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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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- Field: Composer Clear ×
Orlando Gibbons
1583 - 1625
Lennox Berkeley
1903 - 1989
Humphrey Searle
1915 - 1982
Tristram Cary
1925 - 2008
Robin Milford
1903 - 1959
Philip Hayes (composer)
1738 - 1797
Henry Hugh Pierson
1815 - 1873
Theo Green
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Tobias Delius
Born 1964
John Mahon (composer)
1749 - 1834
Kate Moore (composer)
Born 1979
Jane Wang
Born 1957
Q Project
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Bryan Kelly
Born 1934
Ed Welch
Born 1947
William Walond Sr.
1719 - 1768
Bertie Baigent
Born 1995
George K. Jackson
1745 - 1822
Abigail Richardson-Schulte
Born 1976