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BRIGHTON

Most Famous People Born in Brighton, United Kingdom

Notable people
538
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1932
Most distinctive
Cricket 9.3×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Brighton Is Known For

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Football is Brighton's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (68).

Brighton over-indexes on cricket — 9.3× the global rate.

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

  1. Football68
  2. Cricket64
  3. Actor58
  4. Politician25
  5. Writer18
  6. Singer17
  7. Music16
  8. Player14
  1. Cricket649.3×
  2. Skater75.4×
  3. Music162.1×
  4. Actor582.0×
  5. Diplomat61.9×
  6. Engineer61.8×
  7. Singer171.5×
  1. Politician250.4×
  2. Painter80.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0036 TRANSLATOR

Constance Garnett

1861 - 1946

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0053 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Francis Llewellyn Griffith

1862 - 1934

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0067 MATHEMATICIAN

Philippa Fawcett

1868 - 1948

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0103 CELLIST

Leo Stern

1862 - 1904

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0119 SKATER

Edgar Syers

1863 - 1946

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0124 CURATOR

Sydney Cockerell

1867 - 1962

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0141 PAINTER

Edgar Bundy

1862 - 1922

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0154 GENETICIST

Edith Rebecca Saunders

1865 - 1945

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0172 ACTOR

Fred Walton (actor)

1865 - 1936

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0211 CRICKET

Fred Tate

1867 - 1943

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0258 ASTRONOMER

Arthur Stanley Williams

1861 - 1938

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0260 HISTORIAN

Neville Figgis

1866 - 1919

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0271 NOVELIST

Alice Dudeney

1866 - 1945

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0276 ACTIVIST

Ruaraidh Erskine

1869 - 1960

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0307 MILITAR

Angus Douglas-Hamilton

1863 - 1915

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0329 TRANSLATOR

Charles Dealtry Locock

1862 - 1946

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0341 SONGWRITER

George Le Brunn

1863 - 1905

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0371 POLITICIAN

Joe Collings

1865 - 1955

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0381 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ernest Walter Histed

1862 - 1947

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0387 ARCHITECT

Gilbert Murray Simpson

1869 - 1954

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0411 SKATER

Herbert Yglesias

1867 - 1949

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0413 CRICKET

Arthur Heatley

1865 - 1941

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0434 ENGINEER

H. E. T. Haultain

1869 - 1961

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0468 CRICKET

John Comber

1861 - 1903

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0479 CRICKET

Eustace Malden

1863 - 1947

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0490 CRICKET

Gordon Beves

1862 - 1927

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0492 CRICKET

Henry Budgen

1865 - 1929

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0497 CRICKET

Wilfrid Young

1867 - 1947

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0503 FOOTBALL

Frank Saunders (footballer)

1864 - 1905

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