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South Kensington (gbr)

United Kingdom

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South Kensington ranks 4,501st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Moga, Punjab, Droylsden, and Attleboro, Massachusetts. Memorable people born in South Kensington include Peter Finch, John Gielgud, and Jeremy Thorpe. Memorable people who died in South Kensington include George Best, John Crawfurd, and Cosmo Duff-Gordon. South Kensington has been the birth place of many actors, and politicians and the death place of many soccer players, and physicians. South Kensington is located in United Kingdom.

South Kensington is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton. Its name was supplanted with the advent of the railways in the late 19th century and the opening and naming of local tube stations. The area has many museums and cultural landmarks with a high number of visitors, such as the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Adjacent affluent centres such as Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Kensington, have been considered as some of the most exclusive real estate in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1904 and 1929, South Kensington was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Peter Finch, John Gielgud, and Jeremy Thorpe. Additionaly, 6 globally memorable people have passed away in South Kensington including George Best, John Crawfurd, and Cosmo Duff-Gordon. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in South Kensington than were born there.

People Born in South Kensington

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People Deceased in South Kensington

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day South Kensington were actors (2), politicians (1), and writers (1),  while most who died were soccer players (1), physicians (1), politicians (1), film directors (1), and architects (1).

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in South Kensington, including Jeremy Thorpe. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day South Kensington, including Peter Finch, and John Gielgud.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in South Kensington since 1700.