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Among those who were born in the London Borough of Hackney ( ), or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category):
Letter | Description |
---|---|
B | Indicates that the subject was born in Hackney. |
D | Indicates that the resident died in Hackney. |
I | Indicates that the subject is buried in Hackney. |
L | Indicates that the resident lived in Hackney. |
Reference citations in the "Notes" column refer to the information in the entire row.
Name | Notability | District
[nb 1]
|
Notes [nb 2] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carol Adams | First chief executive of the General Teaching Council for England | L | |||
Arthur Aikin | FLS and founder of the Chemical Society of London | Hoxton | L | ||
Revd George Collison | First president of Hackney Academy | Homerton | L | ||
William Godwin | Political philosopher (studied) | Hoxton | L [1] | ||
Philip Henry Gosse | Naturalist | De Beauvoir Town | L [2] | ||
Edmond Halley | Astronomer | Haggerston | B [3] | ||
George Loddiges | Horticulturalist and scientist | Hackney | L/I [4] | ||
Sir Charles Martin FRS FRCS | Scientist; a director of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine | Dalston | B | ||
Richard Price | Philosopher, mathematician, and first actuary | Newington Green | D [5] | ||
Leonard Woolley | Archaeologist and discoverer of Ur | Upper Clapton | L [6] |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Aske | Merchant and philanthropist | Hoxton | L |
Sir John Harvey Jones | Businessman and television presenter | B | |
Moses Montefiore | Financier and philanthropist | Stamford Hill | L |
Emma Obanye | Businesswoman, entrepreneur | L | |
Samuel Rogers | Poet and banker | ||
Nathan Meyer Rothschild | Financier | Stamford Hill | L |
Alan, Lord Sugar | Businessman and celebrity | Clapton | L |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Ronald and Reginald Kray | Crime gang leaders | Haggerston | B |
Dick Turpin | Highwayman, plied his trade |
Kingsland Road and in Stoke Newington |
L |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Sir Francis Beaufort | Hydrographer | Buried in Saint John's Church Gardens. Hackney Central |
D |
Jean Charles de Menezes | Electrician wrongly accused of a crime; shot dead by police in 2005 | ||
Joseph Priestley | Chemist and philosopher | Preached at the
Gravel Pit Meeting in Homerton, lived in Lower Clapton |
L [23] |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Laura Bates | Feminist writer and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project | Hackney | L |
Mel Calman | Cartoonist and writer | Stamford Hill | B [24] |
Benjamin Cohen | Internet entrepreneur and journalist | Hoxton | L [25] |
Robert Crampton | Journalist | South Hackney | L [26] |
Trevor Nelson | DJ (and MBE) | Hoxton | L |
Donald Zec | Journalist | Attended Upton House Secondary School, Homerton | L [27]| |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Grace Aguilar | Writer | Hoxton | B |
Lucy Aikin | Biographer, daughter of John Aikin | L | |
Talbot Baines Reed | Writer | Hackney | B |
Anna Laetitia Barbauld | Poet, buried in Saint Mary's Church | Stoke Newington | L/I [28] |
Alexander Baron | Writer (works include The Lowlife, set in the area) |
Hackney Downs School | L [29] |
James Burgh | Writer, educationalist and philosopher | L [30] | |
Rosa Nouchette Carey | Children's novelist | Tryons Road | L [31] |
Daniel Defoe | Writer and spy (educated) | Stoke Newington | L [32] |
Siobhan Dowd | Author | Haggerston | L |
Sir Edmund Gosse | Poet, author and critic | De Beauvoir Town | B [33] |
Kate Greenaway | Children's illustrator | Hoxton | L [34] |
William Hazlitt | Writer (educated) | Homerton | L |
Mary Howitt | Poet and translator | Upper Clapton | L |
Mary Lamb | Writer, including co-author of Tales from Shakespeare | Hackney | L |
Harold Pinter | Playwright and Nobel Prize winner | Hackney Downs School | B [35] |
Edgar Allan Poe | Writer (educated) | Stoke Newington | L [36] |
Samuel Rogers | Poet and banker | L | |
Michael Rosen | Children's Laureate 2007–2009 | Dalston | L [37] |
Iain Sinclair | Writer | Haggerston | L |
Mary Wollstonecraft | Reformer and writer, mother of Mary Shelley | Newington Green | L [38] |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
William Booth | Founder of the Salvation Army | Stoke Newington | B (buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington) |
Leslie Flint | Direct-voice medium | Salvation Army Maternity Hospital | B (buried in Hove Cemetery in Hove, East Sussex) |
Vicesimus Knox | Anglican pacifist | Hoxton | L |
Isaac Watts | Theologian, logician, and hymn writer | Stoke Newington | L |
Jabez Whiteley | Anglican missionary, and first bishop of Chota Nagpur | Hoxton | B |
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (February 2020) |
Among those who were born in the London Borough of Hackney ( ), or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category):
Letter | Description |
---|---|
B | Indicates that the subject was born in Hackney. |
D | Indicates that the resident died in Hackney. |
I | Indicates that the subject is buried in Hackney. |
L | Indicates that the resident lived in Hackney. |
Reference citations in the "Notes" column refer to the information in the entire row.
