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
- Filtered to 1730s Clear ×
George III of the United Kingdom
1738 - 1820
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
1738 - 1805
Frederick North, Lord North
1732 - 1792
Arthur Phillip
1738 - 1814
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
1735 - 1811
Nevil Maskelyne
1732 - 1811
Princess Augusta of Great Britain
1737 - 1813
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
1739 - 1767
Joseph Johnson (publisher)
1738 - 1809
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough
1739 - 1817
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
1735 - 1806
Elizabeth Canning
1734 - 1773
James Adam (architect)
1732 - 1794
Moses Harris
1731 - 1785
Charles Churchill (satirist)
1731 - 1764
Frances Abington
1737 - 1815
John Walter (publisher)
1738 - 1812
Nathaniel Dance-Holland
1735 - 1811
John Horne Tooke
1736 - 1812
Thomas Banks
1735 - 1805
George Steevens
1736 - 1800
Joseph Nollekens
1737 - 1823
Joseph Townsend
1739 - 1816
Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer
1737 - 1814
Elisabetta de Gambarini
1730 - 1765
Henry Vansittart
1732 - 1770
Peter Dollond
1731 - 1820
Robert Edge Pine
1730 - 1788
Thomas Hornsby
1733 - 1810
Francis Maseres
1731 - 1824
George Collier
1738 - 1795
William Wynne Ryland
1732 - 1783
Samuel Horsley
1733 - 1806
Hannah Lightfoot
1730 - 1759
George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
1731 - 1814
Topham Beauclerk
1739 - 1780
Francis Grose
1731 - 1791
Thomas Tyrwhitt
1730 - 1786
Francis Wollaston (astronomer)
1731 - 1815
Edward Edwards (painter)
1738 - 1806
Charlotte Mercier
1738 - 1762
Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
1735 - 1826
Robert Baddeley
1733 - 1794
Benjamin Cooke
1734 - 1793
Tilly Kettle
1735 - 1786
James Basire
1730 - 1802
George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire
1731 - 1804
Peter Paul Benazech
1730 - 1783
Richard Gough (antiquarian)
1735 - 1809
Robert Tyrwhitt
1735 - 1817
Carl Frederik Stanley
1738 - 1813
Philip Metcalfe
1733 - 1818
Philip Dawe
1730 - 1832
Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
1730 - 1809
Mary Benwell
1739 - 1800
Francis Sartorius
1734 - 1804
William Selby
1738 - 1798
Richard Smith (East India Company officer)
1734 - 1803
Robert Lloyd (poet)
1733 - 1764
Isaac Panchaud
1737 - 1789
John Inigo Richards
1731 - 1810
Joseph Carr (music publisher)
1739 - 1819
Samuel Cotes
1734 - 1818
James Boyer
1736 - 1814
Peter, 3rd Count de Salis
1738 - 1807
James Caldwall
1739 - 1822
Samuel Bishop
1731 - 1795
George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon
1735 - 1813
John Thomas Seton
1735 - 1806
John Taylor (1739–1838)
1739 - 1838
Matthew Liard
1736 - 1782
Richard Gibbons (jurist)
1734 - 1794
Charles de Salis
1736 - 1781
John Potter (writer)
Born 1730
Jane Poitier
Born 1736
Timothy Lane
1734 - 1807