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famous residents.

Alex Salmond, former First Minister of Scotland

 

Anthony Davis, comedian, and broadcaster

 

Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator, 114 Cambridge Street

 

Barbara Pym, writer, 108 Cambridge Street

 

Catherine Johnson, creator of the musical Mamma Mia!

 

Douglas Macmillan, founder of cancer relief, Ranelagh Road

 

Francis Urquhart (fictional)

 

Gianluca Vialli, Italian former football player

 

Hugh Bayley, former MP for York

 

James Crump, founder of St. Aubyn's School, Woodford Green, 86 Cambridge Street

 

Jomo Kenyatta, former Prime Minister of Kenya

 

Joseph Conrad, writer

 

Laura Ashley, designer, 83 Cambridge Street

 

Laurence Olivier, actor, 22 Lupus Street

 

Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, father of lawn tennis, 33 St George's Square

 

Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein

 

Michael Howard, former leader of the Conservative Party

 

Richard Dadd, Victorian era English painter

 

Steve Hackett, former Genesis guitarist

 

Swami Vivekananda, Hindu monk who played a key part in bringing yoga to the West

 

Wilfrid Brambell, actor, star of Steptoe and Son, Denbigh Street

 

Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer

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