Elizabeth II leads the 1,476 famous people born in Westminster

Elizabeth II (queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 (1926–2022)) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 255 languages. Next come Alan Turing and Francis Bacon.

1,476 people born in Westminster have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace. Wikidata places 1,928 people here; the rest aren’t listed because their article names somewhere else, or no town.

Among its famous people, athletes: 412 of the 1,476. That is 28% of the town’s list, against 49% across UK towns.

Edward I of England, born in 1239. The youngest on the list was born in 2021.

People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Westminster’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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