page_title: Camden Town
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Camden Town / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Statue of Amy Winehouse, Camden, London
context_page_description: Camden Town, often shortened to Camden, is a district of northwest London, England, 2.5 miles north of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, it is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Camden, and identified in the London Plan as one of 34 major centres in Greater London.
  Laid out as a residential district from 1791 and originally part of the manor of Kentish Town and the parish of St Pancras, Camden Town became an important location during the early development of the railways, which reinforced its position on the London canal network. The area's industrial economic base has been replaced by service industries such as retail, tourism and entertainment. The area now hosts street markets and music venues that are strongly associated with alternative culture.
context_section_description: Ambush (rapper)
  B. R. Ambedkar (social reformer, jurist and LSE graduate) lived at 10, King Henry Road, Camden Town, now known as Ambedkar House, in 1921 and 1922.
  Richard Ryan lived in Camden Town from 1819 until his death in 1849.
  Charles Dickens's second London home was in Bayham Street in 1822. He later moved to 112 Little College Street (now College Place), where he boarded with Elizabeth Roylance, a family friend, whom Dickens later immortalised as "Mrs. Pipchin" in Dombey and Son.
  Beryl Bainbridge lived in Albert Street from the 1960s until her death in 2010.
  Playwright Alan Bennett lived in Gloucester Crescent for many years. Margaret Fairchild (aka Miss Shepherd) lived in a van on his driveway
  Physicist, mathematician, and engineer Oliver Heaviside was born in Camden Town.
  The author and journalist Bernard Levin grew up in Camden Town's Plender Street.
  The boxer Tom Sayers lived in Camden, and died at No. 257 Camden High Street in 1865. The house now has a plaque.
  The painter Walter Sickert lived and worked as part of the Camden Town Group in Mornington Crescent. In 1908 he painted a group of four paintings collectively titled The Camden Town Murder, in reference to the notorious Camden Town Murder case of 1907.
  Poet Dylan Thomas owned a house at 54 Delancey Street from 1951 until his death in 1953. There is a plaque on the house today.
  Singer Amy Winehouse lived in Camden Town, first on Prowse Place and then on Camden Square, where she was found dead in July 2011. Winehouse was strongly associated with Camden Town. Since her death she has been entitled as "The Queen of Camden" and a bronze statue of her was placed in Stables Market on what would have been her 31st birthday, September 14, 2014.
  Hip-hop trio N-Dubz are from and grew up in the area.
  Music Band Madness are from and grew up in Camden Town and surrounding areas.
  Singer Eliza Doolittle grew up in the area.
  Jazz Musician Nubya Garcia was born and grew up Camden Town.
  Actor Freddie Highmore was born in Camden Town in 1992.
  The dancer and actress Donna King teaches at her studio in Camden Town.
  The journalist and novelist Sean Thomas lives in Camden.
caption: Bronze statue of Winehouse in Camden Town, London unveiled in September 2014
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