Notable People
- Redzz Rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer & actor lived in Leyton
- William Bowyer (printer) 1699-1777 - buried in Leyton Parish Church
- Jack Cornwell VC was born in Leyton in 1900
- William Cotton (banker) (1786–1866), Governor of the Bank of England, 1842–1845
- Bobby Crush, pianist
- Molly Cutpurse (Author)
- Curtis Davies (Premiership footballer)
- Daniel Evans, singer and X Factor finalist (2008)
- Charles Goring, 2nd Earl of Norwich buried in Leyton Parish Church in 1671
- Gunshot (British Hip hop group)
- Steve Harris (Founder and bass player of Iron Maiden)
- Jesús Hernández (Founder of marisqueo)
- Sir Michael Hicks (1543–1612), courtier and politician, lord of the manor of Ruckholt.
- David Lewis (poet) 1682-1760 - buried in Leyton Parish Church
- Frank Muir (Writer and radio personality)
- John Henry Pepper (creator of Pepper's ghost - a famous stage illusion)
- Sir Thomas Roe, English diplomat, born in Leyton in 1581
- Russ Sainty (1960s UK rock 'n' roll star)
- John Strype, historian and biographer, was curate and vicar of Leyton 1669-1737
- Harry Beck (Creator of the Undergrond Map)
- The band Iron Maiden was formed in Leyton in 1975
- Jamie Kyriakides, drummer and singer of The Skints
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