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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 11 of 512 notable people

0027 WRITER

Will Self

Born 1961

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0041 WRITER

Douglas Murray (author)

Born 1979

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0046 WRITER

B. S. Johnson

1933 - 1973

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0049 WRITER

Victoria Coren Mitchell

Born 1972

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0054 WRITER

Michael Edwards (literary scholar)

Born 1938

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0137 WRITER

Mary Hooper (auteur jeunesse)

Born 1944

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0159 WRITER

Charles Finger

1869 - 1941

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0193 WRITER

Lucy Lethbridge

Born 1963

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0224 WRITER

Melissa Benn

Born 1957

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0292 WRITER

Leslie Dunkling

Born 1935

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0313 WRITER

Conrad Pepler

1908 - 1993

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