. and Southend United F.C.
- Darren Caskey – ex-Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Reading F.C. footballer
- Mark Crick - photographer and author
- Depeche Mode – electronic music band, formed in 1980 in Basildon
- Martin Gore
- Andrew Fletcher
- David Gahan
- Vince Clarke - currently a member of Erasure
- Daryl Bamonte - former tour manager, Depeche Mode and The Cure
- Perry Bamonte - ex-guitarist, The Cure
- Michael Kightly – footballer, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southend United and Grays Athletic
- Freddy Eastwood - footballer, Coventry City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Southend United and Grays Athletic
- Robert Marlow - singer
- Terry Marsh - boxer, only English boxer ever to retire as an undefeated World champion
- QBoy – rapper
- Scott Robinson, singer from Five
- Joan Sims – actress
- Kara Tointon – actress, Dawn Swann in EastEnders and film The Football Factory
- Denise Van Outen - actress
- Nathaniel Woodard - educationalist
- Keith Chapman – creator of Bob The Builder
- Alison Moyet – singer
- Gemma Ray - musician, singer, composer and producer
- Andy Barcham - footballer
- Tony Way - comedy actor/writer lived in Felmores, then Wickford
- Brian Belo - winner of Big Brother 2007
- Josh Dubovie - singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway
- Dougie Poynter - bassist of McFly
- Colin Frissell- Fictional old romantic in Love Actually
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