List of people from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

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Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are:

A

B

C

D

  • Devlin – Grime MC
  • Françoise Dior – French-born Nazi, arrested 1967
  • Diversity – street dance group who won Britain's Got Talent in 2009
  • Job Drain
    – soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in 1914

E

  • David Howell Evans (aka "The Edge") – popular music musician.
  • Ethelburga (d. c.680 AD) – first Abbess of Barking Abbey
  • Daisy Evans
    – singer, past member of S Club Juniors

F

G

  • Paul Gbegbaje
    – Britain's Got Talent 2011 finalist
  • Stephen Gray – cricketer

H

I

J

K

L

M

O

  • Conor Okus – professional footballer
  • Hank Osasuna – actor and performance artist who grew up in Chadwell Heath

P

Q

  • Zain Qaiser – "most prolific cyber criminal to be sentenced in the UK"

R

S

  • Brian Saah – footballer, born in Rush Green
  • Sandie Shaw – singer, won Eurovision Song Contest in 1967[15]
  • Anne Shelton – singing star of the 1940s and 1950s[15]
  • X-Factor
    finalist; winner of the British version of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here in 2010
  • Jessamy Stoddart – stage and television actress[16]

T

  • Daniel Tammet – writer
  • John Terry – former professional footballer
  • Paul Terry – former professional footballer
  • The Tremeloes – band formed by classmates Alan Howard and Brian Poole[15]
  • Dave Trott – former chairman and Executive Creative Director of The Gate London, copywriter, blogger and author
  • Wes Thomas – professional footballer with Oxford United F.C.

V

  • Terry Venables – former professional footballer and manager
  • Sir Cornelius Vermuyden
    – 17th-century Dutch drainage engineer; contracted by the Essex Sewer Commissioners to repair breaches in the Thames riverbank at Dagenham

W

Z

  • Bobby Zamora – professional footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

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  15. ^ a b c d Anon 2009a, p. 2
  16. ^ "Dagenham glow stick service helps raise £40k for charity". Barking & Dagenham Post. 10 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  17. ^ Anon 2009b, p. 2
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