53.0086° N, 2.1826° W
STOKE-ON-TRENT
Most Famous People Born in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 694
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- Median birth year
- 1924
- Most distinctive
- Football 5.9×
The Potteries in a single, almost comically lopsided column: a Football bench that accounts for nearly two-thirds of everyone on the page, running at close to six times the global baseline, with a Cricket cohort filling in behind at nearly five times. It is the kind of Midlands company-town profile you only get when one industry and one weekend ritual between them organise a century of civic life.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Stoke-on-Trent during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Stoke-on-Trent Is Known For
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Football is Stoke-on-Trent's biggest profession — 64% of all notables (446).
Stoke-on-Trent over-indexes on football — 5.9× the global rate.
Stoke-on-Trent under-produces politician — only 0.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Stoke-on-Trent's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Dick Allman
1883 - 1943
Bob Whittingham
1888 - 1926
Albert Cook (footballer)
1880 - 1949
Ebenezer Grant
1882 - 1962
Albert Sturgess
1882 - 1957
Richard Burton (footballer)
1889 - 1939
Harry Myatt
1880 - 1967
Walter Rogers (footballer)
Born 1883
Jack Baddeley
1881 - 1953
Jimmy Williams (footballer, born 1888)
1888 - 1960
Harry Taylor (footballer, born 1889)
1889 - 1960
Elijah Round
Born 1882
Arthur Griffiths (footballer, born 1885)
1885 - 1944
Harry Benson (footballer)
1883 - 1953
George Turner (footballer)
1887 - 1958
William Cope (footballer)
1884 - 1937
Ezra Royals
Born 1882
Joe Brough
1886 - 1968
James Hamilton (footballer, born 1884)
Born 1884
Edmund Bourne (cricketer)
1885 - 1962
Dick Smith (footballer, born 1889)
1889 - 1939
William Harding (footballer)
1883 - 1967
Charles James (footballer)
1882 - 1960
Bertram Wallace
1880 - 1901
Albert Bullock
1884 - 1951
Edwin Griffiths
1883 - 1950
William Owen (footballer, born 1884)
1884 - 1945
Arthur Box
1884 - 1960
Tom Coxon
1883 - 1942
Vincent Loney
1882 - 1951
Ernie Millward
1887 - 1962
William Holmes (footballer)
1889 - 1933
George Rushton
1880 - 1964
Vic Horrocks
1884 - 1922
Frank Stokes (footballer)
1881 - 1945
Sam Whittingham (footballer)
1884 - 1910
Harry Croxton
1880 - 1965
Arthur Cartlidge
1880 - 1940
Harry Mountford
Born 1886
Ted Holdcroft
1882 - 1952
Thomas Shufflebotham
1881 - 1939
Thomas Greaves (footballer)
1888 - 1960
Bill Nixon
1886 - 1916
Arthur Fielding
1888 - 1960
Sam Howshall
1883 - 1908
William Chadwick (footballer)
1881 - 1936
Francis Eardley
1885 - 1954
Richard Coates (footballer)
1889 - 1960
Fred Steel
1884 - 1945
Francis Hobson
1889 - 1961
Arthur Hallworth
1884 - 1906
Dick Hawe
1883 - 1940
Fred Wain
1887 - 1962
Herbert Salt
1880 - 1967
Herbert Myatt
1884 - 1967
Ernest Boulton (footballer)
1889 - 1959
Walter Rowlands
Born 1888