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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 1910s Clear ×
William T. Stearn
1911 - 2001
Christopher Cockerell
1910 - 1999
Jacquetta Hawkes
1910 - 1996
John Cornford
1915 - 1936
John Raven
1914 - 1980
Martin Robertson
1911 - 2004
Harold Neville Vazeille Temperley
1915 - 2017
Nicholas Moore
1918 - 1986
John Taylor (bishop of Winchester)
1914 - 2001
Polly Hill (economist)
1914 - 2005
Jean Bedford
Born 1910
Tommy Price
1911 - 1998
David H. Greene
1913 - 2008
Olive Cook
1912 - 2002
Nicholas Gresham Cooke
1913 - 1940
Giles Henry Robertson
1913 - 1987
Keith Clifford Hall
1910 - 1964
Bernard Robinson (footballer)
1911 - 2004
Hugh Mason (rower)
1915 - 2010
Terence Miller
1918 - 2015
Harry Cranfield
1917 - 1990
Fred Mansfield
1915 - 1992