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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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0008 SCULPTOR

Eric Gill

1882 - 1940

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0034 ACTOR

Herbert Rawlinson

1885 - 1953

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0043 TRANSLATOR

Joan Riviere

1883 - 1962

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0050 FILM

Graham Cutts

1885 - 1958

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0074 ACTOR

Roland Pertwee

1885 - 1963

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0120 POLO

Boy Capel

1881 - 1919

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0134 DIPLOMAT

Norman Armour

1887 - 1982

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0137 PLAYER

Leslie Godfree

1885 - 1971

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0174 ACTOR

Alfred Drayton

1881 - 1949

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0179 ATHLETIC

Ernest Henley (athlete)

1889 - 1962

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0183 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

John Ryle (physician)

1889 - 1950

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0215 DIPLOMAT

Walford Selby

1881 - 1965

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0217 ACTOR

Boyd Irwin

1880 - 1957

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0220 ACTOR

Harvey Braban

1883 - 1943

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0226 OFFICER

Donald Hankey

1884 - 1916

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0230 ACTOR

Lewis Dayton

Born 1889

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0245 ACTOR

Harry Lorraine (American actor)

1886 - 1934

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0265 ENGINEER

L. B. Billinton

1882 - 1954

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0270 ARCHITECT

John Leopold Denman

1882 - 1975

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0295 MILITAR

George Frederick Ives

1881 - 1993

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0334 PAINTER

Conrad Heighton Leigh

Born 1883

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0380 GALLANTRY

Theodore Wright

1883 - 1914

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0390 MILITAR

Ernest Frederick Beal

1883 - 1918

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0402 ACADEMIC

Terence Thomas Quirke

1886 - 1947

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0422 CRICKET

Gustavus Fowke

1880 - 1946

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0431 PAINTER

Mary Achenbach

1883 - 1975

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0432 POLITICIAN

Francis Foster (Tasmanian politician)

1888 - 1979

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0437 ACTOR

Aimée Campton

1882 - 1930

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0469 NATURALIST

Ronald Winckworth

1884 - 1950

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0488 AEROSPACE

Arthur Ernest Hagg

1888 - 1985

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0495 SUFFRAGIST

Maud Crofts

1889 - 1965

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0538 FOOTBALL

George Rampton

1888 - 1971

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