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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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- Filtered to 1830s Clear ×
Ernest Giles
1835 - 1897
William Chatterton Dix
1837 - 1898
Edward William Godwin
1833 - 1886
Amelia Dyer
1837 - 1896
Francis Fox Tuckett
1834 - 1913
Charles Bernard (civil servant)
1837 - 1901
William Lee Rees
1836 - 1912
Charles Watts (secularist)
1835 - 1906
Amy Sedgwick
1835 - 1897
Sir Frederick Wills, 1st Baronet
1838 - 1909
John le Sage
1837 - 1926
William Kington
1838 - 1898
Edward St John Daniel
1837 - 1868
Edward John White
1831 - 1913
Henry Milford
1833 - 1888
Hiram Wakefield
1837 - 1905