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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- Politics & Law
- Music
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- Filtered to 1900s Clear ×
John Percival (cricketer)
1902 - 1983
Philip Eggleton
1903 - 1954
Geoffrey Barnard
1902 - 1974
Colin Wyatt
1909 - 1975
A. R. Philpott
1904 - 1978
Ian Hepburn
1902 - 1974
Thalassa Cruso
1909 - 1997
Evelyn Gardner
1903 - 1994
Ian Campbell-Gray
1901 - 1946
Laurence Bond
1905 - 1943
Douglas Glover (politician)
1908 - 1982
Rudolf Wohlrab
1909 - 1995
Elsie Mary Wisdom
1904 - 1972
Beryl Cooke
1906 - 2001
Jackie Burns (footballer)
1906 - 1986
Les Allen (musician)
1902 - 1996
Kathleen Fenwick
1901 - 1973
Erich Riede
1903 - 1986
R. D. Hilton Smith
1903 - 1974
Charles Hesse
1901 - 1971
Hazel Alden Reason
1901 - 1976
Paul G. A. H. Voigt
1901 - 1981
George Maynard
1909 - 1976
David Brand, 5th Viscount Hampden
1902 - 1975
Clare Hoskyns-Abrahall
1900 - 1990
Sydney Morris Cockerell
1906 - 1987
Leo Britt
1908 - 1979
Erroll Collins
1906 - 1991
Gale Pedrick
1906 - 1970
Barbara Couper
1903 - 1992
Teddy Baird
1901 - 1975
Hubert Beaumont Phipps
1905 - 1969
Roger Hetherington
1908 - 1990
Patrick Ludlow
1903 - 1996
Reginald Fielding
1909 - 1983
Henry „Hot Lips“ Levine
1907 - 1989
David Turquand-Young
1904 - 1980
Stan Hillier
1904 - 1972
Arthur Dennington
1904 - 1988
George Malcolm Dyson
1902 - 1978
Brian Kuttner
1908 - 1992
Elisabeth Benjamin
1908 - 1999
James McAlpine
1901 - 1975
Frank Sumner
1902 - 1941
Helmut Meyer von Bremen
1902 - 1941
Elizabeth Harrison (artist)
1907 - 2001
Colin Lucas
1906 - 1984
Harry Shepherd
1903 - 1988
Mike Cumberlege
1905 - 1945
Kevin Fitzgerald
1902 - 1993
Denys Buckley
1906 - 1998
Cyril Leslie Oakley
1907 - 1975
Arthur Macrae
1908 - 1962
Alfred Gardyne de Chastelain
1906 - 1974
Édith Pulver
1906 - 1944
John Guyett Scadding
1907 - 1999
Harold Rutland
1900 - 1977
Paul Dussauze
1907 - 1944
Germain Burger
1900 - 1985
Howard Thomas (wrestler)
Born 1905
Paul Sandifer
1908 - 1964
B. H. St. John O'Neill
1905 - 1954
Gilbert Jessop (cricketer, born 1906)
1906 - 1990
Humphrey Slade
1905 - 1983
Archer Clive
1903 - 1995
Stanley Dye
1908 - 2003
John Alan Chalmers
1904 - 1967
Edward Cecil Mitford
1908 - 2002
Bill Andrews (Filmarchitekt)
1901 - 1986
Gordon Melluish
1906 - 1977
Charles Andreae
1906 - 1970
John Seville Higgins
1904 - 1992
Thomas Maxwell (cricketer)
1903 - 1970
Amy Barbour-James
1906 - 1988
Reginald Hopwood
1903 - 1969
Robert Boiteux
1906 - 1992
Colin Laird
Born 1908
Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts
1907 - 1997
Dorothy Louise Thomas
1905 - 1989
Stephen Williams (Radio Luxembourg)
1908 - 1994
Nancy Beaton
1909 - 1999
Launcelot Goody
1908 - 1992
Ronald Anscombe
1908 - 1973
Jasper Knight
1909 - 1972
James Newman (geriatrician)
1903 - 1983
Kathleen Major
1906 - 2001
Richard Plunket Greene
1901 - 1978
Don Russell (art director)
1905 - 1972
Wilkie Wilkinson
1903 - 2001
Raymond John Maunsell
1903 - 1976
Werner Huth
Born 1905
John de Forest
1907 - 1997
Louis H. Jackson
1904 - 1960
Geoffrey Hett
1909 - 1988
Bob Effros
1900 - 1983
Arthur Hughes (Erzbischof)
1902 - 1949
Reg Horne
1908 - 1984
Laurence Durlacher
1904 - 1986
William Shirley (cricketer)
1900 - 1970
James Baiss
1909 - 1984
Emil Fischbacher
1903 - 1933
David Capper
1901 - 1974
Harold W. Fisher
1903 - 1986
Otto Sickert
1909 - 2001
St John Pike
1909 - 1992
Gordon Stronach
1908 - 1968
Betty Haig
1906 - 1987
Henry Cieman
1905 - 1995
George Weeks (footballer)
1902 - 1982
Percy Lawrie
1902 - 1988
George Traynor
1905 - 1980
Jack Easter
1907 - 1979
Arthur Sanders (cricketer)
1900 - 1920
George T. Bolt
1900 - 1971
John Meehan (Geistlicher)
1905 - 1946
Maitland Farmer
1904 - 1995
Frank Follwell
1906 - 1992
Alf Rainbow
1900 - 1963
Gerald Royston
Born 1901
Sybil Cooper
1900 - 1970
Frank Burls
1902 - 1976
Charles Lambert
Born 1900
Alice Woodroffe
Born 1900
Violet Baddeley
Born 1902
Lionel Farris
1905 - 1986
Kenneth David Keele
1909 - 1987
Harry Henning
1903 - 1986