People from Hampstead

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the world's highest-paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her seventh on its list of the greatest female screen legends.

Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the Kasakela chimpanzee community at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Beginning in 1960, under the mentorship of the palaeontologist Louis Leakey, Goodall's research demonstrated that chimpanzees share many key traits with humans, such as using tools, having complex emotions, forming lasting social bonds, engaging in organised warfare, and passing on knowledge across generations, which redefined the traditional view that humans are uniquely different from other animals.

English author (1897–1968)

Dame Emma Thompson is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2018, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to drama.

English actor (1942–2014)

British author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh (1882–1956)

Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury was a British-American-Irish actress and singer. In a career spanning 80 years, she played various roles across film, stage, and television. Although based for much of her life in the United States, her work attracted international attention.

British writer (1824-1889)

English physiologist and biophysicist (1917–2012)

British musician

Sir Stephen John Fry is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He began his career on the sketch comedy series Alfresco (1983–1984) and the sitcom Blackadder (1986–1989), before gaining recognition as part of the comedy duo Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, appearing together in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). His later television roles include Kingdom (2007–2009), Bones (2007–2017), and It's a Sin (2021). Fry was the original host of the comedy panel show QI (2003–2016), for which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. In 2006, the British public ranked Fry number 9 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars.

British comedian

English electrophysiologist (1889-1977)

English-brazilian biologist (1915–1987)

British racing driver

Dame Anna Wintour is a British and American media executive who served as editor-in-chief of Vogue from 1988 to 2025. Currently, Wintour serves as global chief content officer and artist director at Condé Nast. Known for her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour is regarded as the most powerful woman in publishing, and has become an important figure in the fashion world, serving as the lead chairperson of the annual haute couture Met Gala global fashion spectacle in Manhattan since the 1990s. Wintour is praised for her skill in identifying emerging fashion trends, but has been criticised for her reportedly aloof and demanding personality.

English drummer

British stockbroker who saved 669 Jewish children during 1938–39 (1909–2015)

British mathematician

British racing driver (1929–1975)

English singer and actress (1946–2025)

British actress (1939–2025)

British sculptor (born 1950)

British actress

British-American writer and actress (1937–2015)

English poet, writer and broadcaster (1906–1984)

British writer (1931–2023)

English actor

British photographer, designer, socialite, writer (1904–1980)

British actor

Portuguese-English association football player

British actor

British-American actress

British footballer (born 1979)

British actor

English film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter (1935-2013)

British peer and politician (1932–2023)

British food writer and poet (1799–1859)

British record producer, songwriter, arranger

British recording artist; singer, songwriter, guitarist

English playwright (born 1939)

Congolese association football player

English actor

British actress

French-British cartoonist and author (1834-1896)

British statistician (1895-1980)

British statistician and cryptographer (1916–2009)

British actress

British guitarist (1950–1976)

British pianist (1890–1965)

English cartoonist, illustrator, animator (born 1936)

British-born American actress

English children's writer

British automotive engineer (1888-1971)

British mountaineer

British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009)

British actress

British psychologist (1930–2023)

British actress (1900–1969)

British film director (1926–2010)