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OXFORD
Most Famous People Born in Oxford, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 740
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1948
- Most distinctive
- Anthropologist 4.7×
Predictably high-table: the Anthropologist and Mathematician benches are the colleges showing through, with the Rower count a direct byproduct of Eights Week on the Isis. The quieter Composer thread is the interesting one — the choral tradition, the Holywell Music Room, and generations of organ scholars escaping into film scores.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Oxford during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Oxford Is Known For
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Football is Oxford's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (87).
Oxford over-indexes on anthropologist — 4.7× the global rate.
Oxford under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Oxford's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1840s Clear ×
Herbert Giles
1845 - 1935
Sarah Angelina Acland
1849 - 1930
Warington Baden-Powell
1847 - 1921
George Baden-Powell
1847 - 1898
George Collingridge
1847 - 1931
Henry Edwin Barnes
1848 - 1896
Henry Taunt
1842 - 1922
Thomas Edward Collcutt
1840 - 1924
Edward Hicks (bishop)
1843 - 1919
Edward Michell
1843 - 1926
Alfred Davenport
1849 - 1932
Mary Caroline Blair
1848 - 1912
Richard Henry Jelf
1844 - 1913
George H. Plowman
1840 - 1921
Arthur Mayo (VC)
1840 - 1920