Editing Kentish Town (section)

== Notable residents ==
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* [[Akala (rapper)|Akala]], rapper
* [[Ben Aaronovitch]], writer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/in-conversation-with-ben-aaronovitch-1131/ |accessdate=1 October 2021 |title=In conversation with Ben Aaronovitch | website=Thames Festival Trust}}</ref>
* [[Gerry Badger]], photographer
* [[Mike Barson]], keyboardist of the British pop/ska band [[Madness (band)|Madness]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sevenraggedmen.com/1976-2/|title = SEVEN RAGGED MEN &#124; How Madness started in Camden in 1976}}</ref>
* [[Kingsley Ben-Adir]], actor
* [[Siân Berry]], Green Party politician and 2008 Green Party candidate for [[London Mayor]]
* [[Archie Bland]], journalist, writer and Deputy Editor of ''[[The Independent]]'' newspaper
* [[Phil Clifton]], TV and radio presenter
* [[Tom Conti]], actor
* [[Giles Coren]], restaurant critic
* [[Joe Craig (writer)|Joe Craig]], author of the ''[[Jimmy Coates]]'' series
* [[Charles Dance]], actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com/speakers/charles-dance|title = Charles dance &#124; London Screenwriters' Festival}}</ref>
* [[Hunter Davies]], writer
* [[Simon Day]], comedian
* [[Noel Fielding]], comedian
* [[Margaret Forster]], writer
* [[Ben Goldacre]], medical doctor and journalist
* [[Eddy Grant]], reggae and rock artist
* [[William Harrison (singer)|William Harrison]], popular tenor and actor
* [[Patricia Hewitt]], former Secretary of State for Health
* [[Tom Hiddleston]], actor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/792b1a2c-45e3-11e0-acd8-00144feab49a.html#axzz3CMZ3bqDT|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221251/https://www.ft.com/content/792b1a2c-45e3-11e0-acd8-00144feab49a#axzz3CMZ3bqDT|archive-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription|title=The Diary: Tom Hiddleston|work=Financial Times|date=3 March 2011|access-date=5 September 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mr Hudson]], singer 
* [[Leigh Hunt]], 19th century journalist and poet
* [[Bert Jansch]], folk musician
* [[Daniel Kaluuya]], actor
* [[Tim Key]], comedian and poet
* [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]], actor
* [[Katharine Sarah Macquoid]], writer
* [[Karl Marx]], 19th century political philosopher
* [[Tobias Menzies]], actor
* [[Scott Mills]], radio DJ
* [[Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett|Peter Robert Henry Mond]], – (28 February 1948– 28 August 2018) former [[Lord in Waiting]], [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] and [[Minister of State]]
* [[Harry Mount]], historian, barrister and journalist
* [[Mae Muller]], singer and songwriter<ref name="Best Fit">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/mae-muller-on-the-rise|title=On The Rise: Mae Muller|work=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=18 December 2018|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
* [[Henry Neele]], poet
* [[Jimmie Nicol]], former [[Beatles]] drummer<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=David |date=25 February 2017 |title=Biopic of lost Beatle? Let him be, says son |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/biopic-of-lost-beatle-let-him-be-says-son-rbb9nxm8t |work=[[The Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241002113116/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/biopic-of-lost-beatle-let-him-be-says-son-rbb9nxm8t |archive-date=2 October 2024 |access-date=2 October 2024}}</ref>
* [[Mohamed Nur]], Mayor of Mogadishu
* [[George Orwell]], writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/george-orwell/|title = George Orwell &#124; Novelist &#124; Blue Plaques}}</ref>
* [[Gareth Peirce]], solicitor
* [[Katherine Pierce]], actress
* [[Lucy Porter]], comedian
* [[Daniel Prenn]] (1904–1991), Russian-born German, Polish, and British world-top-10 tennis player
* [[James Canham Read]] (1855–1894) the "Southend Murderer"
*[[The Roots]], band<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-roots-late-night-success-after-a-move-from-hip-hop-to-house-music-2340004.html|title=The Roots - Late-night success after a move from hip-hop to house|date=19 August 2011|work=The Independent|access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[Jolyon Rubinstein]], comedian
* [[Alan Rusbridger]], editor of ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper
* [[John William Salter]], Victorian geologist and palaeontologist
* [[Jon Snow (journalist)|Jon Snow]], television journalist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/jon-snow-interview-i-m-a-hack-who-wants-to-change-the-world-9271462.html|title = Jon Snow interview: 'I'm a hack who wants to change the world'| website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date = 19 April 2014}}</ref>
* [[Keir Starmer]], former Director of Public Prosecutions, since 2024 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* [[Victoria Starmer]], [[spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom]] Keir Starmer
* [[Jim Sturgess]], actor and musician
* [[R. N. Taber]], poet
* [[Gillian Tindall]], writer and historian
* [[Phoebe Waller-Bridge]], writer/actress
* [[Astrid Zydower]], sculptor

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