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BLACKHEATH

Most Famous People Born in Blackheath, United Kingdom

Notable people
510
Peak decade
1990s
Median birth year
1927
Most distinctive
Cricket 8.2×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Blackheath Is Known For

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Football is Blackheath's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (107).

Blackheath over-indexes on cricket — 8.2× the global rate.

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

  1. Football107
  2. Cricket53
  3. Actor41
  4. Politician25
  5. Player14
  6. Writer12
  7. Militar11
  8. Singer10
  1. Cricket538.2×
  2. Engineer82.5×
  3. Football1071.9×
  4. Militar111.8×
  5. Actor411.5×
  1. Politician250.4×
  2. Painter80.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0010 WRITER

Edgar Wallace

1875 - 1932

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0040 NOVELIST

David Lindsay (novelist)

1876 - 1945

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0078 COMPOSER

Cecil Forsyth

1870 - 1941

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0089 POLITICIAN

Alfred Salter

1873 - 1945

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0090 ACTOR

Wilson Benge

1875 - 1955

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0137 ATTORNEY

Walter de Havilland

1872 - 1968

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0145 SCIENTIST

Keith Lucas (scientist)

1879 - 1916

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0146 CRICKET

Jack Mason

1874 - 1958

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0161 POLITICIAN

Rosa May Billinghurst

1875 - 1953

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0193 CRICKET

Reggie Schwarz

1875 - 1918

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0198 MILITAR

Clifford Coffin

1870 - 1959

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0203 CRICKET

Cuthbert Burnup

1875 - 1960

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0241 ILLUSTRATOR

Charles Folkard

1878 - 1963

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0261 SPORT

Arthur Adalbert Chase

Born 1874

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0318 SCULPTOR

Charles Leonard Hartwell

1873 - 1951

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0338 ENTOMOLOGIST

Malcolm Burr

1878 - 1954

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0346 SCIENTIST

Alexander Duckham

1877 - 1945

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0354 PAINTER

Catherine Dawson Giles

1878 - 1955

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0363 ARCHITECT

Vincent Esch

1876 - 1950

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0365 BUSINESS

Frank Searle (businessman)

1874 - 1948

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0367 ACTOR

Charles Cherry

1872 - 1931

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0370 CRICKET

Alexander Todd (rugby union)

1873 - 1915

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0372 PHOTOGRAPHER

David Knights-Whittome

1876 - 1943

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0380 POET

Bernard Moore (poet)

1873 - 1953

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0418 CRICKET

James Mason (cricketer)

1876 - 1938

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0429 CRICKET

Charles Lewin

1874 - 1952

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0444 CRICKET

Edward Russell (cricketer)

1875 - 1940

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0457 FIGHTER

Harold Barnwell

1878 - 1917

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0504 POLITICIAN

Harry Butcher (politician)

1873 - 1956

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