List of people from the London Borough of Lambeth

Among those who were born in the London Borough of Lambeth, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):

Naveen Andrews, actor, born in Lambeth in 1969
Elias Ashmole, alchemist, died in Lambeth in 1692
William Blake, religious visionary, poet and artist
Daniel Bott, Mayor of Strathfield, born in Lambeth
David Bowie, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, arranger, and actor
Jamal Campbell-Ryce, professional footballer for Carlisle United FC, born in Lambeth
Charlie Chaplin, film actor and comedian, spent his early life in Lambeth
Gordon Comstock, fictional poet from George Orwell's book Keep the Aspidistra Flying
John Doulton and Sir Henry Doulton, founded pottery company Royal Doulton in Lambeth
Kieran Gibbs, professional footballer, currently playing for Arsenal FC, born in Lambeth
Christopher Newman Hall, founded the Christ Church complex in Lambeth of which only the Lincoln Memorial Tower survives today
Ken Livingstone, former London Mayor, born in Lambeth in 1945
Rob Lord, composer of music for films, TV and computer games
Geoff Marshall, video producer and presenter; born in Lambeth
W. Somerset Maugham, completed his training in obstetrics in Lambeth and used that experience as the basis for his novel Liza of Lambeth
Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
Elliot Rodger, perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings, born in Lambeth in 1991
Carl McCoy, frontman for gothic rock band Fields of the Nephilim, born there in 1963
F. B. Meyer, pastored Christ Church in Lambeth
William Chester Minor, major contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary; while living at Lambeth, he murdered George Merrett, for which crime he was found criminally insane and confined for the rest of his life at Broadmoor^[1]
John Nash, architect and urbanist, born in Lambeth in 1752
Akai Osei, street dancer; winner of Got To Dance; born in Lambeth
Scott Parker, professional footballer for West Ham United FC, born in Lambeth
Shirley Pitts (1934–1992), English fraudster and thief, the "queen of shoplifters", born on the Lambeth Walk
Guy Pratt, bass guitarist, born in Lambeth
Tony Selby, actor, born 1942, played Corporal Marsh in the comedy series Get Some In (ITV 1975 to 1978); starred in Eastenders, Dr Who, The Good Life, and Bless This House
Katie Seymour, Gaiety Theatre dancer, Lambeth resident
Charlie Smirke, Derby-winning jockey, born in Lambeth
Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, born in Lambeth in 1842
Edward Thomas, poet, born in Lambeth
Arthur Tooth, ritualist clergyman in the Church of England, curate of St. Mary's Lambeth in 1863
Harriet Vernon, music hall performer and principal boy; born in Lambeth in 1858

References

↑ The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester, HarperPerennial, New York, 1998, trade paperback. (The original British edition is titled The Surgeon of Crowthorne.)

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[1] The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester, HarperPerennial, New York, 1998, trade paperback. (The original British edition is titled The Surgeon of Crowthorne.)

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