Camden Town
Camden Town ranks 1,509th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saint-Mandé, Almada, and Kraljevo. Memorable people born in Camden Town include Oliver Heaviside, Olivia Williams, and Eugene Aynsley Goossens. Memorable people who died in Camden Town include Amy Winehouse, J. D. Bernal, and Karel Reisz. Camden Town has been the birth place of many actors, and mathematicians and the death place of many musicians, and chemists. Camden Town is located in United Kingdom.
Camden Town, often shortened to Camden, is an area in the London Borough of Camden, around 2.5 miles (4.1 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, it is identified in the London Plan as one of 34 major centres in Greater London. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1850 and 1992, Camden Town was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Oliver Heaviside, Olivia Williams, and Eugene Aynsley Goossens. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Camden Town including Amy Winehouse, J. D. Bernal, and Karel Reisz.
People Born in Camden Town
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Oliver Heaviside
MATHEMATICIAN
1850 - 1925
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 1
Olivia Williams
ACTOR
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 2
Eugene Aynsley Goossens
CONDUCTOR
1893 - 1962
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 3
Freddie Highmore
ACTOR
1992 - Present
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 4
Philibert Jacques Melotte
ASTRONOMER
1880 - 1961
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 5
Anthony Head
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 6
Tulisa
ACTOR
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 7
Jodhi May
ACTOR
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 8
Daniel Kaluuya
ACTOR
1989 - Present
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 9
Keir Gilchrist
ACTOR
1992 - Present
HPI: 30.62
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Born in Camden Town
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Amy Winehouse
MUSICIAN
1983 - 2011
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 1
J. D. Bernal
CHEMIST
1901 - 1971
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 2
Karel Reisz
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2002
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Camden Town were actors (7), mathematicians (1), conductors (1), and astronomers (1), while most who died were musicians (1), chemists (1), and film directors (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Camden Town, including Olivia Williams, Freddie Highmore, and Anthony Head. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Camden Town, including Olivia Williams, Freddie Highmore, and Anthony Head.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Camden Town since 1700.
