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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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0020 NEUROSCIENTIST

Andrew Huxley

1917 - 2012

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0054 THEATRE

Peter Glenville

1913 - 1996

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0060 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Christopher Strachey

1916 - 1975

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0078 SPY

James Klugmann

1912 - 1977

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0150 ENTREPRENEUR

Harold Samuel, Baron Samuel of Wych Cross

1912 - 1987

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0167 FIGHTER

James Brindley Nicolson

1917 - 1945

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0180 WRITER

Margot Heinemann

1913 - 1992

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0181 FILM

John Taylor (documentary filmmaker)

1914 - 1992

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0185 BOTANIST

John Walter Guerrier Lund

1912 - 2015

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0194 ACTOR

Betty Astell

1912 - 2005

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0205 JUDGE

Jack Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale

1911 - 2006

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0207 WRITER

Nina Epton

1913 - 2010

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0217 NUMISMATIST

Colin M. Kraay

1918 - 1982

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0241 EDITOR

Ian Scott-Kilvert

1917 - 1989

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0256 PAINTER

Kenneth Snowman

1919 - 2002

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0265 PAINTER

Patricia Angadi

1914 - 2001

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0282 MILITAR

William Walker (RAF officer)

1913 - 2012

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0287 MILITAR

Arthur Nicholls (British Army officer)

1911 - 1944

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0296 ARCHITECT

Stuart Archer

1915 - 2015

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0300 SPORT

Billie Fleming

1914 - 2014

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0330 PHILOSOPHER

Columba Ryan

1916 - 2009

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0335 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

John Howell

1914 - 1993

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0340 MILITAR

John Anderson (VC)

1918 - 1943

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0349 ACTOR

Valerie Lush

1918 - 2016

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0368 POLITICIAN

Nelia Penman

1915 - 2017

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0371 ACTOR

Betty Baskcomb

1914 - 2003

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0402 ACTOR

Lesley Wareing

1913 - 1988

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0421 ACTOR

Lady Marguerite Tangye

1913 - 2002

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0428 MILITAR

Mick Gidden

1910 - 1961

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0445 BACTERIOLOGIST

Elizabeth Joan Stokes

1912 - 2010

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