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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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Cary Grant
1904 - 1986
Michael Redgrave
1908 - 1985
Stephen Merchant
Born 1974
Veronica Cartwright
Born 1949
Maisie Williams
Born 1997
Hannah Murray
Born 1989
Kevin McNally
Born 1956
David Prowse
1935 - 2020
Robert Stephens
1931 - 1995
Tuppence Middleton
Born 1987
Lee Evans (comedian)
Born 1964
Nigel Terry
1945 - 2015
Mitch Hewer
Born 1989
Mike Bailey (actor)
Born 1988
April Pearson
Born 1989
Kimberley Nixon
Born 1985
Jamie Thomas King
Born 1981
Cathy Barry
Born 1967
Gwilym Lee
Born 1983
Peter Jeffrey
1929 - 1999
Nigel De Brulier
1877 - 1948
Malcolm Keen
1887 - 1970
Marcus Gilbert (actor)
Born 1958
Basia A'Hern
Born 1989
Ralph Bates
1940 - 1991
Adjoa Andoh
Born 1963
Lucy Beaumont
1873 - 1937
Forbes March
Born 1973
Dolly Martin
Born 1944
Michelle Thorne
Born 1975
Sonya Cassidy
Born 1987
Susan Brown (English actress)
Born 1946
Nick Brimble
Born 1944
Elizabeth Garvie
Born 1957
Lawson Butt
1880 - 1956
Dominique Provost-Chalkley
Born 1990
Simon Shepherd
Born 1956
Lynn Farleigh
Born 1942
Billy Armstrong (actor)
1891 - 1924
Norman Eshley
Born 1945
Wendy Glenn
Born 1984
Donald Adams
1928 - 1996
John Challis
Born 1942
Arthur Young (actor)
1898 - 1959
Cyd Hayman
Born 1944
Jacqueline Tong
Born 1951
Navin Chowdhry
Born 1971
House Peters Sr.
1880 - 1967
George Carney
1887 - 1947
Will Payne (actor)
Born 1989
Dolly Tree
1899 - 1962
Joan Sanderson
1912 - 1992
Peter Donald
1918 - 1979
Dominic Adams
Born 1990
Winifred Harris
1880 - 1972
Stefanie Martini
Born 1990
George Bellamy (actor)
1866 - 1944
Ronnie Brody
1918 - 1991
Daniel Hill (actor)
Born 1955
Robert Lang (actor)
1934 - 2004
Henry Garrett (actor)
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Peter Ellis (actor)
Born 1936
Basil Langton
1912 - 2003
Joe Sims (actor)
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John Witty
1915 - 1990
Jane Welsh
1905 - 2001
George Claydon
1933 - 2001
Ken Blackburn (actor)
Born 1935
Glynn Nicholas
Born 1952
Amy Sedgwick
1835 - 1897
James Sparrow
1938 - 2016
Sabrina Dickens
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J. Fisher White
1865 - 1945
Paul Lavers
Born 1950
Julia Chambers
Born 1956
Julian Royce
1870 - 1946
Ben Starr (actor)
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Milton Johns
Born 1938
Ben McKay (actor)
Born 1982
Amelia Bayntun
1919 - 1988
Roger Walker (actor)
Born 1944
Amy Carson
Born 1983
Kate Bishop (actress)
1848 - 1923
Terence Edmond
1939 - 2009
Roy Evans (actor)
Born 1930
Lamorna Watts
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Noel Hood
1909 - 1979
Sarah Hollis Andrews
Born 1961
Louise Marwood
Born 1979
Leonard Trolley
1918 - 2005
Terry Mynott
Born 1974
Stuart McLoughlin
Born 1980
Hannah Davies
Born 1973
Angus Harrison
Born 1967
Lucy Bradshaw
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Joanna Sawyer
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Betty Bryant
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