51.5199° N, 0.0571° W
BETHNAL GREEN
Most Famous People Born in Bethnal Green, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 317
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- Median birth year
- 1932
- Most distinctive
- Comedian 12.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bethnal Green during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Bethnal Green Is Known For
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Football is Bethnal Green's biggest profession — 30% of all notables (95).
Bethnal Green over-indexes on comedian — 12.6× the global rate.
Bethnal Green under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Bethnal Green's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Other
A. A. Milne
1882 - 1956
Edmond Halley
1656 - 1742
Terence Stamp
Born 1938
Edmund Spenser
1552 - 1599
Ashley Cole
Born 1980
Steven Berkoff
Born 1937
Eddie Marsan
Born 1968
Walter Pater
1839 - 1894
Colin Salmon
Born 1962
Barbara Windsor
Born 1937
James Parkinson
1755 - 1824
Sean Harris
Born 1966
William Orbit
Born 1956
Arnold Wesker
1932 - 2016
W. W. Jacobs
1863 - 1943
Barry Morse
1918 - 2008
Matthew Garber
1956 - 1977
Helen Shapiro
Born 1946
Kenney Jones
Born 1948
Nicola Walker
Born 1970
Nick Moran
Born 1969
Jah Wobble
Born 1958
Alfie Bass
1916 - 1987
Lionel Bart
1930 - 1999
Horatio Bottomley
1860 - 1933
Laila Rouass
Born 1971
Bernard Bresslaw
1934 - 1993
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire
1895 - 1950
John Gray (poet)
1866 - 1934
Laurence Juber
Born 1952
Richard Mead
1673 - 1754
Roy Marsden
Born 1941
Anita Dobson
Born 1949
Perry McCarthy
Born 1961
George Innes
Born 1938
Kenny Lynch
1938 - 2019
Darren Purse
Born 1977
Bob Crow
1961 - 2014
Monty Sunshine
1928 - 2010
Clive Allen
Born 1961
Thomas Muffet
1553 - 1604
Charles Tilstone Beke
1800 - 1874
Karima Adebibe
Born 1985
Luan Peters
1946 - 2017
Emanuel Litvinoff
1915 - 2011
Ron Embleton
1930 - 1988
Des O'Connor
1932 - 2020
William Anderson (collector)
1842 - 1900
David Gold (businessman)
Born 1936
Terence Donovan (photographer)
1936 - 1996
Connop Thirlwall
1797 - 1875
Jane Randolph Jefferson
1721 - 1776
Harry Champion
1865 - 1942
Laurence Graff
Born 1938
Gina Yashere
Born 1974
Charles Lloyd-Pack
1902 - 1983
Vinny Samways
Born 1968
Cheryl Baker
Born 1954
Ann Mitchell
Born 1939
Major Greenwood
1880 - 1949
Richard Knill Freeman
1840 - 1904
Len Goodman
Born 1944
Alan Spenner
1948 - 1991
Norman Hudis
1923 - 2016
Leon Johnson (footballer)
Born 1981
Tony Marchant (playwright)
Born 1959
John Condon (boxer)
1889 - 1919
Christine Noonan
1945 - 2003
Alison Limerick
Born 1959
Charles Carrington
1867 - 1921
Bombardier Billy Wells
1887 - 1967
Billy Walker (boxer)
Born 1939
Harvey Goldstein
1939 - 2020
Patsy Palmer
Born 1972
Charles Garvice
1850 - 1920
Frederick Bellenger
1894 - 1968
Billy Murray (actor)
Born 1941
Albert Inkpin
1884 - 1944
William Byrd I
1652 - 1704
Max Rayne
1918 - 2003
George Hall (baseball)
1849 - 1923
Eugenius Birch
1818 - 1884
Maxine Daniels
1930 - 2003
Frederick Leathers, 1st Viscount Leathers
1883 - 1965
Solomon Joel
1865 - 1931
Herbert Spencer (graphic designer)
1924 - 2002
Tony Mortimer
