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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1990s with 58 notable births.

What Blackheath Is Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive Under-indexed

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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0146 CRICKET

Jack Mason

1874 - 1958

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0154 CRICKET

Wally Hardinge

1886 - 1965

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0158 CRICKET

David Fulton (cricketer)

Born 1971

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0183 CRICKET

Tich Freeman

1888 - 1965

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0184 CRICKET

Daniel Bell-Drummond

Born 1993

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0193 CRICKET

Reggie Schwarz

1875 - 1918

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Cuthbert Burnup

1875 - 1960

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0250 CRICKET

Adam Ball

Born 1993

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Charlie Absolom

1846 - 1889

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0252 CRICKET

Bryan Valentine

1908 - 1983

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0263 CRICKET

Carol Valentine

Born 1907

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Ben Phillips (cricketer)

Born 1974

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Ivan Thomas

Born 1991

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0330 CRICKET

Frank Penn (cricketer, born 1851)

1851 - 1916

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Arthur Day (Kent cricketer)

1885 - 1969

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John Griffiths (cricketer, born 1931)

1931 - 1982

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0369 CRICKET

Lennard Stokes

1856 - 1933

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0370 CRICKET

Alexander Todd (rugby union)

1873 - 1915

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0371 CRICKET

Dick Penn

1855 - 1889

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0374 CRICKET

Cyril Francois

1897 - 1944

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0390 CRICKET

Susie Rowe

Born 1987

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0399 CRICKET

Boris Collingwood

1920 - 1968

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0409 CRICKET

Simon Willis (cricketer)

Born 1974

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0412 CRICKET

Sydney Day

1884 - 1970

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0418 CRICKET

James Mason (cricketer)

1876 - 1938

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0425 CRICKET

Robert Rumsey

1844 - 1884

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0428 CRICKET

William Penn (cricketer)

1849 - 1921

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0429 CRICKET

Charles Lewin

1874 - 1952

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0430 CRICKET

Leon Hellmuth

1934 - 1981

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0433 CRICKET

Edward Freeman (cricketer, born 1880)

1880 - 1964

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0435 CRICKET

Graham Stokes (cricketer)

1858 - 1921

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0436 CRICKET

Felix Fielding

1858 - 1910

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Edward Freeman (cricketer, born 1860)

1860 - 1939

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0444 CRICKET

Edward Russell (cricketer)

1875 - 1940

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0446 CRICKET

George Wood (cricketer, born 1893)

1893 - 1971

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0447 CRICKET

Frank King (English cricketer)

1911 - 1996

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0449 CRICKET

Kenneth Sellar

1906 - 1989

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0453 CRICKET

Thomas Russell (cricketer)

1863 - 1927

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0459 CRICKET

Kenneth Harding (cricketer)

1892 - 1977

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0461 CRICKET

Edwin Myers (cricketer)

1888 - 1916

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0462 CRICKET

Geoffrey Ogilvy

1906 - 1962

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0464 CRICKET

Frederic Meyrick-Jones

1867 - 1950

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0466 CRICKET

Conrad Wallroth

1851 - 1926

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0470 CRICKET

Edmund White (cricketer)

1928 - 2004

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0472 CRICKET

Frederick Marsden

1819 - 1870

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0476 CRICKET

Harry Fryer

1829 - 1919

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0478 CRICKET

Les Harmer

1921 - 2007

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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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0484 CRICKET

Ernest Dixon (cricketer)

1854 - 1889

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0489 CRICKET

George Burke (cricketer)

1847 - 1920

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0494 CRICKET

Charles Morgan (Surrey cricketer)

1839 - 1904

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0507 CRICKET

Henry Talbot (cricketer)

1863 - 1911

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