Lewisham - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Lewisham, or have lived within the borders of the borough are:

  • Danny Baker (broadcaster) lived in Deptford
  • Ginger Baker (drummer of Cream) born and brought up in Lewisham
  • Natasha Bedingfield (singer/songwriter) brought up in Lewisham
  • Rosa May Billinghurst (suffragette) lived in Lewisham
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer (pastor and theologian) lived in Sydenham
  • Kate Bush (musician) lived in Brockley and Lewisham
  • James Callaghan (politician) lived in Blackheath
  • Sir James Clark Ross (explorer) lived in Blackheath
  • Jim Connell (socialist) lived in Crofton Park and Honor Oak
  • Henry Cooper (boxer) grew up in Bellingham
  • Ernest Dowson (poet) lived in Catford and Lee
  • Gabrielle (musician) lived in Brockley and Honor Oak
  • W. G. Grace (cricketer) lived in Sydenham
  • Malcolm Hardee (comedian) lived in Blackheath and Lewisham
  • Frank Harper (actor) grew up in the borough and attended Malory School in Downham
  • George Julian Harney (Chartist) lived in Deptford
  • Will Hay (comedy actor) lived in Crofton Park
  • Sir Isaac Hayward (politician) lived in Deptford
  • Keely Hazell (page 3 girl & model) born in Lewisham
  • Frederick John Horniman (collector) lived in Forest Hill
  • Leslie Howard (British actor) lived in Forest Hill
  • Jessica Hynes (actress and comedienne) born in Lewisham
  • Glenda Jackson (politician) lived in Blackheath
  • Alex James (bass player in Blur) went to university in New Cross, Goldsmiths
  • David Jones (poet) lived in Brockley
  • Frank King (cricketer) born in Lewisham
  • Elsa Lanchester (Anglo-American actress) born in Lewisham
  • Jude Law (actor) lived in Lewisham
  • Neal Lawson (politician) was born in Lewisham
  • Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (designer) lived in Blackheath
  • Marie Lloyd (entertainer) lived in Lewisham and New Cross
  • Eleanor Marx (politician) lived in Sydenham
  • Spike Milligan (comedian) lived in Catford, Crofton Park and Honor Oak
  • Kwes (record music producer) was born and brought up in Lewisham
  • Laila Morse (actress & sister of Gary Oldman) lives in New Cross
  • Edith Nesbit (writer) lived in Blackheath, Grove Park and Lewisham
  • Gary Oldman (actor) was born in New Cross and grew up in Deptford
  • P Money (Grime Artist) born and brought up in Lewisham
  • William Page (historian and general editor of the Victoria County History) lived in Lewisham from 1875 until he emigrated to Queensland in 1881
  • Mica Paris (musician) lived in Lewisham
  • Gladys Powers (centenarian) was born in Lewisham
  • Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, lived in Deptford
  • Maxi Priest (musician) was born and raised in Lewisham
  • Jack Penate (musician) was brought up in Blackheath
  • Luke Pritchard (musician) was born in Lewisham
  • Louise Redknapp (TV presenter & wife of footballer Jamie Redknapp) was born in Lewisham
  • Kieran Richardson (footballer) currently playing for Sunderland lived in Lewisham
  • Ignatius Sancho (writer and campaigner) lived in Blackheath
  • Charlene Soraia (musician) was brought up in Sydenham
  • Dame Cicely Saunders (Founder of Hospice movement) lived in Sydenham
  • Sir Ernest Shackleton (Antarctic explorer) lived in Sydenham
  • Timothy Spall (actor) lives in Forest Hill
  • Jason Statham (actor) lived in Sydenham
  • Doris Stokes (spirit-medium) lived in Lewisham
  • Doveton Sturdee British Admiral of the Fleet was born in Lewisham
  • E. W. Swanton (writer) lived in Forest Hill
  • David Sylvian (musician) lived in Lewisham
  • Kieron Toner (former TV presenter, economist and author) Lived in Downham
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived on Brownhill Road Catford
  • Terry Waite (humanitarian) lived in Blackheath
  • Max Wall (comedian) lived in Lee
  • Barnes Wallis (engineer) lived in New Cross
  • Ian Wright (footballer) lived in Lewisham and Brockley
  • Shaun Wright-Phillips (footballer & son of Ian Wright) grew up in Brockley
  • Bill Wyman (musician) lived in Sydenham
  • Maxwell Confait, Colin Lattimore, Ronal Leighton and Ahmet Salih lived in Catford
  • Sid Vicious (musician) was born in Lewisham
  • Cesar Laser (musician, songwriter, singer, and BGT star) born in Transylvania and currently resides in Lewisham
  • Leland Lewis Duncan (photographer, writer) born in Lewisham

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