Oxford
Oxford ranks 212th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bogotá, Thessaloniki, and Casablanca. Memorable people born in Oxford include Stephen Hawking, Liz Truss, and Thomas Harriot. Memorable people who died in Oxford include Harold Harefoot, George Berkeley, and Roger Bacon. 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. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Cherwell. It had a population of 163,257 in 2022. It is 56 miles (90 km) north-west of London, 64 miles (103 km) south-east of Birmingham and 61 miles (98 km) north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, science, and information technologies. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 0 and 2001, Oxford was the birth place of 62 globally memorable people, including Stephen Hawking, Liz Truss, and Thomas Harriot. Additionaly, 101 globally memorable people have passed away in Oxford including Harold Harefoot, George Berkeley, and Roger Bacon. 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: 82.87
Rank: 1
Liz Truss
POLITICIAN
1975 - Present
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 2
Thomas Harriot
MATHEMATICIAN
1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 3
Martin Amis
WRITER
1949 - 2023
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 4
Jacqueline du Pré
MUSICIAN
1945 - 1987
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 5
John Kendrew
PHYSICIST
1917 - 1997
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 6
P. D. James
WRITER
1920 - 2014
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 7
J. B. S. Haldane
BIOLOGIST
1892 - 1964
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 8
E. P. Thompson
HISTORIAN
1924 - 1993
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 9
Orlando Gibbons
COMPOSER
1583 - 1625
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 10
Dorothy L. Sayers
WRITER
1893 - 1957
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 11
Miriam Margolyes
ACTOR
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Oxford
Go to all RankingsBarbara Thompson
MUSICIAN
1944 - 2022
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 25
Patrick Steptoe
PHYSICIAN
1913 - 1988
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 35
Maureen Gardner
ATHLETE
1928 - 1974
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 39
Warren Treadgold
HISTORIAN
1949 - Present
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 40
Bettany Hughes
HISTORIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 33.52
Rank: 47
Cavetown
MUSICIAN
1998 - Present
HPI: 32.70
Rank: 50
Sebastian Croft
ACTOR
2001 - Present
HPI: 27.33
Rank: 53
Frances Houghton
ATHLETE
1980 - Present
HPI: 20.11
Rank: 58
Robyn Young
WRITER
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 60
Katie Laurie
ATHLETE
1986 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 61
Tom Squires
ATHLETE
1993 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 62
People Deceased in Oxford
Go to all RankingsHarold Harefoot
NOBLEMAN
1016 - 1040
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 1
George Berkeley
PHILOSOPHER
1685 - 1753
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 2
Roger Bacon
PHILOSOPHER
1220 - 1292
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 3
Max Müller
LINGUIST
1823 - 1900
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 4
Roald Dahl
WRITER
1916 - 1990
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 5
C. S. Lewis
WRITER
1898 - 1963
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 6
Ælfweard of Wessex
POLITICIAN
904 - 924
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 7
Edmund Ironside
POLITICIAN
993 - 1016
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 8
Hans Adolf Krebs
CHEMIST
1900 - 1981
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 9
Isaiah Berlin
PHILOSOPHER
1909 - 1997
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 10
Nikolaas Tinbergen
BIOLOGIST
1907 - 1988
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 11
John Wallis
MATHEMATICIAN
1616 - 1703
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Oxford
Go to all RankingsJohann Jacob Dillenius
BIOLOGIST
1684 - 1747
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 68
George Romanes
BIOLOGIST
1848 - 1894
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 70
John Beazley
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1885 - 1970
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 74
Cyril Mango
HISTORIAN
1928 - 2021
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 78
John Wain
WRITER
1925 - 1994
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 83
Thomas Warton
WRITER
1728 - 1790
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 93
Graham Higman
MATHEMATICIAN
1917 - 2008
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 94
E. B. Ford
BIOLOGIST
1901 - 1988
HPI: 37.43
Rank: 101
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 18 globally memorable people born in Oxford since 1700.