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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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Antony Buck
1928 - 2003
Jack O'Connor (English cricketer)
1897 - 1977
Samata (fashion designer)
Born 1983
Nathaniel Knight-Percival
Born 1987
Thompson Cooper
1837 - 1904
Tommy Price
1911 - 1998
Roger Perry (photographer)
1944 - 1991
Thomas Higham
Born 1966
Russell Harmer
1896 - 1940
Melly Still
Born 1962
Dudley Smith
1926 - 2016
Tobsha Learner
Born 1959
R. W. H. T. Hudson
1875 - 1904
Jean Purdy
1945 - 1980
Paul Cunniffe
1961 - 2001
Kurt Nicoll
Born 1964
Agnes Headlam-Morley
1902 - 1986
David H. Greene
1913 - 2008
Olive Cook
1912 - 2002
Joanne Ellis
Born 1981
Percy Humphreys
1880 - 1959
Philip McCutchan
1920 - 1996
Alex Waldmann
Born 1979
Richard Key
Born 1956
Robert Charles
Born 1938
Willie Wilson (drummer)
Born 1947
William Warren (entomologist)
1839 - 1914
Frances Irwin Hunt
1890 - 1981
Jim Whalen
1943 - 2012
William Holt Yates Titcomb
1858 - 1930
Bob Golding
Born 1970
Harri Hawkins
Born 1993
Edmond Beales
1803 - 1881
Robert Carpenter (cricketer)
1830 - 1901
Thomas Henry Sumpter Walker
1855 - 1936
Mark Delaney (canoeist)
Born 1964
Francis Aungier, 1st Baron Aungier of Longford
1558 - 1632
John Ellenby
1941 - 2016
John Harvey (cricketer)
1939 - 2003
Craig Calver
Born 1991
Adam Riches
Born 1979
Leon Davies
Born 1999
Shelley Rae
Born 1976
Ben Saxton (sailor)
Born 1990
James Collis
1856 - 1918
Darren Cousins
Born 1971
Steve Jones (footballer, born March 1970)
Born 1970
Steve Flack
Born 1971
Katie Rowley Jones
Born 1978
Adem Atay
Born 1985
Michael Caine (racing driver)
Born 1969
Luke Mossey
Born 1992
Jamie Scallion
Born 1981
Max Herman
Born 1984
R. T. Layton
1884 - 1941
Anthony Abdy (cricketer)
1856 - 1924
Harry Darling
Born 1999
Alistair Foot
1930 - 1971
Rachel Dunn
Born 1982
Mary Ann Kelty
1789 - 1873
Avison Scott
1848 - 1925
Stuart Wardley
Born 1974
Colm Cannon
Born 1986
Nicholas Gresham Cooke
1913 - 1940
Adam Glasser (Musiker)
Born 1955
Edward Addison
1898 - 1987
Ruth Collie
1889 - 1936
Sarah Gratton
Born 1966
Martin Burton
Born 1973
Francis Fenner
1811 - 1896
James A. Adkins
Born 1954
Clement Mitchell
1862 - 1937
Dan Gleeson
Born 1985
Max Holden (cricketer)
Born 1997
Bernard Naylor
1907 - 1986
David Holliday (cricketer)
Born 1958
Suzie Kitson
Born 1969
Tim Cresswell
-
John Leonard (poet)
Born 1965
Russell Claydon
Born 1965
Charles C. W. Cooke
Born 1984
Alfred Diver
1823 - 1876
Charlie Morgan (wrestler)
Born 1992
Conor Fitzgerald
Born 1964
Daniel Chillingworth
Born 1981
Christoph Parry
Born 1951
Alexander Bannermann
1720 - 1780
Lee Ingram
Born 1965
Dougald Hine
Born 1977
Stefan Heinloth
Born 1963
Liz Barker
Born 1975
Henry Matthew
1837 - 1898
Charles Rowell
1852 - 1909
Robert McHenry (rancher)
1827 - 1890
Rebecca Abrams
Born 1963
Russell Catley
Born 1973
Olly Martins
Born 1969
Adrian Thorpe (diplomat)
Born 1942
David Robinson (philanthropist)
1904 - 1987
Bobby Bell (English footballer)
Born 1950
Robin Bailey
1941 - 2008
Giles Henry Robertson
1913 - 1987
Thomas Dann
Born 1981
Giuliano Maiorana
Born 1969
Geoffrey Crook
Born 1978
Edwin Diver
1861 - 1924
Adrian Rigelsford
Born 1969
Reginald Covill
