Editing Streatham (section)

==Notable residents==
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Among the people who were born, lived or worked in Streatham, or are otherwise associated with the area are:

*[[Arthur Anderson (businessman)|Arthur Anderson]], [[P&O]] founder, and Liberal Radical MP<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/london-walks-taking-a-look-at-the-rookery-nook-streathams-gardens-1446089.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/london-walks-taking-a-look-at-the-rookery-nook-streathams-gardens-1446089.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=London walks: Taking a look at the Rookery nook: Streatham's gardens|date=2 September 1994|work=The Independent}}</ref>
*[[Lynda Baron]], actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6272329.meandering-along-telford-avenue/|title=Meandering along Telford Avenue|work=News Shopper|date=20 January 2003}}</ref>
*[[Jonathan Bartley]], former co-leader of the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] 
*[[Giuseppe Baretti]], linguist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/joshua-reynolds-creation-celebrity/joshua-reynolds-creation-0-3|title=Tate Reynolds exhibition,Creation of celebrity-live in tutor to Thrales May 2005|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330143853/http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/joshua-reynolds-creation-celebrity/joshua-reynolds-creation-0-3|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Arnold Bax]], composer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/oct/11/buildingaclassicalmusiclib4|title=Building a classical music library: Arnold Bax|first=Stephen|last=Moss|date=11 October 2007|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[Sarah Beeny]], television presenter<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10022748/Help-Sarah-Beenys-burrowing-under-home.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10022748/Help-Sarah-Beenys-burrowing-under-home.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Help! Sarah Beeny's burrowing under home|work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/11/sarah-beeny-house-prices | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Interview: Sarah Beeny, TV property expert | first=Lucy | last=Cavendish | date=11 January 2009 | access-date=24 May 2010}}</ref>
*[[Floella Benjamin]], actress and TV presenter<ref>{{cite web | url=http://streathamhilltheatre.org/support/patron-baroness-floella-benjamin | title=Patron: Baroness Floella Benjamin, OM, DBE, DL – the Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre (FoSHT) }}</ref> 
*[[Hywel Bennett]], actor<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSjdAgAAQBAJ&q=hywel%20bennett%20streatham&pg=PT46|title=Brian and Me: Life on - and off - The Archers|first=Charles|last=Collingwood|date=31 August 2011|publisher=Michael O'Mara Books|isbn=9781843177555|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[Ian Bostridge]], Tenor
*[[Mark Bostridge]], Writer
*[[Bernard Braden]], Actor and TV personality
*[[Druce Brandt]], cricketer
*[[Paul Briscoe]], teacher and writer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Briscoe |url=https://spartacus-educational.com/Paul_Briscoe.htm |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Spartacus Educational |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Henry Robertson Bowers]], explorer 
*[[Alexander Petersson]], artist
*[[Edmund Burke]], philosopher
*[[Charles Burney]], composer and music historian
*[[Frances Burney]], novelist and playwright
*[[Simon Callow]], actor<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9706398/My-perfect-weekend-Simon-Callow-actor-director-and-writer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9706398/My-perfect-weekend-Simon-Callow-actor-director-and-writer.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=My perfect weekend: Simon Callow, actor, director and writer|work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/In+celebration+of+Mr+Callow;+Did+you+know+Simon+Callow+had+directed...-a0382935156|title=In celebration of Mr Callow; Did you know Simon Callow had directed opera, is a dictionary obsessive and loved to torment his teachers? As he brings a one-man show to Wales, Kathryn Williams reveals some facts about the much-loved actor. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>
*[[Naomi Campbell]], model<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frankel|first=Susannah|date=2002-02-16|title=Naomi Campell: A model of privacy?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/naomi-campell-a-model-of-privacy-660862.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119083450/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/naomi-campell-a-model-of-privacy-660862.html|archive-date=2009-01-19|access-date=2021-02-22|website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>
*[[Geoffrey Cather]], [[Victoria Cross]]-winning soldier<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0zVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT104|title=Great War Britain London: Remembering 1914-18|first=Stuart|last=Hallifax|date=3 November 2014|publisher=History Press|isbn=9780750960571|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[Christopher Chessun]], bishop of Southwalk- official residence in Streatham
*[[Nicholas Clay]], actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/31/guardianobituaries3|title=Nicholas Clay|date=30 May 2000|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[Lionel Crabb]], George Medal recipient<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/SScrabb.htm|title=Lionel "Buster" Crabb|website=Spartacus Educational}}</ref>
*[[Aleister Crowley]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2010/04/29/streatham-the-luckiest-constituents-in-britai|title=Streatham: The luckiest constituents in Britain?|date=29 April 2010 }}</ref>
