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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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Thomas Lawrence
1769 - 1830
Nicholas Pocock
1740 - 1821
Mary Fedden
1915 - 2012
William James Müller
1812 - 1845
John Simmons (painter)
1823 - 1876
Paule Vézelay
1892 - 1984
James Baker Pyne
1800 - 1870
Stanley Anderson (artist)
1884 - 1966
William Williams (artist)
1727 - 1791
Martin Vaughn-James
1943 - 2009
George Arthur Fripp
1813 - 1896
Dexter Dalwood
Born 1960
Thomas Derrick (artist)
1885 - 1954
Alfred Downing Fripp (artist)
1822 - 1895
William Evans (landscape painter)
1809 - 1858
Tom Purvis
1888 - 1959
Robin Tanner
1904 - 1988
Lionel Edwards
1878 - 1966
Isaac Pocock
1782 - 1835
Paul Falconer Poole
1806 - 1879
Edward Clifford
1844 - 1907
Samuel Jackson (artist)
1794 - 1869
Joseph Walter
1783 - 1856
William West (artist)
1801 - 1861
Edwin Hayes
1819 - 1904
Thomas Danby (artist)
1818 - 1886
Henry Charles Innes Fripp
1867 - 1963
Henry Brittan Willis
1810 - 1884
James Francis Danby
1816 - 1875
Inkie
Born 1969
George Lethbridge Saunders
1807 - 1863
Hal Bevan-Petman
1894 - 1980
Charles Parsons Knight
1829 - 1897
Charles Branwhite
1817 - 1880
Robbie Duff Scott
1959 - 2016
Guy Denning
Born 1965
William Gillard
1812 - 1897
Dale Marshall (painter)
Born 1974
Kate Dobbin
1866 - 1955
Vincent Michael Brown
Born 1971
Blanche Baker (painter)
1844 - 1929
Mary Godwin (artist)
1887 - 1960