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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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0016 ACTOR

Gladys Cooper

1888 - 1971

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0029 ACTOR

Estelle Winwood

1883 - 1984

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0046 PUBLISHER

Stanley Unwin (publisher)

1884 - 1968

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0062 PAINTER

Anna Airy

1882 - 1964

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0105 ACTOR

Gerald Ames

1880 - 1933

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0120 ENGINEER

Frank Barnwell

1880 - 1938

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0151 ACTOR

Thomas Holding

1880 - 1929

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0154 CRICKET

Wally Hardinge

1886 - 1965

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0171 SKATER

Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont

1884 - 1965

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0183 CRICKET

Tich Freeman

1888 - 1965

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0210 FRIAR

Bede Jarrett

1881 - 1934

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0213 SURVIVOR

Gladys Cherry

1881 - 1965

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0214 MUSIC

Marjorie Hayward

1885 - 1953

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0229 ENGINEER

Lewis Rickinson

1883 - 1945

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0236 LACROSSE

Edward Jones (lacrosse)

1880 - 1951

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0254 LACROSSE

Reginald Martin

1887 - 1981

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0266 MILITAR

Edwin Morris (British Army officer)

1889 - 1970

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0306 FOOTBALL

Spencer Bassett

1885 - 1917

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0333 ACTIVIST

Sybil Neville-Rolfe

1885 - 1955

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0334 CRICKET

Arthur Day (Kent cricketer)

1885 - 1969

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0364 ARCHIVIST

William Le Hardy

1889 - 1961

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0387 FLYING ACE

Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith

1884 - 1952

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0395 AUTHOR

Robert George Curtis

1889 - 1936

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0397 FENCER

Alfred Ridley-Martin

1881 - 1970

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0402 MILITAR

Eric Gascoigne Robinson

1882 - 1965

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0412 CRICKET

Sydney Day

1884 - 1970

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0420 ACTOR

Ian McLean (actor)

1887 - 1978

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0421 RUNNER

Edgar Lloyd (athlete)

1886 - 1972

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0433 CRICKET

Edward Freeman (cricketer, born 1880)

1880 - 1964

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0434 ACTOR

Martin Lewis (English actor)

1888 - 1970

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0438 LIEUTENANT

Arthur Bedford

1881 - 1949

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0461 CRICKET

Edwin Myers (cricketer)

1888 - 1916

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0481 CRICKET

Herbert Burton

1888 - 1961

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0483 CRICKET

John Freeman (cricketer)

1883 - 1958

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0487 PLAYER

Francis Stone

1886 - 1938

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0497 FOOTBALL

Bill Hooper (footballer, born 1884)

1884 - 1952

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