Celebrity Signwriters, Past & Present

Famous people with sign painting connections, including Duke Ellington, Eric Gill and Sylvia Pankhurst.

Celebrity Signwriters, Past & Present
Signwriting by Dave Peacock aka Dave in Chas 'n' Dave.

The ‘sign game’ has its fair share of contemporary celebrities, but what about those more famous for other pursuits that have also picked up the brush? After discovering that British suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst could paint a mean Roman, due to classes with Edward Johnston at the Royal College of Art, a number of other well-known figures have emerged as former, or current, sign folk. Here’s the list to date do share any more that you know of…

Sylvia Pankhurst after, and during, the painting of ‘Votes for Women’ on 198 Bow Road
Sylvia Pankhurst after, and during, the painting of ‘Votes for Women’ on 198 Bow Road.