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PLYMOUTH
Most Famous People Born in Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 456
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1926
- Most distinctive
- Diver 26.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Plymouth during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Plymouth Is Known For
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Football is Plymouth's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (82).
Plymouth over-indexes on diver — 26.6× the global rate.
Plymouth under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Plymouth's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Military
- Film & TV
- Science
- Politics & Law
- Other
Robert Falcon Scott
1868 - 1912
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Born 1987
William Bligh
1754 - 1817
Michael Foot
1913 - 2010
Donald Winnicott
1896 - 1971
Tom Daley
Born 1994
John Hawkins (naval commander)
1532 - 1595
Donald Sinden
1923 - 2014
Trevor Francis
Born 1954
Richard Greene
1918 - 1985
George Bentham
1800 - 1884
Robin Milner
1934 - 2010
William Elford Leach
1790 - 1836
Benjamin Haydon
1786 - 1846
Douglas Hodge
Born 1960
Donald Moffat
1930 - 2018
Ron Goodwin
1925 - 2003
Joseph Glanvill
1636 - 1680
Richard Hawkins
1562 - 1622
Tobias Furneaux
1735 - 1781
Cora Pearl
1835 - 1886
David Cross (musician)
Born 1948
Charles Lock Eastlake
1793 - 1865
Ralph Alger Bagnold
1896 - 1990
Jamie Lawson (musician)
Born 1975
Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon
1907 - 1990
Emily Barclay
Born 1984
Angela Rippon
Born 1944
Victor Canning
1911 - 1986
William Jessop
1745 - 1814
James Musa
Born 1992
Angela Mortimer
Born 1932
John Macarthur (wool pioneer)
1767 - 1834
Joe Mason (footballer, born 1991)
Born 1991
Robert Stephen Hawker
1803 - 1875
Desmond MacCarthy
1877 - 1952
Sharron Davies
Born 1962
John Chard
1847 - 1897
Paul Seymour (mathematician)
Born 1950
Emma Pierson
Born 1981
Peter de la Billière
Born 1934
Samuel Prout
1783 - 1852
Frederic John Walker
1896 - 1944
Jacob Bryant
1715 - 1804
James Northcote
1746 - 1831
Grant Gee
Born 1964
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Born 1984
Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet
1784 - 1854
Benjamin Wills Newton
1807 - 1899
Bob Chilcott
Born 1955
Keith Rowe
Born 1940
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Born 1968
Henry Austin Dobson
1840 - 1921
Sean Morrison (footballer)
Born 1991
Cecil Collins
1908 - 1989
Nicky Law (footballer, born 1988)
Born 1988
Dingle Foot
1905 - 1978
Tonia Couch
Born 1989
Tom Middleton
Born 1971
William Henry White
1845 - 1913
George Griffith
1857 - 1906
George Bennett (naturalist)
1804 - 1893
J. Rendel Harris
1852 - 1941
Wayne Sleep
Born 1948
Judi Trott
Born 1962
Stanley Bate
1911 - 1959
Bob Weston (guitarist)
1947 - 2012
William Snow Harris
1791 - 1867
Edmund Lockyer
1784 - 1860
May Sutton
1886 - 1975
Sarah Barrow
Born 1988
Don Rendell
1926 - 2015
Henry Slade (rugby player)
Born 1993
George William Foote
1850 - 1915
John D. Batten
1860 - 1932
Charles Thurstan Shaw
1914 - 2013
Heather Fell
Born 1983
Richard Beard (photographer)
1801 - 1885
James Basevi
1890 - 1962
David Henry Lewis
1917 - 2002
Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)
1709 - 1760
