#1Famous people · Redbridge, London
Maggie Smith and 261 more famous people were born in Redbridge
Maggie Smith, the English actress, has articles in 98 languages. Second and third on the list are Ian Holm and Reece James. Most were born in the 20th century: 155 of them. 40 of them are performers, 1.8 times the share across UK towns.
Born here
262
notable people
Best known
Maggie Smith
in 98 Wikipedia languages
First
1714
Robert Taylor
Youngest
2007
Ezra Mayers
Most common field
Sports
99 people
What stands out about Redbridge’s famous people
Known worldwideMaggie Smith has an article in 98 languages, more than anyone else from here.A town of performersPerformers make up 40 of the 262, 1.8 times the usual share.Still making namesSince 1950, 106 of them have been born here, the latest in 2007.262 notable peopleWith 262 notable people, the list is longer than most towns’.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Redbridge
Performers take two of the three places.
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#3Sports
Reece James
born 1999English association football player (born 1999)
56 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Redbridge is known for
Redbridge has 1.8× the usual share of performers.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Redbridge’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 29 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicPolitics & LawNotableBusinessFaithMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Redbridge
259 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Mike Lynch (businessman)
1965–2024British-Irish businessman and software engineer (1965-2024)
BusinessWikipedia ↗
Charles Tilston Bright
1832–1888British engineer and politician (1832-1888)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Gary Stevenson (campaigner)
born 1986British YouTuber and former financial trader
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
John Lyall
1940–2006Former professional association footballer and manager (1940-2006)
SportsWikipedia ↗
Bernard Ashmole
1894–1988British archaeologist and art historian (1894–1988)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein
1899–1993British businessman and media executive (1899-1993)
BusinessWikipedia ↗
George Atherton Aitken
1860–1917British public servant and expert on the Queen Anne period of English literature (1860–1917)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Helen Jacobs
1888–1970British watercolorist, and illustrator, 1888-1970 (1888-1970)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Redbridge, with how many people each has.
Hackney · 6 miEdmond Halley & 576 more
Tower Hamlets · 6 miMary Wollstonecraft & 511 moreJLNewham · 4 miJoseph Lister & 433 more
Waltham Forest · 4 miAlfred Hitchcock & 276 more
Havering · 6 miFrank Lampard & 231 more
Barking and Dagenham · 3 miJohn Terry & 160 moreCTLoughton · 5 miChristine Truman & 20 more
Chigwell · 2 miSally Gunnell & 18 moreQuestions about famous people from Redbridge
Who is the most famous person from Redbridge?
Maggie Smith (English actress (1934–2024)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 98 languages. Next come Ian Holm and Reece James.
How many famous people were born in Redbridge?
262 people born in Redbridge have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 317 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Redbridge known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 99 of the 262. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Redbridge?
Robert Taylor, born in 1714. The youngest on the list was born in 2007.
Who counts as from Redbridge?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Redbridge’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 (88)
- Maggie Smith: N/A studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Holm: CossieMoJo at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reece James: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Ince: Justin Hartman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Flint: ParaDoxus, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ainsley Maitland-Niles: Paté kroute, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Le Bon: Andwhatsnext, aka Nancy J Price - http://andwhatsnext.com/bands, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Fontanne: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denise Levertov: Elsa Dorfman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Leeves: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mimi Keene: AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Lombard: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sydney Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Conquest: Brittle heaven, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carole Ann Ford: Dopefish at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathleen Raine: Dmitrismirnov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kortney Hause: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Lynch (businessman): Royal Society uploader, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Arundell: Raimund Kommer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Maguire: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Amstell: Steph Laing from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eva Hart: Eva/Esther Hart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Jameson: Doug Jackson Photography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Ball: Verwoodnet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie Compton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Morison: William Rothenstein, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tamzin Outhwaite: Ibsan73, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Byers: EchetusXe, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Pankhurst: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bramwell Tovey: Rob McAlear, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Haw: David Hunt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Tilston Bright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noel Edmonds: Montage Communications, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fakemink: Teddy Westside, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lydia Sokolova: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Neill: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jet Black: Original uploader was TomGreen at en.wikipedia Later version(s) were uploaded by Igoopy at en.wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Winman: summonedbyfells, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Rosario: BeBlo1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlee Adams: Struway2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Stevenson (campaigner): Room for Discussion, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgia Harrison: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgina Hale: John Thaxter, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gillian Merron: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Hare: Jonathing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Campbell: Wingspeed at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harriet Roberta Kerr: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Taylor: William Miller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Garland: No machine-readable author provided. Nomo assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Maddern: unknown (CBS TV / The Baltimore Sun Collection), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frazer Irving: Self-portrait, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Hendon: Рыбакова Елена, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamal Baptiste: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Wynter: James Boyes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Liz Robertson: Singmyangelofmusic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louisa Martindale: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Monica Oliphant: Bahudhara, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phyllis Sellick: Name of photographer unknown but s/he worked for Bassano Ltd on 3 Sept 1920, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Castle: Skippo10, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Gane: https://www.flickr.com/photos/theholygrail, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Bressey: GPO Film Unit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Conor Gough: Colinb24, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezra Mayers: West Ham United FC, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Ochieng: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Maher: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Skeaping: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Gapes: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Mitchell: Richard Kaby, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Hall: New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Durley: Bob Thomas, Getty Images, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ada Evans: Talma, Sydney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Howard: User:W., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Moughton: Joop van Bilsen for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Emma Maltwood: Nico Jungman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mason Barrett: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Noble: Shaqui Le Vesconte photo of Mike Noble holding his own FollyFoot artwork, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ola Abidogun: Tom Page from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilfred Fienburgh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Ravenhill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Henry Barlow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ian Ridpath: Einarolaf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmond Halley: Richard Phillips, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Wollstonecraft: John Opie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Hitchcock: Ante Brkan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Lampard: Mehdi Bolourian, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Terry: ChristopherJClarke, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally Gunnell: Sally_Gunnell_in_1995.jpg: User:Electric.tapir derivative work: Ukexpat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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