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- This is a list of notable people associated with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England.
* Kia Abdullah – author; born in Mile End, went to school in Bow.
* Damon Albarn – singer-songwriter for bands Blur, Gorillaz; born in Whitechapel.
* Joe Anderson – 'All England' boxing champion of 1897.
* Cheryl Baker – member of Bucks Fizz, winners of the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, grew up in Roman Road, Bethnal Green.
* Danny Boyle – film director, producer and screenwriter; lives in Mile End.
* Rosa Nouchette Carey – children's novelist; born in Stratford-le-Bow.
* Ashley Cole – footballer, played for Arsenal's invincibles; born in Stepney; attended Bow Boys School.
* Steve Conway – singer (1920–1952), born in Bethnal Green.
* Donald Crisp – Academy Award-winning actor; born in Bow.
* Ralph Fiennes – actor; lives in Bethnal Green.
* Clara Grant – educational pioneer and social reformer.
* John Granville Harkness – Major-General in the British Army of the Victorian era.
* Peter Green – guitarist and songwriter, founder of Fleetwood Mac; born in Mile End.
* Perry Groves – footballer, played for Arsenal; born in Bow.
* Felicity Jones – actress, lives in Bethnal Green.
* Isaac Julien – artist, raised in Bow.
* Ledley King – former footballer; defender for Tottenham Hotspur; born in Bow.
* Oona King – former Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow; political commentator.
* Eddie Marsan – actor; grew up in Bethnal Green.
* Charlie McDonnell – comedian and musician; YouTube personality; shares a flat in Bow.
* Ian McKellen – award-winning actor; lives in Limehouse.
* Margaret Moran – former Labour MP for Luton South.
* Graham Norton – comedian and television presenter; lives in Wapping.
* Sylvia Pankhurst – suffragette and social campaigner.
* Lutfur Rahman – former Mayor of Tower Hamlets (2010-2015; lives in Whitechapel.
* Harry Redknapp – former footballer; manager, Queens Park Rangers.
* Dizzee Rascal – grime musician.
* John Robertson – Premier of New South Wales, Australia, on five occasions between 1881 and 1886; born in Bow.
* Tinchy Stryder – grime musician.
* Joakim Sundström – Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician; has a flat south of Bow.
* Danny Wallace – filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television; lives in Bow.
* Wiley – grime musician, urban artist.
* Glen Wilkie (born 1977), League 1 football player.
* Amy Winehouse – jazz singer-songwriter; had a flat in Bow. (en)
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- This is a list of notable people associated with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England.
* Kia Abdullah – author; born in Mile End, went to school in Bow.
* Damon Albarn – singer-songwriter for bands Blur, Gorillaz; born in Whitechapel.
* Joe Anderson – 'All England' boxing champion of 1897.
* Cheryl Baker – member of Bucks Fizz, winners of the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, grew up in Roman Road, Bethnal Green.
* Danny Boyle – film director, producer and screenwriter; lives in Mile End.
* Rosa Nouchette Carey – children's novelist; born in Stratford-le-Bow.
* Ashley Cole – footballer, played for Arsenal's invincibles; born in Stepney; attended Bow Boys School.
* Steve Conway – singer (1920–1952), born in Bethnal Green.
* Donald Crisp – Academy Award-winning actor; (en)
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