Editing Muswell Hill (section)

==People from Muswell Hill==
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:''See [[:Category:People from Muswell Hill|People from Muswell Hill]] and [[:Category:People from Fortis Green|People from Fortis Green]] categories''.

Singer-songwriter [[Rose Gray (singer)|Rose Gray]] was born in Muswell Hill on 31 December 1996.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who Is Rose Gray? - All About Harris Dickinson's Girlfriend |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a63175278/who-is-harris-dickinson-girlfriend-rose-gray/ |access-date=21 January 2025 |work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |archive-date=20 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120083032/https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a63175278/who-is-harris-dickinson-girlfriend-rose-gray/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[John Logie Baird]] was the first person to transmit moving pictures, now called television. The first public broadcasts were from nearby Alexandra Palace before WW2. His scanning, rotating disc system was later replaced by a more modern electronic system. The former John Baird pub, now the Village Green, in Fortis Green Road was named after him.

Musicians [[Ray Davies|Ray]] and [[Dave Davies]], founding members of [[The Kinks]], grew up in Muswell Hill, the album title ''[[Muswell Hillbillies]]'' being an obvious reference to their youth. They allegedly played their first ever gig in the Clissold Arms in Fortis Green.

Musician [[Michael Kiwanuka]] was born and raised in Muswell Hill; he was the winner of the [[Mercury Prize]] 2020 for his album ''[[Kiwanuka (album)|Kiwanuka]]'' and a nominee for the 2021 63rd [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album]]. His album ''[[Love & Hate (Michael Kiwanuka album)|Love & Hate]]'' went to Number 1 on the UK albums chart in 2016.

Former KGB agent [[Alexander Litvinenko]] lived in Muswell Hill from his exile in 2000 until his assassination in 2006.

The group [[Fairport Convention]] started in the Muswell Hill family home of [[Simon Nicol]]. The house, Fairport, is on the south side of Fortis Green near the junction with Tetherdown and Fortis Green Road.

The serial killer and necrophile [[Dennis Nilsen]] committed his later murders in his Cranley Gardens flat in Muswell Hill and became known as the "Muswell Hill Murderer". 

A resident for a short time in Muswell Hill was the Russian-born England [[Rugby union]] star [[Prince Alexander Obolensky]], who died in [[Suffolk]] in an aircraft accident in 1940 while training as an RAF pilot.

Philip Martell, musical director for Hammer House of Horrors, lived in Woodland Gardens

Musician, author, poet, wit and great English eccentric [[Vivian Stanshall]] lived his final years in Muswell Hill, dying in a fire in his Hillfield Park flat in 1995.

Poet [[Michael Wayne Rosen]], known for his children's stories and communist roots, is currently resident in this area.

Composer [[Daniel Blumberg]], known for his Oscar winning score for ''[[The Brutalist]]'', grew up in Muswell Hill.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anonymous |date=2010-04-08 |title=An indie band that's Yuck, but in a good way |url=https://www.thejc.com/life/music/an-indie-band-thats-yuck-but-in-a-good-way-dxnfj8ep |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=The Jewish Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>