List of people from the London Borough of Islington

The following is a list of those who were born in the London Borough of Islington, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough (in alphabetical order):

• Adebayo Akinfewa (born 1982), English footballer
• Jonny Buckland (born 1977), guitarist and songwriter, born in Islington and raised in Pantymwyn, Wales
• Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877), lived at 32 Charlton Place
• Daisy Edgar-Jones (born 1998), British actor, critically acclaimed for work in Normal People, Where the Crawdads Sing, Twisters, and Under the Banner of Heaven
• Colin Firth (born 1960), actor
• Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (born 1971), who lived in Islington from 2012 to 2014
• Noah Jupe (born 2005), actor best-known for his work in the post-apocalyptic monster horror film A Quiet Place (2018), the drama film Honey Boy (2019) and the psychological thriller miniseries The Undoing (2020).
• Eddie Linden (1935–2023), Scottish poet and editor, lived in Archway in the early 1960s
• Mariah May (born 1998), English pro wrestler.
• Ivor Moreton (1908–1984), pianist and singer, born in Barnsbury
• Andrew Ng, co-founder of education technology company Coursera, director of Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Lab
• David Oyelowo (born 1976), actor, grew up in Islington, attended City and Islington College
• Jacob Post (1774–1855), religious writer
• Joey Pyle (1937–2007), gangland boss, born in The Angel
• Francis Ronalds (1788–1873), inventor of electric telegraph, lived in Canonbury, then Highbury Terrace, from 1789 to 1813
• Alfred Ronalds (1802–1860), fly fishing author, born at 1 Highbury Terrace in 1802
• Emma Watson (born 1990), grew up in Islington for a period of time
• Kenneth Williams (1926–1988), actor and comedian, born at 11 Bingfield Street, lived in Cromer Street
• Edgar Wright (born 1974), film director