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Londoners of Note

  • John Abernethy (1764 - 1831) Surgeon
  • Robert Aickman (1914 - 1981) Writer and conservationist.
  • Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake (1865 - 1925) Surgeon
  • Edward Alleyn (1566 - 1626) Actor, Impresario
  • Sir Kingsley Amis (1922 - 1995) Writer
  • Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836 - 1917) Physician
  • Gerry Anderson (1929 - 2012) TV writer and director
  • John Julius Angerstein (1732 - 1823) Merchant & fine arts patron
  • Queen Anne (1665 - 1714) Monarch
  • George Arliss (1868 - 1946) Actor and Filmmaker
  • Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778) Composer
  • Dame Peggy Ashcroft (1907 - 1991) Actress
  • Clement Attlee (1883 - 1967) Politician
  • Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871) Computing pioneer
  • Robert Baden-Powell (1857 - 1941) Soldier
  • Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877) Businessman and Essayist
  • Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820) Botanist
  • Barney Barnato (1851 - 1897) Businessman
  • Sir Charles Barry (1795 - 1860) Architect
  • "Prince" Roy Bates (1921 - 2012) Businessman and Eccentric
  • Lilian Baylis (1874 - 1937) Theatrical Producer
  • Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819 - 1891) Engineer
  • Harry Beck (1902 - 1974) Draftsman
  • Thomas Becket (c1118 - 1170) Bishop and martyr
  • Sir Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956) Essayist and Cartoonist
  • John Bell (1745 - 1831) Bookseller and Publisher
  • Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832) Philosopher
  • Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) Historian and Writer
  • Sir John Betjeman (1906 - 1984) Poet and Broadcaster
  • Robert Bevan (1865 - 1925) Painter
  • Kenneth Bird (1887 - 1965) Cartoonist
  • William Blake (1757 - 1827) Poet and Artist
  • Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) Writer
  • Lillian Board MBE (1948 -1970) Athlete.
  • Marc Bolan (1947 - 1977) Musician & Songwriter
  • Evangeline Booth ( 1865 - 1960) Charity leader
  • William Booth (1829 - 1912) Charity leader
  • David Bowie (1947 - 2016) Musician and actor.
  • Julian Bream (1933 - 2020) Classical Guitarist.
  • Christina Broom (1860 - 1939) Photographer
  • Georgia Brown (1933 - 1992) Singer and Actress.
  • Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) Poet
  • Beau Brummell (1778 - 1840) Socialite
  • James Burbage (1531 - 1597) Impresario
  • Decimus Burton (1800 - 1881) Architect
  • Max Bygraves (1922 - 2012) Entertainer
  • Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) Poet and Adventurer
  • John Caius (1510 - 1573) Physician and anatomist
  • William Camden (1551 - 1623) Antiquarian
  • Richard D'Oyly Carte (1844 - 1901) Impresario
  • Howard Carter (1874 - 1939) Archaeologist
  • William Caxton (c1420 - c1492) Printer and Publisher
  • Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800 - 1890) Social reformer
  • Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977) Actor & Filmmaker
  • Charles II (1630 - 1685) Monarch
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343 - 1400) Writer
  • Philip Lindsey Clark (1889 - 1977) Sculptor
  • Sir Henry Cole (1808 - 1882) Public Administrator
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912) Composer
  • Denis Compton (1918 - 1997) Cricketer
  • Sir Terence Conran (1931 - 2020) Designer & Entrepreneur
  • Sir Henry Cooper (1934 - 2011) Pugilist
  • Alan Coren (1938 - 2007) Journalist, Editor.
  • Noel Coward (1899 - 1973) Playwright
  • Thomas Crapper (1836 - 1910) Inventor and businessman
  • Quentin Crisp (1908 - 1999) Writer and actor
  • Thomas Cromwell (c1485 - 1540) Politician
  • Will Crooks (1852 - 1921) Politician
  • George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878) Cartoonist
  • Thomas Cubitt (1788 - 1855) Builder
  • George Dance the Elder (1695 -1768) Architect
  • George Dance the Younger (1741 - 1825) Architect
  • Emily Wilding Davison (1872 – 1913) Suffragette
  • John Dee (1527 - c1609) Scientist
  • Felix Dennis (1947 - 2014) Publisher
  • John Diamond (1953 - 2001) Journalist
  • Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Writer
  • Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) Politician
  • William Dobson (1611 - 1646) Painter
  • John Donne (1573 - 1631) Poet and cleric.
