List of people from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

This is a list of notable people associated with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England.


 * Kia Abdullah – author; born in Mile End, went to school in Bow.
 * Damon Albarn – singer-songwriter for bands Blur, Gorillaz; born in Whitechapel.
 * Joe Anderson – 'All England' boxing champion of 1897.
 * Cheryl Baker – member of Bucks Fizz, winners of the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest, grew up in Roman Road, Bethnal Green.
 * Danny Boyle – film director, producer and screenwriter; lives in Mile End.
 * Andy Lee (boxer) –  Professional Boxer; born in Bow.
 * Rosa Nouchette Carey – children's novelist; born in Stratford-le-Bow.
 * Ashley Cole – footballer, played for Arsenal's invincibles; born in Stepney; attended Bow Boys School.
 * Steve Conway – singer (1920–1952), born in Bethnal Green.
 * Donald Crisp – Academy Award-winning actor; born in Bow.
 * Ralph Fiennes – actor; lives in Bethnal Green.
 * Clara Grant – educational pioneer and social reformer.
 * John Granville Harkness – Major-General in the British Army of the Victorian era.
 * Peter Green – guitarist and songwriter, founder of Fleetwood Mac; born in Mile End.
 * Perry Groves – footballer, played for Arsenal; born in Bow.
 * Felicity Jones – actress, lives in Bethnal Green.
 * Isaac Julien – artist, raised in Bow.
 * Ledley King – former footballer; defender for Tottenham Hotspur; born in Bow.
 * Oona King – former Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow; political commentator.
 * Eddie Marsan – actor; grew up in Bethnal Green.
 * Charlie McDonnell – comedian and musician; YouTube personality; shares a flat in Bow.
 * Ian McKellen –  award-winning actor; lives in Limehouse.
 * Margaret Moran – former Labour MP for Luton South.
 * Graham Norton – comedian and television presenter; lives in Wapping.
 * Sylvia Pankhurst – suffragette and social campaigner.
 * Lutfur Rahman – former Mayor of Tower Hamlets (2010-2015; lives in Whitechapel.
 * Harry Redknapp – former footballer; manager, Queens Park Rangers.
 * Dizzee Rascal – grime musician.
 * John Robertson – Premier of New South Wales, Australia, on five occasions between 1881 and 1886; born in Bow.
 * Tinchy Stryder – grime musician.
 * Joakim Sundström – Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician; has a flat south of Bow.
 * Danny Wallace – filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television; lives in Bow.
 * Wiley – grime musician, urban artist.
 * Glen Wilkie (born 1977), League 1 football player.
 * Amy Winehouse – jazz singer-songwriter; had a flat in Bow.