London
London ranks 3rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New York City, and Paris. Memorable people born in London include Ada Lovelace, John Major, and Charles Babbage. Memorable people who died in London include Karl Marx, T. S. Eliot, and Jack the Ripper. London has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many writers, and politicians. London is located in United Kingdom.
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 8,945,309 in 2023. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.1 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of the national government and parliament. London grew rapidly in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest city at the time. Since the 19th century the name "London" has referred to the metropolis around the City of London, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire, which since 1965 has largely comprised the administrative area of Greater London, governed by 33 local authorities and the Greater London Authority. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2008, London was the birth place of 938 globally memorable people, including Ada Lovelace, John Major, and Charles Babbage. Additionaly, 1,005 globally memorable people have passed away in London including Karl Marx, T. S. Eliot, and Jack the Ripper. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in London than were born there.
People Born in London
Go to all RankingsAda Lovelace
MATHEMATICIAN
1815 - 1852
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 804
John Major
POLITICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 83.84
Rank: 428
Charles Babbage
INVENTOR
1791 - 1871
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 732
David Ricardo
ECONOMIST
1772 - 1823
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 528
Alan Rickman
ACTOR
1946 - 2016
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 495
Anna Wintour
WRITER
1949 - Present
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 101
Patrick Blackett
PHYSICIST
1897 - 1974
HPI: 78.48
Rank: 366
Geoffrey Chaucer
WRITER
1343 - 1400
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 853
Cat Stevens
MUSICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 69
Anthony Giddens
SOCIOLOGIST
1938 - Present
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 451
Clementine Churchill
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1977
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 839
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
CHEMIST
1897 - 1967
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 738
Newly Added People Born in London
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in London
Go to all RankingsKarl Marx
ECONOMIST
1818 - 1883
HPI: 92.24
Rank: 733
T. S. Eliot
WRITER
1888 - 1965
HPI: 87.25
Rank: 497
Jack the Ripper
EXTREMIST
1850 - Present
HPI: 87.14
Rank: 29
H. G. Wells
WRITER
1866 - 1946
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 517
Friedrich Engels
PHILOSOPHER
1820 - 1895
HPI: 85.72
Rank: 449
George Orwell
WRITER
1903 - 1950
HPI: 85.28
Rank: 815
Alexander Fleming
BIOLOGIST
1881 - 1955
HPI: 84.76
Rank: 488
Robert Hooke
PHYSICIST
1635 - 1703
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 569
Catherine of Valois
COMPANION
1401 - 1437
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 252
Robert Boyle
CHEMIST
1627 - 1691
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 525
William Gilbert
PHYSICIST
1544 - 1603
HPI: 80.32
Rank: 205
Anthony van Dyck
PAINTER
1599 - 1641
HPI: 80.23
Rank: 154
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day London were actors (196), writers (110), politicians (102), musicians (48), and athletes (39), while most who died were writers (166), politicians (113), actors (104), painters (60), and biologists (52).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in London, including Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, and James Fox. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day London, including Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, and James Fox.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in London since 1700.