•
Rita Hinden, Jewish-South African social democratic activist, founder of the
Fabian Colonial Bureau, lived and died in Golders Green. •
Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and doctor, lived in Golders Green. •
Michael Allmand VC (1923–1944), recipient of the
Victoria Cross, was born in Golders Green. •
Aajibai Banarase (1910–1983), Indian community leader in London, lived in Golders Green. •
Ian Black, journalist and author •
Ken Blaiklock (1927–2020), Antarctic explorer and recipient of the
Polar Medal with 3 bars, was born in Golders Green. •
Alex Clare, singer-songwriter, lives in Golders Green. •
Peter Frankl, lives in Gresham Gardens, Golders Green •
Lillian Hall-Davis (1898-1933), silent-era actress, lived in Golders Green for the last few years of her life. •
Elchanan Halpern, a Rabbi in Golders Green. • Samuel Greenstein, middle distance athlete, lives in Golders Green. •
Kazuo Ishiguro, novelist, lives in Golders Green. •
Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer, lived in Golders Green with his mother. •
Ghada Karmi, author, lived in Golders Green with her family after leaving Israel in 1948. •
Lina Khan, American legal scholar serving as chairwoman of the
Federal Trade Commission, grew up in Golders Green. •
David Kossoff, actor, lived in Hayes Crescent, near Temple Fortune; his late son, musician
Paul Kossoff, grew up there. •
Ernest Krausz (1931–2018), Romanian-Israeli professor of sociology and President at
Bar Ilan University, lived there. •
Sydney Kyte (1896–1981), bandleader, lived in Golders Green from the 1930s to the 1960s. •
Michael McIntyre grew up in Golders Green. •
Mary Macarthur, women's rights campaigner, lived there. •
Marilyn Malin, publisher, editor and literary agent, was born and grew up in Golders Green. •
Louis Marks, television screenwriter and producer, was born there. •
Nicolas Medtner, composer and concert pianist, lived at 69 Wentworth Road, 1935-51. •
Valerie Grosvenor Myer, writer and academic, and her husband, theatre critic Michael Grosvenor Myer, who had grown up in the district, lived in Hayes Crescent in the early years of their marriage, 1960–63. •
Kathleen Simon, Viscountess Simon, abolitionist, lived and died in Golders Green. •
Osi Umenyiora, former
New York Giants defensive end, was born in Golders Green. •
Evelyn Waugh, novelist, author of
Brideshead Revisited, lived in nearby North End, Hampstead. ==Notes and references==