This is a list of people who were born or have lived in the London Borough of Lewisham and of those who were born or have lived in Blackheath (including the part of Blackheath in the London Borough of Greenwich).
Notable people from Lewisham
Among those who were born in the London Borough of Lewisham, or have dwelt within the borders of the borough are: Danny Baker (broadcaster) lived in Deptford Rosa May Billinghurst (suffragette) lived in Lewisham Dominic Cooper (actor) lived in Lewisham James Callaghan (politician) lived in Blackheath Sir James Clark Ross (explorer) lived in Blackheath Danielle Harold (actress best known for playing Lola in Eastenders) Born and raised in Lewisham Maxwell Confait, Colin Lattimore, Ronal Leighton and Ahmet Salih lived in Catford Jim Connell (socialist) lived in Crofton Park and Honor Oak Jean Cooke RA (artist) born in Blackheath Henry Cooper (heavyweight boxing champion) grew up on the Bellingham estate Horatio Henry Couldery (1832–1893) (animal artist) noted for his paintings of cats, kittens and dogs, was born in Lewisham William Clark Cowie (1849–1910), Borneo administrator lived in Blackheath Park, Blackheath. Ernest Dowson (poet) lived in Catford and Lee Nick Ferrari LBC 97.3 radio presenter W. G. Grace (cricketer) lived in Sydenham Edmond Halley (astronomer royal, Greenwich observatory) lived in Lee and is buried here at St. Margaret church. Malcolm Hardee (comedian) lived in Blackheath and Lewisham Frank Harper (actor) grew up in the borough and attended Malory School in Downham George Julian Harney (chartist) lived in Deptford Will Hay (comedy actor) lived in Crofton Park Sir Isaac Hayward (politician) lived in Deptford Keeley Hazell (Page 3 girl) born in Lewisham Frederick John Horniman (collector) lived in Forest Hill Leslie Howard (actor) lived in Forest Hill Glenda Jackson (politician) lived in Blackheath David Jones (poet) James Robertson Justice, Actor, born in Baring Road, Lee in 1907 Elsa Lanchester (Anglo-American actress) born in Lewisham, lived in Catford Boris Karloff born in Forest Hill Jude Law (actor) lived in Lewisham Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (designer) lived in Blackheath Marie Lloyd (entertainer) lived in Lewisham and New Cross Eleanor Marx (politician) lived in Sydenham Alexander McQueen (fashion designer) was born in Lewisham Spike Milligan (comedian) lived in Catford, Crofton Park and Honor Oak Laila Morse (actress and sister of Gary Oldman) lives in New Cross Edith Nesbit (writer) lived in Blackheath, Grove Park and Lewisham Gary Oldman (actor) was born in New Cross and grew up in Deptford Gladys Powers (centenarian) was born in Lewisham Russian Tsar Peter the Great lived in Deptford Louise Redknapp (TV presenter and former wife of footballer Jamie Redknapp) was born in Lewisham Ignatius Sancho (writer and campaigner) lived in Blackheath Dame Cicely Saunders (founder of hospice movement) lived in Sydenham Sir Ernest Shackleton (Antarctic explorer) lived in Sydenham Timothy Spall (actor) lives in Honor Oak Jason Statham (actor) lives in Forest Hill Doris Stokes (medium) lived in Lewisham E. W. Swanton (writer) lived in Forest Hill Archbishop Desmond Tutu lived on Brownhill Road Catford Terry Waite (humanitarian) lived in Blackheath Max Wall (comedian) lived in Lee Barnes Wallis (engineer) lived in New Cross Ian Wright (footballer) lived in Lewisham Shaun Wright-Phillips (footballer and son of Ian Wright) grew up in Brockley
Musicians
Alex James (bass guitarist of Blur) went to university in New Cross, Goldsmiths. Bill Wyman (musician) lived in Sydenham Charlene Soraia (musician) was brought up in Sydenham D-Block Europe (British rap collective) from Lewisham Daniel Bedingfield (singer/songwriter) brought up in Lewisham David Sylvian (musician) lived in Lewisham DigDat (rapper) born in Lewisham Gabrielle (musician) lived in Brockley and Honor Oak Ginger Baker (drummer of Cream) born and brought up in Lewisham Jimi Hendrix (American rock legend) lived in Hither Green in late 1966 Kate Bush (musician) lived in Brockley and Lewisham Kwes (music record producer) born in Lewisham Luke Pritchard (musician) was born in Lewisham Maxi Priest (musician) was born and raised in Lewisham Merky ACE (musician) raised in Lewisham Mica Paris (musician) lived in Lewisham Natasha Bedingfield (singer/songwriter) brought up in Lewisham Novelist (musician) was born and grew up in Brockley P Money (grime artist) born and raised in Lewisham Shingai Shoniwa of Noisettes (musician) was born in Lewisham. Steve Spacek (singer and producer in Spacek and Africa Hitech) grew up in Lewisham.