Of the 483 famous people born in Islington, none is better known than John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 151 languages. Next come Alan Parker and Henry Hallett Dale.

483 people born in Islington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 613 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.

Among its famous people, athletes: 170 of the 483. That is 35% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.

Anne Southwell, born in 1573. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Islington’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.

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