Editing Balham (section)

==Notable people born in Balham==
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*[[John Marco Allegro]], archaeologist.
*[[Ray Cattouse]], former British lightweight boxing champion.
*[[Gail Elliott]], fashion designer and former model.
*[[Percy Fender]] (1892) Surrey cricket captain, world record holder and England Test all rounder.
*[[Fred Again]], singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and remixer.
*[[Mel Gaynor]], musician, drummer of the rock band [[Simple Minds]].
*[[Ainsley Harriott]], TV chef.
*[[Jimmy Hill]], English footballer, manager and broadcaster.
*[[Lisa Knapp]], folk singer and musician.
*[[Alan Knight (footballer, born 1961)|Alan Knight]], footballer.
*[[Jamie Lawrence (footballer, born 1970)|Jamie Lawrence]], footballer.
*[[Eric Maxon]], Shakespearean and early film actor.
*[[Hannah New]], who starred as Eleanor Guthrie in the TV series ''[[Black Sails (TV series)|Black Sails]]''.
*[[Margaret Rutherford]], actress.
*[[Captain Sensible]], singer and musician.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=27 May 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|access-date=9 June 2016|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]], writer of ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/lovely-jubbly-john-1282831.html|title=Lovely jubbly, John|first=Tim |last=Minogue|date=12 January 1997|website=The Independent}}</ref>