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Kensington (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Kensington ranks 337th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nancy, France, Metz, and Luanda. Memorable people born in Kensington include Howard Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, and G. K. Chesterton. Memorable people who died in Kensington include Isaac Newton, Freddie Mercury, and Jimi Hendrix. Kensington has been the birth place of many actors, and soccer players and the death place of many writers, and tennis players. Kensington is located in United Kingdom.

Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around 2.9 miles (4.6 km) west of Central London. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1847 and 1973, Kensington was the birth place of 39 globally memorable people, including Howard Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, and G. K. Chesterton. Additionaly, 40 globally memorable people have passed away in Kensington including Isaac Newton, Freddie Mercury, and Jimi Hendrix. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Kensington than were born there.

People Born in Kensington

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People Deceased in Kensington

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Kensington were actors (11), soccer players (3), film directors (3), writers (2), and musicians (2),  while most who died were writers (6), tennis players (5), painters (4), biologists (3), and musicians (2).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kensington, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Francesca Annis, and Samantha Bond. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kensington, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Denholm Elliott, and Francesca Annis.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Kensington since 1700.