Londoners of Note

• John Abernethy (1764 - 1831) Surgeon
• Robert Aickman (1914 - 1981) Writer and conservationist.
• Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake (1865 - 1925) Surgeon
• Edward Alleyn (1566 - 1626) Actor, Impresario
• Sir Hardy Amies (1909 - 2003) Fashion Designer
• Sir Kingsley Amis (1922 - 1995) Writer
• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836 - 1917) Physician
• Gerry Anderson (1929 - 2012) TV writer and director
• John Julius Angerstein (1732 - 1823) Merchant & fine arts patron
• Queen Anne (1665 - 1714) Monarch
• George Arliss (1868 - 1946) Actor and Filmmaker
• Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778) Composer
• Dame Peggy Ashcroft (1907 - 1991) Actress
• Clement Attlee (1883 - 1967) Politician
• Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871) Computing pioneer
• Robert Baden-Powell (1857 - 1941) Soldier
• Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877) Businessman and Essayist
• Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820) Botanist
• Barney Barnato (1851 - 1897) Businessman
• Sir Charles Barry (1795 - 1860) Architect
• "Prince" Roy Bates (1921 - 2012) Businessman and Eccentric
• Lilian Baylis (1874 - 1937) Theatrical Producer
• Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819 - 1891) Engineer
• Harry Beck (1902 - 1974) Draftsman
• Thomas Becket (c1118 - 1170) Bishop and martyr
• Sir Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956) Essayist and Cartoonist
• John Bell (1745 - 1831) Bookseller and Publisher
• Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832) Philosopher
• Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) Historian and Writer
• Sir John Betjeman (1906 - 1984) Poet and Broadcaster
• Robert Bevan (1865 - 1925) Painter
• Kenneth Bird (1887 - 1965) Cartoonist
• William Blake (1757 - 1827) Poet and Artist
• Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) Writer
• Lillian Board MBE (1948 -1970) Athlete.
• Marc Bolan (1947 - 1977) Musician & Songwriter
• Evangeline Booth ( 1865 - 1960) Charity leader
• William Booth (1829 - 1912) Charity leader
• David Bowie (1947 - 2016) Musician and actor.
• Julian Bream (1933 - 2020) Classical Guitarist.
• Christina Broom (1860 - 1939) Photographer
• Georgia Brown (1933 - 1992) Singer and Actress.
• Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) Poet
• Beau Brummell (1778 - 1840) Socialite
• James Burbage (1531 - 1597) Impresario
• Decimus Burton (1800 - 1881) Architect
• Max Bygraves (1922 - 2012) Entertainer
• Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) Poet and Adventurer
• John Caius (1510 - 1573) Physician and anatomist
• William Camden (1551 - 1623) Antiquarian
• Richard D'Oyly Carte (1844 - 1901) Impresario
• Howard Carter (1874 - 1939) Archaeologist
• William Caxton (c1420 - c1492) Printer and Publisher
• Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800 - 1890) Social reformer
• Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977) Actor & Filmmaker
• Charles II (1630 - 1685) Monarch
• Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343 - 1400) Writer
• Philip Lindsey Clark (1889 - 1977) Sculptor
• Sir Henry Cole (1808 - 1882) Public Administrator
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912) Composer
• Wilkie Collins (1824 - 1889) Novelist and Playwright
• Denis Compton (1918 - 1997) Cricketer
• Sir Terence Conran (1931 - 2020) Designer & Entrepreneur
• Sir Henry Cooper (1934 - 2011) Pugilist
• Alan Coren (1938 - 2007) Journalist, Editor.
• Noel Coward (1899 - 1973) Playwright
• Thomas Crapper (1836 - 1910) Inventor and businessman
• Quentin Crisp (1908 - 1999) Writer and actor
• Thomas Cromwell (c1485 - 1540) Politician
• Will Crooks (1852 - 1921) Politician
• George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878) Cartoonist
• Thomas Cubitt (1788 - 1855) Builder
• Terence Cuneo (1907 - 1996) Artist
• George Dance the Elder (1695 -1768) Architect
• George Dance the Younger (1741 - 1825) Architect
• Emily Wilding Davison (1872 – 1913) Suffragette
• John Dee (1527 - c1609) Scientist
• Felix Dennis (1947 - 2014) Publisher
• John Diamond (1953 - 2001) Journalist
• Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Writer
• Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) Politician
• William Dobson (1611 - 1646) Painter
• John Donne (1573 - 1631) Poet and cleric.