Adrienne Hill
1937 - 1997
Brook Watson
1735 - 1807
Jemma Simpson
Born 1984
Danny Taylor (ice hockey)
Born 1986
Beryl Davis
1924 - 2011
Julian White
Born 1973
Marrack Goulding
1936 - 2010
Lloyd Jones (footballer)
Born 1995
J. C. Squire
1884 - 1958
John Kitto
1804 - 1854
Eliza Parsons
1739 - 1811
Emma Gifford
1840 - 1912
Arthur E. Popham
1889 - 1970
Ben Tozer
Born 1990
Trevor Woodman
Born 1976
Mortimer Collins
1827 - 1876
Edward Stanley Gibbons
1840 - 1913
Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes
1914 - 2008
Rod Mason (musician)
1940 - 2017
Nicolas Tindal
1688 - 1774
Bob Downes
Born 1937
Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel
1834 - 1913
Maggie Steed
Born 1946
Frederick Webb Hodge
1864 - 1956
Cassie Patten
Born 1987
David Gwillim
Born 1948
Henry Mangles Denham
1800 - 1887
David Rankin (artist)
Born 1946
George Wightwick Rendel
1833 - 1902
Solomon Hart
1806 - 1881
Frith Banbury
1912 - 2008
Olivia Allison
Born 1990
Malcolm Le Grice
Born 1940
Paul Wotton
Born 1977
Walter Stradling
1875 - 1918
Graham Lear
Born 1949
Sydney Curnow Vosper
1866 - 1942
Neil Shephard
Born 1964
Kaye Umansky
Born 1946
Lewis Pugh
Born 1969
Hugh Montgomery (physician)
Born 1962
Michael Shepley
1907 - 1961
John Inverdale
Born 1957
Cecil Parrott
1909 - 1984
James Robert Dickson
1832 - 1901
Jemma Rose
Born 1992
P. D. Orton
1916 - 2005
Emily Cumming Harris
1837 - 1925
Christopher Condent
1690 - 1770
William Wyatt
1804 - 1886
Luke Young (footballer, born 1993)
Born 1993
J. C. Trewin
1908 - 1990
Thomas Edmondes
1563 - 1639
Mercia MacDermott
Born 1927
Nicholas Matthews Condy
1816 - 1851
Tom King (footballer)
Born 1995
Matthew Dixon (diver)
Born 2000
Wilson Harris (journalist)
1883 - 1955
Michael O'Brien (historian)
1948 - 2015
Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
1798 - 1877
George Samuel Jenman
1845 - 1902
Kevin Foster (politician)
Born 1978
Mark Tavener
1952 - 2007
Joseph Treffry
1782 - 1850
Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox
Born 1940
Louis Rooney
Born 1996
Margot Arnold
Born 1925
Walter Stoneman
1876 - 1958
Robert Key (politician)
Born 1945
Mickey Evans (footballer, born 1973)
Born 1973
Martin Rowe
Born 1971
Isaac Foot
1880 - 1960
Jamie Waite
Born 1986
Raleigh Ashlin Skelton
1906 - 1970
Bridget Wishart
Born 1962
Henry Fanshawe Tozer
1829 - 1916
Darren Way
Born 1979
Harvey (MC)
Born 1979
Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux
1938 - 2012
Alexander Meadows Rendel
1828 - 1918
Ben Saunders (explorer)
Born 1977
Lewis Gregory
Born 1992
Will James (rugby union, born 1976)
Born 1976
George Ashmore
1898 - 1973
Tracy Ifeachor
Born 1985
Osmond Brock
1869 - 1947
Dominic Mahony
Born 1964
Matthew Jay
1978 - 2003
Richard Davis (footballer)
1943 - 1981
Ian Ward (cricketer)
Born 1972
Laura James (wrestler)
Born 1987
Frederick Batten
1865 - 1918
Steve Walters (footballer)
Born 1972
Willoughby Shortland
1804 - 1869
John Skinner Prout
1806 - 1876
Tyler Harvey (footballer)
Born 1995
William Mudge
1762 - 1820
Zachary Mudge
1770 - 1852
Shaun Taylor
Born 1963
Luke Pollard
Born 1980
Maria Foote
1797 - 1867
River Allen (footballer)
Born 1995
Steve Thompson (footballer, born 1963)
Born 1963
Bob Block
1921 - 2011
John Childs (cricketer)
Born 1951
Jacintha Buddicom
1901 - 1994
Steve Adams (footballer, born 1980)
