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


A

* Les Allen – former footballer and manager * Tony Adams – footballer


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Giles Barnes Giles Gordon Kirlue Barnes (born 5 August 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. He began his career with Derby County, where he won the club's Young Player of the Year award in 2007 and was Championship Player of the Month i ...
– professional footballer for Vancouver Whitecaps * Adam Barrett – professional footballer for Southend United F.C. * Rev.
Abraham Blackborne The Revd Abraham Blackborne was a vicar in Dagenham, who died at age 82 in 1797, having served for 58 years. Blackborne also served a parish in Middlesex, where he and his wife Frances (née Fanshawe) had the use of an estate in St. Martin-in-the- ...
– one of the longest-serving vicars of Dagenham *
Mark Blackhall Mark Christopher Blackhall (born 17 November 1960 in Upney, Essex) is an English former footballer who played as a striker, mainly for Orient. Blackhall was a product of Orient's youth system, and made his first team debut as a substitute in ...
– professional footballer * Jamie Borthwick – actor *
Billy Bragg Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is ...
– alternative rock musician. * Sir Trevor Brooking – former professional footballer with West Ham *
Max Bygraves Walter William Bygraves (16 October 1922 – 31 August 2012), best known by the stage name Max Bygraves (adopted in honour of Max Miller), was an English comedian, singer, actor and variety performer. He appeared on his own television shows, s ...
– musician, moved to the area in 1945


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George Carey George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton (born 13 November 1935) is a retired Anglican bishop who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, having previously been the Bishop of Bath and Wells. During his time as archbishop the Ch ...
– Lord Carey of Clifton
Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
* Henry Chilver (
Lord Chilver (Amos) Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver FRS FREng (30 October 1926 – 8 July 2012) was a British engineer and politician. Early life and career Chilver was born in Barking, Essex, to Amos Henry Chilver and his wife Annie E. Mack. After attending ...
) – vice-chancellor of Cranfield Institute of Technology; Chair of Milton Keynes Development Corporation * Captain James Cook – married in Barking in 1762


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Devlin Devlin may refer to: * Devlin (surname) * Devlin (given name) * Devlin (rapper), a British rapper * ''Devlin'' (TV series), a 1974 animated TV series by Hanna-Barbera * ''Devlin'', a 1988 novel by Roderick Thorp * ''The Devil and Max Devlin '' ...
– Grime MC *
Françoise Dior Marie Françoise Suzanne Dior (7 April 1932 – 20 January 1993) was a French socialite and neo-Nazi underground financier. She was the niece of French fashion designer Christian Dior and Resistance fighter Catherine Dior, who publicly distance ...
– French-born Nazi, arrested 1967 * Diversity – street dance group who won ''Britain's Got Talent'' in 2009 * Job Drain – soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in 1914


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* David Howell Evans (aka " The Edge") – popular music musician. * Ethelburga (d. c.680 AD) – first Abbess of Barking Abbey *
Daisy Evans S Club 8 (originally S Club Juniors) were a spin off of the British pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman wer ...
– singer, past member of S Club Juniors


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John Farnham John Peter Farnham Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a Teen idol, teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an Adu ...
– Australian singer; born in Dagenham * Mark Frost (born 1962) – cricketer *
Nick Frost Nicholas Jonathan Frost (born 28 March 1972) is a British actor, author, comedian, painter, producer and screenwriter. He has appeared in the ''Three Flavours Cornetto'' trilogy of films, consisting of ''Shaun of the Dead'' (2004), ''Hot Fuzz ...
– actor, comedian and screenwriter * Elizabeth Fry – prison reformer


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* Paul Gbegbaje – Britain's Got Talent 2011 finalist * Stephen Gray – cricketer


