List of people from the London Borough of Islington

The following is a list of those who were born in the London Borough of Islington, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough (in alphabetical order):

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

• Adebayo Akinfewa (born 1982), English footballer
• Jonny Buckland (born 1977), guitarist and songwriter, born in Islington and raised in Pantymwyn, Wales ^{[1] [2]}
• Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877), lived at 32 Charlton Place ^[3]
• Daisy Edgar-Jones (born 1998), British actor, critically acclaimed for work in Normal People , Where the Crawdads Sing , Twisters , and Under the Banner of Heaven
• Colin Firth (born 1960), actor ^[4]
• Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (born 1971), who lived in Islington from 2012 to 2014 ^[5]
• Noah Jupe (born 2005), actor best-known for his work in the post-apocalyptic monster horror film A Quiet Place (2018), the drama film Honey Boy (2019) and the psychological thriller miniseries The Undoing (2020).
• Eddie Linden (1935–2023), Scottish poet and editor, lived in Archway in the early 1960s ^[6]
• Mariah May (born 1998), English pro wrestler.
• Ivor Moreton (1908–1984), pianist and singer, born in Barnsbury ^[7]
• Andrew Ng, co-founder of education technology company Coursera, director of Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab ^[8]
• David Oyelowo (born 1976), actor, grew up in Islington, attended City and Islington College ^[9]
• Jacob Post (1774–1855), religious writer ^[10]
• Joey Pyle (1937–2007), gangland boss, born in The Angel ^[11]
• Francis Ronalds (1788–1873), inventor of electric telegraph, lived in Canonbury, then Highbury Terrace, from 1789 to 1813 ^[12]
• Alfred Ronalds (1802–1860), fly fishing author, born at 1 Highbury Terrace in 1802 ^[13]
• Emma Watson (born 1990), grew up in Islington for a period of time ^[14]
• Kenneth Williams (1926–1988), actor and comedian, born at 11 Bingfield Street, lived in Cromer Street ^[15]
• Edgar Wright (born 1974), film director ^[16]

See also

• Islington prisons – for a listing of persons imprisoned at the HM Prison Pentonville

References

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2. "Jonny Buckland Gives Coldplay Disc To Pantymwyn Village Hall Restoration Fund". BBC News. 26 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
3. "A-Z of Islington's Plaques". Islington Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
4. White, Lesley (25 August 2002). "Firth Among Equals". The Times . Retrieved 5 February 2019– via firth.com.
5. Woodgate, Emily (20 May 2014). "Princess Märtha Louise to move home". Norway News in English. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
6. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England, UK; Electoral Registers; Reference: Lcc/Per/B/2813
7. The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
8. "Home". Andrew Ng. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
9. Midgley, Simon (11 November 2011). "Dramatic turn". The Guardian . Retrieved 16 January 2018.
10. Fell-Smith, Charlotte (2004). "Post, Jacob (1774–1855)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
11. Davidson, Earl (2005). Joey Pyle – Notorious: The Changing Face of Organised Crime. Virgin Books. p. 3.
12. Ronalds, B. F. (2016). Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph. London: Imperial College Press. ISBN   978-1-78326-917-4.
13. Ronalds, B.F. (2022). Alfred Ronalds: Angler, Artisan and Australian Pioneer. Medlar Press.
14. Emma Watson Interviews Author Rebecca Solnit , retrieved 2023-08-27
15. Stevens, Christopher (2010). "Brushed over with false gaiety". Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant. Hachette UK. ISBN   978-1-84854-460-4 . Retrieved 22 October 2014.
16. @edgarwright (16 June 2017). "Me and David Oyelowo. Islington boys representing in Hollywood" (Tweet) – via Twitter.