Born in Clapham

Clapham

District within London Borough of Lambeth, London, England and some areas in the London Borough of Wandsworth

Clapham as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. British actor (1889-1967), British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933), British author, Children's Laureate): Claude Rains, Annie Besant, Malorie Blackman and some more.

Celebrities from Clapham

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Claude Rains

British actor (1889-1967)

*November 10th, 1889 †May 30th, 1967, Laconia

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Annie Besant

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

*October 1st, 1847 †September 20th, 1933, Adyar

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Malorie Blackman

British author, Children's Laureate

*February 8th, 1962

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Dennis Waterman

English actor and singer (1948–2022)

*February 24th, 1948 †May 8th, 2022, Spain

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Nigel Patrick

British actor and director

*May 2nd, 1912 †September 21st, 1981, London

79

Bob Larbey

British TV scriptwriter, known best for sitcoms by Esmonde and Larbey

*June 24th, 1934 †March 31st, 2014

63

Geoff Dunn

British musician

*February 26th, 1961

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Richard Blackwood

British comedian

*May 16th, 1972

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Joseph Corré

British businessman

*November 30th, 1967

85

Tom Phillips

British artist (1937-2022)

*May 24th, 1937 †November 28th, 2022

81

Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech

British academic, lawyer and bioethicist (born 1943)

*April 29th, 1943

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Charlotte Ritchie

Singer and actress

*August 29th, 1989

57

Tommy Hampson

British athlete (1907-1965)

*October 28th, 1907 †September 4th, 1965, Stevenage

78

F. H. Bradley

British philosopher

*January 30th, 1846 †September 18th, 1924, Oxford

84

Ethel Mannin

English writer

*October 6th, 1900 †December 5th, 1984, Teignmouth

84

Joseph Prestwich

British geologist and businessman (1812-1896)

*March 12th, 1812 †June 23rd, 1896, Shoreham

79

George Grove

English writer on music and director of the Royal College of Music (1820-1900)

*August 13th, 1820 †May 28th, 1900, Lower Sydenham

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Job Edward Lousley

Botanist (1907-1976)

*September 18th, 1907 †January 6th, 1976, Streatham Common

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David Janson

British actor

*March 30th, 1950

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Janet Farrar

British occultist

*June 24th, 1950

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Michael Onovwigun

England footballer (born 1996)

*April 9th, 1996

75

John Joseph Bennett

British botanist (1801-1876)

*January 8th, 1801 †February 29th, 1876, London

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John Keegan

British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist (1934–2012)

*May 15th, 1934 †August 2nd, 2012, Kilmington

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