- Steve Richards
Steve Richards (born 1960), is a British TV presenter and chief political columnist for "The Independent" newspaper. Richards was educated at Christ's College, formerly a state grammar school, in Finchley, North London, and studied History at York University before securing a place on a journalism course at the London College of Printing. He worked in local radio and regional TV in Newcastle before becoming a BBC political correspondent in 1990. - Skepta
Skepta (born Joseph Junior Adenuga) is a British Nasty-Nigerian, commonly associated with the North London grime scene. He is a member of Roll Deep, and became renowned throughout London as a result of his breakthrough single, "Private Caller", which featured many of his "Meridian Crew" (from Meridian Walk in "Totty"). He co-owns a North London-based record label named Boy Better Know with his younger brother JME (real name: Jamie Adenuga). - Robert Elms
Robert Elms (born 1959) is an English writer, broadcaster and D.J. for BBC London 94.9, broadcasting weekdays from Noon to 3pm. Born in West London, to a working class family, he attended Orange Hill grammar school in Burnt Oak North London and then the London School of Economics. He has written for The Face and the first of several books was the novel "In Search Of The Crack" (1989). His radio show features aspects of 'hidden London' histories, … - Just Jack
Jack Allsopp (born North London in 1978), known by the stage name Just Jack, is an English stage musician - Michael Rosen
Michael Wayne Rosen (born May 7, 1946 in Harrow, and brought up in Pinner, Middlesex, in England) is a children's novelist and poet and the author of 140 books. He was appointed as the fifth Children's Laureate in June 2007, succeeding Jacqueline Wilson, and holds this honour till 2009. Rosen's father was a secondary school teacher before becoming a professor of English at the Institute of Education, London, … - Reece Shearsmith
Reece Shearsmith, full name Reeson William Shearsmith, (born 27 August 1969) is an English actor and writer. He is most famous for his work as part of "The League of Gentlemen" along with fellow performers Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and co-writer Jeremy Dyson. - Paul Davis
Paul Davis (born December 9, 1961) is an English former footballer. Born in Dulwich, London, Davis signed for Arsenal as an apprentice in 1977 and turned professional the following year. A talented left-footed midfielder, he made his debut in 1980 in a North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur, and within a year he was a regular in the Arsenal side, as well as a member of the England U21 team. Davis was an integral part of the successful Arsenal side of the late 1980s, … - Yungun
Yungun (a.k.a. Essa) is a UK hip-hop artist. He released his debut album "The Essance" on Janomi Records in 2004. He was born in North London where he currently works and resides. He was educated at the prestigious Eton College in Berkshire and University of Cambridge He began his musical career as a host and MC on pirate radio station Parlay in Harrow during the mid-1990s. There he formed the group Dupa Styles with fellow MC Devise. - Alan Parker
Sir Alan William Parker, CBE, (born February 14,1944) is an English film director, producer, writer, and actor. He has been active in both the British film industry as well as in Hollywood. He is a founding member of the Director's Guild of Great Britain. Born into a working class family in Stockton, Teesside, Parker started out as a copywriter for advertising agencies in the 1960s and 1970s and later began to write his own television commercial scripts. - Barry Took
Barry Took (June 19, 1928 - March 31, 2002) was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. He is best remembered in the UK for his weekly role as presenter of "Points of View", a BBC TV programme in which viewers' letters criticising or praising the BBC were broadcast. He also presented the BBC Radio 4 programme "The News Quiz" for over a decade until 1995. Took was born in Muswell Hill, North London and brought up there during the war, … - Robert Peston
Robert Peston is a British journalist, currently the Business Editor for BBC News. Peston was educated at Highgate Wood School, a state comprehensive school in Crouch End in North London, and graduated from Balliol College at the University of Oxford, working briefly at stockbroker Williams de Broe. He worked for nine years at the "Financial Times". In 2000, he became editorial director of online financial analysis service Quest. - Norman Smith
Norman Smith (born 22 February1923) is a musician and record producer. He was the engineer on all of the recordings by the Beatles up until 1965 when EMI promoted him from engineer to producer. The last Beatles album he recorded was "Rubber Soul". A native of the North London area of Edmonton, Smith was working with the Beatles on 17 June1965 when he was offered 15,000 pounds by the band's music publishing company, Dick James Music, … - Matthew Etherington
Matthew Etherington (born August 14 1981 in Truro, Cornwall) is an English football player. Etherington, a left-sided midfielder and winger, currently plays for Premier League club West Ham United, wearing squad number 11. - Steve Howe
Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born April 8, 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is a guitarist best known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes. He has also been a member of The Syndicats, Bodast, Tomorrow, Asia and GTR, as well as releasing 13 solo albums as of June 2005. - Martin Carthy
Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy MBE (born May 21, 1941) is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival. He was born in Hatfield and grew up in Hampstead, North London. - Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis is the English entrepreneur behind the River Island fashion brand and clothing chain. He was born in February 1926 and opened his first shop aged 20 selling fruit and veg in the North London area (on Holloway Road). At the age 80, "Mr Bernard" (which is the name he is known by staff at River Island) is still involved in the day to day running of the group and is known to visit many of the companies stores at weekends with his wife Vanessa. - Marc Bannerman
Marc Bannerman (born 15 August 1973 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish-British actor, best known for playing Gianni di Marco in the BBC soap opera, "EastEnders". Although Marc was born in Dublin, Ireland he spent his childhood growing up in North London, United Kingdom. Whilst training at 'The Courtyard Theatre Company' he played a variety of roles ranging from Palamon in "The Canterbury Tales" to performing in "Nosferatu". - Freema Agyeman
Freema Agyeman (born 1979) is an English actress whose first notable appearance was in the ITV soap opera "Crossroads". She is best known for playing medical student Martha Jones, companion of the Tenth Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who". Prior to getting the role of Martha in "Doctor Who", she worked shifts at a Blockbuster Video outlet in North London, which enabled her to schedule auditions for other work. - Kid Harpoon
Kid Harpoon (born Tom Hull) is a British singer-songwriter and musician. Originally hailing from Chatham, Kid Harpoon began to play live locally at venues such as The Tap & Tin and Command House. He became more and more well known locally and would feature on the Urban Fox Press compilation CDs on which early recordings of Fathers and Sons and Tunnels were aired. - Alvin Stardust
Alvin Stardust (born Bernard William Jewry, 27 September 1942, Muswell Hill, North London) is an English vocalist and stage actor. - Jazzie B
Jazzie B (born Beresford Romeo, January 26 1963, in Hornsey, North London) is a DJ and music producer. He is a founding member of the musical group Soul II Soul. He is mainly credited for singing and vocal dialogue. Jazzie B has also produced and remixed work for artistes such as Wookie, James Brown, Cheryl Lynn, Monie Love, The Chimes, Fine Young Cannibals, Family Stand and Alyson Williams. Africa Centre - John Grant
John Douglas Grant (October 16, 1932-October 3, 2000) was a British Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour until he left in 1981 to join the new Social Democratic Party (SDP). He represented Islington East from 1970 to 1974 and Islington Central from 1974-1983. Grant was born in Finsbury Park, North London. He attended the Stationers' Company School in Hornsey before beginning a career as journalist. - Knox
Knox (born Ian M. Carnochan, 4 April 1945) is a British musician. Born in London, he spent his formulative years in Cricklewood, (North London) and then Watford, where he became interested in the guitar at the age of thirteen. He was in various school bands, based at Watford Grammar School, including The Renegades (dress - black shirts and sunglasses), and Knox and the Knight Ryders. This was gradually put on hold when he went to art school (in Watford, … - Jessie Wallace
Jessie Wallace (born Karen Wallace on September 25, 1971 in Enfield, North London) is a popular British actress and former student of the The Poor School in Kings Cross. Her first television appearance was in the ITV police drama series "The Bill" in 1999. Wallace is best known for playing the role of Kat Slater in BBC One soap opera "EastEnders" between 2000 and 2005. - Mike Barson
Mike Barson (born Michael Wilson Barson, 21 May 1958, North London, England), sometimes nicknamed Monsieur Barso, is an English musician, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the second wave ska band, Madness. Barson co-founded a band called The Invaders in 1976. Soon, they changed their name to Madness after the song by Prince Buster and became one of the most popular bands in Two Tone. - Barry Norman
Barry Leslie Norman (born August 21, 1933) is a British film critic and television presenter. Norman was educated at a state primary school and at the Highgate School, a boys' Independent school in North London. He did not go to university. The son of film director Leslie Norman, he began his journalistic career at the "Kensington News", … - Chris Farlowe
