Kensington
Kensington ranks 324th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tirana, Lahore, and Kazan. 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 writers and the death place of many tennis players and writers. 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
Between 1852 and 1973, Kensington was the birth place of 36 globally memorable people, including Howard Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, and G. K. Chesterton. Additionaly, 36 globally memorable people have passed away in Kensington including Isaac Newton, Freddie Mercury, and Jimi Hendrix.
People Born in Kensington
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Howard Carter
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 1
Daniel Day-Lewis
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 2
G. K. Chesterton
1874 - 1936
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 3
Andrew Lloyd Webber
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 4
Denholm Elliott
1922 - 1992
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 5
Francesca Annis
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 6
Antony Beevor
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 7
Dido
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 8
Madge Syers
1881 - 1917
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 9
John Profumo
1915 - 2006
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 10
Samantha Bond
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 11
Edwin Lutyens
1869 - 1944
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kensington
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Mrs Patrick Campbell
1865 - 1940
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 28
Ivor Montagu
1904 - 1984
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 29
Antonia Bird
1951 - 2013
HPI: 38.42
Rank: 33
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
1852 - 1917
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 34
Heather Sears
1935 - 1994
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 35
People Deceased in Kensington
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Isaac Newton
1643 - 1726
HPI: 98.35
Rank: 1
Freddie Mercury
1946 - 1991
HPI: 87.01
Rank: 2
Jimi Hendrix
1942 - 1970
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 3
John Everett Millais
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 4
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
1930 - 2017
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 5
James Mill
1773 - 1836
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 6
Eugen Sandow
1867 - 1925
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 7
Frederic Leighton
1830 - 1896
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 8
Joseph Addison
1672 - 1719
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 9
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
1775 - 1860
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 10
Alexander Korda
1893 - 1956
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 11
William Boyce
1711 - 1779
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Kensington
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William Henry Hudson
1841 - 1922
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 22
Frederick Sandys
1829 - 1904
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 25
Elizabeth Inchbald
1753 - 1821
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 35
Most individuals born in present day Kensington were actors (10), writers (3), politicians (3), musicians (2), and military personnels (2), while most who died were tennis players (5), writers (4), biologists (4), painters (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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 24 globally memorable people born in Kensington since 1700.
