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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×
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.
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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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Gladys Cooper
1888 - 1971
Estelle Winwood
1883 - 1984
Stanley Unwin (publisher)
1884 - 1968
Anna Airy
1882 - 1964
Gerald Ames
1880 - 1933
Frank Barnwell
1880 - 1938
Thomas Holding
1880 - 1929
Wally Hardinge
1886 - 1965
Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont
1884 - 1965
Tich Freeman
1888 - 1965
Bede Jarrett
1881 - 1934
Gladys Cherry
1881 - 1965
Marjorie Hayward
1885 - 1953
Lewis Rickinson
1883 - 1945
Edward Jones (lacrosse)
1880 - 1951
Reginald Martin
1887 - 1981
Edwin Morris (British Army officer)
1889 - 1970
Spencer Bassett
1885 - 1917
Sybil Neville-Rolfe
1885 - 1955
Arthur Day (Kent cricketer)
1885 - 1969
William Le Hardy
1889 - 1961
Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith
1884 - 1952
Robert George Curtis
1889 - 1936
Alfred Ridley-Martin
1881 - 1970
Eric Gascoigne Robinson
1882 - 1965
Sydney Day
1884 - 1970
Ian McLean (actor)
1887 - 1978
Edgar Lloyd (athlete)
1886 - 1972
Edward Freeman (cricketer, born 1880)
1880 - 1964
Martin Lewis (English actor)
1888 - 1970
Arthur Bedford
1881 - 1949
Edwin Myers (cricketer)
1888 - 1916
Herbert Burton
1888 - 1961
John Freeman (cricketer)
1883 - 1958
Francis Stone
1886 - 1938
Bill Hooper (footballer, born 1884)
1884 - 1952