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List of people from the London Borough of Bexley

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This is a list of notable people who were born or grew up in the London Borough of Bexley or otherwise have a strong association with the area.

Politics, government, military

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Sir Cloudesley Shovell

Scientists and inventors

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Hiram Maxim

Writers and journalists

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William Morris
  • Neal Lawson (1963–), politician and commentator, grew up and went to school in Bexleyheath.[47]
  • James Leasor (1923–2007), journalist and author, born in Erith.[48]
  • Gerard Shelley (1891–1980), author, translator and Catholic bishop, born in Sidcup.[49]
  • Nevil Shute (1899–1960), novelist and aeronautical engineer, lived in Hatherley Road, Sidcup, in the late 1920s, while working at Vickers in Crayford.[13]
  • Jim Sterling (1984–), video game journalist, born and grew up in Erith.[50]
  • Anne Swithinbank (1957–), horticulturist and gardening writer, born and grew up in Belvedere.[51]
  • Elizabeth Wiskemann (1899–1971), historian and journalist, born in Sidcup.[52]

Entertainment, arts, culture

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Visual arts

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Kate Bush
  • Tom Raworth (1938–2017), poet and visual artist, born in Bexleyheath and grew up in Welling.[61]

Performing arts

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Sport

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Football

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Jimmy Bullard
Bernie Ecclestone

Other sports

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Other

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References

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