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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 1910s Clear ×
J. Lee Thompson
1914 - 2002
Basil Davidson
1914 - 2010
Mary Fedden
1915 - 2012
James Joll
1918 - 1994
Francis Clifford (author)
1917 - 1975
James Fisher (naturalist)
1912 - 1970
Jack Hawkes (botanist)
1915 - 2007
Michael Truman
1916 - 1972
Ronnie Dix
1912 - 1998
G. Kenneth Jenkins
1918 - 2005
Joan Sanderson
1912 - 1992
Douglas Feaver
1914 - 1997
Peter Donald
1918 - 1979
Horace Gould
1918 - 1968
Phil Taylor (footballer, born 1917)
1917 - 2012
Ronnie Brody
1918 - 1991
C. H. Sisson
1914 - 2003
Barbara Reynolds
1914 - 2015
Basil Langton
1912 - 2003
Cyril Cleverdon
1914 - 1997
Patrick Eisdell Moore
1918 - 2015
Graham Stack (surgeon)
1915 - 1992
John Witty
1915 - 1990
Racey Helps
1913 - 1970
J. W. B. Barns
1912 - 1974
Alfred Allen, Baron Allen of Fallowfield
1914 - 1985
Basil Coleman
1916 - 2013
Dennis Chitty
1912 - 2010
Amelia Bayntun
1919 - 1988
Basil Allen
1911 - 1981
Barney McCall
1913 - 1991
Don Clark (footballer)
1917 - 2014
Maurice Rogers
1919 - 1944
Bertie Buse
1910 - 1992
David Cashman
1912 - 1971
Ray Warren (footballer)
1918 - 1988
Leonard Trolley
1918 - 2005
Jimmy Heale
1914 - 1997
John Cosh
1915 - 2005
Cliff Morgan (footballer)
1913 - 1975
J. M. Gullick
1916 - 2012
Sid Williams (footballer)
1919 - 2003
Douglas Raikes
1910 - 1993
Fred Godfrey (footballer)
1910 - 1989
Leslie Fernandez
1918 - 2009
Jack Woodman
1914 - 1984
J. L. Manning
1914 - 1974
George Honour
1918 - 2002
Les Skuse
1912 - 1973
Albert Banfield
1912 - 1970