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):
- Adebayo Akinfewa (born 1982), English footballer
- Terence Alexander (born 1923-2009), actor
- 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]
- Elizabeth Anne Le Noir (1755-1841) poet, novelist, and feminist, born and raised in Islington [17]
See also
- Islington prisons – for a listing of persons imprisoned at the HM Prison Pentonville
References
- ↑ "Latest Coldplay News". Capital FM (Press the "View More" button on the "Facts" column). 2023. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ "Jonny Buckland Gives Coldplay Disc To Pantymwyn Village Hall Restoration Fund". BBC News. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "A-Z of Islington's Plaques". Islington Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ↑ White, Lesley (25 August 2002). "Firth Among Equals". The Times. Retrieved 5 February 2019 – via firth.com.
- ↑ Woodgate, Emily (20 May 2014). "Princess Märtha Louise to move home". Norway News in English. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England, UK; Electoral Registers; Reference: Lcc/Per/B/2813
- ↑ The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
- ↑ "Home". Andrew Ng. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ Midgley, Simon (11 November 2011). "Dramatic turn". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ↑ Fell-Smith, Charlotte (2004). "Post, Jacob (1774–1855)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ↑ Davidson, Earl (2005). Joey Pyle – Notorious: The Changing Face of Organised Crime. Virgin Books. p. 3.
- ↑ Ronalds, B. F. (2016). Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph. London: Imperial College Press. ISBN 978-1-78326-917-4.
- ↑ Ronalds, B.F. (2022). Alfred Ronalds: Angler, Artisan and Australian Pioneer. Medlar Press.
- ↑ Emma Watson Interviews Author Rebecca Solnit, retrieved 2023-08-27
- ↑ Stevens, Christopher (2010). "Brushed over with false gaiety". Kenneth Williams: Born Brilliant. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-1-84854-460-4. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ↑ @edgarwright (16 June 2017). "Me and David Oyelowo. Islington boys representing in Hollywood" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Ridley, Laura. "Biography of Elizabeth Le Noir by Laura Ridley". Corvey 'Adopt an Author. The Corvey Project at Sheffield Hallam University