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BIRMINGHAM
Most Famous People Born in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 1,855
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1945
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 4.2×
England's second city, and the engine room of the Industrial Revolution. Birmingham's distinctive professions are cricketers, boxers, footballers, and musicians — the last because the city produced an outsized share of the British heavy-metal scene, from Black Sabbath (Ozzy, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) through Judas Priest and ELO. Matthew Boulton, Francis Galton, and Neville Chamberlain all belong to the 19th-century Midlands establishment that built the place.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Birmingham during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Birmingham Is Known For
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Football is Birmingham's biggest profession — 25% of all notables (467).
Birmingham over-indexes on cricket — 4.2× the global rate.
Birmingham under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Birmingham's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Writing
- Music
- Art & Design
- Science
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- Filtered to 1800s Clear ×
Jane C. Loudon
1807 - 1858
John Cadbury
1802 - 1889
George Richards Elkington
1801 - 1865
Benjamin Hall Kennedy
1804 - 1889
William Martin (judge)
1807 - 1880
Henry Harris Lines
1800 - 1889
William Sands Cox
1802 - 1875
James Baylis Allen
1803 - 1876
Samuel Beale
1803 - 1874
Robert Brandard
1805 - 1862
Henry Burn
1807 - 1884
Frederick Henry Henshaw
1807 - 1891
Edward Radclyffe (1809–1863)
1809 - 1863
Mary Morton Allport
1806 - 1895
Isaac Aaron
1804 - 1877
James Allen (Australian colonial author)
1806 - 1886
John Hawksford
1806 - 1887