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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Stoke-on-Trent during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1920s with 59 notable births.

What Stoke-on-Trent Is Known For

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Biggest Most distinctive Under-indexed

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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0050 ARTIST

Susie Cooper

1902 - 1995

Notable Births by Decade

What Stoke-on-Trent Is Known For

Profession Mix Over Time

Susie Cooper

Tom Cooper (footballer)

Frances Richards (British artist)

Jack Griffiths

Albert Davies (politician)

Roger Jones (footballer, born 1902)

George William Brindley

Johnny Rowe (footballer)

Albert Green (footballer)

Wilf Kirkham

Jimmy Oakes

Albert Harrison (footballer, born 1909)

William Wood (footballer, born 1900)

Jack Mandley

Jack Simms

Frank Watkin

James Henshall

Robert Wallis (footballer)

Tom Orpe

Harry Littlehales

Tommy Bowyer (footballer)

Joe Eccles

Thomas Sproson