Maida Vale
Maida Vale ranks 3,100th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Stockton-on-Tees, Metzingen, and Santo Domingo, Ecuador. Memorable people born in Maida Vale include Alan Turing, Alec Guinness, and Terence Fisher. Memorable people who died in Maida Vale include Jimmy McCulloch. Maida Vale has been the birth place of many actors, and film directors and the death place of many musicians. Maida Vale is located in United Kingdom.
Maida Vale is an affluent residential district in West London, England, north of Paddington, southwest of St John's Wood and south of Kilburn, on Edgware Road. It is part of the City of Westminster and is three miles northwest of Charing Cross. It has many late Victorian and Edwardian blocks of mansion flats. The area is home to the BBC Maida Vale Studios. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1897 and 1914, Maida Vale was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Alan Turing, Alec Guinness, and Terence Fisher. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Maida Vale including Jimmy McCulloch.
People Born in Maida Vale
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Alan Turing
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1912 - 1954
HPI: 85.14
Rank: 3
Alec Guinness
ACTOR
1914 - 2000
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 2
Terence Fisher
FILM DIRECTOR
1904 - 1980
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 4
Hermione Gingold
ACTOR
1897 - 1987
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 1
Val Guest
FILM DIRECTOR
1911 - 2006
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 5
People Deceased in Maida Vale
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Newly Added People Deceased in Maida Vale
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Most individuals born in present day Maida Vale were actors (2), film directors (2), and computer scientists (1), while most who died were musicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Throughout history actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Maida Vale, including Alec Guinness, and Hermione Gingold.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Maida Vale since 1700.
