London (gbr)

London

London ranks 3rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New York City and Paris. Memorable people born in London include Charlie Chaplin, Lord Byron, and David Ricardo. Memorable people who died in London include Karl Marx, George Frideric Handel, and Jack the Ripper. London has been the birth place of many actors and politicians and the death place of many writers and politicians. London is located in United Kingdom.

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of around 8.8 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a 50-mile (80 km) estuary down to the North Sea and has been a major settlement for nearly two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and retains its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" also refers to the metropolis around this core, historically split among the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which since 1965 has largely comprised Greater London, which is governed by 33 local authorities and the Greater London Authority. Read more on Wikipedia