Hampstead
Hampstead ranks 272nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Magdeburg, West Berlin, and San Sebastián. Memorable people born in Hampstead include Nicholas Winton, Jane Goodall, and Marianne Faithfull. Memorable people who died in Hampstead include 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 km) northwest of Charing Cross, forming the northwest part of the London Borough of Camden, a borough in Inner London. 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 48 globally memorable people, including Nicholas Winton, Jane Goodall, 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
Go to all RankingsNicholas Winton
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1909 - 2015
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 1
Jane Goodall
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 2
Marianne Faithfull
SINGER
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 3
Graham Hill
RACING DRIVER
1929 - 1975
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 4
Edgar Adrian
PHYSICIAN
1889 - 1977
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 5
Andrew Huxley
PHYSICIST
1917 - 2012
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 6
Michael Atiyah
MATHEMATICIAN
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 7
Slash
MUSICIAN
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 8
Damon Hill
RACING DRIVER
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 9
W. O. Bentley
INVENTOR
1888 - 1971
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 10
Stephen Fry
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 11
James Faulkner
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Hampstead
Go to all RankingsRichard Lynn
PSYCHOLOGIST
1930 - 2023
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 21
Julia Donaldson
WRITER
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 26
Mina Loy
WRITER
1882 - 1966
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 28
Josephine Tewson
ACTOR
1931 - 2022
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 32
Pamela Brown
ACTOR
1917 - 1975
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 36
Valerie Leon
ACTOR
1943 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 37
Sam Troughton
ACTOR
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 43
Harriet Dart
TENNIS PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 26.12
Rank: 46
William Fox-Pitt
ATHLETE
1969 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 47
Nick Ross
BUSINESSPERSON
1947 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 48
People Deceased in Hampstead
Go to all RankingsSigmund Freud
PSYCHOLOGIST
1856 - 1939
HPI: 87.63
Rank: 1
Emmeline Pankhurst
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 2
John Galsworthy
WRITER
1867 - 1933
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 3
Enid Blyton
WRITER
1897 - 1968
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 4
Edwin Abbott Abbott
WRITER
1838 - 1926
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 5
Anna Mahler
SCULPTOR
1904 - 1988
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 6
Laurence Harvey
1928 - 1973
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 7
John A. Hobson
ECONOMIST
1858 - 1940
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 8
Ian Dury
SINGER
1942 - 2000
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 9
Peggy Ashcroft
ACTOR
1907 - 1991
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 10
Matthew Garber
ACTOR
1956 - 1977
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 11
Rowland Hill
INVENTOR
1795 - 1879
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Hampstead
Go to all RankingsCecil Sharp
MUSICIAN
1859 - 1924
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 28
T. P. McKenna
ACTOR
1929 - 2011
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 30
Elisabeth Lutyens
COMPOSER
1906 - 1983
HPI: 37.39
Rank: 31
William Allingham
WRITER
1824 - 1889
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 32
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Hampstead were actors (15), musicians (4), writers (4), mathematicians (3), and racing drivers (2), while most who died were actors (9), writers (8), politicians (3), singers (2), and musicians (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Hampstead, including Stephen Fry, James Faulkner, and Julian Glover. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Hampstead, including Stephen Fry, James Faulkner, and Julian Glover.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 20 globally memorable people born in Hampstead since 1700.