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Famous People Born in London
Discover 30 famous people born in London. Explore their birthplaces on the interactive map below.
🗺️ Birthplaces in London
30 Personalities
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)