#1Famous people · Barnet, London
Performers stand out among the 393 famous people born in Barnet
The best known is the English singer George Michael, with articles in 105 languages. Behind the leader come Ronald Fisher and Emma Bunton. 251 of them were born in the 20th century, more than in any other period. The list is still growing: 80 were born since 1970.
Born here
393
notable people
Best known
George Michael
in 105 Wikipedia languages
First
1636
Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine
Youngest
2006
Joe Johnson
Most common field
Sports
136 people
What stands out about Barnet’s famous people
Known worldwideGeorge Michael has an article in 105 languages, more than anyone else from here.A town of performersPerformers make up 67 of the 393, 2 times the usual share.Still making names141 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2006.393 notable peopleWith 393 notable people, the list is longer than most towns’.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Barnet
Languages with an article: 105 for George Michael, 65 for Ronald Fisher, 56 for Emma Bunton.
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#2Science & Medicine
Ronald Fisher
1890–1962British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)
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#3Known for
What Barnet is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Barnet’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 49 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicPolitics & LawMilitaryNotableBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Barnet
390 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Cicely Saunders
1918–2005English writer, doctor, founder of the hospice care movement, palliative care activist
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Michael Woodruff
1911–2001English surgeon and biologist; transplantation and cancer researcher (1911-2001)
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Constance Tipper
1894–1995British metallurgist and crystallographer (1894–1995)
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Victor Feldman
1934–1987English recording artist; jazz musician, vibraphonist (1934–1987)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Derek Day
1927–2015British diplomat and Olympic field hockey player (1927-2015)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury
born 1951British life peer and former Cabinet minister (1997–2001)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley
1909–1999British newspaper proprietor and politician (1909-1999)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross
1935–2022British politician (1935–2022)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Ben Travers
1886–1980English writer of plays, screenplays, novels, and three memoirs (1886–1980)
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Harold B. Mattingly
1923–2015British historian of graeco-roman history, numismatist and university teacher (1923-2015)
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Oliver Postgate
1925–2008British animator, puppeteer and writer (1925-2008)
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William Lawson
1774–1850English born Australian explorer and politician (1774-1850)
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Aubrey Fabian
1909–1984British cricketer and association football player (1909-1984)
SportsWikipedia ↗
John Walker
1732–1807English philologist, lexicographer and actor (1732–1807)
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William Johnstone Hope
1766–1831British Royal Navy admiral and politician (1766-1831)
MilitaryWikipedia ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Westminster has the longest list next door: 1,476.
Questions about famous people from Barnet
Who is the most famous person from Barnet?
George Michael (English singer (1963–2016)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 105 languages. Next come Ronald Fisher and Emma Bunton.
How many famous people were born in Barnet?
393 people born in Barnet have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 455 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Barnet known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 136 of the 393. That is 35% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Barnet?
Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine, born in 1636. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.
Who counts as from Barnet?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Barnet’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (97)
- George Michael: University of Houston Digital Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald Fisher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Bunton: rodwey2004, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Noni Madueke: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Mandelson: World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire Bloom: MGM, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Griffin: https://www.flickr.com/people/britishnationalism/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elaine Paige: aunt agatha, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bercow: Saeima, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Troughton: Mark Garland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Archie Panjabi: Ibsan73, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Carey: HBO, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Blundell: United Autosports, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Andrews: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dora Boothby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Freeman: CelebHeights.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antony Costa: Antony_Costa.jpg: Christoph Henrichs from Germany derivative work: RanZag, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephanie Beacham: Prince Power, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Whitlock: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Marven: Jmcstrav, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rafi Gavron: thepaparazzigamer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Connolly: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoffrey Palmer: ExpressingYourself at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lacey Turner: Ramon Chiratheep, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Erskine: Sune Sundahl, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Piper: Saschaporsche, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Esmé Creed-Miles: David Maynard Photography, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James-Andrew Davis: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Demetriou: WelcomeScreenUK, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlotte Maria Tucker: W. Kotzman?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Williams: Rob enwiki (Robert Weedon), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lancelot Royle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Miller: Natcheng at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tamara Smart: NickRewind, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Feldman: Antarctic96, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Mattacks: Fotoburo De Boer, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pelly Ruddock: Павел Ткачук, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris White: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Robinson: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Cellier: Tim Drury from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Carr: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susheela Raman: asopuma, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Garrow: Engraver: Dunkarton, Robert (1744–1811/17); painter: Devis, Arthur William (1762–1822), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Graham Kerr: T. & R. Annan & Sons Ltd., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Jeffrey: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clive Mantle: Ramsay3, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gemma Davison: Kieran Clarke from England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark McCammon: Andrew Crowther, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angharad Rees: PBS, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Sutherland Edwards: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Penning: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Godfrey Evans: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lionel Berry, 2nd Viscount Kemsley: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Strevens: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Burrowes: James Cridland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Joel: James Boyes from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phil Tufnell: Pontificake, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Elliott: https://www.flickr.com/photos/carlf18/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lawson: [unknown artist], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Rodgers: Gillb1971, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabrielle Jupp: Gabriel Heusi, CC BY 3.0 br, Wikimedia Commons
- Hakeem Odoffin: Lax, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Snoad: Rob enwiki (Robert Weedon), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dilan Markanday: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. C. R. Lorac: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Brooker: Parliament of Tasmania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgina Kermode: Subject's death 1923. Photo taken in her youth., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John de Havilland: Ministry of Information official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Walker: Henry Ashby, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Garrard: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke McGee: @cfcunofficial (Chelsea Debs) London from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Douglas Fitton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Elms: Ollie Dewis, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosie Galligan: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sonali Shah: AIB (Association for International Broadcasting), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Stapleton: jdlennon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Johnstone Hope: James Ramsay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yvonne Green: Yvonne Green, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam Rossington: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Bowness: Modbrit, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brenda Speaight: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carol Hawkins: Production company: Hammer Film Productions, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Kellermann: Skippo10, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Allmand: Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Fasham: Plumbago, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Wells: Ceebeewnz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Ellis: Spartacus103uk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Ellison: Simon James, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth II: Donald McKague, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Shelley: Richard Rothwell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stuart Mill: London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brook Taylor: Louis Goupy (died 1747), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adele: Marc E., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elton John: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Le Bon: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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