Editing Shoreditch (section)

== Notable local residents ==
{{Main|List of people from Hackney}}
*[[George Adams (footballer, born 1947)|George Adams]] (born 1947 in Shoreditch), former professional footballer<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|53|George Adams|accessdate=14 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[John Appold]], [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (1800–1865), a pioneer of the [[centrifugal pump]]
*[[Russell Brand]], actor and comedian
*[[James Burbage]], [[Tudor period|Tudor]] actor and impresario: built [[The Theatre]]; buried in [[St Leonard's, Shoreditch|Shoreditch church]]
*[[Richard Burbage]], actor in the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]], Shakespeare's own Company. Renowned for his performance of Shakespeare's greatest roles: Hamlet, Richard III, etc. Buried in the church.
*[[William James Blacklock]], British landscape artist, was born in Shoreditch in 1816
*[[Joshua Compston]], curator & founder of ''Factual Nonsense''; instrumental in the development of the area's art scene in the early 1990s; lived & died in Charlotte Road.
*[[Luke Evans]], Welsh singer, musical performer and film actor lives here
*[[Thomas Fairchild (gardener)|Thomas Fairchild]], gardener, the first person to scientifically produce an artificial hybrid
*[[Noel Fielding]], comedian, film and television actor
*[[Paul Galvin (Gaelic footballer)|Paul Galvin]], Irish fashion designer and former Gaelic footballer
*[[Henry Hate]], celebrity tattoo artist; clients include [[Boy George]], [[Alexander McQueen]], [[Amy Winehouse]] and [[Pete Doherty]]
*[[Anissa Helou]], cookbook author, teacher and chef specialising in the cuisines of the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa
*[[Damien Hirst]], artist; instrumental in the development of the area's art scene in the early 1990s
*[[Dave Kaye]], pianist, born in Shoreditch<ref>{{Cite web|title=Index entry|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Qt%2B2wTHo%2BoxwGNT1HBiAIA&scan=1|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS|accessdate=2 February 2022}}</ref>
*[[Hetty King]], a famous male impersonator of the [[music hall]], was born here. Her father, William Emms, was a local comedian known as William King.
*[[Jon Kortajarena]], Spanish model and actor
*[[Marie Lloyd Jr.]], actress and composer notable for her impersonations of her mother, [[Marie Lloyd]].
*[[Christopher Marlowe]], [[Elizabethan]] [[dramatist]] lived in [[Norton Folgate]], the southern continuation of Shoreditch High Street, and wrote plays for the Shoreditch theatres.
*[[Hoxton Tom McCourt]], influential in the late 1970s and early 1980s mod and oi/punk scenes and founder of the band, the [[4-Skins]], was born in Shoreditch in 1961.
*[[Bill Meyer (artist)|Bill Meyer]], printmaker and artist
*[[Matt Monro]], singer dubbed "the British Sinatra", famous for singing ''[[On Days Like These]]'' from the film ''[[The Italian Job]]'' and the title songs of the films ''[[Born Free]]'' and ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' 
*[[Miquita Oliver]], T4 presenter
*[[James Parkinson]], surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist and political activist who worked on what would later be named [[Parkinson's disease]]
*[[Jem Smith]], [[Bare-knuckle boxing|bare knuckle]] [[prize fighter]]
*[[William Sommers]], [[Henry VIII]]'s jester; buried in Shoreditch church.
*[[Szabotage]], graffiti artist and designer
*[[Richard Tarleton]], [[Elizabethan]] comedian. Shakespeare's [[Yorick]] is believed to be a homage to his memory. Buried in Shoreditch church.
*[[Russell Tovey]], English actor
*[[Andrew Weatherall]], DJ, producer, and remixer
*[[Nat Wei, Baron Wei]], youngest non-hereditary peer ever upon entry to the House of Lords and government advisor on [[Big Society]]
*[[Barbara Windsor]], comedian, film and television actress was born there.