Engineer Alexander Duckham (1877–1945), founder of the Duckhams oil company, was born in Blackheath, living in Dartmouth Grove and in Vanbrugh Castle, east Greenwich. His brother Arthur Duckham, founder of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, was also born and raised in Blackheath.
James Glaisher FRS (1809–1903), pioneer meteorologist and balloon aeronaut, lived for 34 years at 20 Dartmouth Hill, Blackheath
Malcolm Hardee (1950–2005), comedian, author, club proprietor, agent, manager and former "Father of British alternative comedy" spent most of his life in Greenwich and ran his two most famous clubs there – The Tunnel (near Blackwall Tunnel) and Up The Creek, which still exists in Creek Road
Mechanical engineer John Penn was born in Greenwich and his main works were situated in south Greenwich, close to the modern-day junction of Blackheath Road and Lewisham Road
Artist Sir James Thornhill, said to have lived in Park Hall on Crooms Hill (originally designed for architect John James who never actually occupied the house)
Sir Alfred Yarrow (1842–1932), shipbuilder, lived in Woodlands, Mycenae Road, north of Blackheath
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