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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Thomas Middleton
1580 - 1627
William Baffin
1584 - 1622
Nicholas Lanier
1588 - 1666
Nathan Field
1587 - 1620
Richard Dering
1580 - 1630
Michael East (composer)
1580 - 1648
Giles Fletcher
1586 - 1623
Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset
1589 - 1624
William Larkin (painter)
1580 - 1619
Matthew Wren
1585 - 1667
Lording Barry
1580 - 1629
Peter Turner (mathematician)
1586 - 1652
Thomas Myddelton (younger)
1586 - 1666
Francis Windebank
1582 - 1646
Robert Killigrew
1580 - 1633
John Warner (bishop)
1581 - 1666
Thomas Wroth (politician, 17th century)
1584 - 1672
Robert Pye (Royalist)
1585 - 1662
Ralph Crane
1589 - 1632
Hugh Green (martyr)
1584 - 1642
Samuel Fell
1584 - 1649
Christopher Wren (priest)
1589 - 1658
Laurence Hilliard
1582 - 1648
Walter Davison
1581 - 1608
Aurelia Molins
1582 - 1641
Robert Wynde
1580 - 1652