- Adrian Smith
Adrian Frederik "H" Smith (born February 27, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is a songwriter and one of three guitarists/songwriters in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. - Phil Collen
Philip Kenneth Collen (born December 8, 1957 in Hackney, East London, England) is one of the guitarists for British rock band Def Leppard. He joined the band in 1982 following the firing of Pete Willis. - John Smith
John Smith (1939-1988) was a footballer, a West Ham Academy product who was born in Shoreditch, London. He made 136 appearances for the club between 1956 and 1960, playing right half and inside right. He scored 23 goals for the East London club before being transferred to Tottenham Hotspur. John Smith Played in the Swindon Town side which beat Arsenal in the 1969 League Cup Final, at the time of his death he was the steward of McVite's social club in Park Royal, … - Kenney Jones
Kenneth Thomas "Kenney" (or Kenny) Jones (born September 16, 1948 in Stepney, East London) is a veteran English rock drummer best known for his work in The Small Faces, the Faces, and The Who.Instrument = Drums | Genre = Rock<br>R&B<br>;Hard Rock | Occupation = Drummer | Associated_acts = The Small Faces<br>Faces<br>The Who<br>The Jones Gang - Adrian Legg
British guitarist Adrian Legg was born in Hackney, East London. He studied the oboe as a child but in teenage years his interest shifted to the guitar. Legg plays fingerstyle guitar, mixing an alternating-bass style with harmonics, banjo-peg retuning and single or double-string bending. Often he will play a piece entirely in arpeggios similar to a classical guitar style. He makes extensive use of altered tunings and capos. - Kristian Leontiou
Kristian Leontiou is a popular, English singer songwriter from East London, England. He was born in 1984 to a Greek Cypriot father and an English mother. His sister, Alexa, is a singer in her own band and guest-vocalled on his B-Side, "Hi-Lo & In Between". Diagnosed with dyslexia from an early age, Kristian had a number of jobs in various career paths before he decided to get into music. After making a demo tape, he eventually had a meeting with Polydor Records, … - David Howell Evans
David Howell Evans, more widely known by his moniker The Edge, is the British-born guitarist, keyboardist, primary songwriter, and backing vocalist for the Irish rock band U2. His distinctive electric guitar timbre and percussive style of playing, along with his innovative use of digital sound processing — delay in particular — have helped define U2's unique sound. Despite being born in England in the book U2 By U2, … - Lethal Bizzle
Lethal Bizzle (also known as Lethal B, born Maxwell Ansah) 23, is a rapper from, Walthamstow, East London, born to Ghanaian parents. In December 2004 he released the single "Pow (Forward)", also known as "Forward Riddim", which was banned from airplay by some mainstream stations; it entered the UK Singles Chart at number 11 in the first chart of 2005 and number one on the UK Dance Chart. Whilst he was a part of the group More Fire Crew, … - Alan Curbishley
Llewellyn Charles Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London), more commonly known as Alan Curbishley, is a former professional footballer and the current manager of West Ham United. - Plan B
Plan B (real name Ben Drew, b. 1984) is an English rapper from Forest Gate, East London. - Bernard Butler
Bernard Butler (born 1 May 1970, in Stamford Hill, East London) is an English musician and record producer. - Izzy Iriekpen
Ezomo "Izzy" Iriekpen (born 14 May 1982 in East London, England) is an English footballer with Scunthorpe United. He is a defender. Iriekpen joined West Ham United as a trainee in August 1998 and was part of West Ham's Youth Cup winning team of 1999 that included the likes of Michael Carrick, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole. Injuries curtailed his final two seasons with West Ham, twice breaking down with cruciate ligament problems. - Steve Jones
Steve Jones is an English former professional footballer. Jones started his footballing career at non-league clubs Basildon United and then Billericay Town. He moved to West Ham United in November 1992 for £22,500, and made his first senior appearance for the East London club in a reserve fixture against Southampton on 17 November 1992. He made his first-team debut away to Cosenza in the Anglo-Italian Cup on 8 December 1992, … - Andy Anderson
Andy Anderson (birth name Clifford Leon Anderson) is a drummer, notably for the band The Cure. He was born in West Ham, East London, England on January 30, 1951. Anderson worked on Nik Turner's Sphynx album in 1978. He played with Steve Hillage on two albums, Live Herald and Open, and had a brief stint in Hawkwind in 1983, but did not record with them. His tenure in that group was cut short when he played with The Glove on their first and only album "Blue Sunshine". - Crazy Titch
Crazy Titch (born Carl Dobson), 23, is a British grime MC from Stratford, East London currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Richard Holmes in Walthamstow. Having previously spent five years in Aylesbury (HM Prison) for robbery, handling stolen goods, theft, burglary and criminal damage, Dobson turned his attention to music, and secured a support role with D12. - Sarah Jezebel Deva
