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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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- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
George Paget Thomson
1892 - 1975
F. R. Leavis
1895 - 1978
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish
1897 - 1978
Isobel Elsom
1893 - 1981
Douglas Hartree
1897 - 1958
Rajani Palme Dutt
1896 - 1974
Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger
1897 - 1988
Patrick Hadley
1899 - 1973
John Kirtland Wright
1891 - 1969
William Bosworth Castle
1897 - 1990
Dallas Brooks
1896 - 1966
Raymond Postgate
1896 - 1971
Malcolm Dixon
1899 - 1985
Neil Kensington Adam
1891 - 1973
Phyllis Gardner
1890 - 1939
Thomas North Whitehead
1891 - 1969
Jack O'Connor (English cricketer)
1897 - 1977
Russell Harmer
1896 - 1940
Frances Irwin Hunt
1890 - 1981
Edward Addison
1898 - 1987
Hubert Sizer
1893 - 1973
Thomas Sadler (cricketer)
1892 - 1973
John Ender "Jock" Palmer
1896 - 1964
Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford
1897 - 1986