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BATH

Most Famous People Born in Bath, United Kingdom

Notable people
366
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1916
Most distinctive
Cricket 7.7×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bath during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Bath Is Known For

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Cricket is Bath's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (36).

Bath over-indexes on cricket — 7.7× the global rate.

Bath under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Cricket36
  2. Actor33
  3. Football26
  4. Player21
  5. Politician19
  6. Painter17
  7. Writer16
  8. Music7
  1. Cricket367.7×
  2. Player212.9×
  3. Architect72.2×
  4. Painter171.8×
  5. Actor331.7×
  6. Historian61.6×
  1. Politician190.4×
  2. Football260.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Bath's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0038 PSYCHOLOGIST

Peter Cathcart Wason

1924 - 2003

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0047 HISTORIAN

David Marshall Lang

1924 - 1991

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0055 MUSIC

Philip Jones (musician)

1928 - 2000

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0057 HISTORIAN

John Roberts (historian)

1928 - 2003

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0148 JOURNALIST

Anthony Cave Brown

1929 - 2006

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0187 ASTRONOMER

Michael P. Candy

1928 - 1994

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0212 THEATRE

Val May

1927 - 2012

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0259 ORNITHOLOGIST

Viking Olsson

1921 - 2014

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0267 ATHLETE

Geoffrey Brooke

1920 - 2009

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0296 CRICKET

Jim Redman (cricketer)

1926 - 1981

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0304 BOTANIST

David Edwin Coombe

1927 - 1999

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0318 OFFICER

Anthony Troup

1921 - 2008

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0341 NAVAL

Henry Wheeler (signalman)

1925 - 2004

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0366 ARTIST

Inki Olsson

1921 - 2018

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