Many famous people have lived or chosen to spend time in London during London's long history and British Celebrities, together with famous people from all over the world, still decide to have a London base they can call home.
All the Districts of London can boast of at least one celebrity or famous person who has lived in their midst, at one time or another, and the exclusive districts of London such as Kensington, Chelsea, Hampstead and Highgate can lay claim to having more celebrities and famous residents than anywhere else in London
Actors and their London address
Sir George Alexander,Actor-manager 57 Pont Street SW1
Edward Alleyn, Elizabethan actor Fortune Street EC1.
Jack Buchanan, Actor, dancer and manager 44 Mount Street W1
Sir Charlie Chaplin, British actor, comedian, film star and director, 39 Methley Street SE11 - 287 Kennington Road SE11 - 277 Walworth Road SE17.
Sir Noel Coward, Actor, Playwright and Songwriter, 131 Waldegrave Road TW11.
Robert Donat British actor, 8 Meadway NW11.
David Garrick, Actor, The Adelphi WC2.
Vanessa Redgrave 1937- Actor.
Oliver Reed 1938-1999 - Actor.
Natasha Richardson 1963- Actress
Dame Edith Evans, British actress 109 Ebury Street SW1.
Lillie Langtry, Actress, Cadogan Hotel, 22 Pont Street SW1
Vivien Leigh, British actress and film star 54 Eaton Square SW1
Jessie Matthews, Singer, dancer and actress, 22 Berwick Street W1.
Dame Anna Neagle, British Actress Aldford House, Park Lane W1.
Dame Margaret Rutherford, Actress. 4 Berkeley Place SW19.
Mrs Jessica Tandy, Hollywood actress 58a Geldeston Road E5.
Other London famous
Samuel Pepys 1663-1703 Diarist.
Beatrix Potter 1866-1943 Writer.
Catherine of Aragon 1st wife of King Henry VIII 49 Bankside SE1.
William Shakespeare British dramatist and playwright 18 Hewett Street EC2 - 3 St Leonard's Church E2 - 86-8 Curtain Road EC2.
King Henry VIII, 23 Cheyne Walk SW3
See:
History of London
West End Theatre
Literary London
London Areas
