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Present Day

Hampstead (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Hampstead ranks 272nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Magdeburg, West Berlin, and San Sebastián. The most famous people from Hampstead are Edgar Adrian, Nicholas Winton, and Marianne Faithfull. The most famous people who died in Hampstead are Sigmund Freud, Emmeline Pankhurst, and John Galsworthy. Hampstead has been the birth place of many actors, and musicians and the death place of many actors, and writers. Hampstead is located in United Kingdom.

Hampstead is an area in London, England, which lies 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Charing Cross, located mainly in the London Borough of Camden, with a small part in the London Borough of Barnet. It borders Highgate and Golders Green to the north, Belsize Park to the south and is surrounded from the northeast by Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1880 and 1996, Hampstead was the birth place of 49 globally memorable people, including Edgar Adrian, Nicholas Winton, and Marianne Faithfull. Additionaly, 33 globally memorable people have passed away in Hampstead including Sigmund Freud, Emmeline Pankhurst, and John Galsworthy.

People Born in Hampstead

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Hampstead were actors (15), musicians (4), writers (4), mathematicians (3), and soccer players (3),  while most who died were actors (10), writers (8), politicians (3), singers (2), and musicians (2).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hampstead, including James Faulkner, Stephen Fry, and Julian Glover. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hampstead, including James Faulkner, Stephen Fry, and Julian Glover.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 24 globally memorable people born in Hampstead since 1700.