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Clapham (gbr)

United Kingdom

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Clapham ranks 1,399th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Edogawa, Tokyo, Bedford, and West Chester, Pennsylvania. Memorable people born in Clapham include Claude Rains, Annie Besant, and Kingsley Amis. Memorable people who died in Clapham include Robert Mallet, Vera Menchik, and Vivienne Westwood. Clapham has been the birth place of many writers, and actors and the death place of many engineers, and chess players. Clapham is located in United Kingdom.

Clapham is a district in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1820 and 1979, Clapham was the birth place of 11 globally memorable people, including Claude Rains, Annie Besant, and Kingsley Amis. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Clapham including Robert Mallet, Vera Menchik, and Vivienne Westwood.

People Born in Clapham

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Clapham were writers (3), actors (2), social activists (1), philosophers (1), and historians (1),  while most who died were engineers (1), chess players (1), fashion designers (1), writers (1), and actors (1).

Over the past 100 years, historians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Clapham, including John Keegan. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Clapham, including Kingsley Amis, George Grove, and Julian Symons.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Clapham since 1700.