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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):
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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 |
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