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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 1930s Clear ×
Piers Anthony
Born 1934
Benjamin Whitrow
1937 - 2017
Roger Norrington
Born 1934
Richard Gott
Born 1938
Richard Sorabji
Born 1934
Andrew Sinclair
1935 - 2019
Patrick Mower
Born 1938
Charles Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel
1933 - 2019
Peter Bourne
Born 1939
David English (editor)
1931 - 1998
Edwin Barnes
1935 - 2019
Lofty Large
1930 - 2006
Keith Arnatt
1930 - 2008
Bryan Kelly
Born 1934
Tony Ambrose
1933 - 2008
John Anthony Parsons
1938 - 2004
Richard Wolfenden
Born 1935
David Laitt
1931 - 1998
Francis Bretherton
Born 1935
John Carter (cricketer, born 1935)
Born 1935
George Major
Born 1939
Alan Holder
1931 - 2013
Diane Coates
Born 1932
Alec Blakeman
1936 - 1994
Graham Ricketts
Born 1939
Malcolm Harwood
Born 1938
Andy Philipsen
1939 - 1985