Among those who were born in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are:

A

• Les Allen – former footballer and manager
• Tony Adams – footballer

B

• Giles Barnes – professional footballer for Vancouver Whitecaps
• Adam Barrett – professional footballer for Southend United F.C.
• Rev. Abraham Blackborne – one of the longest-serving vicars of Dagenham^[1]
• Mark Blackhall – professional footballer
• Jamie Borthwick – actor
• Billy Bragg – alternative rock musician^[2][3]
• Sir Trevor Brooking – former professional footballer with West Ham
• Max Bygraves – musician, moved to the area in 1945^[3]

C

• George Carey – Lord Carey of Clifton Archbishop of Canterbury
• Henry Chilver (Lord Chilver) – vice-chancellor of Cranfield Institute of Technology; Chair of Milton Keynes Development Corporation^[4]
• Captain James Cook – married in Barking in 1762^[5]

D

• Devlin – Grime MC
• Françoise Dior – French-born Nazi, arrested 1967
• Diversity – street dance group who won Britain's Got Talent in 2009
• Job Drain – soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery in 1914

E

• David Howell Evans (aka "The Edge") – popular music musician.
• Ethelburga (d. c.680 AD) – first Abbess of Barking Abbey
• Daisy Evans – singer, past member of S Club Juniors

F

• John Farnham – Australian singer; born in Dagenham
• Mark Frost (born 1962) – cricketer^[6]
• Nick Frost – actor, comedian and screenwriter
• Elizabeth Fry – prison reformer^[7]

G

• Paul Gbegbaje – Britain's Got Talent 2011 finalist
• Stephen Gray – cricketer

H

• Eva Hart – child survivor of RMS Titanic disaster^[8]
• Danny-Boy Hatchard – actor
• Barry Hearn – sporting events promoter; Chairman of Leyton Orient F.C. and the Professional Darts Corporation
• William Hope – soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross in 1857 for bravery during Crimean War
• Rochelle Humes – television personality and singer
• Neil Humphreys – author
• Myke Hurley – podcaster and co-founder of podcast network Relay FM^[9]

I

• IMD Legion – street dance troupe, contestants on Got To Dance and Britain's Got Talent

J

• Phill Jupitus – comedian, grew up in Barking
• Elliot Justham – professional footballer

K

• Ross Kemp – actor, born in Barking
• Paul Konchesky – footballer, born in Barking

L

• Jason Leonard – professional rugby union player, 2003 Rugby World Cup winner
• Vera Lynn – voted the most popular singer in 1939^[3]
• Lethbridge, Charlotte^[10] - a young writer, published a book named “Lucy and the time portal”^[11]

M

• Megan McKenna – reality television personality
• McLean – singer
• Kevin Mitchell – boxer
• Bobby Moore – former professional footballer with West Ham; 1966 World Cup winner as captain of England^[12]
• Dudley Moore – international film star and musician^[3]
• Dean Marney – professional footballer with Burnley F.C.
• Yunus Musah - professional footballer with Valencia CF and USMNT^[13]

O

• Conor Okus – professional footballer
• Hank Osasuna – actor and performance artist who grew up in Chadwell Heath

P

• Sara Pascoe – writer, stand-up comedian and actress
• Joseph Pearce – biographer, writer and professor; lives in New Hampshire, United States
• Stevo Pearce – owner of Some Bizzare Records^[14]
• Martin Peters – footballer, World Cup winner in 1966 with England
• Daniel Potts – professional footballer for Luton Town
• Potter Payper - UK Rapper
• Darren Pratley – footballer currently playing for Bolton Wanderers

Q

• Zain Qaiser – "most prolific cyber criminal to be sentenced in the UK"

R

• Alf Ramsey – 1966 World Cup winning football manager with England
• Richard of Barking – Abbot of Westminster (died 1246)
• Jo Richardson – former Member of Parliament for Barking; Shadow Spokesman for Women's Rights, 1983–1992
• Jesse Roast – footballer

S

• Brian Saah – footballer, born in Rush Green
• Sandie Shaw – singer, won Eurovision Song Contest in 1967^[15]
• Anne Shelton – singing star of the 1940s and 1950s^[15]
• Stacey Solomon – 2009 X-Factor finalist; winner of the British version of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here in 2010
• Jessamy Stoddart – stage and television actress^[16]

T

• Daniel Tammet – writer
• John Terry – former professional footballer
• Paul Terry – former professional footballer
• The Tremeloes – band formed by classmates Alan Howard and Brian Poole^[15]
• Dave Trott – former chairman and Executive Creative Director of The Gate London, copywriter, blogger and author
• Wes Thomas – professional footballer with Oxford United F.C.

V

• Terry Venables – former professional footballer and manager
• Sir Cornelius Vermuyden – 17th-century Dutch drainage engineer; contracted by the Essex Sewer Commissioners to repair breaches in the Thames riverbank at Dagenham

W

• King William I – stayed at Barking Abbey in 1066 and 1067 while the Tower of London was being constructed
• Norma Winstone – jazz singer^[15]
• Richard Wisker – actor, singer
• Mary Wollstonecraft – early feminist^[17]

Z

• Bobby Zamora – professional footballer with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.