List of Famous people born in Croydon, United Kingdom

Emile Smith Rowe is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal. He is nicknamed "Croydon De Bruyne" by Arsenal fans due to his similar playing style as the Belgian midfield maestro Kevin De Bruyne.

Lewis James Grabban is an English-Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Nottingham Forest.

Henry Havelock Ellis was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He co-wrote the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as on transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis.

Nicola Tappenden is an English model. She is also known for appearing in the 2010 edition of Celebrity Big Brother. She was the sixth contestant evicted, in a secret eviction, on 27 January 2010. Tappenden is also known by her modelling name Nicola T.

Stephen John "Steve" Chalke, is a British Baptist minister, the founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust, a former United Nations' Special Adviser on Human Trafficking and a social activist.

Tracey Emin, CBE, RA is an English artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, photography, neon text and sewn appliqué. Once the "enfant terrible" of the Young British Artists in the 1980s, Tracey Emin is now a Royal Academician of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Jason David Ian Puncheon is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos.

Trevor Joseph Goddard was an English actor. He was best known for playing Kano in the martial arts film Mortal Kombat, Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby in the television series JAG and main villain Keefer in the action film Men of War.

Susanna Victoria Reid is an English television presenter and journalist. Reid was a co-presenter of BBC Breakfast from 2003 until 2014 alongside Bill Turnbull and Charlie Stayt. In 2013, she finished as a runner-up on the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing. Since 2014, Reid has been the lead presenter of the ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain alongside Piers Morgan and Ben Shephard. She also presented Sunday Morning Live on BBC from 2010 to 2011.

Benjamin Bernard Haenow is an English singer. In 2014, he was crowned as the winner of the eleventh series of The X Factor UK after beating Fleur East. Following his win, his debut single, a cover of OneRepublic's "Something I Need", was released in December 2014. It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2014 Christmas number one. Haenow released his self-titled debut studio album in November 2015, preceded by the single "Second Hand Heart", a duet with Kelly Clarkson.