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COVENTRY
Most Famous People Born in Coventry, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 427
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1959
- Most distinctive
- Darts Player 39.0×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Coventry during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Coventry Is Known For
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Football is Coventry's biggest profession — 24% of all notables (101).
Coventry over-indexes on darts player — 39.0× the global rate.
Coventry under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Coventry's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Josh Dacres-Cogley
Born 1996
Owen Parkin
Born 1972
Remo Camerota
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Steven A. Williams
Born 1965
Alison Rose
Born 1961
George Harriman
1908 - 1973
Phil Shiner
Born 1956
Bryan Klug
Born 1960
Harry Roberts (cricketer)
1924 - 1995
Steve Bendall
Born 1973
Troy Douglin
Born 1982
Johnny Gray (Saxophonist)
1920 - 2014
Roy Rutherford
Born 1973
Reginald Franklin
1880 - 1957
Graham Sykes
1937 - 2008
Graham Symonds
1937 - 2006
Gerard Rotherham
1899 - 1985
Grant Thornton (cricketer)
Born 1992
Gillian Joseph
Born 1969
Anthony Wells
Born 1943
Julie White (businesswoman)
Born 1967
Chris Dawson (footballer, born 1979)
Born 1979
Thomas William Kirk
1856 - 1936
Norman Shortland
1916 - 1973
Sara Blizzard
Born 1970
Wayne Thomas (Fußballspieler, 1958)
Born 1958
Mark Eames
Born 1961
Stephen T Cobb
Born 1952
Leon Kelly (footballer)
Born 1978
Leslie Ward (cricketer)
1908 - 1981
Ivor Preece
1920 - 1987
Paolo Odogwu
Born 1997
Nick Donovan
Born 1976
Alfred Robert Grindlay
1876 - 1965
Harry Borrer Kirk
1859 - 1948
Harry Edwards (footballer)
1870 - 1899
Hugh Rotherham
1861 - 1939
David Cox (Scottish cricketer)
Born 1973
David Byng
Born 1977
Jack Linnett
1913 - 1975
Ray Lightwood
1922 - 2001
John Morton (cricketer)
1895 - 1966
Alan King (musicista)
1940 - 2017
Sid Webb
1884 - 1956
Ken Chapman
Born 1932
Neville Bulpitt
Born 1957
Peter Watson (footballer, born 1944)
Born 1944
Sam Ingram
Born 1985
Alex Rae (rugby union)
Born 1986
Peter Rossborough
Born 1948
Bhavin Joshi
Born 1983
Matt Jess
Born 1984
Steve Whitehead
Born 1960
Arthur Rotherham
1869 - 1946
John Burckitt
1946 - 1999
Tony Dobson
Born 1969
Barry Flick
Born 1952
Adam Balding
Born 1979
Mark Pearce
Born 1976
Harvey Brough
Born 1957
Herbert Knutton
1867 - 1946
Keren Barratt
Born 1946
Adam Smith-Neale
Born 1993
Shaun McGrory
Born 1968
Peter Robbins (rugby player)
1933 - 1987
Gus Elson
1913 - 1999
Nick English
Born 1978
Bill Edwards (English footballer)
1874 - 1896
William Owen (footballer, born 1906)
1906 - 1930
George Moore (footballer)
1884 - 1908
David Barr (English cricketer)
Born 1970
Leanne Riley
Born 1993
Edwin Kirk
1867 - 1957
Jack Cosgrove (rugby union)
Born 1994
John Atkins (cyclist)
Born 1942
David Young (cricketer)
Born 1977
John Brown (cricketer, born 1890)
1890 - 1968
Brett Smith (racing driver)
Born 1992
Josh McNulty
Born 1994
Laurence W. Allen
1892 - 1926
John Pugh (cricketer)
1904 - 1964
Bill Molloy
Born 1929
Tom Lewis (cricketer)
Born 1991
Greg Garner
Born 1980
Aaron Robison
Born 1986
Len Bowkett
1906 - 1976
Mal Roche
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Paul Clews
Born 1979
Brian Patchett
Born 1941
Herbert Laxon
1881 - 1965
Keith Fairbrother
Born 1944
T. E. Dunville
1867 - 1924
Keith M. Landy
Died 2017
Frank Kletzenbauer
1936 - 1996
Ian Crawley
1962 - 2008
Nick Farquharson
Born 1988
John Warrington (cricketer)
Born 1948
Paul Shepstone
Born 1970
John Budd
Born 1950
Bob Lord (swimmer)
Born 1945
Jocelyn Burgener
Born 1949
Mick Palmer (police commissioner)
Born 1941
Bill Pitcher
1910 - 1995
Wallace Smith (footballer)
1881 - 1917
Alec Statham
1912 - 1977
Alan Mobberley
Born 1948
David Blackburn (speedway rider)
Born 1962
Eugene McGovern
Born 1982
Charles Worrod
1912 - 2008
John Edgington
1936 - 1993
Robert Lightfoot (speedway rider)
Born 1963
Stan Ashby
1907 - 1988
Jack Burroughs
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Henry Maddocks (RAF officer)
Born 1898
John Hegarty (politician)
Born 1947
Stan Dell
1912 - 1950
Tom Pointon
1890 - 1924
Dave McCalla
Born 1973
John Fitzgerald Clarke
1827 - 1887
Norman Aldridge
1921 - 2007
Charles Cross (footballer)
Born 1900
Neil Cocker
-
Adam Smyth
Born 1981
Eric Betts (footballer)
1925 - 1990
Dave Brown (bowls)
1939 - 2007
Spencer Platt (cricketer)
Born 1974
Fred Keeble
1919 - 1987