Editing Brixton (section)

==Notable people==
{{main|List of people from Lambeth}}

[[File:David Bowie Chile.jpg|thumb|upright|Musician [[David Bowie]]]] 
[[File:Linton Kwesi Johnson2.jpg|thumb|upright|Poet [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]]]]
[[File:Ken Livingstone.jpg|thumb|upright|Former Mayor [[Ken Livingstone]]]]
Three people who have lived in Brixton have [[blue plaque]]s marking their former homes:
*[[Havelock Ellis]], pioneer sexologist lived at Dover Mansions on Canterbury Crescent<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/E |title=- English Heritage |website=English-heritage.org.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111070654/https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/E |archive-date=11 January 2008}}</ref>
*[[C. L. R. James]], the writer and black political activist, lived in [[Railton Road]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/J |title=- English Heritage |website=English-heritage.org.uk |access-date=11 November 2006 |archive-date=7 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207192435/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/J |url-status=live }}</ref> above the offices of ''[[Race Today]]''.<ref>John Fitzpatrick, [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/you_never_know_when_its_going_to_explode/14304 "You never know when its going to explode" (interview with C. L. R. James, 1989)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321210733/http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/you_never_know_when_its_going_to_explode/14304 |date=21 March 2015 }}, ''[[Living Marxism]]'', April 1989; reprinted Spiked Election.</ref>
*[[Dan Leno]] (1860–1904), an English [[music hall]] comedian famous for his drag acts (56 Akerman Road).

