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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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- Film & TV
- Writing
- Music
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- Politics & Law
- Other
Kéllé Bryan
Born 1975
Lionel de Jersey Harvard
1893 - 1918
Jack Rose (administrator)
1917 - 2009
John Rymer-Jones
1897 - 1993
Adrian Sturges
Born 1976
Spencer Bassett
1885 - 1917
Omar Richards
Born 1998
Marc Bola
Born 1997
George Samuel Measom
1818 - 1901
Charles Porter (Australian politician)
1910 - 2004
Jack Merriott
1901 - 1968
Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr.
1910 - 2001
Tony Folan
Born 1978
Ivan Thomas
Born 1991
Mark Calderwood
Born 1981
Felix Arscott
1922 - 1996
Colin Monk
Born 1967
Charles Leonard Hartwell
1873 - 1951
Cyril Crowhurst
1906 - 1995
William Francis Kynaston Thompson
1909 - 1980
Francis Wentworth-Sheilds
1867 - 1944
Douglas Muir (actor)
1914 - 1966
Charlotte Harland Scott
Born 1963
Annie Matheson
1853 - 1924
Thomas Ransford
Born 1958
Frederic Myers
1811 - 1851
Cathy Shipton
Born 1957
Jim Fenlon
Born 1994
Henry Moor
1809 - 1877
Frank Penn (cricketer, born 1851)
1851 - 1916
Jason Young (fighter)
Born 1986
Billy Gilbert (footballer)
Born 1959
Sybil Neville-Rolfe
1885 - 1955
Arthur Day (Kent cricketer)
1885 - 1969
Dean Holness
Born 1976
Clare Wigfall
Born 1976
Robert Edmans
Born 1987
Malcolm Burr
1878 - 1954
Akin Famewo
Born 1998
James Templer (balloon aviator)
1846 - 1924
Tom Wynter
Born 1990
Richard Peirse (RAF officer)
1931 - 2014
Alex Codling
Born 1973
Ken Wood (manufacturer)
1916 - 1997
Tom Mercey
Born 1987
Alexander Duckham
1877 - 1945
Seedy Njie
Born 1994
Ernest A. Cole
1890 - 1979
William Frederick Haynes Smith
1839 - 1928
Sam Williams (footballer)
Born 1987
Julian Spalding
Born 1947
Willie Dunn (golfer)
1864 - 1952
Lennie Dennis
Born 1964
Catherine Dawson Giles
1878 - 1955
Thomas Keell
1866 - 1938
Arthur Locker
1828 - 1893
Aramide Oteh
Born 1998
Ian Wheeler
1931 - 2011
Paul Collins (athlete)
1926 - 1995
William Traill
1838 - 1905
Bruce Kennedy (television producer)
Born 1970
John Griffiths (cricketer, born 1931)
1931 - 1982
Vincent Esch
1876 - 1950
William Le Hardy
1889 - 1961
Frank Searle (businessman)
1874 - 1948
Richard Ryan Graves
1954 - 2009
Charles Cherry
1872 - 1931
Keith McPherson
Born 1963
Lennard Stokes
1856 - 1933
Alexander Todd (rugby union)
1873 - 1915
Dick Penn
1855 - 1889
David Knights-Whittome
1876 - 1943
Philip Kingsford
1891 - 1919
Cyril Francois
1897 - 1944
Richard Shute
1849 - 1886
Tom Youngs (footballer, born 1994)
Born 1994
Sam Steward
Born 1906
Richard Walsh (actor)
Born 1953
James Tarpey
Born 1994
Bernard Moore (poet)
1873 - 1953
Ian Stonebridge
Born 1981
Leon Crooks
Born 1985
Joseph Maddison
1850 - 1923
Ajay Chhabra
Born 1970
Daniel Hope (Schauspieler)
Born 1979
Walter Napleton Stone
1891 - 1917
Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith
1884 - 1952
Trevor Lee (footballer)
Born 1954
Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 1st Baronet
1612 - 1683
Susie Rowe
Born 1987
Louise Waller
Born 1969
Ralph Covell
1911 - 1988
Alex Rowe (rugby league)
Born 1985
Richard Alvin
Born 1975
Robert George Curtis
1889 - 1936
Pete Gage (guitarist)
Born 1947
Alfred Ridley-Martin
1881 - 1970
George Luck
1840 - 1916
Boris Collingwood
1920 - 1968
Gordon Smith (philatelist)
1856 - 1905
Cecil Sewell
1895 - 1918
Eric Gascoigne Robinson
1882 - 1965
Tristan Abrahams
