was born

#156: Albert Chevalier (1861 – 1923), music hall comedian was born at 17 St Anns Villas
#210: Alan Cobham (1894 – 1973), aviator and Sir was born at 78 Denman Road, Southwark, SE15
#229: Terence Rattigan (1911 – 1977), playwright and CBE was born at 100 Cornwall Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7
#274: Stanley Unwin (1884 – 1968), publisher and Sir was born at 13 Handen Road, SE12 Lewisham
#276: Harry Ricardo (1885 – 1974), mechanical engineer and Sir was born at 13 Bedford Square
#381: Alan Turing (1912 – 1954), code-breaker, pioneer of computer science, founder of computer science, and cryptographer was born at 2 Warrington Cresent, Maida Vale, Westminster, W9
#438: Arnold Bax (1883 – 1953), composer and Sir was born at 13 Pendennis Road, Streatham, Lambeth, SW16
#502: James Elroy Flecker (1884 – 1915), poet and dramatist was born at 9 Gilmore Road, SE13 Lewisham
#607: C. B. Fry (1872 – 1956), all-round Sportsman was born at 144 St James’s Road, Croydon, CRO Croydon
#672: Boris Karloff (1887 – 1969), actor was born at 36 Forest Hill Road, East Dulwich, Southwark, SE22
#672: William Henry Pratt (1887 – 1969), actor was born at 36 Forest Hill Road, East Dulwich, Southwark, SE22
#980: Robert Bevan (1865 – 1925), artist was born at 17 Brunswick Square
#987: J. H. Round (1854 – 1928), historian was born at 15 Brunswick Terrace
#1010: Jane Burden (1839 – 1914), Pre-Raphaelite muse, embroiderer, and Mrs William Morris was born at St Helen's Passage
#930: Frank Norman (1930 – 1980), author and playwright was born at 151 Whiteladies Road
#1077: John Saxby (1821 – 1913), Pioneer of railway signalling was born at in Brighton
#1130: Joseph Lucas (1834 – 1902), lamp dealer, oil dealer, and founder of Lucas Industries was born at in Carver Street
#192: W. H. Hudson (1841 – 1922), writer was born at 40 St Luke's Road, Kensington and Chelsea, W11
#917: Isaac Rosenberg (1890 – 1918), poet, artist, and painter was born at 5 Adelaide Place
#1296: Celia Johnson (1908 – 1982), actress and Dame was born at Petersham Road, Richmond
#1546: Matthew Boulton (1728 – 1809), engineer and co-founder of the Lunar Society was born at corner of Steelhouse Lane and Priory Queensway
#2321: William Frederick Woodington (1806 – 1893), sculptor was born at The Three Tuns, 19 High Street
#1261: Edward Carpenter (1844 – 1929), author was born at 45 Brunswick Square
#27: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882), poet and painter was born at 110 Hallam Street
#2180: Ronald Center (1913 – 1973), composer was born at 16 Elmbank Road
#2167: William King (1786 – 1865), co-operative movement pioneer, social reformer, author of The Co-operator, Dr, and MA was born at 19 Lower Brook Street
#1759: Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 – 1957), writer of Detective Stories, writer, and scholar was born at 1 Brewer Street
#1995: Stanley Holloway (1890 – 1982), actor and humorist was born at Albany Road, Newham
#1203: Philip James Bailey (1816 – 1902), author of Festus was born at in a house on this site
#1928: William Sparks (1922 – 2002), Marine and Cockleshell Hero was born at 47 Poundfield Road
#1927: George Granville Barker (1913 – 1991), poet was born at 116 Forest Road
#2168: Edith Maud Cook (1878 – 1910), first woman pilot in Britain was born at 90 Fore Street
#2266: Robert William Service (1874 – 1958), poet of the Yukon and socialist was born at in a house near this site
#2184: William Dyce (1806 – 1864), artist was born at 48 Marischal Street
#2469: Ray Noble (1903 – 1978), composer and bandleader was born at 1 Montpellier Terrace
#2569: Charles Blake Cochrane (1872 – 1951), Theatrical impresario was born at 15 Prestonville Road
#2059: Aubrey Beardsley (1872 – 1898), artist and master of line was born at 31 Buckingham Road
