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 1770s Clear ×
J. M. W. Turner
1775 - 1851
David Ricardo
1772 - 1822
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
1779 - 1848
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
1771 - 1851
George Canning
1770 - 1827
Charles Lamb
1775 - 1834
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
1770 - 1828
Louisa Adams
1775 - 1852
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
1774 - 1850
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
1773 - 1843
Beau Brummell
1778 - 1840
Matthew Lewis (writer)
1775 - 1818
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
1770 - 1840
David Thompson (explorer)
1770 - 1857
Joseph Grimaldi
1778 - 1837
Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
1776 - 1857
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom
1777 - 1848
Luke Howard
1772 - 1864
Joseph Lancaster
1778 - 1838
Thomas Girtin
1775 - 1802
Peter Mark Roget
1779 - 1869
Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet
1772 - 1853
William Henry Ireland
1775 - 1835
Francis Place
1771 - 1854
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
1774 - 1848
William Martin Leake
1777 - 1860
Benjamin Gompertz
1779 - 1865
George Chinnery
1774 - 1852
Richard Westmacott
1775 - 1856
Princess Sophia of Gloucester
1773 - 1844
Mary Anne Clarke
1776 - 1852
George Bellas Greenough
1778 - 1855
John Braham
1774 - 1856
Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch
1772 - 1819
Horace Smith (poet)
1779 - 1849
Thomas Weld (cardinal)
1773 - 1837
George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland
1778 - 1867
Prince Octavius of Great Britain
1779 - 1783
Robert Thomas Wilson
1777 - 1849
John Kidd (chemist)
1775 - 1851
Henry Middleton (governor)
1770 - 1846
George Thomas Smart
1776 - 1867
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
1779 - 1854
Thomas Birch (artist)
1779 - 1851
William Phillips (geologist)
1775 - 1828
Augustus Wall Callcott
1779 - 1844
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chan
1776 - 1839
Richard Heber
1773 - 1833
William Horsley
1774 - 1858
John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll
1777 - 1847
Edward Nathaniel Bancroft
1772 - 1842
Paul Storr
1771 - 1844
Ramsay Richard Reinagle
1775 - 1862
George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds
1775 - 1838
James Millingen
1774 - 1845
Samuel Brown (Royal Navy officer)
1776 - 1852
Jacob Sarratt
1772 - 1819
William Richard Hamilton
1777 - 1859
Thomas Raikes (dandy)
1777 - 1848
Robert Cocking
1776 - 1837
George Perry (naturalist)
Born 1771
John Rubens Smith
1775 - 1849
Lady Charlotte Bury
1775 - 1861
William Madocks
1773 - 1828
Charles Mathews
1776 - 1835
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon
1772 - 1833
Frederic Shoberl
1775 - 1853
Richard Newton (caricaturist)
1777 - 1798
Thomas John Dibdin
1771 - 1841
Samuel William Reynolds
1773 - 1835
Edward Solly
1776 - 1844
John Walter (editor, born 1776)
1776 - 1847
Abraham Raimbach
1776 - 1843
George Scovell
1774 - 1861
Isaac Goldsmid
1778 - 1859
Benjamin Dean Wyatt
1775 - 1852
Edward Stanley (bishop)
1779 - 1849
John Augustus Atkinson
1775 - 1830
Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury
1773 - 1856
Francis Barrett (occultist)
1774 - 1780
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1770–1825)
1770 - 1825
George Townshend, 3rd Marquess Townshend
1778 - 1855
Joseph Chitty
1775 - 1841
Pietro Carlo Guglielmi
1772 - 1817
Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet
1773 - 1829
John Buonarotti Papworth
1775 - 1847
Lord Frederick Beauclerk
1773 - 1850
Maria Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of Hertford
1771 - 1856
William Henry Pyne
1770 - 1843
Frederick Christian Lewis
1779 - 1856
Thomas Heaphy
1775 - 1835
Joseph Phillimore
1775 - 1855
Robert William Elliston
1774 - 1831
Agnes Bulmer
1775 - 1836
Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire
1778 - 1845
John Liston
1776 - 1846
Daniel Wheeler (missionary)
1771 - 1840
Richard Phillips (chemist)
1778 - 1851
Sir George Collier, 1st Baronet
1774 - 1824
William Russell (organist)
1777 - 1813
George Dollond
1774 - 1852
David Laing (architect)
1774 - 1856
William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot
1773 - 1856
Arthur Onslow, 3rd Earl of Onslow
1777 - 1870
John Millington (professor)
1779 - 1868
John William Norie
1772 - 1843
Elizabeth Fox, Baroness Holland
1771 - 1845
John Bacon (1777–1859)
1777 - 1859
Henry Bernard Chalon
1770 - 1849
Mary Ann Knight
1776 - 1851
Joseph Gandy
1771 - 1848
Maria Spilsbury
1776 - 1820
James Cumming (chemist)
1777 - 1861
John Thomas Barber Beaumont
1774 - 1841
William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon
1777 - 1859
Richard Sass
1774 - 1849
Anne Frances Byrne
1775 - 1837
John James Ashley
1772 - 1815
Matthew Cotes Wyatt
1777 - 1862
William Robert Spencer
1770 - 1834
Charles Heathcote Tatham
1772 - 1842
Joseph Fry (tea merchant)
1777 - 1861
Edward Cross (zoo proprietor)
1774 - 1854
Sir Graham Hamond, 2nd Baronet
1779 - 1862
George Clint
1770 - 1854
Henry James Richter
1772 - 1857
Thomas Wood (1777–1860)
1777 - 1860
Thomas Bladen Capel
1776 - 1853
Joseph Saunders (engraver)
1773 - 1854
Henry Pierce Bone
1779 - 1855
Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet
1779 - 1838
William Knyvett
1779 - 1856
William Hall Gage
1777 - 1864
Henry Waterhouse
1770 - 1812
James Savage (architect)
1779 - 1852
Richard Browne (artist)
1776 - 1824
William Crockford
1775 - 1844
Samuel Noble
1779 - 1853
Michael William Sharp
1776 - 1840
William Bernard Cooke
1778 - 1855
Mary Smirke
1779 - 1853
Thomas Faulkner (topographer)
1777 - 1855
Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton
1773 - 1854
Aretas William Young
1778 - 1835
Hannibal Evans Lloyd
1771 - 1847
William Joseph Denison
1770 - 1849
John Hallett
1774 - 1794
Charles Norris (etcher)
1779 - 1858
William Ayrton (music critic)
1777 - 1858
Charles Jane Ashley
1773 - 1843
John Francis Sartorius
1775 - 1828
Samuel Freeman (engraver)
1773 - 1857
Daniel Egerton
1772 - 1835
Peter Gandolphy
1779 - 1821
Henry Hakewill
1771 - 1830
Samuel Rawle
1771 - 1860
Maria Dickons
1770 - 1833
Jane Beetham Read
1773 - 1857
Emanuel Nunes Carvalho
1771 - 1817
James Buckley (bishop)
1770 - 1828
Robert Henry Blosset
1776 - 1823
Selina Davenport
1779 - 1859
Thomas Walsh (Vicar Apostolic of the London District)
1776 - 1849
George Elers
1777 - 1842
Mary Pelham, Countess of Chichester
1776 - 1862
William Nicolay
1771 - 1842
William Adams (lawyer)
1772 - 1851
John Ommanney
1773 - 1855
General Charles Ashley
1770 - 1818
Frederick Beadon
1777 - 1879
George William Hall
1770 - 1843
John Staniforth
1771 - 1830
John Warby
1774 - 1851
Amos Norcott
1777 - 1838
John Youl (priest)
1773 - 1827
Francis D'Oyly (junior)
1776 - 1815
Frederick Hankey (diplomat)
1774 - 1855
Ann Nelson (coach operator)
1770 - 1852
Bob Allen (surgeon)
1772 - 1805
Santiago Bevans
1777 - 1832