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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Kian Emadi
Born 1992
Les West
Born 1943
Catherine Swinnerton
Born 1958
Steve Joughin
Born 1959
Tommy Godwin (cyclist, born 1912)
1912 - 1975
Bernadette Swinnerton
Born 1951
James Bostock
Born 1875
Stephen Farrell (cyclist)
Born 1965
John Howell (bobsleigh)
1955 - 2006
Jasmine Royle
Born 1993