Born in Woolwich

Woolwich

District in southeast London, England

Woolwich as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. English actress (1934–2023), English writer and poet (1617-1658), English footballer and commentator (born 1963)): Sylvia Syms, Richard Lovelace, Ian Wright and some more.

Celebrities from Woolwich

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Sylvia Syms

English actress (1934–2023)

*January 6th, 1934 †January 27th, 2023, Denville Hall

40

Richard Lovelace

English writer and poet (1617-1658)

*December 9th, 1617 †April 1st, 1658, City of London

60

Ian Wright

English footballer and commentator (born 1963)

*November 3rd, 1963

65

John Hayes

British politician (born 1958)

*June 23rd, 1958

62

Julian Bailey

Racecar driver

*October 9th, 1961

73

Will Hutton

British political economist and writer

*May 21st, 1950

59

Henry Maudslay

British engineer

*August 22nd, 1771 †February 14th, 1831, London Borough of Lambeth

52

Scott Maslen

Actor and model

*June 25th, 1971

51

Charles George Gordon

British army officer and administrator

*January 28th, 1833 †January 26th, 1885, Khartoum

66

Glenn Tilbrook

English musician (born 1957)

*August 31st, 1957

71

Glenn Aitken

English footballer (born 1952)

*September 30th, 1952

77

Billy Bonds

English footballer (born 1946)

*September 17th, 1946

49

Andy Turner

Irish footballer

*March 23rd, 1975

52

Billy Minter

English footballer and manager (1888-1940)

*April 16th, 1888 †May 21st, 1940, Bruce Grove

51

James Marsh

British chemist who invented the Marsh test for detecting arsenic

*September 2nd, 1794 †June 21st, 1846, Woolwich

59

Hubert Bland

British socialist (1855-1914)

*January 3rd, 1855 †April 14th, 1914, Royal Borough of Greenwich

44

William Phips

First royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1651-1695)

*February 2nd, 1651 †February 18th, 1695, London

58

Frank Adams

British mathematician

*November 5th, 1930 †January 7th, 1989, Brampton

84

Frederick W. A. G. Haultain

English-born Canadian politician and judge (1857-1942)

*November 25th, 1857 †January 30th, 1942, Montreal

88

Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

British aristocrat and World War II intelligence agent

*January 14th, 1922 †November 1st, 2010, Apsley House

46

Ian Raby

British racecar driver

*September 22nd, 1921 †November 7th, 1967, Lambeth

79

Charles Bannerman

Australian cricketer (1851-1930)

*July 3rd, 1851 †August 20th, 1930, Sydney

90

William Henry Barlow

British civil engineer (1812-1902)

*May 10th, 1812 †November 12th, 1902, Charlton

68

James Pattison Cockburn

British Army general and artist (1779-1847)

*March 18th, 1779 †March 18th, 1847, Woolwich

62

Jeremy Healy

English musician

*January 18th, 1962

70

Karl Howman

British actor

*December 13th, 1953

63

Phil Coleman

English footballer (born 1960)

*September 8th, 1960

87

Marie Wright

British actress (1861-1949)

*December 18th, 1861 †May 1st, 1949, Hendon

85

Alma Lawton

Actress (1896–1982)

*August 17th, 1896 †February 24th, 1982, London

91

Francis Walmsley

Catholic bishop

*November 9th, 1926 †December 26th, 2017

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