Editing Leyton (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Benik Afobe]] (born 1993) – Football player
* [[Peter Ashby]] – [[New wave music|New wave]] musician and composer, born in Leyton 1963
* [[Joseph Gurney Barclay (astronomer)|Joseph Gurney Barclay]] (1816–1898) – head of [[Barclays|Barclays Bank]] and astronomer whose observatory was at Knotts Green House
* [[Harry Beck]] (1902–1974) – Creator of the [[London Underground Map]]
* [[William Bowyer (printer)|William Bowyer]] (1699–1777) – Printer, buried in Leyton Parish Church
* [[Leyton Buzzards]] – [[Punk rock]] band of the late 1970s
* [[Jack Cornwell]]  – Born in Leyton in 1900, killed at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916, recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]
* [[William Cotton (banker)|William Cotton]] (1786–1866) – Banker, [[Governor of the Bank of England]] 1842–1845
* [[Bobby Crush]] (born 1954) – Pop pianist and actor
* [[Iron Maiden]] (1975) – Heavy metal band
* [[Hugo Dewar]] (1908–1981) – [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] activist
* [[Curtis Davies]] (born 1985) – Football player
* [[Charles Goring, 2nd Earl of Norwich]] (1615–1671) – Soldier and aristocrat, lived at [[Whipps Cross#Forest House|Forest House]] and buried in Leyton Parish Church
* [[Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet|Sir Gilbert Heathcote]] (1652–1733) – [[Governor of the Bank of England]] and [[Lord Mayor of London]]
* [[Gunshot (band)|Gunshot]] – British [[hip hop]] group
* Sir [[Michael Hicks (1543–1612)]] – Courtier and politician, lord of the manor of Ruckholt
* Sir [[James Houblon]] (1629–1700) – [[Merchant]] and [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP), lived at [[Whipps Cross#Forest House|Forest House]]
* [[David Lewis (poet)|David Lewis]] (1682–1760) – Poet, buried in Leyton Parish Church
* [[John Lill]] – Musician (b.1944).  Winner of International Tchaikovsky Competition 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/artists/instrumentalists/piano/john-lill|title=John Lill – Askonas Holt}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Lodge]] (1558–1625) – author, poet and playwright
* [[George Allan Mitchell|George Mitchell]]  (1911–1944) – Soldier, killed in the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]
* [[Frank Muir]] (1920–1998) – Writer, television and radio personality
* [[John Henry Pepper]] (1821–1900) – Scientist and inventor, creator of [[Pepper's ghost]], a famous stage illusion
* [[Sir Thomas Roe]] – English diplomat, born in Leyton in 1581
* [[John Strype]] (1643–1737) – Historian and biographer, was curate and vicar of Leyton 1669–1737
* [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Nicholas Wiseman]] (1802–1865) – The first [[Archbishop of Westminster]], lived at Etloe House, Leyton, 1858–1864
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