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WANDSWORTH

Most Famous People Born in Wandsworth, United Kingdom

Notable people
365
Peak decade
1900s
Median birth year
1920
Most distinctive
Rower 7.4×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Wandsworth during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Wandsworth Is Known For

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Football is Wandsworth's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (66).

Wandsworth over-indexes on rower — 7.4× the global rate.

Wandsworth under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Football66
  2. Actor42
  3. Cricket26
  4. Politician13
  5. Militar13
  6. Sport12
  7. Rower10
  8. Player9
  1. Rower107.4×
  2. Cricket265.6×
  3. Militar132.9×
  4. Engineer52.2×
  5. Actor422.2×
  6. Sport122.0×
  7. Football661.6×
  8. Film71.6×
  1. Politician130.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Wandsworth's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0065 FILM

Leslie S. Hiscott

1894 - 1968

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0088 ARMY

John Alexander Sinclair

1897 - 1977

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0115 ATHLETIC

William Moore (athlete)

1890 - 1960

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0118 MILITAR

Martin Hotine

1898 - 1968

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0127 WIFE OF

Edith Marguerite Harrington

1893 - 1981

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0133 HISTORIAN

Hugh Last

1894 - 1957

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0148 DANCER

Annette Mills

1894 - 1955

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0156 WORLD WAR

Henry Self

1890 - 1975

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0158 MILITAR

Edward Dwyer

1895 - 1916

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0159 ROWER

Gordon Killick

1899 - 1962

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0179 ACTOR

Kenneth Kove

1892 - 1984

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0189 POLITICIAN

Edward Percy Smith

1891 - 1968

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0200 INVENTOR

Cyril Pullin

1892 - 1973

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0204 MILITAR

Joseph Baillon

1895 - 1951

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0220 MUSIC

Norah Blaney

1893 - 1983

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0232 PLAYER

William David Doherty

1893 - 1966

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0255 CRICKET

Edward Argent

1898 - 1968

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0259 CRICKET

Geoffrey Lowndes

1898 - 1982

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0271 MILITAR

Harry Becker (politician)

1892 - 1980

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0273 FLYING ACE

Laurence Minot (RFC officer)

1896 - 1917

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0279 MISSING

Norman Morley

1899 - 1989

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0293 MILITAR

Reginald Leonard Haine

1896 - 1982

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0308 MILITAR

Charles Spackman

1891 - 1969

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0311 CRICKET

Jack White (cricketer, born 1893)

1893 - 1968

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0315 FOOTBALL

Harry Ford (footballer, born 1893)

1893 - 1963

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0327 EXECUTIONER

Stanley Cross (executioner)

Born 1892

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0329 FOOTBALL

Herbert Ashford

1896 - 1978

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0336 FLYING ACE

David John Weston

Born 1898

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0337 OFFICER

Clifford Sanderson

1898 - 1976

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0341 WORLD WAR

Euston Baker

1895 - 1981

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0346 FOOTBALL

Ernie Bowering

1891 - 1961

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0348 LIEUTENANT

Philip Holligan

1898 - 1986

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0357 FOOTBALL

Ernie Symes

1892 - 1977

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0360 FOOTBALL

Len Marlow

1899 - 1975

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0361 TEACHER

Charles Bernard Childs

1895 - 1956

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