Editing Chingford (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Charles W. Alcock|Charles Alcock]], founding father of [[the Football Association]] and creator of the [[FA Cup]], moved to Chingford with his family when he was young.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersA/BioAlcockCW.html |title=England Football Online}}</ref>
* Dame [[Louisa Aldrich-Blake]], notable surgeon and pioneer in medical education for women, was born in Chingford.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30367|title=Blake, Dame Louisa Brandreth Aldrich- (1865–1925), surgeon|last=|first=|date=23 September 2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30367|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref>
* [[David Beckham]], former England [[Captain (association football)|captain]], grew up in Chingford from age three.<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, David Beckham |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bz0rz |access-date=16 March 2019 |work=Desert Island Discs |date=3 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Beckham - Working-class boy to Man U | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-09-sp-beckham9-story.html | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=9 July 2007 | access-date=9 September 2008 | first=Chuck | last=Culpepper}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Becks opens up about Chingford on Desert Island Discs|url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/15060351.david-beckham-opens-up-about-chingford-on-radio-4s-desert-island-discs/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=East London and West Essex Guardian Series|date=31 January 2017 |language=en}}</ref> He was educated at the [[Chingford Foundation School]] and also Chase Lane Primary School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/08/beckhams_steven_klein?currentPage=2|title=American Idols|publisher=[[W magazine]]|date=1 August 2007|access-date=24 February 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214155704/http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/08/beckhams_steven_klein?currentPage=2|archive-date=14 February 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and played football for Ridgeway Rovers F.C.,<ref>[http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/ridgewayroversfootballclub/David Beckham at Ridgeway Rovers] Retrieved 27 February 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFAVase/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/09/BecksBrimsdownBoost.htm The FA - Becks' Brimsdown boost, article from Friday, 24 September 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20041011163715/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFAVase/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/09/BecksBrimsdownBoost.htm |date=11 October 2004 }}, accessed 7 July 2007</ref> a local side.
* Sir [[Winston Churchill]] was MP for [[Epping (UK Parliament constituency)|Epping]], a defunct constituency that included Chingford, from October 1924 to July 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm |title=List of MPs |access-date=10 May 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129230526/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm |archive-date=29 November 2017 }}</ref>
*Sir [[John Dankworth]], [[jazz]] composer, saxophonist, [[Clarinetist|clarinettist]] and writer of film scores, grew up in Highams Park.
* [[Alan Davies]], stand-up comedian and regular guest on the quiz show ''[[QI]]'', grew up in Chingford.<ref>{{cite news |title=On the move: Alan Davies |date=11 July 2008 |first=Garth |last=Pearce |newspaper=The Sunday Times |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article4396137.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615192103/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article4396137.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2011 |access-date=10 May 2009 | location=London}}</ref>
* [[Paul Di'Anno]], former lead singer of heavy metal band [[Iron Maiden]], was born and grew up in Chingford.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-archives.com/more.php?id=25 |title=Metal-archives.com |publisher=Metal-archives.com |access-date=14 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818040637/http://www.metal-archives.com/more.php?id=25 |archive-date=18 August 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*Sir [[Iain Duncan Smith]], Conservative MP for Chingford and Woodford Green since 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iain Duncan Smith, MP for Chingford and Woodford Green|url=https://www.iainduncansmith.org.uk/|access-date=2019-12-26|website=www.iainduncansmith.org.uk}}</ref>
* [[Dwight Gayle]], current Stoke City striker, is from Chingford.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gayle signs permanent deal with Stoke City |url=https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/gayle-signs-permanent-deal-with-stoke-city/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Newcastle United Football Club |date=22 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Peter Greenaway]], film director, grew up in Chingford.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
*Sir [[Peter Harding (RAF officer, born 1933)|Peter Harding]], former [[Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Air Staff]], was educated at [[Chingford Foundation School|Chingford County High School]]
* [[Steve Hillage]], guitarist, is from Chingford.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
* [[Harry Kane]], Bayern Munich and England striker, is from Chingford and attended Lime Academy Larkswood and Chingford Foundation School.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zero to 100 {{!}} By Harry Kane|url=https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/harry-kane-tottenham-zero-to-100|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Players' Tribune|date=5 February 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-18|title=Hall of Fame|url=https://chingfordpedept.wordpress.com/hall-of-fame/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=CHINGFORD FOUNDATION SCHOOL PE Department|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-27|title=One day I'll play for England: London schoolboy's dream is about to|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/one-day-ill-play-for-england-london-schoolboys-dream-is-about-to-come-true-10138435.html|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Evening Standard|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Molyneaux|first=Ian|date=2020-11-15|title=The London school where David Beckham and an Eastenders star were pupils|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/london-school-harry-kane-david-19283392|access-date=2020-12-08|website=MyLondon|language=en}}</ref>
* Sir [[Jony Ive|Jonathan Ive]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] Chief Design Officer, was born in Chingford.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jony Ive {{!}} Biography, Apple, & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jonathan-Ive|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Kray twins]], who dominated the London gangland scene during the 1960s, are buried in [[Chingford Mount Cemetery]].<ref name="krayburial">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/953409.stm |access-date=10 May 2009 |title=Kray funeral date set |date=3 October 2000 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
* [[John Lloyd (graphic designer)|John Lloyd]], co-founder of the international design consultancy Lloyd Northover, grew up in Chingford and lived there from 1948 to 1970.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
* Professor [[Alan Mozley]], zoologist, was born in Chingford.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
* [[Graeme Norgate]], composer of video game music, was born and grew up in Chingford.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
* [[Michael Nyman]], composer of [[minimalist music]], notably film scores, grew up in Chingford.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VNjLMkPcUQC&q=michael+nyman+stratford&pg=PA15|title=The Music of Michael Nyman: Texts, Contexts and Intertexts|first=Pwyll ap|last=Siôn|date=10 June 2017|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=9781859282106|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Leslie Phillips]], comedy star of the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']] films, lived in Chingford.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-pupil Phillips opens old school |url=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/1502804.expupil_phillips_opens_old_school/ |publisher=Waltham Forest Guardian |date=27 June 2007 |last=Moyes |first=Johnathon |access-date=10 May 2009 }}</ref>
*[[Peter Sceats]], businessman and political activist was brought up in Chingford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.petersceats.net |title=Peter Sceats |website=petersceats.net |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240320021106/https://petersceats.net/ |archive-date= Mar 20, 2024 }}</ref> 
* [[Faiza Shaheen]], academic and economist, grew up in Chingford.<ref name=Berrill1>{{cite news |last=Berrill |first=Lewis |date=26 November 2019 |title=Candidates clash at Chingford and Woodford Green election hustings |url=https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/18061105.candidates-clash-chingford-woodford-green-election-hustings/ |work= East London and West Essex Guardian Series|access-date=26 February 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226070408/https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/18061105.candidates-clash-chingford-woodford-green-election-hustings/ |archive-date= 26 February 2024  }}</ref>
* [[John Sitton]], former Chelsea footballer and Leyton Orient manager, lives in Chingford.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2289147/bio|title=John Sitton - Biography |website=IMDb|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240321023249/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2289147/bio/ |archive-date= 21 March 2024 }}</ref>
* [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]], composer and pianist, was born in Chingford.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaikhosru-Shapurji-Sorabji|title=Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji {{!}} British composer|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref>
* [[Andros Townsend]], Crystal Palace and England midfielder, attended Rush Croft Sports College and grew up in Chingford.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
* [[Geoffrey Winters]], composer was born in Chingford and taught music at Larkswood School from 1952.