C20/C21 Entertainers, Musicians, Actors, Etc
- Elton Dean, experimental jazz saxophonist from Bluesology lived in Stoke Newington.
- Marc Bolan (born, Mark Feld), musician – lived on Stoke Newington Common until age 15.
- Bad Manners come from Stoke Newington. The band were formed at Woodberry Down comprehensive school in 1976.
- 80's pop star Buster Bloodvessel lived on Batley Road.
- Mark 'Bedders' Bedford, bass player with Madness – lives in Stoke Newington.
- Violet Berlin, television presenter – lives in Stoke Newington with partner Gareth 'Gaz Top' Jones.
- Asa Butterfield, child actor, goes to Stoke Newington Middle School, lives in Islington.
- Clem Cattini, musician – born in Stoke Newington.
- Richard Bebb, actor, theatre historian, music archivist – lived in St Mary's Lodge, Lordship Road, as a child.
- DJ Dextrous, Ivor Novello & BAFTA awards winning Producer/DJ – born in Stoke Newington.
- Rupert Evans, film and theatre actor lived in Stoke Newington.
- Paloma Faith, singer and actress- raised in Stoke Newington.
- Jonathan Freedland, journalist and author – lives in Stoke Newington.
- Gareth Jones, aka Gaz Top, TV presenter and producer – lives in Stoke Newington.
- Stewart Lee, comedian and writer – lives in Stoke Newington.
- Zöe Lucker, actress in Holbyblue & Footballers Wives lives in Stoke Newington.
- Warren Mitchell, actor – born in the district.
- Kevin MacNeil, Hebridean-born novelist, poet and playwright, lives in Stoke Newington.
- David Farren, bassist with Bad Manners was born in Stoke Newington.
- David O'Leary, football manager and Arsenal FC appearance record holder – born in Stoke Newington.
- Alexei Sayle, comedian – wrote a famous stand up sketch about Stoke Newington.
- Tjinder Singh, lead singer of Cornershop, currently lives in Stoke Newington.
- Chris Singleton, the Irish singer-songwriter, currently lives in Stoke Newington; his 'Twisted City' album cover features a girl walking in Abney Park Cemetery.
- Barbara Windsor, actress in EastEnders & the Carry On films – born in Shoreditch but grew up around Amhurst Road and lived in Yoakley Road.
- Fyfe Dangerfield, lead singer of Guillemots lives in Stoke Newington
- Andrew Ranken, drummer in The Pogues
- Actor Jack Guinness, from drama 'London Fields' lives near Church Street
- Louis Alphonso (Louis Cook), guitarist with Bad Manners, was born in the district.
- Rocker Josh Hayward, of The Horrors, lives in Stoke Newington
- Drummer, Brian Tuitt, of Bad Manners went to school in Stoke Newington.
- Winston Bazoomies (Alan Sayag) of Bad Manners was born and still lives in Stoke Newington.
- Paul Hyman, trumpet player with Bad Manners, was born in Stoke Newington.
- Maverick Sabre (musician) Singer-Songwriter was born in Stoke Newington.
- Ronan Bennett (author) writer of BBC Drama's Hidden and C4's Top Boy, originally from Ireland, now lives in Stoke Newington.
- Jean Marsh, actress and writer, was born in Stoke Newington.
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