Born 1998
A. G. Guillemard
1845 - 1909
Victoria Dunn
Born 1977
Herbert Burden
1898 - 1915
Ken Hodges
1922 - 1993
Eman Kellam
Born 1997
Simon Willis (cricketer)
Born 1974
Alun Llewellyn
1903 - 1987
Keef Trouble
Born 1949
Sydney Day
1884 - 1970
Wes Reid
Born 1968
Michael Villiers
1907 - 1990
Harry Hart
1848 - 1920
Arthur Campbell Ainger
1841 - 1919
Maxine Blossom Miles
1901 - 1984
James Mason (cricketer)
1876 - 1938
Hugh Phillips
1940 - 2005
Ian McLean (actor)
1887 - 1978
Edgar Lloyd (athlete)
1886 - 1972
Stephen Howarth
Born 1981
Mika Simmons
Born 1976
Steve Parish (businessman)
Born 1965
Robert Rumsey
1844 - 1884
Bernard Fawcett
1909 - 1961
Henry Taylor (rugby union)
1858 - 1942
William Penn (cricketer)
1849 - 1921
Charles Lewin
1874 - 1952
Leon Hellmuth
1934 - 1981
John Herring
1935 - 2003
Michelle de Swarte
Born 1980
Edward Freeman (cricketer, born 1880)
1880 - 1964
Martin Lewis (English actor)
1888 - 1970
Graham Stokes (cricketer)
1858 - 1921
Felix Fielding
1858 - 1910
Peggy Hodges
1921 - 2008
Arthur Bedford
1881 - 1949
Matt Salter
Born 1976
Keith Mercer
Born 1956
Mike Harle
Born 1972
Edward Freeman (cricketer, born 1860)
1860 - 1939
Dickie Guy
Born 1948
Edward Russell (cricketer)
1875 - 1940
Barry Little
Born 1964
George Wood (cricketer, born 1893)
1893 - 1971
Frank King (English cricketer)
1911 - 1996
Scott Endersby
Born 1962
Kenneth Sellar
1906 - 1989
Sir Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet
1891 - 1972
Madeline Rees George
1851 - 1931
Joe Broadfoot
Born 1940
Thomas Russell (cricketer)
1863 - 1927
Alfred Rhodes Bristow
1819 - 1875
John Watt (broadcaster)
1901 - 1960
Alfred Lucas (Indian Army officer)
1822 - 1896
Harold Barnwell
1878 - 1917
Allen Andrews (author)
1913 - 1985
Kenneth Harding (cricketer)
1892 - 1977
Gary Moore (footballer, born 1968)
Born 1968
Edwin Myers (cricketer)
1888 - 1916
Geoffrey Ogilvy
1906 - 1962
Christopher D. Cook
Born 1988
Frederic Meyrick-Jones
1867 - 1950
Francis Maule Campbell
1844 - 1920
Conrad Wallroth
1851 - 1926
Mike Anthony (singer)
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Henry William Engleheart
1863 - 1939
Korrey Henry
Born 1999
Edmund White (cricketer)
1928 - 2004
Jack Sheppard (cave diver)
1909 - 2001
Frederick Marsden
1819 - 1870
Gerald Elliott
1907 - 1982
Richard Fitch
1929 - 1994
Kameron Pearce-Paul
Born 1997
Harry Fryer
1829 - 1919
Kenneth Yao
Born 1998
Les Harmer
1921 - 2007
Sam Sutter
Born 1952
John Dowland (RAF officer)
1914 - 1942
Herbert Burton
1888 - 1961
David Ovey
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John Freeman (cricketer)
1883 - 1958
Ernest Dixon (cricketer)
1854 - 1889
Nick Yates
Born 1962
Peter Ottewill
1915 - 2003
Francis Stone
1886 - 1938
William Nicholls (Royal Marines officer)
Born 1854
George Burke (cricketer)
1847 - 1920
Phil Kitching
Born 1967
Jabez Wright
1852 - 1922
Sidney Ellis
1859 - 1937
Richard Hargrave
1817 - 1905
Charles Morgan (Surrey cricketer)
1839 - 1904
Philip Crowley (businessman)
1903 - 1977
Neil Ayrton
Born 1962
Bill Hooper (footballer, born 1884)
1884 - 1952
Eustace North
1868 - 1942
Philip Lincoln
1892 - 1989
Jimmy Pipe
1909 - 1987
Jstarh
Born 1993
William Dawnay-Mould
1901 - 1985
W. D. Webster
1868 - 1913
Harry Butcher (politician)
1873 - 1956
George Cass
1844 - 1892
William Collier Smithers
1795 - 1861
Henry Talbot (cricketer)
1863 - 1911
Edward Ball (Australian politician)
1827 - 1894
Rob Sinclair (footballer, born 1974)
Born 1974
Lotti Fraser
Born 1989