List of people from the London Borough of Hackney

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Hackney (pronunciation), or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order, within category):

Location of the London Borough of Hackney within Greater London

Notable residents

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Key to "Notes" in tables below regarding the residents' affiliation to Hackney
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.

Academia and research

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Edmond Halley
People from Hackney in academia and research
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]

Arts and entertainment

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DJ Dextrous
 
1907 Hetty King sheet music cover, 1907

Business and finance

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People from Hackney in business and finance
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

Crime

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People from Hackney with criminal notoriety
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

Engineering and technology

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People from Hackney in engineering and technology
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]

Journalism and the media

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People from Hackney in journalism and the media
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]|

Literature

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Mary Wollstonecraft, (c. 1797); a painting by John Opie
People from Hackney in literature
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]

Medicine

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Politics and government

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Religion

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People from Hackney in religion
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

Sport

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Entries with no sourced locality (district) of residence available are marked with a "?".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g All entries contain a reliably sourced reference. Entries may also contain a letter indicating the individual was Born, Lived, Died or Interred in Hackney.

References

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