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==Notable people== * British Actor [[Ricardo P. Lloyd]], grew up in Wembley * Politician [[Luciana Berger]] (born 1981), The Independent Group MP, grew up in Wembley. * Drummer [[Charlie Watts]], founding member of [[The Rolling Stones]], was born in Wembley. * Engineer and Formula One aerodynamicist, [[John Barnard]], who is credited with introducing the first semi-automatic gearbox, the first carbon fibre composite chassis and the "coke bottle" shape of the rear bodywork, was born in Wembley in 1946. * Actor [[Riz Ahmed]], star of satirist [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]]'s black comedy ''[[Four Lions]]'' (2010), was born in Wembley. * Scientist [[John D Barrow]], Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University, cosmologist, Templeton prize winner and author of many popular science books and the award-winning play Infinities was born in Wembley in 1952 and attended Barham Primary School. * Composer [[Peter Fribbins]] was born, and grew up, in Wembley. * British [[ambassador]] to [[Israel]] [[Matthew Gould]] grew up in Wembley. * Astrologer [[Russell Grant]] lived in Wembley. * Scholar [[Vivian H. H. Green]] (1915β2005), the model for author [[John le CarrΓ©]]'s spymaster character [[George Smiley]], was born in Wembley. * Matthew Harrison was born in Wembley in 1979. * Actor and comedian [[Lenny Henry]] lived in Wembley. * Actor and musician [[Gary Holton]] (1952β1985), Wayne in ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]'' and frontman of [[Heavy Metal Kids]], lived in Wembley at the time of his death. * Footballers [[Raheem Sterling]], [[Jerel Ifil]], and [[Jerome Thomas]] lived in Wembley. * Musician John Lingwood, drummer in [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]], was born in Wembley. * The actor [[Arthur Lucan]] (Arthur Towle), famous for his performances as 'Old Mother Riley', lived at 11 Forty Lane, Wembley, as did his wife and co-star, [[Kitty McShane|Catherine 'Kitty' McShane]]. * [[Rock music|Rock]] drummer [[Keith Moon]] of [[The Who]], was born in Wembley. * Singer [[Maxine Nightingale]], best known for her soul hit records in the 1970s, was born in Wembley. * Figure-skater [[Valda Osborn]] was born in Wembley. * Nurse, journalist, broadcaster and novelist [[Claire Rayner]] lived in Wembley. * Dancer, author, musician and bandleader [[Victor Silvester]] was the second son of J. W. P. Silvester, vicar of St. John the Evangelist [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] church, Wembley. * Composer [[John Tavener]] was born in Wembley. * Musician [[Harvey Shield]] grew up in Wembley. * [[Mick Whelan]], head of the [[ASLEF]] trade union, lives in Wembley. * Sir [[Henry Cooper]], British Heavyweight Champion, after the key bout with Cassius Clay, 1963, retired to the town of the venue; he opened a greengrocer's shop at the top of Ealing Road, Wembley.
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