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BELSIZE PARK

Most Famous People Born in Belsize Park, United Kingdom

Notable people
450
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1931
Most distinctive
Comedian 8.9×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Belsize Park during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Belsize Park Is Known For

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Actor is Belsize Park's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (66).

Belsize Park over-indexes on comedian — 8.9× the global rate.

Belsize Park under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Actor66
  2. Football49
  3. Cricket29
  4. Politician21
  5. Writer20
  6. Painter11
  7. Militar9
  8. Singer8
  1. Comedian58.9×
  2. Cricket295.1×
  3. Botanist73.9×
  4. Actor662.8×
  5. Mathematician62.7×
  6. Screenwriter52.6×
  7. Judge52.4×
  8. Architect71.8×
  1. Politician210.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Belsize Park's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0035 MATHEMATICIAN

Egon Pearson

1895 - 1980

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0037 PIANIST

Myra Hess

1890 - 1965

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0048 POLITICIAN

Leslie Hore-Belisha

1893 - 1957

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0085 ESSAYIST

Katharine Mary Briggs

1898 - 1980

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0099 NOVELIST

Alec Waugh

1898 - 1981

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0102 PAINTER

Meredith Frampton

1894 - 1984

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0104 PAINTER

Dod Procter

1890 - 1972

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0124 POLITICIAN

Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere

1898 - 1978

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0128 CHEMIST

Robert Sidney Cahn

1899 - 1981

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0135 CHESS

William Winter (chess player)

1898 - 1955

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0143 JUDGE

Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone

1890 - 1954

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0145 PHYSICIST

Charles Drummond Ellis

1895 - 1980

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0155 DRIVER

Ernest Eldridge

1897 - 1937

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0164 ENGINEER

Gilbert Roberts

1899 - 1978

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0170 WRITER

Norah C. James

1896 - 1979

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0171 ARCHITECT

Philip Hepworth

1890 - 1963

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0175 WIFE OF

Violet Attlee

1895 - 1964

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0199 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Helen Marguerite Muir-Wood

1895 - 1968

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0201 MINISTRY

Roderic Hill

1894 - 1954

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0224 DESIGNER

Margaret Calkin James

1895 - 1985

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0226 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Ida Mann

1893 - 1983

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0232 ACTOR

Dorothy Bellew

1891 - 1973

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0235 ARCHITECT

Jack Pritchard

1899 - 1992

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0306 MILITAR

Stanley Vincent

1897 - 1976

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0312 MATHEMATICIAN

Edward Carey Francis

1897 - 1966

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0327 TEST PILOT

Geoffrey T. R. Hill

1895 - 1955

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0337 FENCER

Ralph Chalmers

1891 - 1915

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0342 FOOTBALL

Harry Anstiss

1899 - 1964

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0343 ARTIST

Ruth Gollancz

1892 - 1973

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0346 MATHEMATICIAN

Lorna Swain

1891 - 1936

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0354 FLYING ACE

Charles C. Banks

1893 - 1971

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0359 BOTANIST

John Anthony

1891 - 1972

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0365 CRICKET

Victor Jarvis

1898 - 1975

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0384 MISSING

Owen Scholte

1896 - 1918

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0405 FLYING ACE

Cedric Edwards

1899 - 1918

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0415 ACTOR

Hamilton Keene

Born 1897

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0419 MILITAR

Desmond Fitzgibbon

1890 - 1919

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0426 NAVY

Desmond McCarthy

1893 - 1966

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0431 PAINTER

Mary Stella Edwards

1893 - 1989

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0440 ACTOR

May Morton

1894 - 1966

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