Harry Baker

Harry Baker studied at University of Bristol and Twyford Church of England High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is poetry, slam poetry and mathematics. Places of work recorded in the authority are Edinburgh and Bristol.

• Name — Harry Baker • Birthplace — London, England, U.K. • Education — Bristol University • Occupation — poet • Notable Works — Wonderful (2025) • Subject — Poetry

Born in Ealing in 1992, Harry Baker grew up as part of a Christian community in West London. After switching from studying Medicine to allow his pursuit of poetry, Baker studied Mathematics with German at Bristol University.

Baker has won the London and UK Slam Poetry Championships. In 2012, he won the World Slam Poetry Competition, becoming the youngest ever winner. In 2014 Baker began performing as a speaker for TED. His talk ‘A love poem for lonely prime numbers’ has over 2 million views. A collection of his own poetry, The Sunshine Kid, was published in 2015 by Burning Eye Books. Baker received major national airplay on the BBC in 2015 when he wrote and performed a poem for Simon Mayo's Radio 2 show. On Boxing Day 2016, he performed a Christmas Meditation on BBC Radio 4. He occasionally performs as a battle rapper, featuring on Don't Flop. Together with the jazz guitarist Chris Read, he is half of "Harry and Chris", who have performed on The Russell Howard Hour television programme. Baker is well known as an aficionado of wine gums, and has many poems on the topic.

Baker is a practising Christian, and is a father.