This is the second of two posts, celebrating St Bonaventure's school 140th anniversary. The first, here, looks at the first 75 years of the school's history.
This article features some of the school's prominent former pupils. We are entirely dependent on the school's website for the list of names (see here), although have supplemented these by other details, and in a number of cases, photos from other sources.
The list is selective, but impressive - a testimony to the fine work done by the school.
Sport
Peter Bakare
B 1989. British Olympian. Represented Team GB in Men's
Volleyball team in London 2012.
John Chiedozie
b 1960. Footballer. Born in Nigeria. Played for Leyton
Orient and signed for a massive £600k for then English First Division team
Notts County. Played 110 times and scored 15 goals. Moved to Spurs in 1984,
where he spent 4 years, played 53 times and scored 12 goals. Replaced in the
team by Chris Waddle.
Patrick Diai
B 1990. Twice university boxing champion - 2010 and 2012.
Graduated in Electronic and Computing engineering from Brunel University.
Jermain Defoe
B 1982. Footballer. Started with Charlton; later played for
West Ham, Spurs, Portsmouth, Toronto and Sunderland. Currently with
Bournemouth. Played 57 times for England, for whom he has scored 20 goals.
Currently well known for befriending terminally ill and recently deceased
Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery.
Anthony Edgar
B 1990. Footballer. Cousin of Jermain Defoe. Spent youth at
West Ham and has played for Dagenham and Redbridge, Yeovil, Bournemouth and
Barnet.
Clayton Fortune
B 1982. Footballer. Played for Spurs, Bristol City, Port
Vale and Leyton Orient.
Chris Hughton
B 1958. Footballer/Manager. Full back with Spurs, winning FA
Cup twice and Uefa Cup once. International career with Irish Republic with 53
caps. Latterly manager, with spells with Newcastle, Birmingham, and
Norwich. Currently Manage of Brighton
HA.
Terry Lawless
B 1933, d 2009. Boxing trainer and manager. Based at Royal
Oak in Canning Town and responsible for careers of Frank Bruno, Charlie Magri,
Jim Watt, Joe Clazaghe and Gary Mason.
Martin Ling
B 1966. Football player and manager. Played for, among
others, Brighton and Leyton Orient. Has managed Leyton Orient, Torquay and
Swindon Town.
Andre Thomas
B 1989. Until very recently, assistant manager at Clapton FC.
Entertainment
Lance Agyepong -
'Gracious K'
B 1988. Local Grime artist, best known for 'Migraine Skank'.
Cousin of Dizzee Rascal.
Charles Babalola
B 1990. Actor. Graduated from London Academy of Music and
Dramatic Arts. Best known for appearances in The Legend of Tarzan (2016), State
Zero (2015), and Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015).
Junior Busia
B 1993. Music producer. Known as Jay Vade.
Nana-Kofi Busia
B 1989. Music producer. Known as Dr Kane. With younger
brother, junior (above) - they form the Dr Vades.
Ted Childs OBE
B 1934. TV and film producer. Between 1970's and 1990's
responsible for a host of hit TV programmes, including: The Sweeny, Minder,
Sharpe, Soldier, Soldier, Inspector Morse, Lewis and Kavanagh QC.
Kwasi Danquah
B 1986. Musician. Better known as Tinchy Stryder.
Darren Hart
Theatre, TV and film actor. A regular on CBeebies and at
local theatres, Hackney Empire and Theatre Royal Stratford.
John Junkin
B 1930, d 2006. Actor, playwright, comedian. Started career
with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford. TV regular from 1960's -
1990's.
Denis King
B 1939. Musician and composer. Part of 50's favourites, The
King Brothers. Latterly responsible for many iconic TV theme tunes. Double Ivor
Novello winning composer, for themes for Black Beauty and Privates on Parade.
Gregor Mapfumo
B 1988. Songwriter/performer. Known as Terry Trill.
Stephen Mulhern
B 1977. Magician, performer, presenter. Youngest person to
be admitted to Magic Circle. Now TV performer and presenter on shows such as
Catchphrase and Britain's Got More Talent.
Glen Murphy MBE
B 1957. Actor and charity worker. Throughout the 1980's and
1990's was a regular on many British TV shows and films, including - most
famously - London's Burning. Awarded MBE in 2010 for charity work.
Steve-John Shepherd
B 1973. Actor. A wide range of TV and film roles. Best known
for his part in East Enders.
Johnathan Woodhouse
B 1987. Actor, director, producer. Starred in The Lady, in
which he played the son of Burmese freedom fighter and current First State
Counsellor of the country, Aung Sun Suu Kyi.
Science and industry
Dr Steve Acquah
B 1980. Scientist. Established Geosat (Global Education
Outreach for Science Engineering and Technology) with Nobel prize winner Sir
Harry Kroto.
Tim Campbell MBE
B 1979. Businessman and entrepreneur. First winner of TV's
The Apprentice. Chair of board of St Bon's governors.
Sir Edward Fennessy
B 1912, d 2009. Electronic innovator. Influential figure in
development of RADAR, to detect WW2 German bombers. Post war became deputy
chair of the GPO, with responsibility for encouraging the development of
telephones in the home.
Dr Behrad Gholipour
B 1986. Nanotechnologist. Led a team that created new glass
materials that have greatly increased the speed of computers.
Gordon Tucker
B 1968. Solicitor. Founder and managing director of GT Law.
Public service
Sir David Amess
B 1952. Conservative MP for Southend West. Knighted in 2015.
Gareth Bebb
B 1985. BBC news producer.
Voltaire Taiwo De
Campos
B 1996. Peace campaigner. Presented Compassion Award by the
Dalai Lama.
David Christie
B 1984. Labour councillor for Beckton, LBN.
Sit Peter Fahy
B 1959. Chief Constable Greater Manchester.
Desmond FitzGerald
B1888, d1947. Irish nationalist and father of former Irish
PM, Garret FitzGerald. For more on his Forest Gate connection, see here.
Greg Kelly
B 1975. Sinn Fein councillor, Dublin city.
Terry Paul
Newham Councillor - Startford and Newtown. Mayoral advisor on Housing.