Born 1980
Gilbert Slater
1864 - 1938
Florence St. John
1855 - 1912
Corinna Lawrence
Born 1990
Louis Eliot
Born 1968
Daphne Heard
1904 - 1983
Thomas Doughty (explorer)
1545 - 1578
Debra Searle
Born 1975
Herchel Smith
1925 - 2001
David Folley
Born 1960
Philemon Pownoll
1734 - 1780
William Henry Groom
1833 - 1901
David Trotman
Born 1951
Shaun Bartlett (singer)
Born 1976
Adrian Cole (writer)
Born 1949
George Edwin Patey
1859 - 1935
Christopher Mayfield
Born 1935
Charles Arthur
1808 - 1884
Antony James
Born 1989
Derek McCulloch
1897 - 1967
Sally Meen
Born 1965
George Moore (physician)
1803 - 1880
Peter Bowler (cricketer)
Born 1963
Richard Zachariah Mudge
1790 - 1854
Samuel Hood Linzee
1773 - 1820
Thomas Hurd
1757 - 1823
Rowena Mary Bruce
1915 - 1999
Walter Yeo
1890 - 1960
Michael Andrew Screech
1926 - 2018
Charles Alexander Johns
1811 - 1874
Robin Hulbert
Born 1980
Eddie Ryan
Born 1986
Henry Byam Martin
1803 - 1865
Aaron Bentley
Born 1995
Edward Fanshawe
1814 - 1906
Mary Acworth Evershed
1867 - 1949
Alfred Joseph Richards
1879 - 1953
Richard Godfrey Rivers
1858 - 1925
Anna Barriball
Born 1972
Joe Symonds
1894 - 1953
George Swan (footballer)
Born 1994
James Hosken
1798 - 1885
Winnifred Quick
1904 - 2002
Ben Joyce
Born 1989
Jack Plumley
1910 - 1999
Clive Robertson (artist)
Born 1946
Jago Eliot
1966 - 2006
Jane Chapman
Born 1950
Philip Curtis
1926 - 1951
Anna Crowe
Born 1945
Crawford Pasco
1818 - 1898
Francesco Becchetti
Born 1966
Frederick Tudor
1863 - 1946
Jonathan Pearce
Born 1959
Matt Lecointe
Born 1994
Mary Fergusson
1914 - 1997
Judi Spiers
Born 1953
Bill Shelton (politician)
1929 - 2003
Frederick Culley
1879 - 1942
Kate Nesbitt
Born 1988
John Bidlake
1755 - 1814
John Rogers (divine)
1778 - 1856
Angel Flukes
Born 1988
Ant Anstead
Born 1979
T.C.H. Jacobs
1899 - 1976
Jake Libby
Born 1993
John Hill (police officer)
1914 - 2004
Donald Henry Floyd
1892 - 1965
Herschel Austin
1911 - 1974
Jacob Ascher
1841 - 1912
Rory Warlow
Born 1990
Laurie Brokenshire
1952 - 2017
Laith Nakli
Born 1969
Caroline Ganley
1879 - 1966
Bobby Brown (footballer, born 1953)
Born 1953
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Charlotte Aiken
Born 1992
Al Doughty
Born 1966
Dominic Walker (bishop)
Born 1948
George Foster (footballer)
Born 1956
Craig Taylor (footballer)
Born 1974
Alex Meechan
Born 1980
Henry Dewsbury Alves Major
1871 - 1961
Francis Edwin Hodge
1883 - 1949
Danny Bance
Born 1982
Jackie Hawker
Born 1981
Charles Coleman (British Army officer)
1903 - 1974
Scott Hiley
Born 1968
Michael Horgan (cyclist)
Born 1934
Marshall Stevens
1852 - 1936
Michael Preston (footballer)
Born 1977
Kenneth Gilbert (actor)
1931 - 2015
Ambrose Bowden Johns
1776 - 1858
Rhys Oakley
Born 1980
John Bentham Neales
1806 - 1873
Laura Harper
Born 1984
Stewart Yetton
Born 1985
Nigel Bloy
1923 - 1989
Owen Tudor Burne
1837 - 1909
Lynda Shepherd
Born 1985
David Court (cricketer)
Born 1980
Manley Hall Dixon
1786 - 1864
James Burke (cricketer)
Born 1991
William Baker (footballer)
1883 - 1916
Peter Goffin
1906 - 1974
Darren Garner
Born 1971
Ryan Northmore
Born 1980
Thomas Jackson (Royal Navy officer)
1868 - 1945
Thomas B. Jeffery
1845 - 1910
Bill Adams (footballer, born 1921)
1921 - 1997
Charles John Moore Mansfield
1760 - 1813
Philip Hutchins Rogers
1794 - 1853
Philip Pilditch
1861 - 1948