Editing Canonbury (section)

==Notable residents==
[[File:Canonbury Tower 20200803 071402.jpg|thumb|right|Canonbury Tower]]
* [[Thomas Cromwell]], [[Lord Privy Seal]], lived in Canonbury Tower from 1533 until his execution in 1540 by order of King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]
* [[Sir Francis Bacon]], King James I's [[Lord Chancellor]], lived in Canonbury Tower, 1616–1626
* [[William Babell]], musician, died here in 1723
* [[Ephraim Chambers]], encyclopaedist, lodged at Canonbury Tower
* [[George Grossmith]] and [[Weedon Grossmith]], actors and writers, lived at 5 Canonbury Place
* [[John Newbery]], publisher of children's literature, lived in Canonbury House
* [[Christopher Smart]], poet, lived in Canonbury House
* [[Francis Ronalds]], inventor of the [[Electric telegraph#First working systems|electric telegraph]], lived at 11 Canonbury Place as a child<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|publisher=Imperial College Press|year=2016|isbn=978-1-78326-917-4|location=London}}</ref>
* [[Edmund Ronalds]], chemist, was born at 48 Canonbury Square and later lived at the east end of Canonbury Place<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|date=2019|title=Bringing Together Academic and Industrial Chemistry: Edmund Ronalds' Contribution|journal=Substantia|volume=3|issue=1|pages=139–152}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Field Gibson]], [[Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851|Royal Commissioner]] for the [[Great Exhibition]] of 1851, was born at 2 Canonbury Place<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uudb.org/articles/thomasgibson.html|title=Thomas Gibson & Thomas Field Gibson|website=Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-date=4 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504212608/https://uudb.org/articles/thomasgibson.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Molly Hughes]], educator and author, chronicled her childhood in Canonbury in ''A London Child of the 1870s'' growing up in a house that "stood at the corner of two roads" with a view down the length of Grange Grove (1 Canonbury Park North)<ref name=":0" />
* [[George Orwell]], writer, lived at 27b Canonbury Square
* [[Evelyn Waugh]], writer, lived at 17a Canonbury Square
* [[Duncan Grant]] and [[Vanessa Bell]], painters and designers, lived at 26a Canonbury Square
* Professor Sir [[Basil Spence]], architect, lived and worked at 1 Canonbury Place from 1956 until his death in 1976. He is commemorated with a [[blue plaque]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/BasilSpence |title=Spence, Basil (1907–1976) Plaque erected in 2011 |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/284793/greater-london-islington-canonbury-place-general|title=Greater London, Islington, Canonbury Place, General {{pipe}} Canmore|website=canmore.org.uk|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727092715/https://canmore.org.uk/site/284793/greater-london-islington-canonbury-place-general|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Dame [[Flora Robson]], actress, lived in Alwyne Villas
* [[Louis Macneice]], poet, lived at 52 Canonbury Park South from 1947 to 1952 and is commemorated with a blue plaque
* [[Barbara Castle]], politician, and [[Edward Castle, Baron Castle|Ted Castle]], journalist, lived in John Spencer Square
* [[Alan Davies]], actor/comedian
* [[Spider Stacy]], founding member of the Pogues
* [[Harry Randall (actor)|Harry Randall]], music hall and pantomime comedian lived at 4 Canonbury Grove and 2 Alwyne Place
* [[Cate Blanchett]], actress, lived at 7 Canonbury Grove
* [[Chester P]], UK hip-hop artist, member of Task Force and M.U.D. Family
* Dame [[Stella Rimington]], head of MI5, lived at 7 Canonbury Grove, in Alwyne Road and in Alwyne Place
* [[Sir John Mummery]] PC, DL, a Lord Justice of Appeal
* Sir Nicholas Barrington, ex UK [[High Commissioner]] to [[Pakistan]]
* William Greaves, co-founder of [[Capital Kids' Cricket]] lived at 13 Canonbury Grove
* Charlie Weaver, member and front man of Lonsdale Boys Club
* Sir [[John Tusa]], broadcaster and arts administrator<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.islingtontribune.com/news/2011/apr/broadcaster-sir-john-tusa-pens-tribute-his-home-patch-canonbury |title=Broadcaster Sir John Tusa pens a tribute to his home patch of Canonbury |access-date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313074847/http://islingtontribune.com/news/2011/apr/broadcaster-sir-john-tusa-pens-tribute-his-home-patch-canonbury |archive-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Kenneth Griffith]], actor, producer, presenter and historian, lived at 8 Alwyne Place, which he named Spion Kop
* [[Dido (singer)|Dido]], singer, lived at 1 Willow Bridge Road
* [[Alison Moyet]], singer, lived at 6 Alwyne Road
* [[Keira Knightley]] and her husband [[James Righton]] moved into Canonbury in 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/canonburys-celebrity-status-is-confirmed-as-keira-knightley-moves-in-32846.html|title=Canonbury's celebrity status is confirmed as Keira Knightley moves in|date=7 January 2014|website=Homes and Property}}</ref>
* [[Kit Harington]], actor, moved into Canonbury in 2015
* [[James Bay (singer)|James Bay]], singer, moved to Canonbury in 2016
* [[Gareth Morris]], principal flute, Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestras (1948–1972) also principal flute professor of Royal Academy of Music (1945–1985), resident of 4 Alwyne Place from 1945 to 1987
* [[Allegra Stratton]], [[Downing Street Press Secretary]] from 2020 to 2021, and her husband [[James Forsyth (journalist)|James Forsyth]], political editor of ''[[The Spectator]]''<ref>{{cite news|date=28 March 2013|title=Allegra Stratton's My London|newspaper=[[Evening Standard]]|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/allegra-strattons-my-london-8552134.html|access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref>
* [[Emma Watson]], actress, lived at 2 Canonbury Place