Born 1970
Anna Trapnell
1630 - 1660
Dutch Sam
1775 - 1816
Joe Anderson (English footballer)
Born 1989
Charles Coborn
1852 - 1945
Anwar Uddin
Born 1981
Les Sealey
1957 - 2001
Claudia Fontaine
1960 - 2018
Augustus Applegath
1788 - 1871
John Moncur
Born 1966
Nadia Ali (broadcaster)
Born 1984
Anthony Seldon
Born 1953
William J. Fishman
1921 - 2014
Michael McKell
Born 1959
John Smith (footballer, born 1939)
1939 - 1988
Archibald Church
1886 - 1954
Thomas Playford II
1837 - 1915
William Grimaldi
1751 - 1830
Mark Mondesir
Born 1964
David Kerslake
Born 1966
John Lever
Born 1949
Jernade Miah
Born 1991
Ron Henry
1934 - 2014
Eddie Thompson (musician)
1925 - 1986
Margaret Moran
Born 1955
Les Reed (football manager)
Born 1952
William Nichol Cresswell
1818 - 1888
Mornington Lockett
Born 1961
Thomas Rainsborough
1610 - 1648
Ava June
1931 - 2013
McKinnon Wood
1855 - 1927
Nicky Cook
Born 1979
Justin King (businessman)
Born 1961
Zachary Hickes
1739 - 1771
Geoff Hamilton
1936 - 1996
Johnny Warman
Born 1951
Matt Joseph
Born 1972
J. P. Blake
1874 - 1950
Paul Miller (footballer, born 1959)
Born 1959
Vic Groves
1932 - 2015
Harry Mason (boxer)
1903 - 1977
Norman Giller
Born 1940
Cliff Watson
1940 - 2018
Sir William Curtis, 1st Baronet
1752 - 1829
Tony Adcock
Born 1963
Kit Denton
1928 - 1997
Nat Temple
1913 - 2008
Sidney H. Haughton
1888 - 1982
Alfie Curtis
1930 - 2017
William James Blacklock
1816 - 1858
Cosmas Desmond
1935 - 2012
Geoff McQueen
1947 - 1994
George Cornell
1928 - 1966
Harry Landis
Born 1931
Charlie McGahey
1871 - 1935
William King (St Mary Hall)
1685 - 1763
Christopher Belton
Born 1955
Dreda Say Mitchell
Born 1965
Barbara Roche
Born 1954
Jack Harris (musician)
Born 1951
James Peirce
1673 - 1726
Peter Waterman
1934 - 1986
Theodora FitzGibbon
1916 - 1991
Mark Newson
Born 1960
Tommy Bruce
1937 - 2006
Donna Ewin
Born 1970
Lisa Pin-Up
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Jerry Murphy
Born 1959
A. J. Webbe
1855 - 1941
Frederick Bremer
1872 - 1941
Mary Ann Criddle
1805 - 1880
William Rainsborough
1587 - 1642
Ben Onwukwe
Born 1957
Laurie Green
Born 1945
Jimmy Chipperfield
1894 - 1966
William Foyle
1885 - 1963
Victor Guazzelli
1920 - 2004
Laurie Abrahams
Born 1953
Danny Clapton
1934 - 1986
Darren Pitcher
1969 - 2018
Garry Brooke
Born 1960
Danny Brown (footballer)
Born 1980
Ann Sears
1933 - 1992
Judan Ali
Born 1973
Hoxton Tom McCourt
Born 1961
Alan Smithers
Born 1938
Mildred Gordon (politician)
1923 - 2016
John Yorke (producer)
Born 1962
Jem Smith
1863 - 1931
William Rainsborowe
1612 - 1673
Samuel Fisher, Baron Fisher of Camden
1905 - 1979
John Martin (English footballer)
Born 1981
John Coney (engraver)
1786 - 1833
Marie Kendall
1873 - 1964
Mark Lazarus
Born 1938
Minnie Lansbury
1889 - 1922
Leslie Fuller
1888 - 1948
Sam Deering
Born 1991
Geoffrey Woolley
1892 - 1968
Fred Rumsey
Born 1935
Sharmeena Begum
Born 1999
Ken Charlery
Born 1964
James Carter (engraver)
1798 - 1855
Lou Kenton
1908 - 2012
Geoff Iden
1914 - 1991
Johnnie Wade
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Ronnie Gould
Born 1982
Lee Goodwin
Born 1978
Dave Rainford
Born 1979
Albemarle Swepstone
1859 - 1907
Tommy Jenkins
