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Ashley Cole
English association football player (born 1980)
Terence Stamp
British actor (1938–2025)
Victor McLaglen
British-American actor (1886–1959)

Arnold Wesker
British dramatist (1932-2016)
Walter Pater
English writer, critic and essayist (1839–1894)

Eddie Marsan
British actor

Steven Berkoff
British actor, playwright, author and director (born 1937)
Nicola Walker
British actress

Matthew Garber
Matthew Adam Garber was a British child actor, most notable as Michael Banks in the 1964 film Mary Poppins. His other screen credits include The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963) and The Gnome-Mobile (1967), appearing alongside actress Karen Dotrice in all three films they made for Walt Disney Pictures.
Clive Allen
English footballer (born 1961)
Monty Norman
British composer (1928–2022)
Perry McCarthy
English racing driver
Levina Teerlinc
Flemish painter (1510-1576)
Richard Knill Freeman
British architect (1840–1904)
Richard Mead
British physician (1673-1754)
Craig Fairbrass
English actor
Terry Chimes
musician (drummer and percussionist) and chiropractor
Laila Rouass
British actress
Anita Dobson
British actress and singer

Ruth Sheen
English actress
Jah Wobble
British bass guitarist and music producer (born 1958)
Roy Marsden
English actor (b. 1941)
Kenny Lynch
British actor and musician (1938-2019)
Des O'Connor
British singer, entertainer, presenter (1932–2020)

George Innes
British actor

Lionel Bart
British writer and composer of pop music and musicals

John Abbott
English actor (1905-1996)

Vic Groves
English footballer (1932–2015)
Laurence Juber
British musician
Laurie Abrahams
football player (born 1953)
Charles Tilstone Beke
British geographer (1800–1874)
David Gold
British businessman (1936–2023)
Bernard Bresslaw
British actor
George Lusk
Chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee (1839–1919)
Mark Lazarus
English footballer (1938-2025)
Alan Yentob
British television executive and presenter (1947–2025)
Syd Bishop
English footballer (1900-1949)
Ann Mitchell
British actress
Claire Rayner
British writer (1931-2010)

Danny Clapton
English footballer (1934-1986)
Charlie McGahey
Cricket player of England (1871-1935)
Frederick Leathers, 1st Viscount Leathers
British businessman (1883-1965)
Laurence Gomme
British folklorist
Sheilah Graham
American gossip columnist (1904–1988)
Emma Dent Coad
British politician (born 1954)
Shirley Hibberd
British writer (1825-1890)
Bernard Rhodes
English music manager
Darren Purse
English footballer (born 1977)
Amanda Muggleton
Australian actress
Jack Kid Berg
British boxer
George Hall
baseball player (1849-1923)

Terence Donovan
English photographer and film director (1936-1996)
Phoebe Hessel
British wartime cross-dresser
John Lever
English Test and County cricketer (born 1949)

Nicky Cook
British boxer
Sam Aaronovitch
English economist (1919–1998)
Terry Marsh
British boxer
Gerry Ward
English footballer and manager (1936-1994)
Alison Limerick
British singer
Rylan Clark
English television and radio presenter, singer and model