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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Edward Lugard
1810 - 1898
Henry Errington Longden
1819 - 1890
Henry Grissell
1817 - 1883
William Lowndes Notcutt
1819 - 1868
Clement Alexander Edwards
1812 - 1882
Percival Pickering
1810 - 1876
Fanny Amelia Bayfield
1813 - 1891
Fitzherbert Marriott
1811 - 1890
William Plocker
1811 - 1871
George Morphett
1811 - 1893
Robert Sinclair (locomotive engineer)
1817 - 1898
George Maddox (cricketer)
1811 - 1867
Elizabeth Youatt
1816 - 1879
Andrew Derrom
1817 - 1892
Benjamin Koe
1816 - 1842
George Jones (bushranger)
1815 - 1844
Alfred Earnshaw
1814 - 1895
Edward Greathed
1812 - 1881
George Townsend (cricketer)
1814 - 1870
Frances Ramsay Simpson
1812 - 1853
Maria Anne Wyndham
1819 - 1892
Henry Edward Bright
1819 - 1904
Richard Bowen Colley
1819 - 1875
Henry Alexander Carleton
1814 - 1900
William Ebsworth Hill
1817 - 1895
Thomas Selby Egan
1814 - 1893
Thomas Prosser (architect)
1817 - 1888
Frederic Goldsmith
1818 - 1908
Baum Hambrook
1818 - 1897
William Lautour
1812 - 1899
Thomas Marsh Nelson
1817 - 1884
Alfred Sandeman
1819 - 1883
John Larkin Hopkins
1819 - 1873
Carlos Bello
1815 - 1854
William Charles Forrest
1819 - 1902
Benjamin Samuel Philipps
1811 - 1889
Charlotte Nonnen
1813 - 1895
Ann Nonnen
1815 - 1887