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
Les Allen – former footballer and manager
Tony Adams – footballer
B
Giles Barnes – professional footballer for Vancouver Whitecaps
Adam Barrett – professional footballer for Southend United F.C. Rev. Abraham Blackborne – one of the longest-serving vicars of Dagenham Mark Blackhall – professional footballer Jamie Borthwick – actor Billy Bragg – alternative rock musician Sir Trevor Brooking – former professional footballer with West Ham Max Bygraves – musician, moved to the area in 1945
C
George Carey – Lord Carey of Clifton Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry Chilver (Lord Chilver) – vice-chancellor of Cranfield Institute of Technology; Chair of Milton Keynes Development Corporation Captain James Cook – married in Barking in 1762
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
John Farnham – Australian singer; born in Dagenham
Mark Frost (born 1962) – cricketer
Nick Frost – actor, comedian and screenwriter
Elizabeth Fry – prison reformer
G
Paul Gbegbaje – Britain's Got Talent 2011 finalist
Stephen Gray – cricketer
H
Eva Hart – child survivor of RMS Titanic disaster
Danny-Boy Hatchard – actor
Barry Hearn – sporting events promoter; Chairman of Leyton Orient F.C. and the Professional Darts Corporation William Hope – soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross in 1857 for bravery during Crimean War Rochelle Humes – television personality and singer Neil Humphreys – author Myke Hurley – podcaster and co-founder of podcast network Relay FM
I
IMD Legion – street dance troupe, contestants on Got To Dance and Britain's Got Talent
J
Phill Jupitus – comedian, grew up in Barking
Elliot Justham – professional footballer
K
Ross Kemp – actor, born in Barking
Paul Konchesky – footballer, born in Barking
L
Jason Leonard – professional rugby union player, 2003 Rugby World Cup winner
Vera Lynn – voted the most popular singer in 1939
Lethbridge, Charlotte - a young writer, published a book named “Lucy and the time portal”
M
Megan McKenna – reality television personality
McLean – singer
Kevin Mitchell – boxer
Bobby Moore – former professional footballer with West Ham; 1966 World Cup winner as captain of England Dudley Moore – international film star and musician Dean Marney – professional footballer with Burnley F.C. Yunus Musah - professional footballer with Valencia CF and USMNT
O
Conor Okus – professional footballer
Hank Osasuna – actor and performance artist who grew up in Chadwell Heath
P
Sara Pascoe – writer, stand-up comedian and actress
Joseph Pearce – biographer, writer and professor; lives in New Hampshire, United States Stevo Pearce – owner of Some Bizzare Records Martin Peters – footballer, World Cup winner in 1966 with England Daniel Potts – professional footballer for Luton Town Potter Payper - UK Rapper Darren Pratley – footballer currently playing for Bolton Wanderers
Q
Zain Qaiser – "most prolific cyber criminal to be sentenced in the UK"
R
Alf Ramsey – 1966 World Cup winning football manager with England
Richard of Barking – Abbot of Westminster (died 1246) Jo Richardson – former Member of Parliament for Barking; Shadow Spokesman for Women's Rights, 1983–1992 Jesse Roast – footballer
S
Brian Saah – footballer, born in Rush Green
Sandie Shaw – singer, won Eurovision Song Contest in 1967
Anne Shelton – singing star of the 1940s and 1950s
Stacey Solomon – 2009 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
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
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.