People from Highgate

Sir Christopher Edward Nolan is a British and American filmmaker. A significant auteur of his generation, he has been a major figure in the 21st century Hollywood. Nolan's films have earned over $6 billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing film director. His accolades include two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and two British Academy Film Awards. Nolan was appointed as a CBE in 2019 and was knighted in 2024 for his contributions to film.

English singer and songwriter (born 1945)

British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888)

Alfred Thomas Highmore is an English actor. He is known for his starring roles beginning as a child, in the films Finding Neverland (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Arthur and the Invisibles (2006), August Rush (2007), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), and the voice of the titular robot boy in Astro Boy (2009). Highmore won two consecutive Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Young Performer and received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

American television personality and politician (1944–2023)

English artist and art critic (1866-1934)

British musician (1907-1982)

British evolutionary biologist (1860-1906)

British skeleton racer (born 2000)

English musician, composer, bassist, producer and co-founding member of Siouxsie and the Banshees

actor (1900-1984)

British tennis player (1890–1970)

English musician and songwriter, ex-member of The Stranglers

British theatre director

British politician (born 1937)

English radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and biographer (1960–2005)

British model

Archbishop of Canterbury; and of York; Bishop of Bradford (1909-2000)

British composer

British politician (born 1951)

British writer

British constitutional theorist (1815–1886)

Italian writer (1763-1853)

British ballet dancer (1927–2022)

British tech entrepreneur

English singer-songwriter and actress

British rabbi (1912–1984)

British actor (1915-1984)

British actress

English geographer and historian of science (1879–1966)

British sociologist

English footballer (1868-?)

English actor (1885-1968)

English historical novelist 1889-1967

British Quaker writer, pacifist and peace activist

English footballer (born 1958)

English footballer (born 2000)

James Christian Charters (born 18 January 1988), better known as Ironik (formerly as DJ Ironik), is a British musician, DJ and rapper. His genre of music varies from hip hop, grime, R&B and UK garage. DJ Ironik was born in London.

golf course architect (1869–1951)

English footballer (born 1952)

businessman, investor, and musician

English footballer (1870-1949)

British tennis player (born 1996)

British aircraft designer

English rock drummer

Guyanese actor, musician and writer (1919–2010)