• Alec Douglas-Home (1903 - 1995) Politician
• William Duddell (1872 - 1917) Physicist
• Clive Dunn (1920 - 2012) Actor and Entertainer
• Ian Dury (1942 - 2000) Singer and Songwriter
• Edward I Monarch
• Edward III Monarch
• Edward VI Monarch
• Edward VII Monarch
• T.S. Eliot (1888 - 1965) Poet, writer, publisher
• HRH Elizabeth II (1926 - 2022) Monarch
• Elizabeth I Monarch
• Dick Emery (1915 - 1983) Entertainer
• John Evelyn (1620 - 1706) Diarist
• Sir Charles Fairey (1887 - 1956) Aircraft manufacturer
• Michael Faraday Scientist
• Tommy Flowers Computing Pioneer
• Bryan Forbes (1926 - 2013) Movie Director
• Ford Madox Ford (1873 - 1939) Writer
• E M Forster Novelist
• Sir Bruce Forsyth (1928 - 2017) Entertainer
• Charles James Fox Politician
• Rosalind Franklin Unsung DNA pioneer
• William Powell Frith Painter
• C.B. Fry Cricketer and Polymath
• Roger Fry Artist and critic
• Hugh Gaitskell (1906 - 63) Politician
• John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933) Writer
• Bamber Gascoigne CBE (1935 - 2022) Broadcaster, writer
• Elizabeth Gaskell Novelist
• George III Monarch
• George IV Monarch
• George V Monarch
• Edward Gibbon Historian
• Sir John Gielgud Actor
• W S Gilbert Lyricist
• Ronald "Carl" Giles Cartoonist
• James Gilray Cartoonist
• George Gissing (1857 - 1903) Writer
• Lewis Gompertz Animal welfare pioneer, Inventor
• Charles Gordon Soldier
• Henry Gray (1827 - 1861) Anatomist and surgeon.
• James Greathead Engineer
• Stanley Green "The Protein Man"
• Leslie Green (1860 - 1908) Architect
• Peter Green (1946 - 2020) Musician.
• Joyce Grenfell (1910 - 1979) Actress
• Sir Thomas Gresham Merchant
• Joseph Grimaldi Entertainer
• Sir Alec Guinness (1914 - 2000) Actor.
• Edmund Halley Astronomer
• Jonas Hanway Entrepreneur and naval administrator
• William Hartnell (1908 - 1975) Actor
• Johnny Haynes Footballer
• George Hayter (1792 - 1871) Portrait Painter
• Oliver Heaviside Mathematician
• Henry VIII Monarch
• Graham Hill Racing Driver
• Jimmy Hill (1928 - 2015) Footballer, Broadcaster
• Octavia Hill Social Reformer
• Alfred Hitchcock Film director
• Chas Hodges (1943 - 2018) Musician, entertainer
• Thomas Hodgkin (1798 - 1866) Physician
• William Hogarth Painter and Businessman
• Charles Holden (1875 - 1960) Architect
• Frank Holl (1845 - 1888) Painter
• Henry Holland (1745 - 1806) Architect
• John Hollingshead (1827 - 1904)) Impressario
• Thomas Hood (1799 - 1845) Comic Writer and Poet
• Gerard Manley Hopkins Poet
• John Calcott Horsley Painter
• Bob Hoskins (1942 - 2014) Actor.
