List of people from Barking and Dagenham

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

B

• Rev. Abraham Blackborne, one of the longest-serving vicars of Dagenham.^[1]
• Billy Bragg – alternative rock musician^[2][3]
• Max Bygraves – musician, moved to the area in 1945^[3]
• Jamie Borthwick - actor

C

• George Carey – The Lord Carey of Clifton Archbishop of Canterbury
• Henry Chilver (Lord Chilver) – vice-chancellor of Cranfield Institute of Technology and Chair of Milton Keynes Development Corporation ^[4]
• Captain James Cook – married in Barking in 1762^[5]

D

• Devlin – Grime MC
• Françoise Dior – French-born Nazi, arrested 1967.
• Diversity – street dance group who won Britain's Got Talent in 2009
• Job Drain (soldier) – won Victoria Cross for bravery in 1914

E

• The Edge – guitarist / songwriter
• Ethelburga – first Abbess of Barking Abbey (d. c.680 AD)

F

• Mark Frost (born 1962), cricketer^[6]
• Nick Frost – English actor, comedian and screenwriter
• Elizabeth Fry – prison reformer^[7]

H

• Eva Hart – child survivor of RMS Titanic disaster^[8]
• Barry Hearn – sporting Events Promoter, Chairman of Leyton Orient F.C. and the Professional Darts Corporation
• William Hope (soldier) – awarded Victoria Cross in 1857 for bravery during Crimean War
• Neil Humphreys – author

J

• Rev Charles Jenkinson (1877–1949; Christian Socialist and pioneer of slum clearance) – curate of St Paul's Church, Barking, 1920^[9]
• Phill Jupitus – comedian, grew up in Barking

K

• Ross Kemp – actor, born in Barking
• Paul Konchesky - footballer, born in Barking

L

• Jason Leonard – English Professional Rugby Union Player, 2003 Rugby World Cup Winner
• Vera Lynn – voted the most popular singer in 1939^[3]

M

• McLean – English singer
• Bobby Moore – former professional footballer with West Ham and the 1966 World Cup winner as captain of England^[10]
• Dudley Moore – international film star and musician^[3]
• Kevin Mitchell - boxer

P

• Joseph Pearce - Biographer, writer and professor, current residence in New Hampshire, USA.
• Stevo Pearce – boss of Some Bizzare Records^[11]
• Martin Peters – footballer, World Cup winner in 1966 with England
• Daniel Potts – West Ham FC Football player
• Darren Pratley – footballer currently playing for Bolton Wanderers

R

• Alf Ramsey – 1966 World Cup Winning Football manager with England
• Richard of Barking – Abbot of Westminster (died 1246)
• Jo Richardson – former Member of Parliament for Barking and Shadow Spokesman for Women's Rights from 1983 to 1992

S

• Sandie Shaw – singer, won Eurovision Song Contest in 1967^[12]
• Anne Shelton – singing star of the 1940s and 1950s^[12]
• Stacey Solomon – 2009 X-Factor finalist and winner of the British Version of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2010

T

• John Terry – English Professional Footballer with Chelsea F.C.
• The Tremeloes – formed by classmates Alan Howard and Brian Poole^[12]
• Dave Trott - Former Chairman and Executive Creative Director of The Gate London, copywriter, blogger and author

V

• Terry Venables – former professional footballer and manager
• Sir Cornelius Vermuyden – 17th century Dutch drainage engineer. Contracted by the Essex Sewer Commissioners to repair breaches in the Thames riverbank at Dagenham.

W

• Alex Walkinshaw – actor
• King William I – stayed at Barking Abbey in 1066 and 1067 while the Tower of London was being constructed
• Norma Winstone – jazz singer^[12]
• Rochelle Wiseman – singer
• Mary Wollstonecraft – early feminist^[13]

Z

• Bobby Zamora – football player

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