Born 1947
William Weston (Australian politician)
1804 - 1888
Terry Howard
Born 1966
Alf Bigden
1932 - 2007
Jimmy Flint
Born 1952
Colin Jones (photographer)
Born 1936
George Adams (footballer, born 1947)
Born 1947
Alfred George Drake
1893 - 1915
Danny Shea (footballer)
1887 - 1960
Len Phillips
1922 - 2011
Gerry Ward (footballer)
1936 - 1994
Aida Young
1920 - 2007
Edith Swepstone
1862 - 1942
Brian Sparrow
1962 - 2019
Worrell Sterling
Born 1965
Paul Linger
Born 1974
Sammy McCarthy
1931 - 2020
Barry Silkman
Born 1952
Terry McDonald (footballer)
Born 1939
Dave Carlton
Born 1952
Monte Fresco
1945 - 2013
George Cores
1869 - 1949
Howard Angus Kennedy
1861 - 1938
Billy Bower
1887 - 1954
Christopher Gandy
1867 - 1907
Johnny Ayris
Born 1953
Terry Lee (footballer)
1952 - 1996
Joseph Somes
1787 - 1845
Paul Lazarus (footballer)
Born 1957
Tommy Cunningham (footballer)
Born 1955
Eddie Clayton
Born 1937
J. S. Wood
1853 - 1920
Joseph William Sutton
1844 - 1914
Frederick Groves (footballer, born 1891)
1891 - 1965
Jamie Sykes
Born 1965
Alf Freeman (footballer, born 1920)
1920 - 2006
Terence Patrick O'Sullivan
1913 - 1970
Dick Corbett
1908 - 1943
Bill Roffey
Born 1954
Vincent Crane Richmond
1893 - 1930
Dave Thomas (footballer, born 1917)
1917 - 1991
Bob Thomas (footballer, born 1919)
1919 - 1990
Eric Hall
1938 - 2020
Glen Wilkie
Born 1977
David Boulter
Born 1962
Arnold Schwartzman
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William Burman
1897 - 1974
Frank Watts
1929 - 1994
Charles Jeffries
1864 - 1936
Jack Gregory (footballer, born 1926)
1926 - 1995
David Madden (footballer)
Born 1963
James Davis (Kent cricketer)
1790 - 1870
John Mucknell
Born 1608
Frederick Henry Bradley
1876 - 1943
Greg Burridge
Born 1981
Peter Hunt (footballer)
Born 1952
Terry Brisley
Born 1950
Stan Eve
1925 - 1990
George Douglas (footballer)
1893 - 1979
Barry Paul
Born 1948
Joe Wade (footballer)
1921 - 2005
John Somes
1819 - 1871
Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton
1843 - 1919
Ruth Abrahams
1931 - 2000
Jimmy Belcher
Born 1932
Peter Griggs
1849 - 1920
Peter Harburn
1931 - 2010
John Cornwell (footballer)
Born 1964
Robert Groom (cricketer)
1816 - 1891
Alex Addai
Born 1993
Valerie Masters
Born 1940
Tony Geidmintis
1949 - 1993
Arthur Gold
1917 - 2002
Charles Pascoe
1876 - 1957
Bill Lansdowne
Born 1935
Harry Wilcox
1878 - 1937
Fred Blackett
1900 - 1979
Annie Barnes (suffragist)
1880 - 1982
Jim Page (politician)
1861 - 1921
Steve Bastien
Born 1963
Harry Obeney
Born 1938
Dennis Greene (footballer)
Born 1968
John Fuller (singer)
1850 - 1923
Bert Goodman
1890 - 1959
Elizabeth Haywood
1773 - 1836
John West (cricketer, born 1861)
1861 - 1920
Gemma Weekes
Born 1978
Micky Dulin
Born 1935
Steve Bowtell
Born 1950
George Jacks
Born 1946
Henry Robert Fuller
1825 - 1905
Victor Huthart
1924 - 1997
Steve Perkins (footballer)
Born 1954
David Levene
1908 - 1970
Mark McNeil
Born 1962
Paul Flowers (footballer)
Born 1974
George Kitt
1853 - 1940
Joe Durrell
Born 1953
Thomas Everard
Died 1781
Eddie Gibbins
1926 - 2011
Francis Cowley
Born 1957
Sid Tickridge
1923 - 1997
Thomas Dixon (South African cricketer)
1847 - 1915
Vince O'Kane
Born 1952