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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William Astbury
1898 - 1961
Harold Lawton
1899 - 2005
Hanley Stafford
1899 - 1968
Alan Bott
1893 - 1952
Raymond Coxon
1896 - 1997
Tommy Harrison
1892 - 1931
Arthur Allman
1890 - 1956
John Harold Rhodes
1891 - 1917
Albert Whitehurst
1898 - 1976
George Wade (pottery manufacturer)
1891 - 1986
Russell Ridgway
1891 - 1946
James Martin (footballer, born 1898)
1898 - 1969
John Powell (footballer, born 1892)
1892 - 1961
Albert Prince (footballer)
Born 1895
Billy Briscoe
1896 - 1994
Alfred Jones (footballer, born 1902)
Born 1897
Arthur Watkin
1895 - 1972
Len Birks
1896 - 1975
Billy Tempest
1893 - 1945
Wilfred Green (RAF officer)
1898 - 1947
Billy Twemlow
1892 - 1933
Bill Cope (footballer)
1899 - 1979
Fred Morley (footballer)
1890 - 1970
George Shenton (footballer)
1899 - 1978
Percy Oldacre
1892 - 1970
Arthur McGarry
1898 - 1960
Reg Forester
1892 - 1959
Percy Boulton
1898 - 1947
Tom Parker (footballer, born 1893)
Born 1893
Jonathan Hammond (footballer)
1891 - 1980
Frank Cartledge
Born 1899
Harry Wootton
1896 - 1964
Wilfred Proctor
1893 - 1980
Ben Marsden (footballer)
1898 - 1971
Percy Knott
Born 1899
Albert Broadhouse
1897 - 1946
Joseph Till
Born 1895
Tom Meigh
1899 - 1972
Crop Hawkins
1893 - 1950
Henry Hargreaves (footballer)
1893 - 1950