  • Alec Douglas-Home (1903 - 1995) Politician
  • William Duddell (1872 - 1917) Physicist
  • Clive Dunn (1920 - 2012) Actor and Entertainer
  • Ian Dury (1942 - 2000) Singer and Songwriter
  • Edward I Monarch
  • Edward III Monarch
  • Edward VI Monarch
  • Edward VII Monarch
  • T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965) Poet, writer, publisher
  • HRH Elizabeth II (1926 - 2022) Monarch
  • Elizabeth I Monarch
  • Dick Emery (1915 - 1983) Entertainer
  • John Evelyn (1620 - 1706) Diarist
  • Sir Charles Fairey (1887 - 1956) Aircraft manufacturer
  • Michael Faraday Scientist
  • Tommy Flowers Computing Pioneer
  • Bryan Forbes (1926 - 2013) Movie Director
  • Ford Madox Ford (1873 - 1939) Writer
  • E M Forster Novelist
  • Sir Bruce Forsyth (1928 - 2017) Entertainer
  • Charles James Fox Politician
  • Rosalind Franklin Unsung DNA pioneer
  • William Powell Frith Painter
  • C.B. Fry Cricketer and Polymath
  • Roger Fry Artist and critic
  • Hugh Gaitskell (1906 - 63) Politician
  • John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933) Writer
  • Bamber Gascoigne CBE (1935 - 2022) Broadcaster, writer
  • Elizabeth Gaskell Novelist
  • George III Monarch
  • George IV Monarch
  • George V Monarch
  • Edward Gibbon Historian
  • Sir John Gielgud Actor
  • W S Gilbert Lyricist
  • Ronald "Carl" Giles Cartoonist
  • James Gilray Cartoonist
  • George Gissing (1857 - 1903) Writer
  • Lewis Gompertz Animal welfare pioneer, Inventor
  • Charles Gordon Soldier
  • Henry Gray (1827 - 1861) Anatomist and surgeon.
  • James Greathead Engineer
  • Stanley Green "The Protein Man"
  • Leslie Green (1860 - 1908) Architect
  • Peter Green (1946 - 2020) Musician.
  • Sir Thomas Gresham Merchant
  • Joseph Grimaldi Entertainer
  • Sir Alec Guinness (1914 - 2000) Actor.
  • Edmund Halley Astronomer
  • Jonas Hanway Entrepreneur and naval administrator
  • William Hartnell (1908 - 1975) Actor
  • Johnny Haynes Footballer
  • George Hayter (1792 - 1871) Portrait Painter
  • Oliver Heaviside Mathematician
  • Henry VIII Monarch
  • Graham Hill Racing Driver
  • Jimmy Hill (1928 - 2015) Footballer, Broadcaster
  • Octavia Hill Social Reformer
  • Alfred Hitchcock Film director
  • Chas Hodges (1943 - 2018) Musician, entertainer
  • Thomas Hodgkin (1798 - 1866) Physician
  • William Hogarth Painter and Businessman
  • Charles Holden (1875 - 1960) Architect
  • Frank Holl (1845 - 1888) Painter
  • Henry Holland (1745 - 1806) Architect
  • John Hollingshead (1827 - 1904)) Impressario
  • Thomas Hood (1799 - 1845) Comic Writer and Poet
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins Poet
  • John Calcott Horsley Painter
  • Bob Hoskins (1942 - 2014) Actor.