1905 - 2002
Richard Jones (Poolbillardspieler)
Born 1978
Keith Clifford Hall
1910 - 1964
Gary Newbon
Born 1945
Will Hooley
Born 1993
Kevin de la Noy
Born 1962
Dave Morgan (weightlifter)
Born 1964
Max Rushden
Born 1979
Bernard Robinson (footballer)
1911 - 2004
David Macklin (rower)
1928 - 2015
Brad Bradford
-
Ralph Arber
Born 1846
Frances Harriet Hooker
1825 - 1874
Nick Weldon
Born 1954
Tim Phillips (cricketer)
Born 1981
Neil Midgley (footballer)
Born 1978
Harold Taylor (cricketer)
1909 - 1990
Alan Ponder
Born 1947
Hubert Sizer
1893 - 1973
Julian Allen
1942 - 1998
Richard Knight (speedway rider)
Born 1959
Kevin Spiolek
Born 1962
Cecil Joslin Brooks
1875 - 1953
Tobias Beer
Born 1976
Hugh Mason (rower)
1915 - 2010
James Rowell
1851 - 1941
Owen Pick
Born 1991
Edward Stevenson Browne
1852 - 1907
Rory Hutchinson
Born 1996
Macer Gifford
Born 1987
Molly Rose
1920 - 2016
Luke Davenport
Born 1993
Louis Rolfe
Born 1997
Crispin Conroy
Born 1963
Christopher Crabb Creeke
1820 - 1886
Seb Castang
Born 1980
Charlie Thurston
Born 1996
Pete Hillier
Born 1977
Robert Freeman (bishop)
Born 1952
Peter Fluck
Born 1941
H. Graham Motion
Born 1964
Alice Johnson (zoologist)
1860 - 1940
Stephen Smith (footballer, born 1986)
Born 1986
Leo Cotterell
Born 1974
Richard Toye
-
Nick Barraclough
Born 1951
Owen Powell
Born 1967
Colette Sultana
Born 1995
Ben Barker (Rennfahrer, 1991)
Born 1991
Herbert Carpenter
1869 - 1933
Paul Redfarn
Born 1963
Cyril Coote
1909 - 1990
Kate Bassett
Born 1967
William Balthazar Rose
Born 1961
Jason Michael Holland
Born 1971
Dan West (athlete)
Born 1977
Dick Habbin
Born 1949
Caroline Warner Hightower
Born 1935
Rowland White
Born 1970
Neil Rowlands
Born 1970
Christopher Ewbank
1845 - 1933
Simon Shipp
Born 1983
Thomas Sadler (cricketer)
1892 - 1973
John Cornes (rugby union)
1947 - 2014
Penelope Jeggo
Born 1947
Bill Reeves
1875 - 1944
William Austin (cricketer)
Born 1801
Nick Lamb
Born 1948
John Bradfield (scientist)
1925 - 2014
Matthew Bailey
Born 1977
Robert Williams (English cricketer)
Born 1970
Terence Miller
1918 - 2015
Roger Wosahlo
1947 - 2015
John Peachey
Born 1952
Peter Francis-Macrae
Born 1982
John Holte
1943 - 2003
Mary Etheldred Pulling
1871 - 1951
Simon Callaghan
-
Paul Berrill
Born 1964
Dave Nicoll
Born 1944
Ronald Thornely
1889 - 1949
Ben Worman
Born 2001
Peter Steinberg
Born 1971
Cuchlaine King
1922 - 2019
George Pinchard
1871 - 1947
John Ender "Jock" Palmer
1896 - 1964
Mary Collin
1860 - 1955
Percy Hattersley-Smith
1847 - 1918
Katherine Hare
Born 1978
Philip Ashton (cricketer)
Born 1988
Matthew Foy
Born 1998
Sarah Beale
Born 1982
Harry Cranfield
1917 - 1990
Leslie William Mapson
1907 - 1970
Charles Edward Foister
1903 - 1989
Lee Peacock (cricketer)
Born 1974
Frederick Thackeray
1817 - 1892
Freydis Sharland
1920 - 2014
Paul Swannell
Born 1980
John Smith (cricketer, born 1843)
1843 - 1873
John Boning
1805 - 1879
Martin G. Townsend
-
Fred Mansfield
1915 - 1992
Vincent Winn
Born 1966
William Bird (cricketer)
Born 1795
David Edwards (Cambridgeshire cricketer)
1805 - 1850
James Lawrence (Cambridgeshire cricketer)
Born 1785
Fanny Jean Turing
1864 - 1934
Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford
1897 - 1986
Gordon J. Stanley
1921 - 2001