List of people from the London Borough of Newham
# List of people from the London Borough of Newham

The following is a list of people who were born in the London Borough of Newham, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough, including Stratford, (in alphabetical order):

## Notable people associated with Newham

* Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, better known as 21 Savage, rapper
* Ade Adepitan, British television presenter and wheelchair basketball player
* Chuba Akpom, footballer
* Chuks Aneke, footballer
* Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Labour Party politician
* Yxng Bane, rapper and singer
* Jim Barrett, footballer
* Kieran Agard, footbatter
* Wally Bellett, footballer
* Honor Blackman, actress
* Reece Burke, footballer
* Clive Burr, musician
* Sol Campbell, ex-footballer and manager
* Charlie Colkett, footballer
* Vera Day, actress and glamour model
* Jermain Defoe, footballer
* Richard Digance, folk singer
* Kristian Digby, television presenter
* Danny Dyer, actor
* Stan Earle, footballer
* Idris Elba, actor
* Medy Elito, footballer
* Perry Fenwick, actor
* Bryan Forbes, actor, screenwriter, film producer
* Lancey Foux, rapper and singer
* Kojo Funds, rapper and singer
* Ernie Gregory, footballer
* Peter Grotier, footballer
* Walter Hancock, inventor
* Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet
* Michael Hector, football
* Luke Howard, meteorologist
* Chris Hughton, ex-footballer and manager
* Henry Hughton, ex-footballer with Crystal Palace and Leyton Orient
* J Hus, rapper
* Tony Jarrett, Olympic gold-medal sprint and hurdling athlete
* Matt Johnson, singer and songwriter
* Anna Kingsford, theosophist and author
* Kano, rapper and actor
* Ghetts, rapper
* Ezri Konsa, footballer
* Nina Frances Layard, archaeologist and poet
* Joan Littlewood, director of the Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal
* Dame Vera Lynn, singer
* Steve Marriott, musician and lead singer of The Small Faces and Humble Pie
* Stephen Mulhern, television presenter, entertainer, and former magician
* Anna Neagle, actress
* Dawn Neesom, journalist
* Malachi Napa, footballer
* Mark Noble, footballer and captain of West Ham United
* Christine Ohuruogu, Olympic gold-medal winning sprinter
* Godfrey Poku, footballer
* Dominic Poleon, footballer
* Tony Rivers, singer
* Steve John Shepherd, actor
* Gwyneth Strong, actor
* Tinchy Stryder, rapper
* Crazy Titch, rapper
* Tony Way, actor
* David Webb, footballer
* Bert Weedon, guitarist
* Vanessa White, singer with The Saturdays
* Rob Whiteman, public servant, CEO of CIPFA
* Benjamin Zephaniah, dub poet
* Arnold Schwarzenegger, Trained as a weightlifter in Forest Gate.

Note that William Shakespeare did not come from Stratford, Newham, but from Stratford-upon-Avon, which is known simply as "Stratford" to many people.

