List of people from Newham
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Among those who were born in the London Borough of Newham, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough, including Stratford, are (alphabetical order):
Notable people associated with Newham
- Ade Adepitan, British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player
- Terngu Agera (Mover), rapper from Custom House
- Chuba Akpom, footballer
- Chuks Aneke, footballer
- Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Labour Party politician
- Jim Barrett, footballer
- Wally Bellett, footballer
- Honor Blackman, actress
- Reece Burke, footballer
- Clive Burr, musician
- Charlie Colkett, footballer for Chelsea F.C.
- Idris Elba, actor
- Tinchy Stryder, rapper
- Crazy Titch, rapper
- Jermain Defoe, footballer
- Kristian Digby, television presenter
- Danny Dyer, actor
- Stan Earle, footballer
- Medy Elito, footballer
- Perry Fenwick, actor
- Bryan Forbes, actor, screenwriter, film producer
- Ernie Gregory, footballer
- Peter Grotier, footballer
- Walter Hancock, inventor
- Steve Harris, bassist, founder of Iron Maiden
- Dame Vera Lynn, singer
- Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet
- Luke Howard, meteorologist
- Chris Hughton, ex-footballer and manager of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
- Henry Hughton, ex-footballer with Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient
- Tony Jarrett, Olympic gold-medal sprint and hurdling athlete
- Matt Johnson, singer songwriter
- Anna Kingsford, theosophist and author
- Nina Frances Layard, archaeologist and poet
- Joan Littlewood, director of the Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal
- Stephen Mulhern, television presenter, entertainer, and former magician
- Dawn Neesom, journalist
- Mark Noble, footballer and captain of West Ham United
- Christine Ohuruogu, Olympic gold-medal winning sprinter
- Godfrey Poku, footballer
- Dominic Poleon, footballer
- Tony Rivers, singer
- Steve John Shepherd, actor
- Gwyneth Strong, actor
- Tony Way, actor
- David Webb, footballer
- Bert Weedon, guitarist
- Vanessa White, singer with The Saturdays
- Benjamin Zephaniah, dub poet
Note that William Shakespeare did not come from Stratford, Newham, but from Stratford-upon-Avon, which is known simply as "Stratford" to many people.