#1Famous people · Haringey, London
Ministers and preachers stand out among the 247 famous people born in Haringey
The best known is the English singer-songwriter Adele, with articles in 136 languages. Second place goes to the American television personality and politician Jerry Springer, third to Jack Hawkins. Most were born in the 20th century: 134 of them. The earliest on the list is John Hoadly, born in 1678, and the youngest Tabitha Stoecker, born in 2000.
Born here
247
notable people
Best known
Adele
in 136 Wikipedia languages
First
1678
John Hoadly
Youngest
2000
Tabitha Stoecker
Most common field
Sports
75 people
What stands out about Haringey’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Haringey
The three are covered in 136, 46 and 33 languages: Adele, Jerry Springer and Jack Hawkins.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Jerry Springer
1944–2023American television personality and politician (1944–2023)
46 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Film, TV & Stage
Jack Hawkins
1910–1973British film and stage actor (1910-1973)
33 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Haringey is known for
Ministers and preachers stand out most, at 2.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Haringey’s famous people were born
The 1920s top the chart, with 28 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicinePolitics & LawFaithMilitaryBusinessNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Haringey
244 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Charles Conder
1868–1909Australian painter, lithographer and fan-designer (1868-1909)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Trevor Peacock
1931–2021British stage and television character actor (1931-2021)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Stanley Green
1915–1993Human billboard, active in Oxford St. (London) in the period 1968-1993
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Donald Coggan
1909–2000Archbishop of Canterbury; and of York; Bishop of Bradford (1909-2000)
FaithWikipedia ↗
Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough
1815–1886British constitutional theorist (1815–1886)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
William Herbert Fowler
1856–1941Amateur cricketer and golf course architect (1856-1941)
SportsWikipedia ↗
Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor
1879–1966English geographer and historian of science (1879–1966)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Ted Willis
1918–1992British playwright, novelist and screenwriter (1914–1992)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Alfred James Wilmott
1888–1950English botanist, curator and international table tennis player (1888-1950)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Jessie Catherine Couvreur
1848–1897Australian writer; raised in Tasmania, resident of Belgium and England as a novelist (1848-1897)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Mary Coombs
1929–2022British computer programmer, first female commercial programmer
NotableWikipedia ↗
Winifred Mary Adelaide Brooke
1893–1975British botanist, artist and author (1893-1975)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Arthur Blok
1882–1974English electrical engineer and academic (1882-1974)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Brett Cloutman
1891–1971British Army officer and lawyer (1891–1971); recipient of the Victoria Cross
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
Caroline Emily Gray Hill
1843–1924British artist and photographer (1843–1924)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Elizabeth Newson
1929–2014British developmental psychologist (1929–2014)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Alfred Cecil Herring
1888–1966English military officer (1888–1966); Victoria Cross recipient
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
David Nixon
1919–1978British magician and television presenter (1919-1978)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Douglas Morison
1814–1847English watercolour painter and lithographer (1814–1847)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Irene Savidge
1905–1985English factory worker and subject of police interrogation scandal (1905-1985)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Westminster’s, at 1,476 names.
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Kensington and Chelsea · 7 miVictoria & 798 more
Camden · 4 miMary Shelley & 725 more
Hackney · 3 miEdmond Halley & 576 more
Tower Hamlets · 6 miMary Wollstonecraft & 511 more
Islington · 3 miJohn Stuart Mill & 482 more
Enfield · 4 miBrook Taylor & 447 moreJLNewham · 7 miJoseph Lister & 433 moreQuestions about famous people from Haringey
Who is the most famous person from Haringey?
Adele (English singer-songwriter (born 1988)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 136 languages. Next come Jerry Springer and Jack Hawkins.
How many famous people were born in Haringey?
247 people born in Haringey have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 303 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Haringey known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 75 of the 247. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Haringey?
John Hoadly, born in 1678. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Haringey?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Haringey’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (83)
- Adele: Marc E., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Springer: Nrbelex, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Hawkins: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie Phillips: LesliePhillipsBAFTA07.jpg: Caroline Bonarde Ucci at https://www.flickr.com/photos/caroline_bonarde/ derivative work:, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivia Dean: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Davies: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Davies: ultomatt (Matt Gibbons, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Emerick: Eddie Janssens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Kiwanuka: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Morris: Rach, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer: Lippiatt, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Forbes: Film screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Conder: Charles Conder, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Levene: Michael Johnson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd Hildebrand: La Vie au grand air, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Whitehead: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oswald Turnbull: Unknown (Popperfoto), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Clark: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roland Culver: Columbia Pictures, photograph by Ned Scott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rupert Goold: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Cross: Thargol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Williams: George Baxter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nile Ranger: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Green: Andrew Denny of grannybuttons.com Original uploader was SlimVirgin at en.wikipedia, CC BY 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Coggan: Jac. de Nijs, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Keene: Félix Bracquemond, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Green: roberto scorta, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynne Featherstone: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosamund John: RKO Radio Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wojciech Giertych: John Paul Sonnen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dilys Laye: Photo by Eileen Darby, Graphic House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough: Thomas Erskine May, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Herbert Fowler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Sargant: US Dep. of Justics, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Sharp: Stanley Kubrick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Headie One: Mixtape Madness, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ozwald Boateng: Financial Times, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Rehberg: Andy Newcombe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scarlett Alice Johnson: DavidDjJohnson David Johnson, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ambrose St. John: Photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jazzie B: Loz Pycock from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Fry: Devi Prasad, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Lucy: Constance Talmadge Film Company / First National, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Birkbeck Norman Hill: Lucy Hill Crump Publisher E. Arnold, 1906, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Finch: Kate Macintosh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Colt: GC Zoute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessie Catherine Couvreur: Mathilde Philippson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Halsey: Takahiro Kyono, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marjorie Rackstraw: University of Edinburgh, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rose Gray: Pavel Levkovsky, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Selva Rasalingam: Jake Thomas, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bambos Charalambous: ©House of Commons / Jessica Taylor, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Bamford: not identified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda Lusardi: Paul Johnson (Paulears at en.wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Ntumba Massanka: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alec Penstone: Royal Navy / IWM / Crown Copyright, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Cloutman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Emily Gray Hill: Edward Robert Hughes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyn Sharp, Baroness Sharp: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fox Jackson-Keen: DenP Images, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert William Richmond: no conegut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hetta Bartlett: Mayall & Co 1900 - reproduced in ‘The Sketch’ August 1900, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Iliess Macani: Fleets, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josiah Forster: Benjamin Haydon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Len Hughes: Plusstone, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Dale: Rodney Dale, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger T. Forster: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Price: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Cecil Herring: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ambrose Heal: Photographer: "Russell", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Clarke: Airman 1st Class Preston Webb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Danvers: Caetano Alberto da Silva, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Iain Rice: Phil Parker, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irene Savidge: no one attributed in The Graphic 16 June 1928, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hoadly: Engraver John Faber Jr, after Isaac Whood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nevile Wilkinson: John Singer Sargent, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth II: Donald McKague, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria: Alexander Bassano, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Shelley: Richard Rothwell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmond Halley: Richard Phillips, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Wollstonecraft: John Opie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stuart Mill: London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brook Taylor: Louis Goupy (died 1747), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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