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Most famous Londoners(10)


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Daniel Day Lewis

Famous for Acting

Born: Greenwich, Borough ofGreenwich, South-East London,1957.

One of the most celebrated actorsof his generation, Day-Lewis wasborn into an Irish family in SouthLondon in 1957. He is part of avery select group of actors whohave won two Academy Awardsfor male in a leading role for MyLeft Foot (1989) and There Will BeBlood (2007). His portrayal as oilprospector Daniel Plainview in the

latter will go down as one of themost menacing performances inrecent cinema, similar to hiscelebrated depiction of Bill theButcher Cutting in MartinScorseses Gangs of New York(2002), which also brought him a

nomination for Best Actor at theOscars that year.


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Michael Faraday

Famous for Science

Born: Newington Butts,Borough of Southwark,South London, 1791.

Faraday can rightly lay

claim to be one of themost famous scientists ofmodern times. Oftenreferred to as being theman who invented

electricity, Faraday wasthe first person todiscover electromagneticinduction in 1831, theprinciple behind theelectric transformer and

generator.


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John Keats

Famous for Poetry

Born: Moorgate, The City ofLondon, 1795.

Known as the Cockney poet,John Keats is one of the mostchampioned of the second

generation Romantics alongwith his contemporariesShelley and Byron. LikeWilliam Shakespeare, mostEnglish people first come toknow of Keats at school wherehis works are still afundamental part of the Britishsecondary school curriculumwhich in part has led to himbecoming one of the mostanalyzed poets in EnglishLiterature.


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Clement Attlee

Famous for being Prime Minister

Born: Putney, Borough ofWandsworth, South-WestLondon, 1883.

Of all the famous PrimeMinisters throughout BritishHistory, Attlee has had perhapsthe greatest impact upon thestate and yet remains one ofthe least well known. Followingthe Second World War,Winston Churchill was

expected to cement his placeas PM in the 1945 electionsfollowing his unerringleadership of the countrythrough its finest hour, but hewas defeated in a landslide by

Attlees Labour Party, and for

one epoch defining reason:The National Health Service.


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Queen Victoria

Famous for being the Monarch

Born: Kensington Palace, Borough ofKensington and Chelsea, South-WestLondon, 1819.

So its fair to say that most Kings andQueens of England could have laid

claim to be on this list, so I decided toinclude the monarch that hasoverseen arguably the greatesttransformation of the city into themodern day metropolis that standstoday. Put simply, Victorias reign inthe 19th century saw Britain reap thebenefits of the Industrial Revolution to

see the country develop the largestempire in history at its height, with thecity of London firmly at its center. Forapproximately a century from thebeginning of Victorias rule (1830s) to

just after World War One, London wasthe largest city in the world.


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Alfred Hitchcock

Famous for Film Directing Born: Leytonstone, Borough of

Waltham Forest, East London,1899.

One of cinemas great directors,Hitchcock was a pioneer in thesuspense and thriller genres,

developing techniques that arenow fundamental elements inmany horror movies. In 2002 theAmerican magazine MovieMakernamed him the most influentialfilmmaker of all time. He enjoyedalmost unrivaled success in the

1950s and 1960s with films suchas Vertigo, North by Northwestand Psycho, which have sincebecome cinema classics.Hitchcock location walks throughthe streets of London are nowthriving which take in areas usedin films such as The Man WhoKnew Too Much.


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Samuel Pepys

Famous for being a Londoner

Born: Fleet Street, City of London,1633.

It could be justifiably argued that noother person has contributed to ourknowledge of 17th century Londonthan Samuel Pepys. With his

exquisitely kept diaries, Pepysrecorded in particular three majorBritish historical events that he waspresent to witness: The Great Plague,The Great Fire and The Second

Anglo-Dutch War. As a navaladministrator he was also present atthe execution of King Charles I in theaftermath of the English Civil War. Aswell as these important eye witnessaccounts, Samuel Pepys diaries havehelped us understand 17th centuryLondon society more than any otherhistorical source. So for his impactupon the historical legacy of this greatcity, Samuel Pepys has earned my topspot!


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Charlie Chaplin

Famous for Acting/Directing

Born: Walworth, Borough ofSouthwark, South-East London,1889.

The icon of Hollywoods goldenage of the early twentieth century,Charlie Chaplin one of the mostfamous stars in cinema history.Beginning with silent movie actingeventually moving into acting anddirecting talkies, Chaplin wasarguably the most famouscelebrity in the world in the yearsbetween both World Wars. Borninto a gypsy family in a street thathouses one of South Londonsbusiest markets, Chaplindeveloped his famous slapstickroutines on the London Vaudeville

circuit.

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