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YORK
Most Famous People Born in York, United Kingdom
- Notable people
- 713
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1924
- Most distinctive
- Novelist 2.8×
A cathedral city whose deep bench reads like a thirteen-century ledger, from Alcuin onward: a thick Priest cohort sitting beside an unusually literary Novelist and Mathematician showing, with a Cricket bench that over-indexes in the way only a certain kind of English county town manages. It is the sort of place where the medieval and the Victorian lecture hall somehow share the same page.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in York during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What York Is Known For
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Football is York's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (89).
York over-indexes on novelist — 2.8× the global rate.
York under-produces singer — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of York's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Field: Cricket Clear ×
Lauren Winfield
Born 1990
William Prest
1832 - 1885
J. B. Thompson
1829 - 1877
Matthew Fisher (cricketer)
Born 1997
David Alleyne
Born 1976
Tim Walton (cricketer, born 1972)
Born 1972
Nick Thornicroft
Born 1985
Tom Bartram
Born 1986
Charles Hall (cricketer, born 1906)
1906 - 1976
Thomas Hounsfield
1910 - 1994
R. Sands
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Steven Taylor (cricketer, born 1963)
Born 1963
Andrew Brewster
Born 1997
Harry Wilson (Worcestershire cricketer)
1873 - 1906
Sue Hilliam
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Arthur W. Robinson
Born 1880
Leonard Day
1859 - 1943
Stan Cowman
1923 - 2003
James Redfearn
1836 - 1916
Charles Clayforth
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Frank Wade (cricketer)
1871 - 1940
John West (cricketer, born 1844)
1844 - 1890