Bexleyheath - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

(alphabetical order)

  • Baroness Amos attended Townley Grammar School in Townley Road
  • Steve Backley, javelin champion, attended Hurst Primary School and Beths Grammar School.
  • Jimmy Bullard, Premiership football player, currently at Ipswich Town, attended Erith School
  • Kate Bush, the critically acclaimed singer-songwriter was born in Bexleyheath
  • Bernie Ecclestone attended Bexleyheath School
  • Boy George, George O'Dowd, attended Eltham Green School
  • Sheila Hancock, actress (and widow of actor John Thaw)
  • David Haye, former WBA world heavyweight champion
  • Edward Heath Conservative British Prime Minister (1970–1974)
  • Graham Kersey, Surrey county cricketer, also attended Beths Grammar School
  • Neal Lawson politician, grew up and went to school in Bexleyheath.
  • Lenny McLean, actor, bouncer, bare-knuckle boxer and 'hardest man in Britain' lived in Bexleyheath, shortly before his death.
  • Roger Moore lived in Bexleyheath, in Wansunt Road, Old Bexley
  • Gavin Hamilton, Captain of Scottish Saltires attended Hurstmere Foundation School
  • Kenneth Noye gangster and murderer was born on Lavernock Road
  • Gavin Peacock, ex-professional footballer, attended Bexley Grammar School
  • Liam Ridgewell, West Bromwich Albion F.C. footballer, born and raised in Bexleyheath
  • Delia Smith, television-chef, attended Bexleyheath School
  • Linda Smith, stand-up comic and star of Radio 4 and BBC2, attended Bexleyheath School
  • Andy Townsend, professional footballer, attended Bexleyheath School
  • Charles Tupper, Canada's sixth Prime Minister

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