Category:People from Bristol

Here is the list in Bristol -born personalities, listed chronologically by year of birth. Whether the people had their future spheres in Bristol or not is irrelevant. Many have moved away over the course of their lives from Bristol and elsewhere become known. The list is not exhaustive.

Born in Bristol personalities

To 1850

  • Martin Pring (1580-1626), navigator, explorer and commander
  • Woodes Rogers (1679-1732), privateer
  • Jack Rackham (1682-1720), Pirate Captain
  • Nicholas Pocock (1740-1821), painter
  • Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), poet
  • Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), organist and composer
  • Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), painter
  • John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton ( 1786-1869 ), statesman
  • Robert Southey (1774-1843), poet, historian and critic
  • Frances Trollope (1779-1863), novelist and travel writer
  • Jem Belcher (1781-1811), Boxer
  • Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1867), sculptor
  • Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791-1824), adventurer, author and zoologist
  • Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849), writer
  • Edward Hodges (1796-1867), composer and organist
  • John Williams Wilson (1798-1857), commander in the Chilean Navy
  • William Edwards Staite (1809-1854), inventor
  • Elijah Williams (1809-1854), chess master
  • Emily Blackwell (1826-1910), gynecology and women's rights activist
  • George Gore (1826-1908), professor of chemistry
  • William Wyatt Gill (1828-1898), missionary and ethnologist
  • Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer
  • Ernest Giles (1835-1897), researchers
  • John Addington Symonds (1840-1893), author, teacher and literary critic
  • Thomas Bridges (1842-1898), missionary, linguist and landowners

1851-1900

  • Lionel de Nicéville (1852-1901), curator
  • William Friese- Greene (1855-1921), photographer and inventor
  • Frank Edward Brightman (1856-1932), priest and liturgist
  • Patrick Watson -Williams (1863-1938), physician
  • Herbert William Pugsley (1868-1947), botanist and plant collector
  • Percy Sargent (1873-1933), physician
  • William D. Robbins (1874-1952), mayor of Toronto
  • Cyril Rootham (1875-1938), composer
  • Frank Calder (1877-1943), a sports journalist and functionary
  • Edith Hannam (1878-1951), tennis player
  • Montague Summers (1880-1948), literary scholar, demonologist and writer
  • Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton ( 1885-1978 ), Governor
  • Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977), physiologist
  • James Thompson (* 1889), table tennis players
  • Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918), painter and poet
  • William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim ( 1891-1970 ), commander of troops
  • Clement M. Doke (1893-1980), linguist
  • Herbert J. Sadler (1894-1955), Canadian organist, composer and music educator
  • Vivian Langrish (1894-1980), pianist and music teacher
  • Hilary Saint George Saunders (1898-1951), writer
  • Jimmy Brain (1900-1971), football player and coach
  • Geoffrey Household (1900-1988), writer

1901-1950

  • Paul Dirac (1902-1984), Physicist
  • Cary Grant (1904-1986), actor
  • Gordon Welchman (1906-1985), code breaker
  • John Redcliffe - Maud, Baron Redcliffe - Maud (1906-1982), civil servant, minister and diplomat
  • Christopher Fry (1907-2005), novelist and playwright
  • Eddie Hapgood (1908-1973), football player and coach
  • Michael Redgrave (1908-1985), actor
  • Cliff Britton (1909-1975), football player and coach
  • Basil Davidson (1914-2010), historian, writer and Africanist
  • Douglas Feaver ( 1914-1997 ). Anglican bishop and theologian
  • J. Lee Thompson (1914-2002), director, screenwriter and film producer
  • John Witty (1915-1990), actor
  • Michael Truman (1916-1972), film director, film producer and editor
  • Michael J. Seaton (1923-2007), mathematician, physicist and astronomer
  • Roy Bentley (* 1924), football player and coach
  • Russ Conway (1925-2000), pianist, composer and singer
  • Peter Higgs ( born 1929 ), physicist
  • Robert Stephens (1931-1995), film and theater actor
  • Mike Hodges ( born 1932 ), director
  • Hazel Henderson ( born 1933), futurist
  • David Prowse ( born 1935 ), actor and fitness trainer
  • C. T. C. Wall ( b. 1936 ), mathematician
  • Alan Francis Chalmers ( b. 1939 ), professor of philosophy
  • Mamy rock ( b. 1940 ), British DJ, actually Ruth Flowers
  • T. J. Clark ( born 1943 ), art historian
  • Nigel Hall ( born 1943 ), sculptor and draftsman
  • Evan Parker ( born 1944 ), saxophonist
  • Dolly Read ( born 1944 ), actress
  • Richard Long (* 1945), Land Art artists
  • Nigel Terry ( born 1945 ), actor
  • Robert Wyatt ( born 1945 ), singer and percussionist
  • John Saxbee (* 1946), theologian
  • Brian Jones ( b. 1947 ), aviation pioneer
  • Keith Tippett ( born 1947 ), pianist
  • Ian Hodder (* 1948), archaeologist
  • Larry Lloyd ( born 1948 ), football player
  • Clive Stevens ( born 1948 ), jazz saxophonist, flautist -, keyboardist and percussionist
  • Veronica Cartwright ( born 1949 ), actress
  • Jeremy Mould ( * 1949 ), astronomer
  • Larry Stabbins (* 1949), tenor and soprano saxophonist

