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.
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- Politics & Law
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford
1593 - 1641
Robert Herrick (poet)
1591 - 1674
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
1591 - 1646
John Hampden
1594 - 1643
James Shirley
1596 - 1666
Thomas Carew
1594 - 1640
Pieter de Molijn
1595 - 1661
Cornelius Johnson (artist)
1593 - 1661
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
1591 - 1668
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles
1599 - 1680
Elizabeth Cromwell
1598 - 1665
Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport
1597 - 1666
Henry Gellibrand
1597 - 1637
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford
1593 - 1625
Francis Line
1595 - 1675
Thomas Edwards (heresiographer)
1599 - 1648
Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
1599 - 1674
Robert Gentilis
1590 - 1655
John Droeshout
1596 - 1652
Thomas Price (bishop)
1599 - 1685
John Hayward (MP for Bridgnorth and Saltash)
1591 - 1636
Oliver Woodliffe
1595 - 1599