Leicester Square one bust each of famous former residents in the square: the scientist Sir Isaac Newton designed by W. Calder Marshall; Sir Joshua Reynolds, the first President of the Royal Academy by H. Weekes; John Hunter, a pioneer of surgery, by T. Wooler; and William Hogarth, the painter, by J. Durham. Ownership transferred to Westminster City Council in 1933. The most recent addition was a bronze statue of film star and director Charlie Chaplin, designed by sculptor John Doubleday in 1981. On the pavement were inscribed the distances in miles to several Commonwealth countries, including Canada, Kenya and Jamaica. After the
Leicester Square in the lyrics of several rock & pop band tracks, including the Rolling Stones' notorious "Cocksucker Blues", (1970) "Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square" on Jethro Tull's album "Stand Up" (1969), "Emit Remmus" on the album "Californication" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999), He's on the Phone (1995) by Saint Etienne and "Leicester Square" on Rancid's "Life Won't Wait" (1998). A verse in "Something About England" on the Clash's 1980 album "Sandinista!" refers back to "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", including a reference to Leicester Square. Leicester Square is one of a group of three on the British "Monopoly"