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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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- Field: Cricket Clear ×
Francis Burchell
1873 - 1947
Charlie Townsend
1876 - 1958
Hamza Ali
1995 - 2016
David Allen (cricketer)
1935 - 2014
John Currie (sportsman)
1932 - 1990
Chris Dent
Born 1991
Charles Wreford-Brown
1866 - 1951
David Evans (Somerset cricketer, born 1928)
1928 - 1991
Nicholas Cooper
Born 1953
Charles Grace
1882 - 1938
Jack Board
1867 - 1924
James King (Gloucestershire cricketer)
Born 1942
Peter Walker (cricketer, born 1936)
1936 - 2020
Archibald Fargus
1878 - 1963
John Mortimore (cricketer)
1933 - 2014
Chris Taylor (cricketer, born 1976)
Born 1976
David Graveney
Born 1953
Jack Leaning
Born 1993
William Tavaré
Born 1990
Bob Haines
1906 - 1965
Tony Brown (English cricketer)
1936 - 2020
Tom Webley
Born 1983
Jonathan White (cricketer)
Born 1979
Charles Taylor (cricketer, born 1881)
1881 - 1960
James Averis
Born 1974
Edgar Thomas
1875 - 1936
Ernest Alderwick
1886 - 1917
Monty Cranfield
1909 - 1993
Paul Bird (cricketer)
Born 1971
James Bracey (cricketer)
Born 1997
Nick Folland
Born 1963
Basil Allen
1911 - 1981
John Bucknell
1872 - 1925
Wilfred Craddy
1905 - 1979
Jim Galley
1944 - 2012
Andy Stovold
Born 1953
Ian Crawford (cricketer)
Born 1954
Thomas Crump
1845 - 1907
Leonard Corbett
1897 - 1983
Bertie Buse
1910 - 1992
Derek Gallop
Born 1951
Philip Dicks
Born 1962
Richmond Waller
1879 - 1950
John Robinson (cricketer, born 1909)
1909 - 1988
Frank Townsend (cricketer, born 1875)
1875 - 1901
James Bloor
1857 - 1935
Richard Bernard (cricketer)
1938 - 1998
Alastair Bressington
Born 1979
Richard Harding (cricketer)
Born 1966
John Iles
1871 - 1951
Edmund King (cricketer, born 1907)
1907 - 1990
Ian Mitchell (cricketer)
1925 - 2011
Ernest Evans (cricketer)
1861 - 1948
Michael Kay (cricketer)
Born 1981
Reggie Ford
1907 - 1981
Martin Gerrard
Born 1967
Albert Waters
1902 - 1985
Martin Jones (cricketer)
Born 1985
Anthony Windows
Born 1942
Jamie Haynes
Born 1974
Richard Timms
Born 1984
Audley Miller
1869 - 1959
George Drissell
Born 1999
Lawrence Watts
1935 - 1997
William Simmonds
1892 - 1957
Jim Andrew
1937 - 1996
Oswald Wreford-Brown
1877 - 1916
John Sullivan (Gloucestershire cricketer)
Born 1948
Richard Ollis
Born 1961
Michael Coles (cricketer)
Born 1981
Frederick Bracher
1868 - 1947
Clement Bengough
1861 - 1934
Edward Morris (cricketer)
1849 - 1928
William Meyer (cricketer)
1883 - 1953
Andrew Pope
1881 - 1942
Stanley Brown (cricketer, born 1877)
1877 - 1952
Ernest Blackmore
1895 - 1955
Harry Smith (cricketer, born 1891)
1891 - 1937
Albert Whittle
1877 - 1917
Gerald Beloe
1877 - 1944
Frederick Weeks
1903 - 1990
Douglas Raikes
1910 - 1993
Nigel Scott
Born 1961
William Pocock
1848 - 1928
Kenneth Hunt (cricketer)
1902 - 1971
Talbot Lewis
1877 - 1956
Christopher Budd (cricketer)
Born 1978
Craig Gibbens
Born 1965
John Bessant
1892 - 1982
Albert North
1877 - 1933
Russell Wood (cricketer)
1929 - 2015
Tom Smith (cricketer, born 1996)
Born 1996
Mark Coombes
Born 1978
Charlie Walker (English cricketer)
Born 1992
Chris Roper
Born 1991
Vivian Robinson
1897 - 1979
Adam Shantry
Born 1982
Joseph Brain
1863 - 1914
Howard Francis
1868 - 1936
Herbert Chard
1869 - 1932
Escott Loney
1903 - 1982
Robert Jennings (cricketer)
Born 1977
David Kidner
Born 1982
Henry Gallop
1857 - 1940
Percy Robinson
1881 - 1951
Donald Wilkins
1903 - 1972
Thomas Toogood
1872 - 1953
David Jowett
1931 - 2000
Frank Harris (cricketer)
1907 - 1936
Edward Sheppard
1891 - 1962
Arthur Robinson (cricketer, born 1855)
1855 - 1913
Edward Spry
1881 - 1958
Llewellyn Thomas (English cricketer)
1865 - 1924
William Gouldsworthy
1892 - 1969
Herbert Gribble
1860 - 1943
Clifford Taylor (cricketer)
1875 - 1952
Walter Lock (cricketer)
1907 - 1980
Henry Reed (cricketer)
1892 - 1963
Bill Murch
1867 - 1928
Hubert Prichard
1865 - 1942
Frank Thomas (cricketer)
1877 - 1924
Arthur Roper
1890 - 1956
Alec Winstone
1879 - 1963
Reginald Hewlett
1885 - 1950
Wilfred Brownlee
1890 - 1914
Arthur Nott
1881 - 1959
Horace Merrick
1887 - 1961
Alfred Dearlove
1869 - 1955
Brian Shantry
Born 1955
John Stanton (cricketer)
1901 - 1973
Francis Rogers (cricketer)
1897 - 1967
Edmund Taylor (cricketer)
1853 - 1936
Frank Rowlands
1889 - 1975
Ames Hellicar
1847 - 1907
Ernest Staddon
1882 - 1965
Arthur Serjeant
1856 - 1916
Nicholas Stovold
Born 1981
Neil Stovold
Born 1983
William Rowlands (English cricketer)
1883 - 1948
Graham Williams (cricketer)
Born 1985
James Rendell
Born 1980
Neil Shardlow
Born 1970
Stuart Priscott
Born 1971
Duncan Paveling
Born 1977
Richard Pannell
Born 1973
James Pearson (cricketer, born 1983)
Born 1983
Kath Wilkins
Born 1976
Katharine Winks
Born 1978