#1Famous people · Camden, London
Of the 726 famous people born in Camden, none is better known than Mary Shelley
133 languages have an article about the English writer Mary Shelley. The largest group, 273, was born in the 20th century. Performers are unusually common here: 130, 2.1 times the usual share. Per head, the list is long: 34.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in London has 12.9.
Born here
726
notable people
Best known
Mary Shelley
in 133 Wikipedia languages
First
1660
John Graydon
Youngest
2009
Woody Norman
Most common field
Sports
181 people
What stands out about Camden’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Camden
Mary Shelley, Jane Goodall and Evelyn Waugh are written about in 133, 122 and 71 languages.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Jane Goodall
1934–2025English primatologist and anthropologist (1934–2025)
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#3Writing & Arts
Evelyn Waugh
1903–1966British writer and journalist (1903–1966)
71 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Camden is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Camden’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1890s, at 50.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusicMilitaryBusinessNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born. The 400 best known are plotted.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Camden
723 more; the 197 best known are listed here.
Andrew Huxley
1917–2012English physiologist and biophysicist (1917–2012)
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Oliver Heaviside
1850–1925Electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist (1850–1925)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Stephen Fry
born 1957British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Ann Radcliffe
1764–1823English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764–1823)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Nicholas Winton
1909–2015British stockbroker who saved 669 Jewish children during 1938–39 (1909–2015)
BusinessWikipedia ↗
Cecil Beaton
1904–1980British photographer, designer, socialite, writer (1904–1980)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Elizabeth Siddal
1829–1862Pre-Raphaelite model, artist, and poet (1829-1862)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Michael Winner
1935–2013British film director, producer and screenwriter (1935-2013)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
John Mortimer
1923–2009British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Gerry Anderson
1929–2012English television creator and filmmaker (1929-2012)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Mina Loy
1882–1966British writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps (1882-1966)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Ben Aaronovitch
born 1964British author, game designer, and screenwriter (born 1964)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Screaming Lord Sutch
1940–1999British singer, radio personality, politician (1940–1999)
MusicWikipedia ↗
Katharine Mary Briggs
1898–1980British folklorist and author of the 20th century (1898–1980)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
1766–1851British politician (1766-1851)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn
1905–1989Keynesian economist and King's College Professor of Economics (1905-1989)
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Henry Alexander Wickham
1846–1928British botanist and self-declared 'biopirate' (1846-1928)
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Johnnie Jackson
born 1982English association football player and manager (born 1982)
SportsWikipedia ↗
Marian Emma Chase
1844–1905British painter, drawer and botanical illustrator (1844-1905)
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Ada Sarah Ballin
1862–1906British magazine editor and proprietor, and writer on health
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Bill Deedes
1913–2007English journalist, politician and newspaper editor (1913-2007)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Connie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney
1865–1946British actress, dancer, and model (1865-1946)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
George Grossmith Jr.
1874–1935Theatrical producer, actor, singer, manager, and author (1874-1935)
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Arthur Bernard Cook
1868–1952British classical archaeologist and religion academic
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
John Henry Dearle
1859–1932British textile and stained-glass designer with Morris & Co. (1859-1932)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh
1937–2019British politician (1937-2019)
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Mary Susan McIntosh
1936–2013British sociologist, feminist, political activist and LGBTQ+ rights campaigner
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
Richard Marsh
1857–1915British author known for gothic horror and pulp fiction (1857-1915)
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Susan Kramer
born 1950British politician, Member of Parliament for Richmond Park
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Charles Dickens, Jr.
1837–1896Eldest child of Victorian-era novelist Charles Dickens
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Dupsy Abiola
born 1982British (non-practising) barrister and businesswoman;founder and CEO of Intern Avenue
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Westminster leads the towns around it, with 1,476 names.
Westminster · 2 miElizabeth II & 1,475 more
Kensington and Chelsea · 3 miVictoria & 798 more
Lambeth · 6 miDavid Bowie & 783 more
Southwark · 6 miMichael Faraday & 637 more
Hammersmith and Fulham · 4 miBenedict Cumberbatch & 612 more
Hackney · 4 miEdmond Halley & 576 more
Tower Hamlets · 5 miMary Wollstonecraft & 511 more
Islington · 2 miJohn Stuart Mill & 482 moreQuestions about famous people from Camden
Who is the most famous person from Camden?
Mary Shelley (English writer (1797–1851)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 133 languages. Next come Jane Goodall and Evelyn Waugh.
How many famous people were born in Camden?
726 people born in Camden have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 933 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.
What is Camden known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 181 of the 726. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Camden?
John Graydon, born in 1660. The youngest on the list was born in 2009.
