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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- Art & Design
- Politics & Law
- Music
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- Filtered to 1840s Clear ×
Ada Anderson
Born 1843
Charles Smith (cricketer, born 1849)
1849 - 1930
Henry Allan (cricketer)
1846 - 1926
John Frederick (English cricketer)
1846 - 1907
Amelia Bailey
1842 - 1932
Thomas Gapes
1848 - 1913
Frederick Mackenzie (cricketer)
1849 - 1934
Morris Moss
1842 - 1896
Henry Enfield
1849 - 1911
Arthur Kingscote
1841 - 1881
Edmund Giles Loder
1849 - 1920
Edward Heather
1848 - 1935
Henry Langley (cricketer)
1846 - 1884
John Walter Fletcher
1847 - 1918
Halsted Cobden
1845 - 1909
Ada Jane Rohu
1848 - 1928
Charles Rous-Marten
1842 - 1908
Henry Barber (cricketer)
1841 - 1924
Edward Lofley
1840 - 1889
William B. Horton
1849 - 1887
Richard Moore (New Zealand politician)
1849 - 1936
Thomas Blyth
1844 - 1913
John H. Cook
1840 - 1916
William Hay (English cricketer)
1849 - 1925
William Frederick Taylor
1840 - 1927
Bertha Johnson
1846 - 1927
James Andrew Trehane Lake
1840 - 1876
Giulio Cowley Smith
1849 - 1909
Eustace Robert Hayles
Born 1843
Peter Cheal
1846 - 1931
Maurice Wagg
1840 - 1926
William Spencer Beaumont
1848 - 1926
Henry Nathan Jr.
1842 - 1914
George Hollat
Born 1846
Adolphus Barton
1846 - 1916
Don Urquhart
1848 - 1911
Richard Adolphus Came
1847 - 1917
Alfred Trower
1849 - 1880
Isaac Alexander Gibbs
1849 - 1889
Ernestine Edgcumbe
1843 - 1925