Editing Whitechapel (section)

==Notable natives or residents==
In addition to the prominent figures detailed in the article:

===Born in Whitechapel===
*[[Damon Albarn]] – musician, lead singer of [[Blur (band)|Blur]] and co-creator of virtual cartoon rock band [[Gorillaz]], born 1968<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/comment/story/0,6903,529057,00.html |title=The Observer Profile: Damon Albarn – Comment – The Observer |website=Theguardian.com |access-date=6 January 2018 |archive-date=29 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029064816/https://www.theguardian.com/observer/comment/story/0,6903,529057,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Julius Stafford Baker]], cartoonist<ref>'BAKER, JULIUS STAFFORD (1869–1961), British cartoonist' in [[Maurice Horn]], Richard Marschall, eds., ''The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons'', vol. 1 (Gale Research Co., 1980), p. 96</ref>
*[[Abraham Beame]], first Jewish mayor of New York City, 1906–2001
*[[Jack Kid Berg]], boxer, "The Whitechapel Windmill", British Lightweight Champion 1934
*[[Stanley Black]], bandleader, 1913–2002.
*[[Simon Blumenfeld]], novelist, playwright and columnist, 1907–2005.
*[[Georgia Brown (English singer)|Georgia Brown]] (born Lillian Klot), actress and singer, 1933–1992
*[[Tina Charles (singer)|Tina Charles]], 1970s disco artist, born 1954
*[[Peter Cheyney]], mystery writer and journalist, 1896–1951
*[[Jack Cohen (businessman)|Jack Cohen]], Anglo-Jewish businessman who founded the Tesco supermarket chain, 1898–1979
*[[Ashley Cole]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and [[England national football team|England]] footballer 1980
*[[Jack Comer|Jack "Spot" Comer]], Jewish gangster and anti-Fascist, 1912–1996
*[[Roger Delgado]], actor (known for playing "The Master" in ''Doctor Who''), 1918–1973
*[[Lloyd Doyley]], footballer
*[[Bud Flanagan]] (born Chaim Reuven Weintrop), music hall comedian on stage, radio, film and television, 1896–1968
*[[Micky Flanagan]], comedian
*[[Kemal Izzet]], footballer
*[[Muzzy Izzet]], footballer
*[[Kenney Jones]], drummer
*[[Morris Kestelman]], artist
*[[Sydney Kyte]], bandleader, 1896–1981<ref>[[General Register Office for England and Wales|General Register Office]]. ''England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes''. London, England: General Register Office.</ref>
*[[Charlie Lee (English footballer)|Charlie Lee]], [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] footballer
*[[Emanuel Litvinoff]], Anglo-Jewish author of ''[[Journey Through a Small Planet]]''
*Margaret Pepys (née Kite), mother of diarist [[Samuel Pepys]], d. 1667
*[[Brendan Perry]], founding member of music group [[Dead Can Dance]]
*[[Ella Purnell]], actress
*[[Abe Saperstein]], founder of the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] basketball team
*[[Barry Silkman]] (born 1952), footballer
*[[Sarah Taylor (cricketer)|Sarah Taylor]], cricketer
*[[Alan Tilvern]], film and television actor, 1918–2003
*[[Anwar Uddin]], captain of Dagenham and Redbridge
*[[Gary Webster (actor)|Gary Webster]], actor

===Resident in or otherwise associated with Whitechapel===
*[[Altab Ali Park|Altab Ali]], murdered in a Whitechapel park in 1978
*[[Barney Barnato]], diamond mining industrialist and [[Randlord]], 1851–1897
*[[Richard Brandon]] (? – 20 June 1649), the reputed [[Executioner of Charles I|executioner]] of [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] was buried at the Whitechapel parish church of St Mary Matfelon. The church register records that he lived in Rosemary Lane (modern [[Royal Mint Street]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.casebook.org/victorian_london/whitechapel1881.html |title=Casebook: Jack the Ripper – Whitechapel |website=Casebook.org |access-date=6 January 2018 |archive-date=18 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318125801/http://www.casebook.org/victorian_london/whitechapel1881.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Mary Hughes (social worker)|Mary Hughes]] (1860–1941), a voluntary parish worker who initially lived in the [[Blackwall Buildings]] before moving to a converted pub on Vallance Road where she offered food and shelter to the needy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/MileEnd/EarlGreysCastle.shtml |title=Earl Grey's Castle, 71 Vallance Road, London, E1 |website=pubshistory.com |access-date=19 March 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320043707/https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/MileEnd/EarlGreysCastle.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Jack the Ripper]], [[serial killer]]
*[[Charles Lahr]] (1885–1971), German-born anarchist, London bookseller and publisher, secretary of the Whitechapel branch of the Industrial Union of Direct Actionists (IUDA)
*[[Jack London]], who wrote ''[[The People of the Abyss]]'' while staying in Whitechapel – an account of his 1902 stay amongst the East End poor
*[[Richard Parker (mutineer)|Richard Parker]], [[Royal Navy]] mutineer buried in [[St Mary Matfelon]]
*[[Rudolf Rocker]], [[anarcho-syndicalist]] writer, historian and prominent activist, active in Whitechapel 1895–1918, 1873–1958
*[[Obadiah Shuttleworth]], composer, violinist and organist of the parish church, d. 1734
*[[Abraham Nahum Stencl|Avrom Stencl]] (1897–1983), Polish-born Yiddish poet, early companion of [[Franz Kafka]], published ''Loshn and Lebn'' in Whitechapel