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Eva Hart Eva Miriam Hart MBE (31 January 1905 – 14 February 1996) was a British woman who was one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of RMS ''Titanic'' on 15 April 1912. Biography Early life Eva Hart was born on 31 January 1905 in Ilf ...
– child survivor of RMS ''Titanic'' disaster *
Danny-Boy Hatchard Danny-Boy Hatchard (born 26 July 1991) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Lee Carter in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. Hatchard's other credits include Aaron in the 2014 film ''We Still Kill the Old Way'' and Steven Pierce ...
– actor *
Barry Hearn Barry Maurice William Hearn (born 19 June 1948) is an English sporting events promoter and the founder and President of promotions company Matchroom Sport. Through Matchroom, Hearn is also involved in many sports including snooker, darts, pool ...
– sporting events promoter; Chairman of Leyton Orient F.C. and the Professional Darts Corporation *
William Hope William Hope may refer to: *William Johnstone Hope (1766–1831), prominent and controversial British Royal Navy officer and politician *Sir William Hope, 14th Baronet (1819–1898), British Army officer * William Hope (VC) (1834–1909), Scottish ...
– soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross in 1857 for bravery during Crimean War * Rochelle Humes – television personality and singer *
Neil Humphreys Neil Humphreys (born 5 December 1974) is an author and Singapore resident. Brought up in Dagenham, London, England, Humphreys migrated to Singapore in 1996, left for Australia in 2006 and came back to Singapore in 2011. He worked as a humour co ...
– author *
Myke Hurley Myke Hurley (born 1988) is a British professional podcaster residing in London. He is the co-founder of the podcast network Relay FM. Career In 2011 Hurley formed the podcasting network 70Decibels, which was purchased by the 5by5 network in Mar ...
– podcaster and co-founder of podcast network Relay FM


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IMD Legion The ninth series of the British talent competition programme ''Britain's Got Talent'' was broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV, from 11 April to 31 May 2015. The series saw the "Wildcard" format introduced in the sixth series being modified in thi ...
– street dance troupe, contestants on ''
Got To Dance ''Got to Dance'', originally titled ''Just Dance'', is a British dance competition that was broadcast on Sky 1 in the United Kingdom from 20 December 2009 to 28 December 2014. Auditions for the show were held in specially built "Dance Domes" and ...
'' and '' Britain's Got Talent''


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Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, ''né'' Swan; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on all but one BBC Two-broadcast episode of music quiz ''N ...
– comedian, grew up in Barking * Elliot Justham – professional footballer


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* Ross Kemp – actor, born in Barking * Paul Konchesky – footballer, born in Barking


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Jason Leonard Jason Leonard (born 14 August 1968) is an English former rugby union player. He won a then-record 114 caps for England men’s rugby team during a 14-year international career. A prop, Leonard played club rugby for Barking RFC, Saracens and H ...
– professional rugby union player, 2003 Rugby World Cup winner * Vera Lynn – voted the most popular singer in 1939 *Lethbridge ,Charlotte - a young writer , published a book named
Lucy and the time portal”


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* Megan McKenna – reality television personality *
McLean MacLean, also spelt Maclean and McLean, is a Goidelic languages, Gaelic surname Mac Gille Eathain, or, Mac Giolla Eóin in Irish language, Irish Gaelic), Eóin being a Gaelic form of Johannes (John (given name), John). The clan surname is an A ...
– singer * Kevin Mitchell – boxer *
Bobby Moore Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer. He most notably played for West Ham United, captaining the club for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England natio ...
– former professional footballer with West Ham; 1966 World Cup winner as captain of England * Dudley Moore – international film star and musician * Dean Marney – professional footballer with Burnley F.C. *
Yunus Musah Yunus Dimoara Musah (born November 29, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Valencia and the United States national team. Born in the United States to Ghanaian parents, he grew up mostly i ...
- professional footballer with Valencia CF and
USMNT The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) represents the United States in men's international soccer competitions. The team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF. The U.S. team ha ...


O

* Conor Okus – professional footballer * Hank Osasuna – actor and performance artist who grew up in Chadwell Heath


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* Sara Pascoe – writer, stand-up comedian and actress * Joseph Pearce – biographer,
writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, p ...
and
professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...
; lives in
New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
, United States *
Stevo Pearce Stephen John Pearce, commonly known as Stevo (born 26 December 1962), is a British record producer and music industry executive, best known as the owner of indie record label Some Bizzare Records. Biography He was born in Dagenham, Essex, Engla ...
– owner of
Some Bizzare Records Some Bizzare Records was a British independent record label owned by Stevo Pearce. The label was founded in 1981, with the release of ''Some Bizzare Album'', a compilation of unsigned bands including Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, the The, Neu Elect ...
* Martin Peters – footballer, World Cup winner in 1966 with England * Daniel Potts – professional footballer for Luton Town *
Darren Pratley Darren Antony Pratley (born 22 April 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two club Leyton Orient as club captain. Club career Fulham Starting his career at Fulham after signing from local rivals A ...
– footballer currently playing for
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...