*[[Dave (rapper)|Dave]], rapper<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-24|title=A rapper called Dave: the 'normal' Streatham boy who's on Drake's radar|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/24/dave-the-streatham-rapper-getting-props-from-drake|access-date=2020-11-13|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Carl Davis]], composer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/12/cynthia-payne-biography-paul-bailey-1982|title=Writing Cynthia Payne's biography – archive, 12 October1982|first=Craig|last=Brown|newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 October 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>
*[[Peter Davison]], actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/11636381/Peter-Davison-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/11636381/Peter-Davison-interview.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Peter Davison: having another Doctor Who as a son-in-law is rather weird|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=28 May 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Kevin Day]], comedian
*[[Henry Doulton]], Founder Royal Doulton<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/downloads/download/446/streatham_park_conservation_area|title=Streatham Park Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Strategy: Wandsworth Borough Council- owner of Woodlands in Streatham Park|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405025032/http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/downloads/download/446/streatham_park_conservation_area|archive-date=5 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Siobhan Dowd]], author<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/aug/24/guardianobituaries.humanrights|title=Siobhan Dowd|first=Jonathan|last=Fryer|date=23 August 2007|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[William Dring]], Portrait Artist, RA
*[[William Dyce]], artist, professor
*[[Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith]], literary correspondent
*[[Paul England (actor)|Paul England]], actor, director, and author, born in Streatham<ref>"ENGLAND, PAUL" in ''Who's who in Broadcasting'' (1933), p. 56</ref>
*[[Edward Foster (VC)|Edward Foster]], Victoria Cross
*[[John Galliano]], fashion designer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/made-in-streatham-made-it-in-paris-1284474.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/made-in-streatham-made-it-in-paris-1284474.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Made in Streatham, made it in Paris|date=22 January 1997|work=The Independent}}</ref>
*[[David Garrick]], actor
*[[Edward Stanley Gibbons]], philatelist
*[[Oliver Goldsmith]], novelist, playwright and poet
*[[Grooverider]], DJ<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/1b3295ef-f77f-40ba-a5c4-567db00cacdf|title=Grooverider - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News|publisher=BBC|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-date=19 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319005633/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/1b3295ef-f77f-40ba-a5c4-567db00cacdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Isidore Gunsberg]], Chess master<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CygTBQAAQBAJ&q=Isidor+Gunsberg+streatham&pg=PA310|title=Eminent Victorian Chess Players: Ten Biographies|first=Tim|last=Harding|date=6 April 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786465682|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[David Gurr]], author
*[[Derek Guyler]], actor<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://streathamtheatre.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/a-local-historians-view-1950s/|title=A Local Historian's View, 1950s|first=Streatham|last=Theatre|date=26 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Will Hay]], comedy actor and (as W I Hay) Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, writer and astronomer
*[[Jeremy Hardy]], comedian<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/13792854.comedian-jeremy-hardy-talks-about-corbyn-and-his-weirdest-ever-gig-as-he-prepares-for-blackheath-and-epsom-shows/|title=Jeremy on Jeremy: Comedian Jeremy Hardy talks about Corbyn and his weirdest ever gig|website=Your Local Guardian|date=30 September 2015 }}</ref>
*[[David Harewood]], actor<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/29/jo-brand-streatham-david-harewood | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Streatham's no s***hole, it's a vibrant place I'm proud to call my home | first=David | last=Harewood | date=29 April 2012 | access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[Sir Norman Hartnell]], royal dressmaker
*[[Patricia Hayes]], actor
*[[Hy Hazell]], actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f23a9cc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104138/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f23a9cc|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 March 2018| title= Source BFI forever, born Streatham}}</ref>
*[[Sir Arthur Helps]], Writer
*[[Benjamin Hoadley]], Bishop
*[[Glyn Hodges]], professional footballer and manager
*[[Roy Hudd]], comedian and TV personality
*[[Rachel Hurd-Wood]], actor
*[[Eddie Izzard]], comedian and actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/streathamnews/4132260.mp-shared-flat-cross-dressing-comedian/|title=MP shared flat with cross-dressing comedian|website=Your Local Guardian|date=18 February 2009 }}</ref>
*[[David Jacobs (broadcaster)|David Jacobs]],  TV and radio presenter<ref name="Barker 2013 g634">{{cite web | last=Barker | first=Dennis | title=David Jacobs obituary | website=The Guardian | date=September 3, 2013 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/03/david-jacobs | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Alan Johnson]], MP<ref name="Mail 2011 t876">{{cite web | last=Mail | first=Daily | title=Johnson quits frontline politics over wife's affair | website=Europe – Gulf News | date=January 22, 2011 | url=https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/johnson-quits-frontline-politics-over-wifes-affair-1.750149 | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Frederick Henry Johnson]], Victoria Cross