Chris Farlowe is an English pop singer and one-time amateur boxer. He was born John Henry Deighton on October 13, 1940, in Islington, North London, England. His musical career began with a skiffle group, The John Henry Skiffle Group in 1957, then The Johnny Burns Rhythm and Blues Quartet in 1958. He met lead guitarist Bob Talor (born Robert Taylor, 6 June 1942 in London) in 1959 and he joined the band Taylor was in the Thunderbirds, … - Johnny Kidd
Frederick Heath best known as Johnny Kidd, was an English singer and songwriter, who was the front man for the rock band, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. He was one of the pre-Beatles British rock and rollers to achieve worldwide fame. Kidd's most famous song was "Shakin' All Over" which was covered by The Who on the classic "Live at Leeds" album. (This song was also a hit single for the similarly-named Canadian band, The Guess Who, … - Graham Bond
Graham John Clifton Bond (28 October, 1937 in Romford, Essex, England - 8 May, 1974 at Finsbury Park station, Finsbury Park, North London, England) was an English musician, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s. Along with John Mayall and Alexis Korner, Bond was one of the great catalytic figures of '60s rock in Britain. - Jake Arnott
Jake Arnott is a British novelist who was born in Buckinghamshire in 1961 and now lives in North London. in 2005, he was ranked as one of Britain's 100 most influential gay and lesbian people. Having left school at 16 and drifted through various jobs including a labourer, mortuary technician, artist's model and theatrical agency assistant, Arnott became an actor with the Red Ladder Company in Leeds and appeared as a mummy in the "The Mummy". - Nicky Hopkins
Nicholas Christian 'Nicky' Hopkins (February 24, 1944 at the Park Royal Hospital, Harlesden, North London – September 6, 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA) was an English musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. He is regarded as one of the most important session musicians in rock history, playing on countless hit recordings by leading British and American acts. - John Renbourn
John Renbourn (born August 8, 1944, Marylebone, North London, England) is a British guitarist and songwriter. He is possibly best-known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career both before, during and after that band's existence (1967-1973). While most commonly labelled a folk musician, Renbourn's musical tastes and interests take in early music, classical music, … - Sway Dasafo
Derek Andrew Safo is a Muslim British hip hop rapper born in 1982 in Hornsey, North London, of Ghanaian origins, who uses the stage names Sway DaSafo or simply Sway; he is also a full-time producer. His song "Hype Boys" is in Need For Speed: Carbon. - Elena Baltacha
Elena Baltacha ; is a Ukrainian-born tennis player who has played for Great Britain and Scotland. Baltacha was born August 14, 1983 in Kiev, Ukraine. She comes from a sporting family: her father Sergei was a professional footballer, representing the USSR and playing in the United Kingdom with Ipswich Town and St Johnstone, and her mother Olga represented the USSR in both the pentathlon and heptathlon at the Olympic Games. - Patrick Forge
Patrick Forge is a jazz, jazz dance and soul DJ who who spent much of the late 1980s and early 1990s djing alongside Gilles Peterson at the famous Dingwalls club in Camden, North London. Back in the 80s, Patrick worked in Reckless Records in London, and worked on the pirate radio station Kiss. He is originally from Ipswich in Suffolk. When Kiss 100 FM was given a legal licence in September 1990, Patrick became one of its DJs with a once-a-week show. - Paul Rose
Mr. Biffo, real name Paul Rose, was the editor of the Teletext-based video games magazine Digitiser, which ran between 1993 and 2003. He continues to write a monthly column (entitled Biffovision) in "Edge". In more recent times, he has become a scriptwriter for television, working on children's shows such as "Barking!", "The Worst Witch", "Sooty" and "My Parents Are Aliens", … - Jet Harris
Jet Harris (born Terence Harris, 6 July 1939, Honeypot Lane, Kingsbury, North London, England) was the bass guitarist and leader of The Shadows until April 1962. - Chris Cross
Chris Cross (born Christopher Allen, 14 July 1952, Tottenham, North London, England) was the bass guitarist in the band Ultravox, until their demise in 1986. For a brief time in the mid 1970s he also went by the name Chris St. John, when Ultravox were then called Tiger Lily. Cross now works as a psychotherapist and counsellor, which he studied at college before joining Ultravox. His brother, Jeff Allen, played the drums for Hello in the 1970s. - Dj Ez
DJ EZ (pronounced E-Zed) is a DJ from Tottenham, North London specialising in UK garage music. - Simon Nicol
Simon John Breckenridge Nicol, born October 13 1950, Muswell Hill, North London is an English electric folk guitarist and singer. He is a founding member and the longest-serving member of Fairport Convention although between 1971 and 1975/6 he took a "sabbatical" from the band, during which he recorded and toured with former members and produced albums. His return to the fold came when he was sound engineer for their 1976 album 'Gottle o' Geer'.
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