  • Luke Howard (1772 - 1864) Meteorologist, Pharmacist
  • Edmond Hoyle Gaming expert
  • Roy Hudd (1936 - 2020) Entertainer
  • William Holman Hunt Painter
  • Leigh Hunt (1784 - 1859) Poet and Critic
  • Peter Jackson (1922 - 2003) Writer and Illustrator
  • W.W. Jacobs (1863 - 1943) Writer
  • Derek Jameson (1929 - 2012) Journalist and Editor
  • Samuel Johnson Writer and Lexicographer
  • Percival Norton Johnson (1792 - 1866) Mettalurgist & Entrepreneur
  • Inigo Jones Architect
  • Horace Jones Architect
  • Ben Jonson Dramatist and Poet
  • Richard Jupp (1728 - 1799) Architect
  • Boris Karloff Actor
  • Edmund Kean Actor
  • John Keats Poet
  • Leon Kossoff (1926 - 2019) Painter
  • Charles Lamb Essayist
  • Mary Lamb Writer
  • George Lambert (1700 - 1765) Painter
  • Verity Lambert (1935 - 2007) TV Producer
  • Sir Edwin Landseer Artist and Sculptor
  • Gertrude Lawrence (1898 - 1952) Actress
  • Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) Writer
  • Frederic Leighton Artist and Administrator
  • John Leland Antiquary
  • Bernard Levin Journalist and Broadcaster
  • Marie Lloyd Music hall star
  • Edward Lloyd (1815-1890) Publisher
  • Ada Lovelace Computing pioneer
  • Sir Edwin Lutyens Architect
  • Kenny Lynch (1938 - 2019) Entertainer
  • Dame Vera Lynn (1917 - 2020) Singer and Entertainer
  • Harold Macmillan Politician
  • Sir John Blundell Maple (1845 - 1903) Businessman, MP, benefactor
  • Walter de la Mare (1873 - 1956) Poet and Writer
  • George Martin (1916 - 1926) Recorded music producer.
  • Eleanor Marx (1855 - 1898) Political activist
  • Enid Marx (1902 - 1998) Artist and Designer.
  • Mary I Monarch
  • Mary II Monarch
  • Nevil Maskelyne Astronomer
  • John Nevil Maskelyne Illusionist and inventor
  • Henry Maudslay Engineer
  • Henry Mayhew Writer and Social Reformer
  • Richard Mead (1673 - 1754) Physician
  • Thomas Middleton (1580 - 1627) Playwright
  • John Stuart Mill Economist
  • John Millington (1779 - 1868) Engineer
  • A A Milne Writer
  • John Milton Poet
  • Chris Moncrieff (1931 - 2019) Journalist
  • Lady Mary Wortley Monagu Writer & innoculation pioneer
  • Bobby Moore Footballer
  • Dudley Moore Comedian and Actor
  • Sir Roger Moore (1927 - 2017) Actor
  • Sir Thomas More Politician
  • William Morris Textile designer
  • Herbert Morrison Labour politician
  • Charles Morton 1819 - 1904 Impresario
  • John Maddison Morton (1811 - 1891) Dramatist
  • Sir Stirling Moss (1929 - 2020) Racing Driver.
  • Eadweard Muybridge Photography Pioneer
  • Ian Nairn (1930 - 1983) Broadcaster, writer, critic.
  • Paul Nash (1889 - 1946) Artist
  • Airey Neave Soldier and Politician
  • Anthony Newley Entertainer
  • Cardinal Newman Theologian
  • Ben Nicholson Painter
  • Des O'Connor (1932 - 2020) Entertainer
  • Geoffrey Palmer (1927 - 2020) Actor
  • Lord Palmerston Politician
  • Norman Parkinson (1913 - 1990) Photographer
  • Sir Bernard Partridge Cartoonist and Actor
  • Jennifer Paterson (1928 - 1999) Chef
  • Charles Pearson Reformer, Underground pioneer
  • William Penn Quaker missionary & colonist
  • Samuel Pepys Diarist and Administrator
  • Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942) Egyptologist
  • Frank Pick Transportation visionary
  • Harold Pinter Playwright
  • William Pitt the Elder Politician
  • William Pitt the Younger Politician
  • Roy Plomley Broadcaster
  • John Polidori (1795 - 1821) Physician and vampire author.
  • Alexander Pope Poet
  • Anthony Powell (1905-2000) Writer and critic
  • Augustus Pugin Architect and Designer
  • Henry Purcell Composer
  • Claude Rains (1889 - 1967) Actor
  • Sir Terrence Rattigan Playwright
  • Oliver Reed Actor
  • Sir Carol Reed (1906 - 1972) Film director
  • Frank Reynolds (1876 - 1953) Artist, Illustrator
  • David Ricardo (1772 - 1823) Entrepreneur & Economist
  • Richard Rich (1497 - 1567) Tudor politician
  • John Rich (1692 - 1761) Theatre owner & Impresario
  • William Heath Robinson Illustrator and cartoonist
  • Peter Mark Roget Lexicographer
  • Charles Rolls (1877 - 1910) Motoring pioneer
  • Thomas Rowlandson Cartoonist
  • Willie Rushton Cartoonist
  • Fred Russell (1862 - 1957) Ventriloquist
  • Margaret Rutherford Actress
  • Jonathan Sacks (1948 - 2020) Rabbi, theologian, scholar.
