Wembley - Notable People

Notable People

  • Rock legend Keith Moon (1946-1978), drummer for The Who, lived in Wembley
  • Actor and musician Gary Holton (1952-1985), Wayne in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and frontman of Heavy Metal Kids, lived in Wembley at the time of his death
  • Composer John Tavener was born in Wembley
  • Actor Riz Ahmed, star of satirist Chris Morris's black comedy Four Lions (2010), was born in Wembley
  • Singer Maxine Nightingale, best known for her soul hit records in the 1970s, was born in Wembley
  • Actor Robert McBain (1932-2004), who appeared in Fawlty Towers and A Fish Called Wanda, was born in Wembley
  • Musician John Lingwood, drummer in Manfred Mann's Earth Band, was born in Wembley
  • Scholar Vivian H. H. Green (1915-2005), the model for author John le CarrĂ©'s spymaster character George Smiley, was born in Wembley
  • Figure-skater Valda Osborn was born in Wembley
  • Footballers Jerel Ifil and Jerome Thomas were born in Wembley
  • British ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould grew up in Wembley

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