*[[Dr Samuel Johnson]], author and lexicographer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/johnson-and-company/ | title=Los Angeles Review of Books | date=15 August 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Sadiq Khan]], Mayor of London<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/tooting-its-own-horn-sadiq-khans-home-turf-is-property-gold/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/tooting-its-own-horn-sadiq-khans-home-turf-is-property-gold/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Tooting its own horn: Sadiq Khan's home turf is property gold|first=Isabelle|last=Fraser|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=13 May 2016|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Zardad Khan]], [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] warlord<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3073417.stm|title=Afghan charged with torture|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3725422.stm|title=Afghan torture trial begins in UK|work=BBC News}}</ref>
*[[Mark King (musician)|Mark King]], musician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/Fiver/0,,2297058,00.html|title=The Fiver|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[Winifred Knights]], artist <ref>'Winifred Knights' Sacha Llewellyn, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2016</ref>
*[[Arthur Moore Lascelles]], Victoria Cross
*[[Benny Lee]], entertainer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12054159.Benny_Lee//|title=Benny Lee| work=Herald Scotland 13 Jan 1996|date=13 January 1996 }}</ref>
*[[Ken Livingstone]], former MP and former [[Mayor of London]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17539320|title=Ken Livingstone: Profile of former London Mayor|date=28 April 2016|work=BBC News}}</ref>
*[[Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen]], interior designer <ref name="icwales 2">{{cite web|title=Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: a few home truths |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/features/2008/09/27/laurence-llewelyn-bowen-a-few-home-truths-91466-21902028/|access-date=16 November 2008|publisher=Media Wales Ltd|date=27 September 2008|work=Wales Online}}</ref> 
*[[John Major]], Prime Minister 1990–97, lived at Primrose Court 1969-74<ref>{{cite book|author=John Major|title=John Major: The Autobiography|publisher=Harper Collins|year=1999|pages=50–1}}</ref>
*[[Horace Brooks Marshall]], Lord Mayor of London
*[[Ken Mackintosh]], dance band leader<ref>[http://old.streathamlife.co.uk/modules/news/article.php?storyid=129 Streatham-based Musician Dies]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>
*[[Cathy McGowan (presenter)|Cathy McGowan]], television presenter<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=111PAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA90|title=The Ramsden Estate|first=John|last=Pateman|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9780956081285|via=Google Books}}{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+FIRST+TIME+I...CILLA+BLACK.-a060688315|title=THE FIRST TIME I...CILLA BLACK. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>
*[[Paul Merton]], comedian<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11142151/Paul-Merton-I-couldnt-have-written-about-my-father-while-he-was-alive.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11142151/Paul-Merton-I-couldnt-have-written-about-my-father-while-he-was-alive.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Paul Merton: 'I couldn't have written about my father while he was alive'|work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Roger Moore]], actor<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9224260/Jo-Brand-told-Streatham-is-no-laughing-matter.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9224260/Jo-Brand-told-Streatham-is-no-laughing-matter.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jo Brand told: Streatham is no laughing matter|work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Naga Munchetty]], TV Presenter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/04/25/old-naga-munchetty-husband-james-haggar-7495639/|title=How old is Naga Munchetty and who is her husband James Haggar|date=25 April 2018|website=metro.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[VS Naipaul]], nobel prizewinner literature<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/finding-eden-in-the-streets-of-streatham-hill/182493.article|title=Finding Eden in the streets of Streatham Hill|date=23 January 2004|website=Times Higher Education (THE)}}</ref>
*[[Rudy Narayan]], barrister and civil rights activist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6503880.civil-rights-activist-rudy-narayan-dies/|title=CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST RUDY NARAYAN DIES.|website=News Shopper|date=11 July 1998 }}</ref>
*[[Belgrave Ninnis]], Explorer, Doctor
*[[Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis]], Explorer, Royal Fusiliers
*[[David Nixon (magician)|David Nixon]], TV magician<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Steven Norris]], former MP and London Mayoral Candidate<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3708489.stm|title=My London: Steve Norris|date=25 May 2004|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[Daphne Park]], Baroness and British Spy
*[[Cynthia Payne]], celebrity [[Procuring (prostitution)|madame]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/16/cynthia-payne|title=Cynthia Payne obituary|first=Duncan|last=Campbell|date=16 November 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/15/former-brothel-madam-cynthia-payne-dies-aged-82|title=Former brothel madam Cynthia Payne dies, aged 82|first=Kevin|last=Rawlinson|date=15 November 2015|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[Horatio Frederick Phillips]], aviation pioneer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Dictionary/Phillips/DI113.htm|title=Horatio Phillips|publisher=U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923164855/http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Dictionary/Phillips/DI113.htm|archive-date=23 September 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Alistair Pirrie]], TV presenter