Name | Notability | District
[nb 1]
|
Notes [nb 2] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carol Adams | First chief executive of the General Teaching Council for England | L | |||
Arthur Aikin | FLS and founder of the Chemical Society of London | Hoxton | L | ||
Revd George Collison | First president of Hackney Academy | Homerton | L | ||
William Godwin | Political philosopher (studied) | Hoxton | L [1] | ||
Philip Henry Gosse | Naturalist | De Beauvoir Town | L [2] | ||
Edmond Halley | Astronomer | Haggerston | B [3] | ||
George Loddiges | Horticulturalist and scientist | Hackney | L/I [4] | ||
Sir Charles Martin FRS FRCS | Scientist; a director of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine | Dalston | B | ||
Richard Price | Philosopher, mathematician, and first actuary | Newington Green | D [5] | ||
Leonard Woolley | Archaeologist and discoverer of Ur | Upper Clapton | L [6] |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Aske | Merchant and philanthropist | Hoxton | L |
Sir John Harvey Jones | Businessman and television presenter | B | |
Moses Montefiore | Financier and philanthropist | Stamford Hill | L |
Emma Obanye | Businesswoman, entrepreneur | L | |
Samuel Rogers | Poet and banker | ||
Nathan Meyer Rothschild | Financier | Stamford Hill | L |
Alan, Lord Sugar | Businessman and celebrity | Clapton | L |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Ronald and Reginald Kray | Crime gang leaders | Haggerston | B |
Dick Turpin | Highwayman, plied his trade |
Kingsland Road and in Stoke Newington |
L |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Sir Francis Beaufort | Hydrographer | Buried in Saint John's Church Gardens. Hackney Central |
D |
Jean Charles de Menezes | Electrician wrongly accused of a crime; shot dead by police in 2005 | ||
Joseph Priestley | Chemist and philosopher | Preached at the
Gravel Pit Meeting in Homerton, lived in Lower Clapton |
L [23] |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Laura Bates | Feminist writer and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project | Hackney | L |
Mel Calman | Cartoonist and writer | Stamford Hill | B [24] |
Benjamin Cohen | Internet entrepreneur and journalist | Hoxton | L [25] |
Robert Crampton | Journalist | South Hackney | L [26] |
Trevor Nelson | DJ (and MBE) | Hoxton | L |
Donald Zec | Journalist | Attended Upton House Secondary School, Homerton | L [27]| |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
Grace Aguilar | Writer | Hoxton | B |
Lucy Aikin | Biographer, daughter of John Aikin | L | |
Talbot Baines Reed | Writer | Hackney | B |
Anna Laetitia Barbauld | Poet, buried in Saint Mary's Church | Stoke Newington | L/I [28] |
Alexander Baron | Writer (works include The Lowlife, set in the area) |
Hackney Downs School | L [29] |
James Burgh | Writer, educationalist and philosopher | L [30] | |
Rosa Nouchette Carey | Children's novelist | Tryons Road | L [31] |
Daniel Defoe | Writer and spy (educated) | Stoke Newington | L [32] |
Siobhan Dowd | Author | Haggerston | L |
Sir Edmund Gosse | Poet, author and critic | De Beauvoir Town | B [33] |
Kate Greenaway | Children's illustrator | Hoxton | L [34] |
William Hazlitt | Writer (educated) | Homerton | L |
Mary Howitt | Poet and translator | Upper Clapton | L |
Mary Lamb | Writer, including co-author of Tales from Shakespeare | Hackney | L |
Harold Pinter | Playwright and Nobel Prize winner | Hackney Downs School | B [35] |
Edgar Allan Poe | Writer (educated) | Stoke Newington | L [36] |
Samuel Rogers | Poet and banker | L | |
Michael Rosen | Children's Laureate 2007–2009 | Dalston | L [37] |
Iain Sinclair | Writer | Haggerston | L |
Mary Wollstonecraft | Reformer and writer, mother of Mary Shelley | Newington Green | L [38] |
Name | Notability | District [nb 1] | Notes [nb 2] |
---|---|---|---|
William Booth | Founder of the Salvation Army | Stoke Newington | B (buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington) |
Leslie Flint | Direct-voice medium | Salvation Army Maternity Hospital | B (buried in Hove Cemetery in Hove, East Sussex) |
Vicesimus Knox | Anglican pacifist | Hoxton | L |
Isaac Watts | Theologian, logician, and hymn writer | Stoke Newington | L |
Jabez Whiteley | Anglican missionary, and first bishop of Chota Nagpur | Hoxton | B |