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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: Politician Clear ×
John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
1786 - 1869
Shaun Woodward
Born 1958
Chris Skidmore
Born 1981
Theophilus Shepstone
1817 - 1893
Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote
1876 - 1947
James Duddridge
Born 1971
Ben Tillett
1860 - 1943
Jill Knight
Born 1924
Zephaniah Kingsley
1765 - 1843
James O'Grady
1866 - 1934
Arthur Creech Jones
1891 - 1964
Tyrone Benskin
Born 1958
David Wilshire
Born 1943
Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton
1885 - 1978
Jack Lopresti
Born 1969
Charles Willing
1710 - 1754
Marsha de Cordova
Born 1976
Derek Clark
Born 1933
John Williams Wilson
1798 - 1857
Terry Dicks
1937 - 2020
Joseph J. Little
1841 - 1913
Stephen Cave
1820 - 1880
Charles Gilpin (politician)
1815 - 1874
Darren Jones (politician)
Born 1986
William D. Robbins
1874 - 1952
Naomi Tsur
Born 1948
Cathy Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
Born 1949
Harry A. Hanbury
1863 - 1940
Edward Bishop, Baron Bishopston
1920 - 1984
Henry Herbert Stevens
1878 - 1973
Benjamin Hobhouse
1757 - 1831
John Neild
1846 - 1911
Edmund Heath
1813 - 1883
William Wasbrough Foster
1875 - 1954
Jean Jenkins (politician)
Born 1938
Ian White (politician)
Born 1945
Ted Howard (politician)
1868 - 1939
Marvin Rees
Born 1972
Edward Greville
1822 - 1903
Alfred John Raymond
1856 - 1935
Geoff Gollop
Born 1955
Jeremy Searle
Born 1953
Henry Milford
1833 - 1888
Edward Hill (New Zealand politician)
1907 - 2001
Alfred Henry Brown
1820 - 1908
Hiram Wakefield
1837 - 1905