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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.