Editing West Ham (section)

==Notable people==
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*[[Frank Bailey (firefighter)|Frank Bailey]] (1925–2015), firefighter<ref name="Bailey">{{Cite web|last=Nicholas|first=Michael|date=26 January 2016|title=Frank Bailey obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/26/frank-bailey-obituary|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108112641/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/26/frank-bailey-obituary|archive-date=8 November 2020|access-date=26 November 2020|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[Leslie Bray]] (1895–1957), cricketer and officer in the [[British Army]] and [[Royal Air Force]]
*[[Sol Campbell]], footballer
*[[Fred Corbett]], footballer
*[[Tony Cottee]], footballer
*[[Paul Parker (footballer)|Paul Parker]], footballer
*[[Alan Curbishley]], footballer and football manager
*[[Richard Harry Dennis]], former Scotland Yard detective chief inspector
*[[George Edwards (naturalist)|George Edwards]] (1694–1773) ornithologist
*[[David Essex]], musician
*[[Elizabeth Fry]], social reformer
*[[Ted Fenton]], footballer and football manager
*[[Len Goulden]], footballer
*[[Leon Greene]], opera singer and actor.
*[[Ernie Gregory]], footballer
*[[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], poet
*[[Chris Hughton]], footballer and football manager
*[[Ronnie Irani]], cricketer
*[[Rob Lee]], footballer
*[[Jack Leslie (English footballer)|Jack Leslie]], footballer
*[[Lennox Lewis]], boxer and former [[Undisputed championship (boxing)|undisputed world heavyweight champion]]
*[[Linda Lewis]], singer, songwriter and musician
*[[Allan Levene]], information technology specialist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/us_congress_candidate_allan_levene_s_humble_beginnings_in_west_ham_1_1217201 |title=US Congress candidate Allan Levene's humble beginnings in West Ham – News |publisher=Newham Recorder |date=26 February 2012 |access-date=24 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202134149/http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/us_congress_candidate_allan_levene_s_humble_beginnings_in_west_ham_1_1217201 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister|Joseph Lister]], antiseptic surgeon<ref>{{cite book| title=Stratford, West Ham & The Royal Docks | author-link = Stephen Pewsey | last=Pewsey| first=Stephen| year=1996| publisher=Sutton Publishing| isbn=0-7509-1417-3| page=34}}</ref>
*[[Margaret Macadam]], artist and illustrator
*[[Glen Murphy]], actor, producer.
*[[Mark Noble]], footballer
*[[Christine Ohuruogu]], athlete
*[[Daisy Parsons]], suffragette and West Ham's first woman Mayor
*[[Martin Peters]], footballer and World Cup winner
*[[Kevin Stead]], footballer
*[[Colin Towns]], composer and keyboardist
*[[Margaret Tyzack]], actress
*[[Bertha Willmott]], entertainer
*[[Reg Varney]], actor
*[[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]], musician