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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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Showing 40 of 365 notable people

0020 POLITICIAN

Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton

1911 - 1994

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0028 ACTOR

Bernard Archard

1916 - 2008

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0031 EGYPTOLOGIST

Cyril Aldred

1914 - 1991

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0052 ACTOR

Arthur Lovegrove

1913 - 1981

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0053 FILM

Jill Craigie

1914 - 1999

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0086 SPORT

Charles King (cyclist)

1911 - 2001

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0087 SPORT

Ernest Johnson (cyclist)

1912 - 1997

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0095 EXPLORER

Duncan Carse

1913 - 2004

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0102 FILM

Robert Lynn (director)

1918 - 1982

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0108 COXSWAIN

Jack Dearlove

1911 - 1967

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0131 CRICKET

Billy Griffith

1914 - 1993

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0139 ENGINEER

Robert James Clayton

1915 - 1998

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0140 OFFICER

Peter Gerald Charles Dickens

1917 - 1987

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0147 ACTOR

Meriel Forbes

1913 - 2000

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0155 JOURNALIST

Bill Boddy

1913 - 2011

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0161 FOOTBALL

Jackie Gibbons

1914 - 1984

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0162 CHESS

Frank Parr

1918 - 2003

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0164 ACTOR

Edward Evans (actor)

1914 - 2001

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0173 PAINTER

Leonard Appelbee

1914 - 2000

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0186 PRIEST

Hubert Brasier

1917 - 1981

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0211 PSYCHIATRIST

Pierre Turquet

1913 - 1975

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0214 FORCE

Claude Fenner

1916 - 1978

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0228 CRICKET

Giles Baring

1910 - 1986

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0229 COMEDIAN

Don Smoothey

1919 - 2015

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0233 MILITAR

Jack Foreman Mantle

1917 - 1940

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0235 JUDGE

Frederick Lawton (judge)

1911 - 2001

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0236 MILITAR

George Grimson

1915 - 1944

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0241 ACTOR

David Scase

1919 - 2003

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0247 FOOTBALL

Les Gore

Born 1915

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0251 CRICKET

Michael Matthews (cricketer)

1914 - 1940

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0258 THEATRE

Raymond Raikes

1910 - 1998

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0265 EDITOR

Derek Birnage

1913 - 2004

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0268 TAILOR

Esther Bruce

1912 - 1994

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0275 CRICKET

Frank Rist

1914 - 2001

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0278 PLAYER

Jim Dear

1910 - 1981

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0280 CRICKET

Douglas Young (cricketer)

1917 - 1995

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0282 PHYSICIAN

Jenkin Thompson

1911 - 1944

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0296 SON

Philip Meninsky

1919 - 2007

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0344 OFFICER

Denis Rixson

1918 - 1994

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0352 ACTOR

Joan Hopkins

1915 - 2002

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