Editing Dagenham (section)

==Notable people==
{{main|List of people from Barking and Dagenham}}Please see 'Geography' above for various definitions of 'Dagenham'.
*Actress [[Adelayo Adedayo]] was raised in Dagenham. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/adelayo-adedayo-the-responder-bbc-one-interview-b976468.html|title=Adelayo Adedayo: Meet the breakout star of BBC One's The Responder|first=Katie|last=Rosseinsky|date=14 January 2022|newspaper=[[Evening Standard]]|accessdate=25 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Abraham Blackborne]], long-serving vicars of Dagenham.<ref>{{acad|id=BLKN733A|name=Blackburne, Abraham}}</ref>
* England international footballer and World Cup-winning manager [[Alf Ramsey]] was born in Dagenham in 1920.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sir Alf Ramsey|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7624023/Sir-Alf-Ramsey.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517095805/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7624023/Sir-Alf-Ramsey.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2010|access-date=6 September 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=1 May 1999|location=London}}</ref>
* [[St Peter and St Paul, Dagenham|St Peter and St Paul's Church]], Dagenham Parish Church, was once the Parish Church of the former [[archbishop of Canterbury]], [[George Carey]].
*Musician and comedian [[Dudley Moore]] was brought up in Dagenham,<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Parkinson|first=David|title=Moore, Dudley Stuart John (1935–2002)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/abstract/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-76775 |edition=Online|date=January 2011|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/76775}}</ref> which was the home of [[Peter Cook]] and Dudley Moore's famous comic alter-egos ''[[Pete and Dud]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Peter|last1=Cook|first2=Dudley|last2=Moore|year=2003|title=Dud and Pete The Dagenham Dialogues|publisher=Methuen|isbn=978-0-413-77347-0}}</ref>
*[[Sandie Shaw]], a 1960s pop singer who had a string of hit singles in the decade and won the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in 1967 with [[Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw song)|Puppet on a String]], was born in Dagenham.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/2022/5/11/sandie-shaw |title=Sandie Shaw (MBE) - Dagenham's Eurovision Superstar |date=13 May 2022 |website=East End Women's Museum}}</ref>
* Arsenal and England footballer [[Tony Adams]] grew up in Dagenham, attending both Hunters Hall Primary School and [[Eastbrook Comprehensive School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nacoa.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2015/10/19/personal-experiences/ |title=Tony Adams, Lauren Booth, Geraldine James and Elle Macpherson share experience, strength and hopes |publisher=nacoa.org.uk |date=19 October 2015 |access-date=12 July 2019 |archive-date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712115328/http://nacoa.org.uk/news-and-events/news/2015/10/19/personal-experiences/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=January 2023}}{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
* [[Rap]] artist [[Devlin (rapper)|Devlin]] was born in Bermondsey but grew up in Dagenham.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Curtin|first=April|date=2020-11-02|title=9 famous people you probably didn't know were from Barking and Dagenham|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/9-famous-people-you-probably-18046684|access-date=17 January 2023|website=MyLondon|language=en}}</ref>
*Singer [[John Farnham]] was born in Dagenham, before migrating to Australia at the age of 10.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIk1DQAAQBAJ&q=John+Farnham+Dagenham&pg=PT11|title=Playing to Win: The Definitive Biography of John Farnham|first=Jeff|last=Apter|date=30 October 2016|publisher=Nero|isbn=9781863958806|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*Former darts player [[Wayne Mardle]] was born in Dagenham before living in Romford.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dart Profis - Wayne Mardle - "Hawaii 501"|url=https://www.dartn.de/Wayne_Mardle|access-date=17 January 2023|website=Dartn.de|language=de}}</ref>
*English actor, musician, YouTuber and podcaster, [[James Buckley (actor)]] calls Dagenham his home town.
*British singer, TV presenter, and personality [[Stacey Solomon]] is from Dagenham.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
*British singer, [[Steve Ignorant]] of the original anarcho-punk collective [[Crass]] grew up in Dagenham.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ignorant |first1=Steve |title=The rest is propaganda |date=2010 |publisher=Southern Records |location=London |isbn=978-0956674609}}</ref>
*[[Richard Wisker]] actor, was born in Dagenham.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
*[[Chris Youlden]] blues singer, Savoy Brown, was born in Dagenham.