  • Sir Ralph Sadler Politician
  • Sir George Scharf (1820 - 1895) Illustrator and art historian
  • Sir Peter Scott Naturalist
  • Giles Gilbert Scott (1880 - 1960) Architect
  • Ronnie Scott (1927 - 1996) Jazz Musician
  • Samuel Scott Painter
  • Frederick Courteney Selous Explorer
  • William Shakespeare Dramatist and Poet
  • Barry Sheene Motorcycle racer
  • Mary Shelley (1897 - 1851) Novelist
  • George Shillibeer (1797 - 1866) Coachmaker, omnibus inventor
  • William Shipley (1715 - 1803) Founder the Royal Society of Arts
  • Nevil Shute (1899 - 1960) Engineer and Novelist
  • Jean Simmons (1929 - 2010) Actress
  • Sir Hans Sloane Philanthropist
  • Sir Robert Smirke Architect
  • John Thomas Smith Engraver and Antiquarian
  • Sir John Soane Architect
  • Sir Thomas Sopwith Aviator and entrepreneur
  • Ruskin Spear Painter
  • Edmund Spenser Poet
  • William Spooner Academic
  • Dusty Springfield (1939 - 1999) Singer
  • Sir John Stainer Composer
  • Edward Stanford (1827 - 1904) Cartographer and publisher
  • John Stanley (1712 - 1786) Composer
  • John Stow Historian
  • Sir Arthur Sullivan Composer
  • Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909) Poet and writer.
  • AJA Symons (1900 - 1941) Bibliophile, Polymath
  • Violette Szabo (1921 - 1945) Factory worker and SOE Agent
  • Thomas Tallis Composer
  • Brook Taylor Mathematician
  • John Tenniel (1820 - 1914) Illustrator
  • Terry-Thomas Actor
  • William Makepeace Thackeray Novelist
  • Sir Denis Thatcher Businessman
  • Margaret Thatcher (1925 - 2013) Politician and Statesman
  • Walter Thornbury (1828 - 1876) Writer & art critic
  • Henry Thornton Banker and abolitionist
  • Sir William Tite Architect
  • Thomas Tompion Clock and watch maker
  • Arnold Toynbee Economist and Social Reformer
  • Anthony Trollope Novelist
  • JMW Turner Artist
  • Sir Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004) Actor
  • John Vanbrugh Architect
  • Thomas Verity Theatre Architect
  • Victoria Monarch
  • Horace Walpole Historian and Politician
  • John Walter (1738 - 1812) Businessman and Publisher
  • Sir Leslie Matthew Ward, "Spy" Cartoonist
  • George Frederic Watts Painter and Sculptor
  • Charlie Watts (1941 - 2021) Musician
  • Sidney Webb (1859 - 1947) Political Academic
  • Bert Weedon (1920 - 2012) Guitarist
  • Sir Henry Wellcome (1853 - 1936) Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
  • Sir Richard Westmacott (1775 - 1856) Sculptor
  • Dennis Wheatley (1897 - 1977) Writer
  • Samuel Whitbread Brewer
  • Sir Richard Whittington Mayor and Philanthropist
  • Samuel Wilberforce Victorian Cleric
  • John Wilkes Politician
  • Maurice Wilkins Molecular biologist
  • William IV Monarch
  • Kenneth Williams (1926 - 1988) Comic Actor
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Composer
  • Harriette Wilson (1786 - 1845) Cortesan
  • Dame Barbara Windsor (1937 - 2020) Actress
  • Amy Winehouse Singer
  • Michael Winner (1935 - 2013) Film Director
  • John Wisden Cricketer and publisher
  • Norman Wisdom Actor and comedian
  • Mary Wollstonecraft Writer and Philosopher
  • Virginia Woolf Writer
  • Sir Peregrine Worsthorne (1923 - 2020) Newspaper Journalist, Editor.
  • Sir Christopher Wren Architect and Scientist
 
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