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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: Rower Clear ×
Frances Houghton
Born 1980
Will Satch
Born 1989
Stewart Innes
Born 1991
Andrea Dennis
Born 1982
Laura Greenhalgh
Born 1985
Joseph von Maltzahn
Born 1978
Alex Beever
Born 1973
Tom Middleton (rower)
Born 1976
John Mullard
Born 1945
Jefferson Lowndes
1858 - 1893