*[[Patricia Plunkett]], actor
*[[Steve Reed (politician)|Steve Reed]], MP<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cllrstevereed.wordpress.com/about/| title= I live in Streatham with my partner and our two cats-Steve Reed wordpress biography| date= 29 October 2010}}</ref>
*[[Sir Joshua Reynolds]], artist
*[[Geoffrey Rimbault]], first-class cricketer and British Army officer
*[[Catherine Russell (British actress)|Catherine Russell]], actor
*[[Arthur Sanders (RAF officer)|Arthur Sanders]], WW2 RAF Commander, Air Chief Marshal
*[[Duncan Sandys]], Lord, MP 
*[[Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman]], Law Lord
*[[Lord Shelburne]], prime minister
*[[Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)|Alan Simpson]], Comedy script writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/19821/interview-galton-simpson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404202946/http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/19821/interview-galton-simpson|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-04-04|title=I lived with my mother in Streatham and Ray used to get the bus over-Galton and Simposon interview-Den of Greek 23 Jan 2009}}</ref>
*[[Arnold Spencer-Smith]], explorer
*[[Michaela Strachan]], TV presenter and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/Fiver/0,,2297058,00.html|title= Guardian March 2009- ...round the corner from Mark King of Level 42....he sold his house to Michaela Strachan |website= [[TheGuardian.com]] }}</ref>
*[[Graham Sutherland]], artist
*[[Henry Tate]], sugar merchant and philanthropist <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/items/tga-8318-9/photograph-album-of-henry-tates-house-park-hill-streatham|title=Photograph album of Henry Tate's house, Park Hill, Streatham|website=tate.org }}</ref>
*[[Shaw Taylor]], actor and TV presenter<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Hester Thrale]], author and patron of the arts
*[[Henry Thrale]], MP and brewer
*[[Nina Toussaint-White]], actress<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/i-was-a-wild-child-boasts-new-eastenders-1010010|title=I was a wild child, boasts new EastEnders star Nina Toussaint-White|date=16 February 2009|work=Daily Record}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Drink%20and%20drugs%20past%20of%20soap%20star%20Nina.-a0193774786|title=Drink and drugs past of soap star Nina|publisher=Free Online Library}}</ref>
*[[John Torode]], chef and TV presenter<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/my-home-john-torode-433370.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/my-home-john-torode-433370.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=My Home: John Torode|work=The Independent|date=24 January 2007}}</ref>
*[[Stan Tracey]], jazz musician<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/10502760/Stan-Tracey-obituary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/10502760/Stan-Tracey-obituary.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Stan Tracey - obituary|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=7 December 2013|access-date=2 February 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Tommy Trinder]], comedian<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/18/tommy-trinder|title=You lucky people: remembering Tommy Trinder|first=Matthew|last=Sweet|date=18 August 2009|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[Leonora Tyson]], suffragist<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ward|first=Anne|title=No Stone Unturned: The Story of Leonora Tyson, a Streatham Suffragette|publisher=Local history Publications|year=2005|isbn=9781873520567|location=London|pages=}}</ref>
*[[Chuka Umunna]], former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] MP<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11610529/The-tragic-past-haunting-Chuka-Umunna.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11610529/The-tragic-past-haunting-Chuka-Umunna.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The tragic past haunting Chuka Umunna|first=Robert|last=Mendick|date=16 May 2015|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[Dennis Wheatley]], author<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/4625561.axe-hovers-over-occult-writers-streatham-home/|title=Axe hovers over occult writer's former home|last=Burnett|first=Craig|date=13 September 2009|website=Your Local Guardian|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[June Whitfield]], actress<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11028152/June-Whitfield-interview-Middle-class-is-still-a-dirty-word-in-TV.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11028152/June-Whitfield-interview-Middle-class-is-still-a-dirty-word-in-TV.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=June Whitfield interview: 'Middle class is still a dirty word in TV'|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[W. P. D. Wightman]] [[FRSE]] (1899–1983), scientific author
*[[John Lewis Wolfe]] (1798–1881), architect, artist and stockbroker<ref name="Blissett">{{Cite ODNB |title=Wolfe, John Lewis (1798–1881), architect |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-57399 |access-date=2023-01-20 |year=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/57399}}</ref>
*[[Bill Wyman]], musician<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/bill-wyman-the-stones-never-forgave-me-for-leaving-xs2rl7vhvgd|title=Bill Wyman: 'The Stones never forgave me for leaving'|work=[[The Times]]|date=13 June 2015|last1=Hodgkinson|first1=Will}}</ref>
*[[Raman Subba Row]], English cricketer 
*[[Andy Zaltzman]], comedian<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/leisure/comedy/1994831.Andy_Zaltzman___Streatham_s_Political_Animal/?ref=arc|title=Andy Zaltzman - Streatham's Political Animal|website=Your Local Guardian|date=25 January 2008 }}</ref>