• Luke Howard (1772 - 1864) Meteorologist, Pharmacist
• Edmond Hoyle Gaming expert
• Roy Hudd (1936 - 2020) Entertainer
• Barry Humprhies (1934 - 2023) Entertainer and Aesthete
• William Holman Hunt Painter
• Leigh Hunt (1784 - 1859) Poet and Critic
• Peter Jackson (1922 - 2003) Writer and Illustrator
• W.W. Jacobs (1863 - 1943) Writer
• Derek Jameson (1929 - 2012) Journalist and Editor
• Samuel Johnson Writer and Lexicographer
• Percival Norton Johnson (1792 - 1866) Mettalurgist & Entrepreneur
• Inigo Jones Architect
• Horace Jones Architect
• Ben Jonson Dramatist and Poet
• Richard Jupp (1728 - 1799) Architect
• Boris Karloff Actor
• Edmund Kean Actor
• John Keats Poet
• Leon Kossoff (1926 - 2019) Painter
• Charles Lamb Essayist
• Mary Lamb Writer
• George Lambert (1700 - 1765) Painter
• Verity Lambert (1935 - 2007) TV Producer
• Sir Edwin Landseer Artist and Sculptor
• Gertrude Lawrence (1898 - 1952) Actress
• Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) Writer
• Frederic Leighton Artist and Administrator
• John Leland Antiquary
• Bernard Levin Journalist and Broadcaster
• Marie Lloyd Music hall star
• Edward Lloyd (1815-1890) Publisher
• Ada Lovelace Computing pioneer
• Sir Edwin Lutyens Architect
• Kenny Lynch (1938 - 2019) Entertainer
• Dame Vera Lynn (1917 - 2020) Singer and Entertainer
• Harold Macmillan Politician
• Sir John Blundell Maple (1845 - 1903) Businessman, MP, benefactor
• Walter de la Mare (1873 - 1956) Poet and Writer
• George Martin (1916 - 1926) Recorded music producer.
• Eleanor Marx (1855 - 1898) Political activist
• Enid Marx (1902 - 1998) Artist and Designer.
• Mary I Monarch
• Mary II Monarch
• Nevil Maskelyne Astronomer
• John Nevil Maskelyne Illusionist and inventor
• Henry Maudslay Engineer
• Henry Mayhew Writer and Social Reformer
• Richard Mead (1673 - 1754) Physician
• George Michael (1963 - 2016) Singer songwriter
• Thomas Middleton (1580 - 1627) Playwright
• John Stuart Mill Economist
• John Millington (1779 - 1868) Engineer
• A A Milne Writer
• John Milton Poet
• Chris Moncrieff (1931 - 2019) Journalist
• Lady Mary Wortley Monagu Writer & innoculation pioneer
• Bobby Moore Footballer
• Dudley Moore Comedian and Actor
• Sir Roger Moore (1927 - 2017) Actor
• Sir Thomas More Politician
• William Morris Textile designer
• Herbert Morrison Labour politician
• Charles Morton 1819 - 1904 Impresario
• John Maddison Morton (1811 - 1891) Dramatist
• Sir Stirling Moss (1929 - 2020) Racing Driver.
• Eadweard Muybridge Photography Pioneer
• Ian Nairn (1930 - 1983) Broadcaster, writer, critic.
• Paul Nash (1889 - 1946) Artist
• Airey Neave Soldier and Politician
• Anthony Newley Entertainer
• Cardinal Newman Theologian
• Ben Nicholson Painter
• Des O'Connor (1932 - 2020) Entertainer
• Geoffrey Palmer (1927 - 2020) Actor
• Lord Palmerston Politician
• Norman Parkinson (1913 - 1990) Photographer
• Sir Bernard Partridge Cartoonist and Actor
• Jennifer Paterson (1928 - 1999) Chef
• Charles Pearson Reformer, Underground pioneer
• William Penn Quaker missionary & colonist
• Samuel Pepys Diarist and Administrator
• Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942) Egyptologist
• Frank Pick Transportation visionary
• Harold Pinter Playwright
• William Pitt the Elder Politician
• William Pitt the Younger Politician
• Roy Plomley Broadcaster
• John Polidori (1795 - 1821) Physician and vampire author.
• Alexander Pope Poet
• Anthony Powell (1905-2000) Writer and critic
• Augustus Pugin Architect and Designer
• Henry Purcell Composer
• Claude Rains (1889 - 1967) Actor
• Sir Terrence Rattigan Playwright
• Oliver Reed Actor
• Sir Carol Reed (1906 - 1972) Film director
• Frank Reynolds (1876 - 1953) Artist, Illustrator
• David Ricardo (1772 - 1823) Entrepreneur & Economist
• Richard Rich (1497 - 1567) Tudor politician
• John Rich (1692 - 1761) Theatre owner & Impresario
• William Heath Robinson Illustrator and cartoonist
• Peter Mark Roget Lexicographer
• Charles Rolls (1877 - 1910) Motoring pioneer
• Thomas Rowlandson Cartoonist
• Willie Rushton Cartoonist
• Fred Russell (1862 - 1957) Ventriloquist
• Margaret Rutherford Actress
• Jonathan Sacks (1948 - 2020) Rabbi, theologian, scholar.
