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HAMMERSMITH

Most Famous People Born in Hammersmith, United Kingdom

Notable people
512
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1959
Most distinctive
Guitar 9.5×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 80 notable births.

What Hammersmith Is Known For

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Football is Hammersmith's biggest profession — 23% of all notables (119).

Hammersmith over-indexes on guitar — 9.5× the global rate.

Hammersmith under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Football119
  2. Actor81
  3. Cricket45
  4. Politician20
  5. Singer12
  6. Writer11
  7. Music11
  8. Player11
  1. Guitar79.5×
  2. Comedian57.8×
  3. Cricket456.9×
  4. Presenter65.2×
  5. Rower63.2×
  6. Actor813.0×
  7. Football1192.1×
  8. Music111.5×
  1. Politician200.3×
  2. Writer110.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 43 of 512 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Alan Rickman

1946 - 2016

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0011 ACTOR

Roger Daltrey

Born 1944

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0018 ACTOR

Jane Asher

Born 1946

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0028 ACTOR

Peter Mayhew

1944 - 2019

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0035 ECONOMIST

Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford

Born 1946

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0045 ACTOR

Judy Cornwell

Born 1940

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0060 ACTOR

Deborah Watling

1948 - 2017

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0062 POLITICIAN

Jean Gol

1942 - 1995

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0068 MANAGER

Richard Cole

Born 1946

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0070 MUSIC

Micky Waller

1941 - 2008

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0074 GUITAR

Rod Price

1947 - 2005

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0087 EGYPTOLOGIST

Barbara Adams (Egyptologist)

1945 - 2002

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0088 MUSIC

Alan Wakeman

Born 1947

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0116 NOVELIST

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Born 1948

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0119 ACTOR

John Hamill

Born 1947

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0131 NOVELIST

Bob Marshall-Andrews

Born 1944

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0137 WRITER

Mary Hooper (auteur jeunesse)

Born 1944

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0140 MUSIC

Billy Nicholls

Born 1949

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0163 TRADE UNION

Rodney Bickerstaffe

1945 - 2017

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0165 MANAGER

Steve O'Rourke

1940 - 2003

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0183 MUSIC

Richard Langham Smith

Born 1947

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0200 POLITICIAN

Stephen Pound

Born 1948

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0208 POLITICIAN

Jim Cousins

Born 1944

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0211 GUITAR

Danny McCulloch

1945 - 2015

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0261 FOOTBALL

John Jackson (footballer, born 1942)

Born 1942

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0284 PRESENTER

Bernard Golay

1944 - 2019

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0308 HURDLER

Pat Pryce

Born 1942

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0310 ART DIRECTOR

Leslie Tomkins

Born 1948

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0315 ACTOR

Iola Gregory

1946 - 2017

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0319 FILM

Bernard Williams (producer)

1942 - 2015

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0347 TRADE UNION

Paul Kenny

Born 1949

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0351 FOOTBALL

Barry Rowan

Born 1942

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0391 RACER

Norman Hunter (speedway rider)

Born 1940

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0394 SWIMMER

John Martin-Dye

Born 1940

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0416 FOOTBALL

Peter Gelson

Born 1941

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0427 FOOTBALL

John Cozens (footballer)

Born 1946

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0457 FOOTBALL

Tony Goodgame

Born 1946

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0464 FOOTBALL

Bill Summerscales

Born 1949

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0478 SPORT

Frank Wyatt (sport shooter)

Born 1946

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0480 FOOTBALL

Steve Pitt

Born 1948

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0493 FOOTBALL

Jimmy Gitsham

1942 - 2005

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0510 FOOTBALL

Ian Watson (footballer, born 1944)

Born 1944

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0511 FOOTBALL

John Furie

Born 1948

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