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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 1980s Clear ×
Theo James
Born 1984
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Born 1983
Annabelle Wallis
Born 1984
Lucy Gordon (actress)
1980 - 2009
Garath McCleary
Born 1987
Dexter Blackstock
Born 1986
Alex Pearce
Born 1988
Matthew Taylor (footballer)
Born 1981
Hannah England
Born 1987
Naji Abu Nowar
Born 1981
Lara Belmont
Born 1980
Frances Houghton
Born 1980
Mike Bartlett (playwright)
Born 1980
Shona Thorburn
Born 1982
Nathan Douglas
Born 1982
Will Satch
Born 1989
Emily Berrington
Born 1988
Mike Lenzly
Born 1981
Laura Bates
Born 1986
James Rossiter
Born 1983
Richard Lee (footballer)
Born 1982
Marc Hudson
Born 1987
Simon Gillett
Born 1985
Tom Bateman (actor)
Born 1989
Eric Odhiambo
Born 1989
Simon Burnett
Born 1983
Hatti Archer
Born 1982
Ed Atkins
Born 1982
Jack King (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Paul Rees
Born 1986
James Forrester (rugby union)
Born 1981
Jamie Brooks (footballer)
Born 1983
Michaela Staniford
Born 1987
Domonique Foxworth
Born 1983
Alexander Hawkins
Born 1981
Jack Brooks (cricketer)
Born 1984
Chris Hackett (footballer)
Born 1983
Simon King (footballer)
Born 1983
Ned Eckersley
Born 1989
Joseph Kennedy (actor)
Born 1981
Vicky Jewson
Born 1985
Radzi Chinyanganya
Born 1987
Adam Hinshelwood
Born 1984
Josh Mulvany
Born 1988
Katie McVean
Born 1986
Barn the Spoon
Born 1982
Ahren Warner
Born 1986
Mark Salter (footballer)
Born 1980
Josh Lennie
Born 1986
Will Thursfield
Born 1986
Andrea Dennis
Born 1982
Daniel Barker (footballer)
Born 1987
Steve Williams (footballer, born 1983)
Born 1983
Craig Farley
Born 1981
Danielle Watts
Born 1980
Stuart Hole
Born 1985
Andrew Caton
Born 1987
Kenny Bingham
Born 1980
Tom Dalgety
Born 1984
Ian Evans (cricketer)
Born 1982
Laura Greenhalgh
Born 1985
Richard Walters (singer-songwriter)
Born 1982
Emily Walton
Born 1984
Joss McKinley
Born 1981
Jemma Lucy
Born 1988
Alexander Soddy
Born 1982
Nicholas K. Lory
Born 1989
Martin Halstead
Born 1986
David Billington (footballer)
Born 1980
Billy Beechers
Born 1987
Michael Roberts (cricketer)
Born 1989
Jack Randall
Born 1988
Ben Kelsey (strongman)
Born 1984
Will Matthews (rugby union)
Born 1985
Benjamin Stebbings
Born 1989
Michael Meadows
Born 1987
Benjamin Thompson (cricketer)
Born 1980
Nicky Arscott
Born 1983
Matthew French
Born 1981
Naomi Safran-Hon
Born 1984
Huw Jones (cricketer)
Born 1980
Jon Goodridge
Born 1981
Henry Barratt
Born 1983
Maria Conway
Born 1984
David Trumble
Born 1986
Tom Cooper (rugby union)
Born 1987
Matthew Jacobs (rugby union)
Born 1985
Jon Shepheard
Born 1981
Kevin Hutton
Born 1981