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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 1920s Clear ×
William Rees-Mogg
1928 - 2012
Peter Jeffrey
1929 - 1999
Russ Conway
1925 - 2000
Roy Bentley
1924 - 2018
M. J. Seaton
1923 - 2007
Jill Knight
Born 1924
Kate Sedley
Born 1926
Anthony Milner
1925 - 2002
Geoff Bradford
1927 - 1994
Jack Gregory (athlete)
1923 - 2003
Donald Adams
1928 - 1996
Peter Russell (poet)
1921 - 2003
Arthur Milton
1928 - 2007
Douglas N. Jackson
1929 - 2004
Nancy Buckingham
Born 1924
Jeffrey Harborne
1928 - 2002
John Hoskyns
1927 - 2014
Peter Nichols
1927 - 2019
Philip Rahtz
1921 - 2011
Hubert Dalwood
1924 - 1976
Edward Bishop, Baron Bishopston
1920 - 1984
David Evans (Somerset cricketer, born 1928)
1928 - 1991
Duncan Wood
1925 - 1997
Peter J. Hall
1926 - 2010
Norman Hargreaves-Mawdsley
1921 - 1980
John Brockway (swimmer)
1928 - 2009
Sammy Collins
1923 - 1998
Harry Bamford
1920 - 1958
Bobby Black (footballer)
1927 - 2012
Rosemary Squires
Born 1928
John Chenhall
1927 - 2011
Tony Cook (footballer, born 1929)
1929 - 1996
Cyril Williams
1921 - 1980
Trevor I. Williams
1921 - 1996
Ian Mitchell (cricketer)
1925 - 2011
Jimmy Morgan
1922 - 1975
Jack Bailey (footballer, born 1921)
1921 - 1986
Ivor Guy
1926 - 1986
Alan Weeks
1923 - 1996
Len Hodges
1920 - 1959
Vic Lambden
1925 - 1996
Ron George (footballer)
1922 - 1989
Peter Dalton Young
1927 - 2002
Maurice Roberts (footballer)
1922 - 1993
Russell Wood (cricketer)
1929 - 2015
Peter Rothwell
1920 - 2010
Geoff Fox (footballer, born 1925)
1925 - 1994
Bert Hawkins
1923 - 2001
Bryan Bush
1925 - 2008
David Usher Barnwell
1921 - 1941
Bill Roost
1924 - 2013
Diana Gould – Margaret Thatcher exchange
1926 - 2011
Ernie Peacock
1924 - 1973
Josser Watling
Born 1925
Colin Brittan
1927 - 2013
Con Sullivan (footballer)
Born 1928
Jack Price (darts)
1928 - 2006