Editing Plaistow, Newham (section)

===Arts and entertainment===
[[Aaron Hill (writer)|Aaron Hill]], writer and dramatist, lived at Hyde House<ref name ="Hill"/> during his retirement and until his death in 1750.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://m.oxfordscholarship.com/mobile/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183884.001.0001/acprof-9780198183884-chapter-11 | title=Patriotism, Fame and Death, 1743–1750 | year=2003 | publisher=Oxford University Press | doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198183884.001.0001 | access-date=20 October 2012| last1=Gerrard | first1=Christine | isbn=978-0-19-818388-4 }}</ref> [[William Holl the Younger]], noted portrait and figure engraver, was born in Plaistow in 1807.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/portraits/engravers/holl.html | title=William Holl the Younger | publisher=Edinburgh University Library | access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref>

Singers [[David Essex]], [[Ronnie Lane]], [[Sandra Kerr]], [[Jade Ewen]], [[Mumzy Stranger]] and [[Alison Hinds]] were born in Plaistow, as was comedian and folk singer [[Richard Digance]]. Singer and entertainer [[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]] was born in [[Lincolnshire]] but lived in Plaistow from the age of two. Record producer [[Norman Newell]] was born in Plaistow.

A number of grime MCs and DJs have origins in Plaistow, including [[Ghetts]], [[Durrty Goodz]] and [[Crazy Titch]]. Rapper [[21 Savage]] was born in Plaistow and moved as a youth to [[Atlanta]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tobin |first1=Olivia |date=5 February 2019 |title=21 Savage latest: Rapper could face 10-year-ban from the US, lawyer says |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/21-savage-latest-rapper-could-face-10yearban-from-the-us-a4057356.html |access-date=6 February 2019}}</ref>

Actor [[Terence Stamp]] attended Tollgate Primary School and [[Plaistow County Grammar School|Plaistow Grammar School]]. Actor [[Honor Blackman]] was born in Plaistow, as were actors [[Jimmy Akingbola]], [[Ron Pember]] and [[Roberta Taylor]] and comedian, actor and playwright [[Andi Osho]].