Who counts as from Camden?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Camden’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 (143)
- Mary Shelley: Richard Rothwell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Goodall: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyn Waugh: Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Huxley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Heaviside: Original uploader was SuperGirl at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Slash: Kreepin Deth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Fry: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Douglas Adrian: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Radcliffe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Damon Hill: Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Wintour: UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Atiyah: Gert-Martin Greuel, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Winton: cs:User:Li-sung, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Hill: Lothar Spurzem, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Marianne Faithfull: Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Freddie Highmore: MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivia Williams: Mingle Media TV, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dirk Bogarde: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Saffron Burrows: Che, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hartnell: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Head: Raven Underwood, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Tate: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie Collins: Cyotethndr, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Skrein: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Glover: User:Jo!Hannes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Beaton: Lafayette Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Robert Waterhouse: Thomas Herbert Maguire (1821 – 1895), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Pugin: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Minghella: Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiago Ilori: Catherine Kõrtsmik from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adelaide Anne Procter: Emma Gaggiotti Richards, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Siddal: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marlon Harewood: dalli58, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Irons: Gordon Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Winner: Supermac1961 from CHAFFORD HUNDRED, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nigel Lawson: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mae Muller: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Hayes: Lee Fraser, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kingsley Ben-Adir: AMFM STUDIOS LLC, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Thomas Baker: Tere Baker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Faulkner: CelebHeights.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Ross: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Bunn: Badudoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Kossoff: Rob Mieremet, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Bonington: thecreativegrid, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Myra Hess: The original uploader was Frank Dietmar at German Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keir Gilchrist: Ned_Vizzini_and_Keir_Gilchrist.jpg: Kindly granted by Ned Vizzini derivative work: RanZag, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Lee: Various, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerry Anderson: REVUpminster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mina Loy: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Alzate: jamesboyes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Aidan Gasquet: Studio of Giuseppe Felici, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Giles Gilbert Scott: Unknown authorUnknown author from studio of Elliott & Fry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Ryan: Unknown (Popperfoto), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Murray Melvin: Presutton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Hook: Eden Upton Eddis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. W. Rouse Ball: The original uploader was SuperGirl at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Aaronovitch: Andrew Davidson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene Aynsley Goossens: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louisa Lytton: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melanie Blatt: ger1axg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morton Betts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zoë Heller: User:Leprof_7272, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eustace Miles: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Graham Stack: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Linnell: John Linnell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Basman: Wolfgang Jekel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beeban Kidron: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaime Winstone: Jaime_Winstone.jpg: William Ainsworth derivative work: -- Cirt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Just Jack: Bertrand from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Miriam Karlin: Stanley Kubrick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Screaming Lord Sutch: Colin Dale, Radio Sutch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Keen: Christopher Michel from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beatrice Harraden: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Horner Lyell: Horatio Nelson King, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Meehan: L Meehan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Decimus Burton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon English: Horst Günther Burkhardt III, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Junius Brutus Booth: Mathew Brady. The original uploader was Hephaestos at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leslie Hore-Belisha: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Culver: User:Jo!Hannes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Oduwa: SorziSportsLaw, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyn Laye: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley: Thomas Lawrence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Hall: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adolphus William Ward: Sir Emery Walker (died 1933), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Marshall: James Murray (1865–1914) according to „The Heart of the Antartic“, William Heinemann, 1911, p. 288, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Felix Eugen Fritsch: R. D. Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Monkman: Jasontarkus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Violet Bonham Carter: Raymond Asquith (?), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Alexander Wickham: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Hugh Armstead: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnnie Jackson: Bedsaddick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quinlan Terry: LemonArc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruby Bentall: Simon Richards, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Adolphus Trollope: Published by Harper and Bros, NY, 1888, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry: Archibald Sinclair, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Ruskin Cook: Peters Kampala, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darren Currie: Barnet Football Club, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Vaizey: ©House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Selwyn: Mason & Co (Robert Hindry Mason), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marian Emma Chase: Marian Emma Chase, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ada Sarah Ballin: Stanislaw Walery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Conti: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benedict Taylor: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney: W. & D. Downey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Danny Hylton: Timmy96, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Emery: Jack1956, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick York Powell: Leslie Ward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoffrey Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Grossmith Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Vansittart: Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Asquith: Hodder & Stoughton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Cope: Willaim Aikmann, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Payne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sue Holderness: AnemoneProjectors, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Therica Wilson-Read: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woody Norman: Highgateboy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Bernard Cook: Arthur Trevor Haddon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Lancaster: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Partridge: William Marshall 1920, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Anstiss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: Paul Tomlin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirstie Allsopp: Kirstie.jpg: Don't let Devon go to waste derivative work: JMiall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Susan McIntosh: Nuffield College, Oxford., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- O. B. Clarence: MGM Release, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Nilsson-Julien: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robin Sylvester: Ratdog-brooks-weir-sylvester.jpg: John Gullo derivative work: Gnuish, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Kamlish: Richard Gillin from St Albans, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Kramer: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tobi Adebayo-Rowling: Seaninryan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Haines: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Dickens, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Finn Andrews: Ella Mullins, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth II: Donald McKague, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoria: Alexander Bassano, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Bowie: Adam Bielawski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Faraday: Thomas Phillips, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benedict Cumberbatch: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmond Halley: Richard Phillips, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Wollstonecraft: John Opie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Stuart Mill: London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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