• Sir Ralph Sadler Politician
• Sir George Scharf (1820 - 1895) Illustrator and art historian
• Sir Peter Scott Naturalist
• Giles Gilbert Scott (1880 - 1960) Architect
• Ronnie Scott (1927 - 1996) Jazz Musician
• Samuel Scott Painter
• Frederick Courteney Selous Explorer
• William Shakespeare Dramatist and Poet
• Barry Sheene Motorcycle racer
• Mary Shelley (1897 - 1851) Novelist
• George Shillibeer (1797 - 1866) Coachmaker, omnibus inventor
• William Shipley (1715 - 1803) Founder the Royal Society of Arts
• Nevil Shute (1899 - 1960) Engineer and Novelist
• Jean Simmons (1929 - 2010) Actress
• Sir Hans Sloane Philanthropist
• Sir Robert Smirke Architect
• John Thomas Smith Engraver and Antiquarian
• Sir John Soane Architect
• Sir Thomas Sopwith Aviator and entrepreneur
• Austin Osman Spare (1886 - 1956) Artist
• Ruskin Spear (1911 - 1990) Artist
• Edmund Spenser Poet
• William Spooner Academic
• Dusty Springfield (1939 - 1999) Singer
• Sir John Stainer Composer
• Edward Stanford (1827 - 1904) Cartographer and publisher
• John Stanley (1712 - 1786) Composer
• John Stow Historian
• George Edmund Street (1824 - 1881) Architect
• Sir Arthur Sullivan Composer
• Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909) Poet and writer.
• AJA Symons (1900 - 1941) Bibliophile, Polymath
• Violette Szabo (1921 - 1945) Factory worker and SOE Agent
• Thomas Tallis Composer
• Brook Taylor Mathematician
• John Tenniel (1820 - 1914) Illustrator
• Terry-Thomas Actor
• William Makepeace Thackeray Novelist
• Sir Denis Thatcher Businessman
• Margaret Thatcher (1925 - 2013) Politician and Statesman
• Walter Thornbury (1828 - 1876) Writer & art critic
• Henry Thornton Banker and abolitionist
• Sir William Tite Architect
• Thomas Tompion Clock and watch maker
• Arnold Toynbee Economist and Social Reformer
• Anthony Trollope Novelist
• JMW Turner Artist
• Sir Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004) Actor
• John Vanbrugh Architect
• Thomas Verity Theatre Architect
• Victoria Monarch
• Horace Walpole Historian and Politician
• John Walter (1738 - 1812) Businessman and Publisher
• Sir Leslie Matthew Ward, "Spy" Cartoonist
• George Frederic Watts Painter and Sculptor
• Charlie Watts (1941 - 2021) Musician
• Sidney Webb (1859 - 1947) Political Academic
• Bert Weedon (1920 - 2012) Guitarist
• Sir Henry Wellcome (1853 - 1936) Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
• Sir Richard Westmacott (1775 - 1856) Sculptor
• Dennis Wheatley (1897 - 1977) Writer
• Samuel Whitbread Brewer
• Sir Richard Whittington Mayor and Philanthropist
• Samuel Wilberforce Victorian Cleric
• John Wilkes Politician
• Maurice Wilkins Molecular biologist
• William IV Monarch
• Kenneth Williams (1926 - 1988) Comic Actor
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) Composer
• Harriette Wilson (1786 - 1845) Cortesan
• Dame Barbara Windsor (1937 - 2020) Actress
• Amy Winehouse Singer
• Michael Winner (1935 - 2013) Film Director
• John Wisden Cricketer and publisher
• Norman Wisdom Actor and comedian
• Mary Wollstonecraft Writer and Philosopher
• Virginia Woolf Writer
• Sir Peregrine Worsthorne (1923 - 2020) Newspaper Journalist, Editor.
• Sir Christopher Wren Architect and Scientist
• Steve Wright (1954 - 2024) Broadcaster