thumb|Sir Alfred Hitchcock sculpture at the site of Gainsborough Pictures, Poole Street, Hoxton. Charles Bradlaugh, founder of the National Secular Society in 1866, was born in Hoxton. Frank Chapple, union leader, was born and raised in Hoxton. He was ennobled as Lord Chapple of Hoxton in 1985. Peter Dean, who played Pete Beale in EastEnders from 1985 to 1993, was born in Hoxton in 1939. Jason Donovan, actor and singer, lived in Hoxton whilst appearing in numerous West End shows. Sir Alfred Hitchcock began his career at the Gainsborough Studios. Reggie and Ronnie Kray – East End gangsters born in Stean Street, Hoxton (Haggerston) (1933) Bryan Magee, philosopher and politician, born in Hoxton in 1930 Marie Lloyd – music hall star, was born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood here on 12 February 1870, the eldest of nine children. She and her sisters longed to go on the stage, and haunted the local Royal Eagle Tavern music hall, on City Road (where their father also worked, as a waiter). Seven of her siblings went on to professional stage careers, adopting the surname Lloyd, apart from Daisy, who had a successful career as Daisy Wood. Hoxton Tom McCourt, influential in the late 1970s and early 1980s mod and oi/punk scenes and founder of the band, the 4-Skins Lenny McLean, actor, bouncer, bare-knuckle boxer was born here Jamie Oliver opened the original Fifteen restaurant in Hoxton in 2002 James Parkinson, physician and researcher on Parkinson's disease, was a resident of Hoxton Square Jason Pierce, of the band Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized lives in Hoxton. Abraham Rees, editor and Unitarian minister, was a tutor at Hoxton Academy George Sewell, TV actor was born in Hoxton. Mary Wollstonecraft, social reformer, writer and mother of Mary Shelley, was born and spent her early years here.
thumb|Sir Alfred Hitchcock sculpture at the site of Gainsborough Pictures, Poole Street, Hoxton. Charles Bradlaugh, founder of the National Secular Society in 1866, was born in Hoxton Frank Chapple, union leader, was born and raised in Hoxton. He was ennobled as Lord Chapple of Hoxton in 1985. Peter Dean, who played Pete Beale in EastEnders from 1985 to 1993, was born in Hoxton in 1939. Jason Donovan, actor and singer, lived in Hoxton whilst appearing in numerous West End shows. Sir Alfred Hitchcock began his career at the Gainsborough Studios. Reggie and Ronnie Kray – East End gangsters born in Stean Street, Hoxton (Haggerston) (1933) Bryan Magee, philosopher and politician, born in Hoxton in 1930 Marie Lloyd – music hall star, was born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood here on 12 February 1870, the eldest of nine children. She and her sisters longed to go on the stage, and haunted the local Royal Eagle Tavern music hall, on City Road (where their father also worked, as a waiter). Seven of her siblings went on to professional stage careers, adopting the surname Lloyd, apart from Daisy, who had a successful career as Daisy Wood. Hoxton Tom McCourt, influential in the late 1970s and early 1980s mod and oi/punk ,scenes and founder of the band, the 4-Skins Lenny McLean, actor bouncer bare-knuckle boxer was born here Jami.e Oliver opened the original Fif,teen restaurant in Hoxton in 2002 James Parkinson, physician and researcher on Parkinson's disease, was a resident of Hoxton Square Jason Pierce, of the band Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized lives in Hoxton Abraham Rees, editor and Unitarian minister, was a tutor at Hoxton Academy George Sewell, TV actor was born in Hoxton. Mary Wollstonecraft, social reformer, writer and mother of Mary Shelley, was born and spent her early years here.