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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 1930s Clear ×
David Prowse
1935 - 2020
Robert Stephens
1931 - 1995
Mike Hodges
Born 1932
Richard Lynn
Born 1930
John Scott (composer)
Born 1930
Alan Chalmers
Born 1939
C. T. C. Wall
Born 1936
Hazel Henderson
Born 1933
Bob Baker (scriptwriter)
Born 1939
Roger Greenaway
Born 1938
John Fortune
1939 - 2013
Stephen Sykes
1939 - 2014
Roy Harris (linguist)
1931 - 2015
Janet Arnold
1932 - 1998
Brian Barder
1934 - 2017
John Atyeo
1932 - 1993
Derek Robinson (novelist)
Born 1932
Crispian Hollis
Born 1936
Roger Webb
1934 - 2002
Peter N. T. Wells
1936 - 2017
Raymond Monelle
1937 - 2010
Derek Clark
Born 1933
Terry Dicks
1937 - 2020
Johnny Ball
Born 1938
David G. P. Taylor
1933 - 2007
David Allen (cricketer)
1935 - 2014
Robert Lang (actor)
1934 - 2004
Bill Smith (Canadian musician)
Born 1938
John Currie (sportsman)
1932 - 1990
Peter Ellis (actor)
Born 1936
John Knott (scientist)
1938 - 2017
Robin Popplestone
1938 - 2004
Diana Moran
Born 1939
Margaret Scott (author)
1934 - 2005
Jem Marsh
1930 - 2015
Laurence Broderick
Born 1935
George Claydon
1933 - 2001
Peter Walker (cricketer, born 1936)
1936 - 2020
John Mortimore (cricketer)
1933 - 2014
Ken Blackburn (actor)
Born 1935
James Sparrow
1938 - 2016
John Cox (director)
Born 1935
Harold Jarman
Born 1939
A. G. E. Blake
Born 1939
Tony Brown (English cricketer)
1936 - 2020
Alfie Biggs
1936 - 2012
Guy Bellamy
Born 1935
Phyllis Perkins
Born 1934
Elizabeth C. Traugott
Born 1939
Milton Johns
Born 1938
Johnny Williams (footballer, born 1935)
1935 - 2011
Bobby Jones (footballer, born 1938)
1938 - 2015
Jean Jenkins (politician)
Born 1938
Terence Edmond
1939 - 2009
Roy Evans (actor)
Born 1930
Richard Bernard (cricketer)
1938 - 1998
Alan Williams (footballer, born 1938)
1938 - 2017
Lawrence Watts
1935 - 1997
Jim Andrew
1937 - 1996
Graham Roger Serjeant
Born 1938
Gordon Parr
Born 1938
Herbert Chappell
1934 - 2019
Johnny Watkins
Born 1933
Doug Hillard
1935 - 1997
David Jowett
1931 - 2000
Brian Bevan (footballer)
Born 1937
Norman Sykes
1936 - 2009
Peter Woon
1931 - 2014
Terry Oldfield (footballer)
Born 1939
Joe Davis (footballer, born 1938)
Born 1938
Bryan Eley
Born 1939
Peter Allen (Fußballspieler, 1934)
Born 1934