Highbury - Famous Residents

Famous Residents

  • George Martin, Producer and arranger of The Beatles' music.
  • Hogan Ephraim, Professional footballer, playing for Queens Park Rangers
  • Clive Anderson, television presenter and comedy writer.
  • Matthew Bradbury, comedian.
  • Peter Oborne, political columnist and television presenter.
  • Neal Ascherson, historian, journalist and author.
  • Chris Lowe, a member of Pet Shop Boys lived on Highbury Grange.
  • David Starkey, historian and television presenter.
  • Mary Lilian Baels, who married King Leopold III of Belgium.
  • Anna Popplewell, actress, famous most notable for The Chronicles of Narnia film series.
  • Skandar Keynes, actor, The Chronicles of Narnia film series.
  • Jesse Birdsall, actor.
  • Gwyneth Strong, actress.
  • Charles Cruft, who started Crufts dog show, lived on Highbury Grove.
  • Joseph Chamberlain, politician; his boyhood home from 1845 to 1854 was no. 25 Highbury Place.
  • Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author, lived in Paradise Lane off St James Rd and Holloway Rd, in 1901.
  • Philip Fysh, Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania.
  • Nick Hornby, writer.
  • Walter Sickert, painter; his studio from 1927 to 1934 was at no. 1 Highbury Place.
  • Nick Robinson, BBC Political Editor
  • Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
  • Chas Smash, a member of Madness.
  • Alan Davies, comedian
  • Jimmy Carr, comedian.
  • Dom Howard, drummer, Muse.
  • Ainsley Harriott, famous chef and host.
  • Elaine Lordan, actress.
  • Andy Burrows, drummer, Razorlight.
  • Ed O'Brien, guitarist, Radiohead.
  • Nan Youngman, artist and educationalist.
  • Leona Lewis, singer, grew up here.
  • Rowan Atkinson, actor
  • Ian Jack, journalist & writer
  • Paul Brindley, bassist in The Sundays.
  • Owen Thomas, BBC presenter
  • Nigel Slater, food writer, journalist and broadcaster.

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