Sarah Jezebel Deva (real name, Sarah Jane Ferridge) (born February 25, 1977 in Forest Gate, East London, England) is a backing vocalist in Cradle of Filth, and also fronts her own band, Angtoria. Her career started at the age of eleven at the Queen's theatre. "Summertime" was her first performance ever in a band or to an audience, performing one more time at the age of thirteen. She then took a big leap from jazz into punk, where she secured a position as a co-vocalist. - Tom Watt
Tom Watt (born 14 February, 1956 in Wanstead, East London) is an English radio presenter, journalist and actor. He is widely remembered for his role as Lofty Holloway in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", but is now one of Britain's leading football journalists. - Steve Arneil
Hanshi Steve Arneil (born in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa, on 29 August 1934) is the President and founder of the International Federation of Karate. At the age of 10, his family moved to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), and there he began training in Judo. At the age of seventeen he became a black belt in Judo, and also practiced both Kenpo and Karate. Around the age of 25, Arneil moved to Durban, South Africa, … - Jerry Dammers
Jerry Dammers (born Jeremy Dammers, 22 May 1955, Ootacamund, India) was the founder and keyboard player of the Coventry based ska band, The Specials (changed from The Special A.K.A.). He also contributed in founding the 2 Tone record label, which helped to popularize the new sound of the ska revival in the 1980s. - Ann Mitchell
Ann Mitchell (born April 22, 1939 in Stepney, East London, England) is one of Britain's leading stage and television actresses. As a child she attended Raine's Foundation School and went on to train at the pioneering East 15 Acting School, an establishment inspired by the works of Joan Littlewood, receiving the first-ever scholarship to the school. She has since worked in theatre, television, film, and radio, starting with "Diary of a Young Man", … - Marjorie Proops
Rebecca Marjorie Proops (born Rebecca Marjorie Israel in East London) (10 August 1911-10 November 1996) was a British agony aunt, writing the column "Dear Marje" for the "Daily Mirror". She was probably the best known agony aunt in the UK. She was educated at Dalston Secondary School in London and in 1935 married military man Sidney Joseph Proops, and they had a son called Robert. In 1939 Proops became a journalist. - Nick Schofield
Nick Schofield (born December 29 1980 in East London) is a British actor best known for his role as Ryan Harper on "Night and Day". During 2001 he played biker boy Liam Collinson in ITV's "Girls in Love" From 2001 to 2003, Schofield played bratty Ryan Harper on "Night and Day", brother to the show's missing teenager Jane. This role called on him to be at times evil, bitchy, vulnerable, and plain weird: scenes had him dressing up Ali G style, … - Adam Woodyatt
Adam Brinley Woodyatt (born 28 June, 1968 in Walthamstow, East London) is an English actor who is best known for playing Ian Beale in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". - Andy Powell
Andy Powell (born February 19, 1950 in Stepney, East London) is an English guitarist and one of the founding members of rock band Wishbone Ash. Powell is the only remaining original member of the band which he manages and runs from his base in Connecticut, USA. Powell and his original co-guitarist Ted Turner were one of the original exponents of 'Twin Lead Guitar'. They have been cited as an influence on a number of "twin guitar" bands including: Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden, … - Laurence Juber
Laurence Juber (born November 12, 1952 in Stepney, East London) is an English guitarist, most famous for playing lead guitar in Wings. A native of London, Juber joined Wings in July 1978 and remained until its disbandment in April 1981. He subsequently became a studio musician and played guitar for numerous television shows, including "Happy Days" and "Family Ties". In 1990, he released his first solo album, "Solo Flight". - John Ashton
John Ashton (born on 30 November, 1957, at Whips Cross Hospital, Forest Gate, East London, England), is a British musician, songwriter and record producer. He is also the guitarist of The Psychedelic Furs. In addition to his duties in the Furs, Ashton has been an active music producer, and has worked on a number of projects including Marianne Faithfull, The Sisters of Mercy, Red Betty, and Seven Color Sky. Ashton currently resides in Woodstock, NY. - George Wright
George Wright (born 19 March 1936 in Ramsgate, Kent, died September 2000) was an English footballer who played as a full-back. Wright began his career at Ramsgate Athletic and played for Margate before joining West Ham United in 1951. Wright made his League debut for West Ham in an away loss against Hull City on 1 September 1951. He went on to make 169 League, and 9 cup appearances for the East London club, … - Tomáš Řepka