#2653: Randolph Sutton (1888 – 1960), music hall star was born at 29 Anglesea Place
#959: Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867 – 1954), writer, Suffragist, Lady, lecturer, pacifist, and editor of Votes For Women was born at 20 Charlotte St
#183: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), Earl of Beaconsfield was born at 22 Theobalds Road, Camden, WC1
#148: Archibald Philip Primrose (1847 – 1929), Earl of Rosebery, Earl, Prime Minister, and first Chairman of the London County Council was born at 20 Charles Street, Westminster
#65: Bud Flanagan (1896 – 1968), comedian and leader of the Crazy Gang was born at 12 Hanbury Street, Tower Hamlets, E1
#820: Harrison Ainsworth (1805 – 1883), novelist was born at in a house which stood on this site
#726: Edwin Chadwick was born at 5 Kingfisher Close, Stockport Road, Longsight
#1726: Thomas Cooke (1807 – 1868), British instrument maker, son of a shoemaker, and maker of telescopes of world renown was born at opposite the church
#979: Roger Quilter (1877 – 1953), composer was born at 4 Brunswick Square
#1098: Jessie Matthews (1907 – 1981), OBE and musical comedy star of stage and films was born at 22 Berwick Street, W1
#1075: Edward Marshall Hall (1858 – 1927), lawyer, KC, and The Great Defender was born at 30 Old Steine
#1083: Samuel Pepys (1633 – 1703), diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty was born at Poppins Court
#1276: Ronnie Barker (born 1929), comedian was born at 70 Garfield Street
#1548: Edward Burne-Jones (1833 – 1898), BART, Sir, painter, and artist was born at 11 / 12 Bennetts Hill, City Centre
#3306: Joe Meek (1929 – 1967), record producer, pioneer of sound recording technology, and The Telstar Man was born at 1 Market Square
#3324: David Danskin (1863 – 1948), founder of Arsenal Football Club and first captain of Arsenal Football Club was born at corner of Kirkgate and Somerville Street
#1141: Charlie Chaplin (1889 – 1977), comic genius, film maker, and Water Rat was born at East Street, Walworth, London SE17
#575: Henry John Temple Palmerston (1784 – 1865), Viscount Palmerston, statesman, Prime Minister, and Foreign Secretary was born at 20 Queen Anne's Gate
#535: John Lubbock, scientist was born at 29 Eaton Place, Westminster, SW1
#2028: George Green (1793 – 1841), miller and mathematician was born at Belvoir Hill
#1375: John Barbirolli (1899 – 1970) was born at Southampton Row, Camden
#996: Anthony à Wood (1632 – 1695), antiquary was born at Postmasters’ Hall, Merton Street
#3492: John Mann (1802 – 1885) was born at Oxford Street
#2773: Tom Sayers (1826 – 1865), pugilist and Champion of England was born at Guitar, Amp and Keyboard shop, North Street
#2196: World Wide Web was born at European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN CH-1211
#2016: Hedley Verity (1905 – 1943), Yorkshire cricketer and England cricketer was born at Welton Grove
#3534: James M. Barrie (1860 – 1937), novelist, dramatist, and author of Peter Pan was born at 9 Brechin Road
#380: Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 – 1865) was born at 93 Cheyne Walk, Kensington and Chelsea, SW10
#2545: Richard I (1157 – 1199), King was born at Beaumont Street
#2545: John (1167 – 1216), King was born at Beaumont Street
#1207: P. G. Wodehouse (1881 – 1975), writer, author, and humourist was born at 59 Epsom Road
#1404: Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980), actor and comedian was born at 96 Castle Road, Southsea
#3630: Samuel Palmer (1805 – 1881), artist was born at 42 Surrey Square
#3632: Edward Jenner (1749 – 1823) was born at Marybrook Street
#3644: Thomas Chatterton (1752 – 1770), poet was born at St Thomas Street
#415: Max Beerbohm (1872 – 1956), artist and writer was born at 57 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington and Chelsea, W8