List of Famous people born in Romford, United Kingdom

Frank James Lampard is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea. As a player, he is widely considered to be one of Chelsea's greatest ever players, and one of the greatest midfielders of his generation.

David Edward Martin is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club West Ham United. He has played for the England under-17, England under-19 and England under-20 teams.

Jonjo Shelvey is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.

Michael George Smith, also known by the on-air nickname of Smitty, was an English television and radio presenter, racing driver, pilot and businessman. He died on 1 August 2014 from complications of a heart failure following major heart surgery. During the 1980s, he co-hosted BBC TV's Breakfast Time and was among rotating presenters of the music show Top of the Pops, broadcast on BBC One.

Gemma Clare Collins is an English media personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex, appearing until 2019. Collins went on to appear in various television shows, including I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2014), Celebrity Big Brother (2016), Celebs Go Dating (2018), and Dancing on Ice (2019). In 2018, she began starring in her own reality franchise, Gemma Collins: Diva, and a year later, she began hosting a podcast on BBC Sounds.

Kemal Cetinay is an English television personality who appeared in the ITV2 reality series Love Island in 2017, where he won the series alongside Amber Davies. As part of Chris & Kem, he charted at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart with the song "Little Bit Leave It".

Tony Alexander Adams is an English football manager. As a player, Adams played for Arsenal and England, captaining both teams. In 2019, he was named President of the Rugby Football League.

Richard Holt Madeley is an English journalist, television presenter and writer. Alongside his wife Judy Finnigan, Madeley presented This Morning and the chat show Richard & Judy. Madeley's solo projects include the ITV series Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway and standing in on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show for BBC Radio 2.

Clifford Williams is an English musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. He started his professional music career in 1967 and had previously been in the English groups Home and Bandit. His first studio album with AC/DC was Powerage in 1978. Williams was inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of AC/DC in 2003. Williams announced his retirement from AC/DC in 2016, but returned for their 2020 comeback album Power Up along with band mates Brian Johnson and Phil Rudd. His side projects include benefit concerts.

Mark King is an English professional snooker player.