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A list of well known past Suburb personalities
Dame Elizabeth Taylor
Edgar Anstey
– Documentary filmmaker and
Oscar
winner (lived at
6, Hurst Close
)
Sir Ove Arup
– Architectural structural engineer and founder of the engineering firm
Arup
(lived at
28, Willifield Way
)
Blue Plaque
Dame Henrietta Barnett
– Social reformer, founder of
Toynbee Hall
,
Whitechapel Art Gallery
and creator of Hampstead Garden Suburb (lived at
1, South Square
)
Blue Plaque
Stanley Black
– Bandleader and Composer (lived at
8, Linell Close
)
James Bolivar Manson
- painter, director of the
Tate Britain
gallery, lived at
98 Hampstead Way
Warwick Braithwaite
– Opera Conductor (lived at
23, Linden Lea
)
Angela Buxton
– Tennis player and winner of the 1956 women's doubles title at the French Championships and Wimbledon (lived in a flat above the shops in
Market Place
and later at
16, Winnington Road
)
John Chapman
– Playwright of several noted
farces
(lived at
48, Wildwood Road
)
Charlie Chester
– Comedian (lived at
94, Erskine Hill
&
5, Vivian Way
)
Charles Clarke
– Labour Party MP & Home Secretary (lived at
3, Meadway Close
)
Eric Coates
– Composer (lived at
7, Willifield Way
)
Blue Plaque
Maurice Codner
– British portrait painter (lived at
26, Temple Fortune Hill
)
Constantine
– the last King of Greece (lived at
Linnell Close
)
Sir Robin Day
– Television & Radio journalist and interviewer (lived at
84, Oakwood Road
)
George Devine
– Theatre Manager, Director and Actor, founder of the
Young Vic Theatre
(lived at Lucas Square,
64, Hampstead Way
)
Robert Donat
– Actor (lived at
8, Meadway
)
Blue Plaque
Clive Dunn
– actor
Noel Edmonds
– Broadcaster (lived in
Brookland Hill
)
Vanessa Feltz
– Personality (lived in
Winnington Road
)
Mark Fleischmann
– actor
Darrell Figgis
– Irish writer,
Sinn Féin
activist and independent parliamentarian in the
Irish Free State
Michael Flanders
– Actor, Singer and lyric-writer, one half of
Flanders and Swann
(lived at
1, Brunner Close
)
Martin Furnival Jones
– Director General of
MI5
from 1965 until 1972 (lived at
53, Temple Fortune Hill
)
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
– second son of late Libyan leader
Muammar Gaddafi
John Gale
– theatre producer and artistic director of
Chichester Festival Theatre
(lived at
57, Northway
)
Hermione Granger
– Muggle-born witch. Seen walking from her home in
Heathgate
towards St. Jude’s church in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Antony Gormley
– Sculptor (lived in
Wildwood Road
)
Tony Hancock
– Comedian and Actor (lived at
10, Grey Close
)
Blue Plaque
Dame Myra Hess
– Concert Pianist (lived at
48, Wildwood Road
)
Blue Plaque
Freddie Highmore
— actor, writer, and producer
Gerard Hoffnung
– Musician, Humorist, Caricaturist and Broadcaster (lived at
5, Thornton Way
)
Archbishop Trevor Huddleston
– Anti-apartheid campaigner (lived at
53, Hampstead Way
)
Barry Hugman
– sports author and statistician (lived in
Denison Close
)
Bruce Kent
–
CND
campaigner (lived at
73, Meadway
)
William Knightley-Smith
– first class cricketer (lived in
Ossulton Way
)
Hugh Laurie
– actor and musician.
Sir Brian Leveson
– Lord Justice of Appeal (
Press ethics inquiry
)
William Lewis
–
Daily Telegraph
editor (lived in
Northway
)
Lord Longford
&
Lady Elizabeth Pakenham
&
Lady Antonia Fraser
– Historian & Biographer; Campaigner; Author (lived at
10, Linnell Drive
)
Cyril Luckham
– Actor (lived at
70, Hampstead Way
)
Peter Mandelson
– Labour Party MP & Cabinet Minister (lived at
12, Bigwood Road
)
David McCallum
– Actor (lived at
1, Erskine Hill
)
Millicent Martin
– Actress - and
Ronnie Carroll
– Singer (lived in
Ossulton Way
)
Heather Mills
– charity campaigner and former model (lived in Allingham Court,
The Bishops Avenue
)
Cecil Parker
– Actor (lived at
17, Litchfield Way
)
Frank Pick
– transport administrator (lived at
15, Wildwood Road
)
Sir Ralph Richardson
– Actor (lived at
Bedegars Lee, Kenwood Close
)
Blue Plaque
Paul Robeson
– American Actor and Singer (lived in
Wildwood Road
)
Claudia Roden
– cookbook author
Jonathan Ross
– television and radio presenter
Paul Scott
– Novelist, Playwright and Poet (lived at
61, Brookland Rise
&
78, Addison Way
)
Will Self
– author and journalist (lived at
33, Brim Hill
)
Vikram Seth
– Poet and Novelist (lived at
133, Willifield Way
)
Dinah Sheridan
– actress
Emanuel Shinwell
– Labour Party MP & Secretary of State for War (lived at
33, Erskine Hill
)
Alastair Sim
– Actor (lived at
13, Wildwood Road
)
Sir Donald Sinden
– Actor (lived at
60, Temple Fortune Lane
)
Blue Plaque
Lord Soper
– Methodist minister, socialist, pacifist and President of the
League Against Cruel Sports
(lived at
6, Willifield Way
&
17, Bigwood Road
)
Jerry Springer
– American television presenter (born & lived at
Belvedere Court, Lyttelton Road
).
Ringo Starr
– Drummer for
The Beatles
and Actor (lived in
Kenwood Close
)
Nigel Stock
– Actor (lived at
21, Heathgate
)
Harry Styles
– Pop singer with
One Direction
(lived in
Winnington Road
)
Thomas S. Tait
– Modernist Architect (lived at
Gates House, Wyldes Close
)
Blue Plaque
Dame Elizabeth Taylor
– Actress (lived at
8, Wildwood Road
)
Dimitri Tiomkin
– Film-score Composer and four-time
Oscar
winner (lived in Hampstead Lane)
Sir Raymond Unwin
– Engineer, Architect and Town Planner, chief planner of Hampstead Garden Suburb (lived at
Wyldes
, Hampstead Way)
Blue Plaque
Anton Walbrook
– Actor (lived at
36, Holne Chase
)
Sir Hugh Walpole
Author (lived in
Turner Drive
and at
19, Thornton Way
)
Gwen Watford
&
Richard Bebb
– Actress; Actor & noted collector of early sound recordings (lived at
22, Temple Fortune Lane
)
Evelyn Waugh
– Author (lived at 145,
North End Road
).
Fritz Wegner
— artist, illustrator
Rachel Weisz
– Actress (lived at
6, Linnell Close
)
Rebecca West
– Author, Journalist, Literary critic and Travel writer (lived at
5, Chatham Close
)
Harold Wilson
– Labour Party MP & twice Prime Minister (lived at
10 & 12, Southway
)
Blue Plaque
.
Robert Winston
– British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter.
Sir Donald Wolfit
– Actor (lived in
Hampstead Way
)
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor
Angela Buxton
Dame Myra Hess
Emmanuel Shinwell
A list of well known past Suburb personalities