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Zain Qaiser Ransomware is a type of malware from cryptovirology that threatens to publish the victim's personal data or permanently block access to it unless a ransom is paid off. While some simple ransomware may lock the system without damaging any files, m ...
– "most prolific cyber criminal to be sentenced in the UK"


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Alf Ramsey Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) was an English football player and manager. As a player, he represented the England national team and captained the side, but he is best known for his time as England manager fr ...
– 1966 World Cup winning football manager with England *
Richard of Barking Richard of Barking (died 1246) was an English Benedictine, the Abbot of Westminster, and a leading judge. Life He was for some years prior of the Abbey of Westminster, and on 14 October 1222 was elected abbot in succession to Humeto or Humez, rece ...
– Abbot of Westminster (died 1246) *
Jo Richardson Josephine Richardson (28 August 1923 – 1 February 1994) was a British Labour Party politician. At the time of her death she was Member of Parliament for Barking, a post she had held almost exactly 20 years, since 1974. Early life She was bo ...
– former Member of Parliament for Barking; Shadow Spokesman for Women's Rights, 1983–1992 *
Jesse Roast Jesse Roast (born 16 March 1964) is a former professional footballer who played in The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1 ...
– footballer


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Brian Saah Brian Ebo Saah (born 16 December 1986) is an English former professional footballer, who is currently an academy coach for Football League Two side Leyton Orient. Club career Leyton Orient Saah was born in Hornchurch, London. He started his car ...
– footballer, born in Rush Green * Sandie Shaw – singer, won Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 * Anne Shelton – singing star of the 1940s and 1950s * Stacey Solomon – 2009 ''
X-Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...
'' finalist; winner of the British version of ''I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here'' in 2010 * Jessamy Stoddart – stage and television actress


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* Daniel Tammet – writer *
John Terry John George Terry (born 7 December 1980) is an English professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He was previously captain of Chelsea, the England national team and Aston Villa. He was most recently the assi ...
– former professional footballer * Paul Terry – former professional footballer *
The Tremeloes The Tremeloes are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, England. They initially found success in the British Invasion era with lead singer Brian Poole, scoring a UK chart-topper in 1963 with "Do You Love Me". After Poole's departu ...
– band formed by classmates Alan Howard and Brian Poole * Dave Trott – former Chairman and Executive Creative Director of The Gate London, copywriter, blogger and author *
Wes Thomas Wes or WES may refer to: * Westmorland, county in England, Chapman code __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Wes (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Wes Madiko (1964–2021), Cameroonian musici ...
– professional footballer with Oxford United F.C.


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* Terry Venables – former professional footballer and manager *
Sir Cornelius Vermuyden Sir Cornelius Vermuyden ( Sint-Maartensdijk, 1595 – London, 11 October 1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England. Vermuyden was commissioned by the Crown to drain Hatfield Chase in the Isle of Axholme ...
– 17th-century Dutch drainage engineer; contracted by the Essex Sewer Commissioners to repair breaches in the Thames riverbank at Dagenham


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* King William I – stayed at Barking Abbey in 1066 and 1067 while the Tower of London was being constructed * Norma Winstone – jazz singer *
Richard Wisker Richard Wisker (born 1 February 1995) is a BAFTA Award-nominated British actor and presenter from Dagenham, England, known for his role as Liam O'Donovan in ''Tracy Beaker Returns''. From 2013 to 2015 he portrayed Rich in the CBBC series ''Dani's ...
– actor, singer *
Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft (, ; 27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationsh ...
– early feminist


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Bobby Zamora Robert Lester Zamora (born 16 January 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. Zamora began his career at Football League club Bristol Rovers, but was soon signed by Brighton & Hove Albion, where he found first ...
– professional footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.


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