Oxford
Oxford ranks 212th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bogotá, Thessaloniki, and Casablanca. Memorable people born in Oxford include Stephen Hawking, John Kendrew, and Liz Truss. Memorable people who died in Oxford include Harold Harefoot, George Berkeley, and Max Müller. Oxford has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many writers, and philosophers. Oxford is located in United Kingdom.
Oxford is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2001, Oxford was the birth place of 63 globally memorable people, including Stephen Hawking, John Kendrew, and Liz Truss. Additionaly, 101 globally memorable people have passed away in Oxford including Harold Harefoot, George Berkeley, and Max Müller. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Oxford than were born there.
People Born in Oxford
Go to all RankingsStephen Hawking
PHYSICIST
1942 - 2018
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 21
John Kendrew
PHYSICIST
1917 - 1997
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 23
Liz Truss
POLITICIAN
1975 - Present
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 5
Thomas Harriot
MATHEMATICIAN
1560 - 1621
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 33
Jacqueline du Pré
MUSICIAN
1945 - 1987
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 22
P. D. James
WRITER
1920 - 2014
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 26
J. B. S. Haldane
BIOLOGIST
1892 - 1964
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 32
Orlando Gibbons
COMPOSER
1583 - 1625
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 28
Dorothy L. Sayers
WRITER
1893 - 1957
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 17
E. P. Thompson
HISTORIAN
1924 - 1993
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 35
Martin Amis
WRITER
1949 - 2023
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 27
Alec Jeffreys
BIOLOGIST
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Born in Oxford
Go to all RankingsPeople Deceased in Oxford
Go to all RankingsHarold Harefoot
NOBLEMAN
1016 - 1040
HPI: 82.54
Rank: 20
George Berkeley
PHILOSOPHER
1685 - 1753
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 69
Max Müller
LINGUIST
1823 - 1900
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 55
Roger Bacon
PHILOSOPHER
1220 - 1292
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 100
Hans Adolf Krebs
CHEMIST
1900 - 1981
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 56
C. S. Lewis
WRITER
1898 - 1963
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 71
Edmund Ironside
POLITICIAN
993 - 1016
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 21
Roald Dahl
WRITER
1916 - 1990
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 78
Ælfweard of Wessex
POLITICIAN
904 - 924
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 2
Nikolaas Tinbergen
BIOLOGIST
1907 - 1988
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 15
Isaiah Berlin
PHILOSOPHER
1909 - 1997
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 23
John Wallis
MATHEMATICIAN
1616 - 1703
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 24
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Oxford were actors (14), writers (9), musicians (8), athletes (5), and soccer players (4), while most who died were writers (18), philosophers (15), biologists (8), mathematicians (6), and physicists (6).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Oxford, including Miriam Margolyes, Annabelle Wallis, and Julian Richings. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Oxford, including Miriam Margolyes, Annabelle Wallis, and Julian Richings.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 19 globally memorable people born in Oxford since 1700.