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 James Buckley - Actor, born in Croydon, but grew up in Dagenham 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 Ayo Oyelola - NFL Safety.

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

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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.

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 King William I – stayed at Barking Abbey in 1066 and 1067 while the Tower of London was being constructed Norma Winstone – jazz singer Richard Wisker – actor, singer Mary Wollstonecraft – early feminist

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

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