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- Among those who were born in the London Borough of Islington, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):
* Douglas Adams, writer, lived on Arlington Avenue and Duncan Terrace, later renting his house to comedian Angus Deayton
* Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, actor born in Islington
* Lily Allen, singer and daughter of actor Keith Allen
* Nadia Almada, first transsexual winner of Big Brother
* Tash Aw, Whitbread Book Award-winning author
* Binnie Barnes, actress, born there, 1903.
* Julian Barratt and Julia Davis
* Nina Bawden, author, has lived in Islington for many years
* James Beck, actor, was born there
* Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the UK, lived at 1 Richmond Crescent before moving to Downing Street
* Helena Bonham Carter, actress
* Jay Bothroyd, footballer
* Jim Broadbent, actor, lives in the area
* Jonny Buckland, lead guitarist of the band Coldplay
* Alexandra Burke, singer and winner of The X Factor
* Kathy Burke, actor and director, lives in Islington
* Elaine Lordan, actor, appeared on EastEnders as Lynne Slater
* Asa Butterfield, actor
* Claude Callegari, English YouTuber
* Neve Campbell, Canadian actor
* Jimmy Carr, comedian
* Natalie Cassidy, actress, was born and raised in Islington
* John Chapple, one of the last Field Marshals of Great Britain and Governor of Gibraltar
* J. Smeaton Chase (1864–1923), travel writer and photographer who wrote about California; buried in Palm Springs, California
* Caroline Chisholm, lived at 32 Charlton Place
* Sorcha Cusack, actor
* Charles Dance, OBE, actor, screenwriter and director
* Phil Daniels, actor
* Alan Davies, actor and comedian, Jonathan Creek and Bob and Rose, lives in Highbury
* Maya Delilah, singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Dido, singer, born in Islington and owns a property there
* Daisy Edgar-Jones, actress
* Colin Firth, Academy Award-winning actor
* Edwin Flack (1873–1935), athlete and tennis player
* Jonathan Fortune, Sheffield United F.C. footballer, born in Islington
* John Foxx, electronic musician and first Ultravox singer, lived there in the 1970s
* Peaches Geldof, daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates
* John Glascock (1951–1979), (musician), bassist of Carmen from 1971 to 1974 and Jethro Tull from 1975 to 1979, born and raised in Islington
* Kate Greenaway, children's writer and book illustrator, lived at 147 Upper Street for 20 years before moving to Holloway
* Jonas Grimås, film and television director
* Teriy Keys, music executive, entrepreneur, founder and co-chief executive officer of R.O.A.D. Group
* Tony Hadley, lead singer, Spandau Ballet, born in Islington in 1960
* Edmund Halley, Astronomer Royal and discoverer of Halley's Comet lived in Islington (exact location unknown) from 1665
* Naomie Harris, actress
* Charlie G. Hawkins, actor, Darren Miller in EastEnders
* Isabel Hilton, journalist and broadcaster
* William Hogarth, artist, born in Bartholomew Close in 1697, spent his early years in Islington
* Darryl Hunt, bass player, The Pogues
* Edward Irving, founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church, lived in Claremont Square
* Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, musician
* Ian Jack, writer and journalist
* Valda James, first black woman elected to Islington Council and the first black mayor of Islington
* Boris Johnson, MP Former Mayor of London
* Semothy Jones, songwriter/record producer, grew up in Holloway
* Churchill Julius, lived at 44 Milner Square in 1881, vicar of Holy Trinity Islington, went on to become Archbishop of New Zealand
* George Julius, lived at 44 Milner Square in 1881, invented the world's first automatic totalisator
* Noah Jupe, actor in the movie Wonder.
* Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet, born in Islington, lived on Elmore Street
* Skandar Keynes, actor The Chronicles of Narnia
* Danny King, wrote The Burglar Diaries and Thieves Like Us
* Charles Lamb, writer, lived in Chapel Street from 1796, at 64 Duncan Terrace and also in Colebrook Row
* Edward Lear, writer, poet, artist, born in Islington
* Heath Ledger, lived in Roman way, Islington while filming his final film in 2007 before his death
* Vladimir Lenin, lived at 30 Holford Square from 1902 and later at 16 Percy Circus
* Leona Lewis, singer
* Louise Lombard, actor
* Arthur Louis, singer, lived at 12 Richmond Avenue in the 1970s
* Louisa Lytton, actress
* Marianne Majerus, photographer
* Dean Mason, association football player
* Princess Martha Louise of Norway lived in Islington 2012-2014
* James McAvoy, actor
* Cameron McKenna, television announcer and radio broadcaster
* Scott Mills, Radio 1 DJ, lives in Islington
* Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development in the British Government (from May 2010)
* Ugo Monye, Harlequins and English rugby union player
* Ivor Moreton (1908–1984), pianist and singer, born in Barnsbury
* Robert Muchamore, author of the CHERUB series
* Sheree Murphy, actor born in Islington
* Scott Neal, actor, Beautiful Thing and PC Luke Ashton in The Bill
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* Edmund John Niemann, 19th century landscape artist born in Islington
* Ed O'Brien, guitarist, Radiohead
* Joe Orton, playwright, lived and was murdered in a flat at 25 Noel Road
* George Orwell, writer, lived at 50 Lawford Road and in a flat at 27B Canonbury Square
* Nicholas Owen, newsreader and broadcaster, was born in Islington and raised in Reigate, Surrey
* David Oyelowo, actor, grew up in Islington and attended City and Islington College.
* Stephen Poliakoff, playwright
* Su Pollard, actor, Hi Di Hi
* Anna Popplewell, actress The Chronicles of Narnia
* Jacob Post, religious writer.
* Sir Walter Raleigh, writer, poet, courtier and explorer lived in Upper Street between 1575 and 1581
* Simon Rattle, conductor, lived in Islington for a period
* Linda Robson, actor, Birds of a Feather
* Francis Ronalds, inventor of the electric telegraph, lived in Canonbury and then Highbury Terrace in the period 1789–1813.
* Alfred Ronalds, fly fishing author, was born at 1 Highbury Terrace in 1802.
* Ronnie Ronalde, music hall performer famous for his singing, whistling, yodelling and imitations of bird song was born and raised in Islington
* Jon Ronson, author, columnist, documentary maker
* Salman Rushdie, writer, lived in Islington for a period
* Dana, winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest
* Kaya Scodelario, actress
* Andy Serkis, actor, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
* Martin Shaw, actor, Ray Doyle and Judge John Deed, lived in Noel Road, including while starring in The Professionals
* Ben Shephard, TV presenter, lived in Islington 2001–2004
* Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, neurologist, pathologist, bacteriologist, born in Islington
* Sid Smith, novelist, journalist, lives in Islington
* Nicky Spesh, rapper, lives in Islington
* Mark Strong, actor born in Islington
* Shana and Joe Swash, Eastenders actors
* Ann Taylor (1782–1866), poet, writer, born in Islington
* Sir Charles Todd FRS (1826–1910), astronomer
* Laura Trevelyan, international BBC newsreader and correspondent, born in Islington, now resides in New York City
* Ms. Triniti (born 1974), recording artist, born in Islington
* Peter Vowell, schoolteacher, executed for high treason
* Frank Warren, boxing promoter, born in Islington
* Emma Watson, actor
* Samuel West, actor
* Kenneth Williams (1926–1988), actor and comedian, born at 11 Bingfield Street, lived in Cromer Street
* Kate Winslet, actress
* Elizabeth Wilkinson (1700s), English bare-knuckle boxing champion, known to be the first female boxer
* Edgar Wright, film director.
* Hugo Young (1938-2003), journalist, lived in Milner Square from the late 1960s until the mid-1980s (en)
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