Tomáš Řepka Or 'Super Tom' (as West Ham fans like to call him) born January 2, 1974 in Slavičín) is a professional Czech football player. Řepka plays mostly as a right-sided defender, and is currently signed to Sparta Prague. Řepka started his career at Banik Ostrava, where he played from 1990 to 1995. He then joined Sparta Prague, where he spent almost 3 years, before moving to Fiorentina in Italy. He was sold by the cash-strapped club in September 2001, … - Michael French
Michael French (born 17 September, 1962 in Bow, East London) is an English actor. - Michelle Collins
Michelle A. Collins (born May 28 1963 in Hackney, East London) is a British actress best known for her roles on television in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", as Cindy Beale, and BBC drama "Sunburn". At one time, she was also a TV presenter on "The Word". - Grant McCann
Grant McCann (born 14 April 1980 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays for Barnsley of Football League Championship in England. McCann, a midfielder, started his career at West Ham United. A product of the club's Academy of Football, he failed to cement a place in the senior squad, and made just four substitute appearances for the East London club. McCann had loan spells at Livingston and Notts County before moving to Cheltenham Town, … - Paul Brush
Paul Brush (born 22nd February 1958 in Plaistow) is an English former professional footballer who is most famous for his time playing for West Ham United, for whom he played from 1976 until 1985. Brush, a full back, made his debut for the Hammers aged 19 in a 3-1 defeat against Norwich City on August 20 1977. Brush was substitute for West Ham in the 1980 FA Cup Final at Wembley, when the Hammers became the last side from outside of the top flight to win the trophy. - John Page
Sir Arthur John Page (born 16 September 1919), known as Sir John Page, is a British Conservative politician. Page was educated at Harrow and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was a sales manager and chairman of the Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association. Page first stood for Parliament in 1959 in Eton and Slough without success. From a by-election in 1960 until 1987, he was Member of Parliament for Harrow West. - Kirk Degiorgio
Kirk Degiorgio, better known as "As One", is a British techno producer and DJ. Born in the late 60s in Stepney, East London, and raised in Suffolk, he started producing music in the early 90s. He founded the labels A.R.T. Records and Op-Art Records and releases on them as well as B12 Records, R&S Records, New Electronica, and others. His style is a mixture of Detroit-style techno, mixed with funk, soul and jazz fusion. - Geoff Hamilton
Geoff Hamilton was a gardener and broadcaster born just a few minutes before his twin brother Tony, in Stepney, East London, England. His passion for gardening strengthened and during the school holidays Geoff expanded his knowledge by helping out in local nurseries, mainly at the Van Hage nursery at the end of his road. He went on to Writtle Agricultural College in Essex where he passed the National Diploma in Horticulture with distinction. - Harry Stanley
Harry Stanley (c. 1953 - 22 September 1999) was a painter and decorator shot dead, in controversial circumstances, by the police. Harry Stanley was born in Bellshill, near Glasgow, Scotland, where he lived for the first 19 years of his life. In the early 1970s Stanley moved to London in search of work and he married his childhood sweetheart, Irene. He had 3 children, and grandchildren, and lived in Hackney, East London. - Michael Tabor
Michael Tabor (born October 28, 1941, in East London, United Kingdom) made his fortune as owner of a successful chain of English betting shops and owner of a number of race horses. He sold out of that business for about $50-million in 2003, by which time he had already won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes representing two-thirds of the American Triple Crown with Eclipse Award winner Thunder Gulch. English-born Tabor, who is currently a resident of Monaco, … - Petr Mikolanda
Petr Mikolanda (born September 12, 1984) is a football player from the Czech Republic. He is an under 21 international centre forward who has played for Viktoria Zizkov and English Premiership club West Ham United. Mikolanda arrived at Upton Park having scored 13 goals in the Czech second division in the 2004-05 season for Viktoria Zizkov. He signed for the East London outfit after a successful trial at the beginning of the 2005-06 season, … - Kia Abdullah
Kia Abdullah (1982 -) is a British-Asian author. She has written one novel, "Life, Love and Assimilation", published in 2006. Abdullah was born and raised in Tower Hamlets in East London. She graduated from Queen Mary, University of London with a BSc degree in Computer Science in 2003 and went on to work at a medical research centre. Touted by many as a younger, rawer Monica Ali, … - Monty Sunshine
Monty Sunshine (born 8 April 1928, in Stepney, East London), is a former clarinetist whose main claim to fame was on "Petite Fleur", a clarinet solo that was a million seller for the Chris Barber band in 1959. Along with Lonnie Donegan, Jim Bray and Ron Bowden, forming the back line of what was the embryo Chris Barber band. Ken Colyer was the original professional trumpet player, …
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