Editing Wapping (section)

==Notable people==
People who were born in Wapping include:
* [[John Newton]], [[Anglican]] [[clergyman]] and author of many [[hymn]]s including ''[[Amazing Grace]]''<ref>[http://www.secret-london.co.uk/Wapping_2.html John Newton] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217051120/http://secret-london.co.uk/Wapping_2.html |date=17 December 2011 }} Retrieved 7 February 2012</ref>
* [[Thomas Rainsborough]] (1610–1648), Parliamentarian soldier and [[Leveller]].
* [[Walter Kennedy (pirate)|Walter Kennedy]], a notorious early 18th century pirate
* [[Godscall Paleologue]], last heir of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], born in Wapping and baptised at [[St Dunstan's, Stepney]] in 1694.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hall|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhETDQAAQBAJ|title=An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer|publisher=The History Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0750962612|location=Stroud}}</ref>
* [[Arthur Orton]], the [[Tichborne Claimant]]
* [[Les Reed (football manager)|Les Reed]], football coach and former manager of [[Charlton Athletic]]

People who lived in Wapping:

[[File:Wapping on Thames by James McNeill Whistler, 1860-1864, oil on canvas - National Gallery of Art, Washington - DSC00089.JPG|thumb|''Wapping'' by [[James McNeill Whistler]] ]]
* [[Theodorious Paleologus]], [[Barbados]] born [[privateer]], and heir to the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], lived in Wapping.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hall|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhETDQAAQBAJ|title=An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer|publisher=The History Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0750962612|location=Stroud}}</ref> 
* Daniel Day (1682-1767), marine engineer and founder of the [[Fairlop#Fairlop Fair|Fairlop Fair]], ran a business in Wapping.
* The [[United States|American]] painter [[James McNeill Whistler]], well known for his [[Thames]] views, painted ''Wapping'' (1860–1864) after returning to London from [[Paris]] in May 1859. Whistler took lodgings in Wapping where he explored the Thames to the east of the [[City of London]].<ref>[http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/whistler/london.html Fitzwilliam Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313050854/http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/whistler/london.html|date=13 March 2015}} Retrieved 16 June 2015</ref> The painting is permanently displayed at the [[National Gallery of Art Washington]].
* During the 1990s, Wapping was home to American singer and actress [[Cher]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/expat-property/8864994/Homes-with-celebrity-connections-for-sale.html?image=12|title=Homes with celebrity connections for sale|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925032339/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/expat-property/8864994/Homes-with-celebrity-connections-for-sale.html?image=12|archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>
* TV presenter [[Graham Norton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/graham-norton-i-had-ambition-40-seems-have-gone-8215540.html|title=Graham Norton: 'I had ambition at 40. That seems to have gone'|date=19 October 2012|website=The Independent}}</ref>
* Actress [[Helen Mirren]] lives in Wapping.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/my-london-helen-mirren-6319138.html|title=My London: Helen Mirren | date=12 April 2012 |access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref>