Among those who were born in the London Borough of Redbridge, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order): * Simon Amstell, comedian, television presenter, screenwriter and actor. Attended Beal High School * Bernard Ashmole, archaeologist who gives his name to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford * Kenny Ball, trumpet playing English jazz musician * Thomas John Barnardo, social reformer * Nina Bawden, author * Raymond Baxter, TV presenter * Tony Bayfield, rabbi and leader of the Movement for Reform Judaism in the UK * Nigel Benn, former boxer * Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, media entrepreneur * Jet Black (real name Brian Duffy), drummer with The Stranglers * John Boardman, classical art historian, "Britain's most distinguished historian of ancien