51.5071° N, 0.1297° W
LONDON
Most Famous People Born in London, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 15,663
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1919
- Most distinctive
- Novelist 2.6×
Nine centuries of the British public eye. London's notables fan out across a longer continuous span than almost any other anglophone city, from medieval peers and antiquarians through Georgian solicitors and impresarios to a postwar wave of actors, footballers, and singers. The court and the stage have always been within walking distance of each other here, and the dataset shows it.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What London Is Known For
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Actor is London's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (2,038).
London over-indexes on novelist — 2.6× the global rate.
London under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of London's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Sports
- Other
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John Donne
1572 - 1631
Ben Jonson
1572 - 1637
Inigo Jones
1573 - 1652
John Webster
1578 - 1634
Thomas Dekker (writer)
1572 - 1632
Thomas Mun
1571 - 1641
Adam Willaerts
1577 - 1664
Andrew White (Jesuit)
1579 - 1656
Thomas Lupo the elder
1571 - 1627
Richard Warren
1578 - 1628
Thomas Gataker
1574 - 1654
Degory Priest
1579 - 1621
Wentworth Smith
1571 - 1623
William Courten
1572 - 1636
Richard Johnson (16th century)
1573 - 1659
Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex
1575 - 1645
Thomas Farnaby
1575 - 1647
Sir Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet
1576 - 1657
Richard Cecil (died 1633)
1570 - 1633
Ann (Radcliffe) Mowlson
1576 - 1661
Humphrey Lynde
1579 - 1636
John Atwood (colonial administrator)
1576 - 1644
Anne Twysden
1574 - 1638