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CAMBRIDGE
Most Famous People Born in Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 517
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1947
- Most distinctive
- Geographer 15.4×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cambridge during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Cambridge Is Known For
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Football is Cambridge's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (49).
Cambridge over-indexes on geographer — 15.4× the global rate.
Cambridge under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Cambridge's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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John Maynard Keynes
1883 - 1946
Jack Hobbs
1882 - 1963
Charles Galton Darwin
1887 - 1962
G. D. H. Cole
1889 - 1959
Gwen Raverat
1885 - 1957
Geoffrey Keynes
1887 - 1982
Fredegond Shove
1889 - 1949
Henry Folland
1889 - 1954
E. M. W. Tillyard
1889 - 1962
Hilda Phoebe Hudson
1881 - 1965
Leo Myers
1881 - 1944
Nellie Sengupta
1886 - 1973
Bruce Logan (rower)
1886 - 1965
Aelfrida Tillyard
1883 - 1959
J. R. M. Butler
1889 - 1975
Percy Humphreys
1880 - 1959
R. T. Layton
1884 - 1941
Ruth Collie
1889 - 1936
Ronald Thornely
1889 - 1949