Notable residents The following people were born in or lived in Edmonton: John Clayton Adams (landscape artist) Gladys Aylward (Protestant missionary) Tony Barber (musician) Percival Harry Barton (footballer) John Beck (footballer) Dudley Benjafield (racecar driver and alumnus of the University of London) Eddie Bovington (footballer) Jack Burkett (footballer) Albert Cadwell (footballer) Robert Cecil (statesman) Chipmunk (rapper) John Christie, recipient of the Victoria Cross Charles Coward (world war II hero) Jimmy Dimmock (footballer) Florence Dugdale writer David Evans (British politician) Ray Evans (footballer) Wally Fielding (footballer) Bruce Forsyth (entertainer) John French (photographer) Michael Garner (actor) Akin Gazi (actor) Frederick Grace (boxer) Bobby Graham (musician) Florence Green (World War I veteran) Brian Harvey (singer) Kevin Higgins (poet) Chas Hodges (musician) David Jason (actor) John Keats (poet) Jo Kuffour (footballer) Charles Lamb (essayist) Larry Lamb (actor) Mary Lamb (writer) Derek Lampe (footballer) Ron Lewin (footballer) Derek Lewis (footballer) Tony Marchi (footballer) Peter Meaden (publicist) Les Medley (footballer) Dave Murray (musician) Malcolm Needs, (screenwriter) Kevin Nugent (footballer) Joe OCearuill (footballer) Ömer Rıza (footballer) Paul Rodgers (footballer) Leonard Roth (mathematician) Lee Smelt (footballer) Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) (musician) Norman Smith (producer, musician) Jim Standen (footballer) Brook Taylor (mathematician) Leslie Welch (radio and TV personality) Chris Williams (Led Bib)[citation needed] B.J. Wilson (rock drummer)
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