Walthamstow - Notable Residents

Notable Residents

  • Keith Albarn, manager of Soft Machine and father of Damon Albarn, taught art at Walthamstow Art College in the 1960s
  • Clement Attlee, Member of Parliament for Walthamstow while he was Prime Minister.
  • Alonza Bevan, bass guitarist of Kula Shaker.
  • Lethal Bizzle, rap artist and associated rap collective Fire Camp.
  • Denis Blackham, renowned music mastering engineer.
  • Peter Blake, artist, painted sleeve cover of the Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
  • Mick Box, guitarist for Uriah Heep born in Walthamstow.
  • Matthew Bourne OBE, choreographer and dancer, was born in Walthamstow.
  • Theodore Ronald Brailey pianist on the RMS Titanic
  • Frederick Bremer, inventor.
  • Dave Cairns guitarist with Secret Affair was born in Walthamstow.
  • Alexander Champion Founder of British whaling - died 1795 in Walthamstow.
  • Phil Collen, lead guitarist of Def Leppard.
  • Johnny Dankworth, jazz musician, who attended Sir George Monoux Grammar School.
  • Paul Di'Anno, lead singer of Iron Maiden 1978-1981.
  • Adam Devlin, guitarist for The Bluetones lives in Walthamstow.
  • Benjamin Disraeli, former British Prime Minister, attended Higham Hall School in Walthamstow, as did William Shore, later father of Florence Nightingale
  • Ian Dury, singer and songwriter, studied at Walthamstow Art College.
  • East 17, British pop boy band, including singer/song writer Brian Harvey.
  • Sir George Edwards (aviation), designer of Concorde
  • Maurice Glasman, social theorist and Labour life peer
  • Fitz Hall, English footballer currently playing for Queens Park Rangers was born in Walthamstow
  • Darren Hayman, singer and songwriter
  • Helen Hollick, writer, born in Walthamstow 1953
  • James Hilton, author, attended George Monoux Grammar School
  • Peter Hennessy, historian.
  • David Hill, former Downing Street Communications Director to Tony Blair.
  • Mick Hume, journalist
  • Countess Judith, wife of Earl Waltheof, prominent post-Conquest woman
  • Colin Kazim-Richards, footballer, was born in Leytonstone but schooled in Walthamstow
  • Agnes Marshall, English culinary entrepreneur, born in Walthamstow in 1855
  • William Morris, philosopher and designer
  • Fabrice Muamba, footballer, attended Kelmscott School
  • Denis Payton, saxophonist for The Dave Clark Five, was born in Walthamstow 1943
  • Grayson Perry, ceramicist and 2003 Turner Prize winner, has his studio in Walthamstow
  • DJ Rap (Charissa Saverio) grew up in Walthamstow and lived there until recently, was born in Singapore
  • Jimmy Ray, recording artist, born Walthamstow 1970
  • Nick Saloman, progressive rock musician
  • June Sarpong, television presenter, born Walthamstow 1977
  • Baroness Scotland, Attorney General, grew up in Walthamstow and attended Walthamstow School for Girls
  • Vivian Stanshall, musician, painter, singer, broadcaster, songwriter, poet and writer, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, grew up in Grove Road, Walthamstow.
  • John Kemp Starley, inventor, born Walthamstow 1854
  • Thomas Griffith Taylor (1890–1963) Antarctic explorer
  • Peter Waterfield Olympic diver
  • Dorothy Wedderburn Principal of Bedford College and Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, both London University, was born in Walthamstow 1925
  • Timothy Williams, bilingual novelist of crime fiction, lived at Whipps Cross
  • Peter Winch, philosopher
  • Adam Woodyatt, English actor who plays Ian Beale in EastEnders, born in Walthamstow 1968
  • Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Charles Michael Giddings CB OBE DFC AFC and Bar, born in Walthamstow in 1920
  • Pascale Petit, poet, nominated twice for the TS Eliot poetry prize

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