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BRISTOL
Most Famous People Born in Bristol, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 1,347
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1935
- Most distinctive
- Cricket 8.6×
A West Country port whose modern bench is thick with cricketers at nearly nine times the global rate, music producers, botanists, and rugby players (grouped as 'player') — the footprint of a city that gave the world Cary Grant, Banksy, Massive Attack, and the trip-hop scene of the early 1990s. The 18th-century tail runs through the slave-trading merchant class that built Clifton, and the peak decade of births is the 1980s.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bristol during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Bristol Is Known For
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Football is Bristol's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (255).
Bristol over-indexes on cricket — 8.6× the global rate.
Bristol under-produces politician — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Bristol's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Film & TV
- Writing
- Science
- Art & Design
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1800s Clear ×
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
1803 - 1849
John Watkins Brett
1805 - 1863
Elijah Williams (chess player)
1809 - 1854
Anna Russell (botanist)
1807 - 1876
James Baker Pyne
1800 - 1870
William Evans (landscape painter)
1809 - 1858
Paul Falconer Poole
1806 - 1879
Frederick Tuckett
1807 - 1876
William West (artist)
1801 - 1861
Henry Phillips (singer)
1801 - 1876
Joseph Brittan
1805 - 1867
John Reynell
1809 - 1873
Henry Jones Underwood
1804 - 1852
Thomas Brown Jordan
1807 - 1890
George Lethbridge Saunders
1807 - 1863
John Wheeley Gough Gutch
1809 - 1862
Lacy Walter Giles Yea
1808 - 1855
Edward Tagart
1804 - 1858
Peregrine Phillips
1800 - 1888
William Edwards Staite
1809 - 1854