Other notable people with Brixton connections include:
*[[David Bowie]] was born at 40 Stansfield Road, Brixton.
*[[Peter Hawkins]], Voice artist, actor (born Brixton, 1920)
*Former London Mayor [[Ken Livingstone]] grew up and lived for many years in Brixton.
*Poet [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]] is a long-time Brixton resident.
*Former British Prime Minister [[John Major]] spent part of his childhood living off Coldharbour Lane. He began his political career as a local Lambeth councillor.<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/john-major-2/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112084836/http://www.number10.gov.uk/history-and-tour/john-major-2/|date=12 January 2012}}</ref>
*[[Max Wall]], comedian and [[music hall]] performer, was born in Brixton.
*[[Freddie Davies]], the "parrot-faced" comedian and actor, was born in Brixton in 1937.
*[[Poly Styrene]], the singer of the band [[X-Ray Spex]], was born in [[Bromley]] in 1957 but grew up in Brixton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.x-rayspex.com/biography/biography1.html |title=Xray spex official site/poly's biography 1 |website=X-rayspex.com |access-date=24 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233606/http://www.x-rayspex.com/biography/biography1.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Jumpin Jack Frost]], [[drum and bass]] producer and [[DJ]] was born and still lives in Brixton.
*[[Danny Williams (boxer)|Danny Williams]], heavyweight boxer, was born in Brixton.
*[[Frank Dillane]], film actor, was born in Brixton as well as spending his early childhood there.
*[[Paul Simonon]] and [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]] of [[The Clash]] are both from Brixton.
*[[Drum and bass]] producer [[Dillinja]] is from Brixton.
*Screenwriter, director [[Daniel Mulloy]] was born in Brixton.
*The band [[Alabama 3]] were formed in Brixton.
*[[House music]] duo [[Basement Jaxx]] formed in Brixton.
*[[DJ EBK|EBK]], long-term resident of Brixton.
*[[Fruitbat]] of power-pop punk band [[Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine]] was a long-time Brixton resident.
*[[Jan Chappell]], actress, best known as [[Cally (Blake's 7)|Cally]] in ''[[Blake's 7]]''.
*[[Joe Cornish (filmmaker)|Joe Cornish]], presenter of the BBC production ''Adam and Joe'' in the 1990s, and current comedy radio presenter on [[BBC Radio 6 Music|BBC6 Music]] with [[Adam Buxton]].
*[[Bradley McIntosh]], member of pop group [[S Club 7]].
*[[Sharon Osbourne]], wife of [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and daughter of [[Don Arden]], was born in Brixton.
*Mike Skinner of the band "[[The Streets]]" moved to Brixton c. 2000 to pursue his recording career. Some of his songs are about living in Brixton.
*[[Skin (singer)|Skin]], singer of the band [[Skunk Anansie]], grew up in Brixton.
*[[Stereo MC's]], acid jazz/club dance group, were formed and are still based in Brixton.
*Novelist [[Martin Millar (writer)|Martin Millar]] lived here, and most of his novels are set in and around Brixton.
*[[Rudy Narayan]], a [[barrister]] and [[civil rights]] activist.<ref name="Ramdin1999">{{Cite book |title=Reimaging Britain: 500 Years of Black and Asian History |last=Ramdin |first=Ron |publisher=[[Pluto Press]] |year=1999 |pages=294 |isbn=9780745316000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDRnAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
*Environmentalist [[James Lovelock]], famous for proposing the [[Gaia hypothesis]], was born and spent his childhood in Brixton.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/scienceandnature/story/0,,1675518,00.html |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |title=Paramedic to the planet |first=Andrew |last=Brown |date=31 December 2005 |access-date=27 April 2010 |archive-date=21 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121080425/http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/scienceandnature/story/0,,1675518,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Frank Reginald Carey]], Second World War [[Flying Ace|fighter ace]], was born in Brixton.
*[[Jo Self]], artist, long-term resident of Brixton.
*[[Iwan Thomas]], Olympic athlete.
*[[Nyron Nosworthy]], professional footballer.
*[[Shivani Kapoor]], Indian model.
*[[Ty (rapper)|Ty]], rapper.
*Several members of the [[So Solid Crew]].
*[[Sneakbo]], rapper.
*[[Big Narstie]], rapper.
*[[Luol Deng]], player for the American basketball team [[Miami Heat]], lived and played in Brixton.
*[[Alex Wheatle]], novelist.
*[[Lisa Maffia]], singer and TV personality, was brought up in Brixton.
*[[Bunmi Mojekwu]], actress.
*[[James Dagwell]], journalist and former [[BBC News]] presenter, lived in Brixton.
*[[La Roux]] (Elly Jackson), musician, was born and raised in Brixton.
*[[Hew Locke]], contemporary artist, a resident of more than 20 years, has cited Brixton and its market as an influence on his work.
*[[Nikki Sudden]] and Dave Kusworth of the [[Jacobites (band)|Jacobites]] shared a house on Norwood Road, Brixton, in the early 1980s.
*[[Danny Kirwan]] of the band [[Fleetwood Mac]] was born and raised in Brixton.
*[[Clive Dunn]] (1920–2012), best known for playing Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the British sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]'', was born in Brixton.
*[[Jean Kent]] (1921–2013), actress known for appearing in British films, was born in Brixton.<ref>John Walker ''Halliwell's Who's Who of the Movies'', London: HarperCollins, 1999, p. 229; {{ISBN|0-00-255905-6}}</ref>
*[[Philip Lindsey Clark]], sculptor, was born in Brixton.
*[[AJ Tracey]], rapper, was born in Brixton but raised in [[Ladbroke Grove]].
*[[Dillian Whyte]], Jamaican born boxer, emigrated to Britain as a teenager and grew up in Brixton. 
*[[Dave (rapper)|Dave]], rapper, born in Brixton but was raised in [[Streatham]].
*[[Bob and Alf Pearson]], a British musical double act, lived on Electric Avenue in the late 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notable Abodes - Electric Avenue, Brixton, London |url=http://www.notableabodes.com/person-abode-details/16527/alf-pearson-musician_27a-electric-avenue-brixton-london |access-date=14 March 2021 |website=www.notableabodes.com |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024035753/http://www.notableabodes.com/person-abode-details/16527/alf-pearson-musician_27a-electric-avenue-brixton-london |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Deno (singer)|Deno]], rapper.
*[[Pearl Mackie]], actress, grew up in Brixton.
*[[Pat Marsh (ice hockey)|Pat Marsh]], secretary of the British Ice Hockey Association, born in Brixton<ref>{{cite web|url=https://icehockeyuk.co.uk/hall-of-fames/patricia-marsh/|title=Patricia Marsh|website=[[Ice Hockey UK]]|access-date=27 October 2024}}</ref>