1951

  • Peter Lord ( b. 1953 ), director and producer
  • Kevin R. McNally ( born 1956 ), actor
  • Robin Cousins ​​( born 1957 ), figure skater
  • Nik Kershaw (born 1958 ), Pop
  • Shaun Woodward (born 1958 ), politician
  • Wayne Hussey (* 26 May 1958), singer and guitarist of the band The Mission
  • Sean French ( born 1959 ), journalist and novelist
  • Jo Durie ( born 1960 ), tennis player
  • Jon Klein ( born 1960 ), guitarist
  • Gary Mabbutt ( b. 1961 ), football player
  • Nellee Hooper ( born 1963 ), music producer
  • Vadim Jean ( born 1963 ), film director and producer
  • Kirk Jones ( born 1963 ), film director and screenwriter
  • James May ( born 1963 ), TV presenter and journalist
  • Lee Evans (born 1964 ), comedian and actor
  • Damien Hirst ( b. 1965 ), artist and curator
  • Tim Carter (1967-2008), football player
  • Chris Mason (born 1969 ), darts player
  • Roni Size (born 1969 ), drum -and- bass producer and DJ
  • Paul Potts (born 1970 ), tenor
  • Christopher Smith (born 1970 ), film director and screenwriter
  • Graham Sharman (born 1971 ), Australian racing cyclist and coach
  • Hazel Barton (born 1972 ), caver
  • Mark Regan (born 1972 ), rugby union player
  • Mark Dudbridge (born 1973 ), darts player
  • Forbes March (born 1973 ), model and actor
  • Banksy ( b. 1974 ), artist
  • Stephen Merchant ( born 1974 ), screenwriter, director and actor
  • Jason Crump ( b. 1975 ), speedway driver
  • Ben Green ( born 1977 ), mathematician
  • Andy Williams ( b. 1977 ), football player
  • Ian Wilkinson ( b. 1979 ), mountain bike, cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist
  • Matt Hill ( born 1981 ), football player
  • Kate Reed ( b. 1982 ), long-distance runner
  • Jason Tahincioglu (* 1983), race car driver
  • Kimberley Nixon ( born 1985 ), actress
  • Mike Bailey ( * 1988), actor
  • Mitch Hewer (* 1989), actor
  • Judd Trump (* 1989), snooker player
  • Dino Zamparelli (* 1992), race car driver
  • List ( people by city in the United Kingdom)
  • Person (Bristol)
William George Horner Elijah Williams (chess player) Thomas Bridges (Anglican missionary) William Friese-Greene Fabian Ware John Redcliffe-Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud T. J. Clark (art historian) Nigel Hall (sculptor) Dolly Martin Richard Long (artist) Brian Jones (aeronaut) The Mission (band) Jon Klein (musician) Kirk Jones (director) Lee Evans (comedian) Tim Carter (footballer) Chris Mason (darts player) Christopher Smith (director) Ben Green (mathematician) Ian Wilkinson (cyclist) Mike Bailey (actor)
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