Famous People Born in London

Adele Adkins (Singer) - London, England (May 5th, 1988)

Charles Babbage (Engineer, Inventor, Mathematician, Philosopher) - London, UK (December 26th, 1791)

Tim Berners-Lee (scientist) - London, England (June 8th, 1955)

Emily Blunt (Actor) - London, England (February 23rd, 1983)

David Bowie (Singer) - London, England (January 8th, 1947)

Robert Browning (Poet) - London, England (May 7th, 1812)

Lord Byron (Poet) - London, England (January 22nd, 1788)

Gemma Chan (Actor) - London, England (November 29th, 1982)

Daniel Day-Lewis (Actor) - London, England (April 29th, 1957)

Reni Eddo-Lodge (Essayist) - London, England (September 25th, 1989)

Idris Elba (Actor, Producer) - London, England (September 6th, 1972)

Bernardine Evaristo (Novelist) - London, UK (May 28th, 1959)

Rosalind Franklin (scientist) - London, England (July 25th, 1920)

Jane Goodall (scientist) - London, England (April 3rd, 1934)

Isabel Greenberg (Novelist) - London, England (February 9th, 1988)

John Keats (Poet) - London, England (October 31st, 1795)

Jhumpa Lahiri (Writer) - London, England (July 11th, 1967)

Ada Lovelace (scientist) - London, England (December 10th, 1815)

Helen Mirren (Actor) - London, England (July 26th, 1945)

John Nunn (Author, Chess player) - London, England (April 25th, 1955)

Dev Patel (Actor) - London, England (April 23rd, 1990)

Bridget Riley (Painter) - London, England (April 24th, 1931)

Sam Smith (Singer) - London, England (May 19th, 1992)

Tilda Swinton (Actor) - London, England (November 5th, 1960)

Daley Thompson (Athlete, Track and Field) - London, England (July 30th, 1958)

Alan Turing (Computer Scientist, Mathematician, Scientist) - Maida Vale, London, England (June 23rd, 1912)

William Turner (Painter) - London, England (April 23rd, 1775)

Rachel Weisz (Actor) - London, England (March 7th, 1970)

Amy Winehouse (Singer) - London, England (September 14th, 1983)

Virginia Woolf (Writer) - London, England (January 25th, 1882)

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