Famous People Born In Oxford

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 1 
Stephen Hawking
(Theoretical Physicist - First to Set Out a Theory of Cosmology)
Stephen Hawking
214
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 8, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: March 14, 2018
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 2 
Hugh Laurie
(Known for His Role Dr. Gregory House on the TV series ‘House’)
Hugh Laurie
31
Birthdate: June 11, 1959
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 3 
Florence Pugh
(Actress)
Florence Pugh
91
Birthdate: January 3, 1996
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 4 
Miriam Margolyes
(Actress)
Miriam Margolyes
26
Birthdate: May 18, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 5 
Theo James
(Actor)
Theo James
33
Birthdate: December 16, 1984
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 6 
John, King of England
(King of England (1199-1216))
John, King of England
9
Birthdate: December 24, 1166
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: October 19, 1216
 7 
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
16
Birthdate: April 21, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 8 
Jonny Greenwood
(Guitarist, Banjoist, Composer, Ondist, Multi-instrumentalist, Actor, Songwriter)
Jonny Greenwood
7
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 5, 1971
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 9 
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
(Noblewomen)
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
14
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 20, 1965
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 10 
David Oyelowo
(British actor)
David Oyelowo
6
Birthdate: April 1, 1976
Sun Sign: Aries
 11 
Ed O'Brien
(Guitarist)
Ed O'Brien
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 15, 1968
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 12 
Tim Henman
(British Former Professional Tennis Player)
Tim Henman
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 6, 1974
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 13 
Colin Greenwood
(Musician)
Colin Greenwood
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 26, 1969
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 14 
Piers Anthony
(Author Best Known for His Long-Running Novel Series Set in the Fictional Realm of 'Xanth')
Piers Anthony
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 6, 1934
Sun Sign: Leo
 15 
Jacqueline du Pré
(Cellist)
Jacqueline du Pré
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 26, 1945
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: October 19, 1987
 16 
Yasmin Le Bon
(Model)
Yasmin Le Bon
1
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: October 29, 1964
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 17 
P. D. James
(Writer)
P. D. James
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 3, 1920
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: November 27, 2014
 18 
J.B.S. Haldane
(British Scientist Who Developed the Mathematical Theory of Population Genetics and One of the Founders of ‘Neo-Darwinism’)
J.B.S. Haldane
7
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 5, 1892
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: December 1, 1964
 19 
Jamie Laing
(English TV Personality, Investor and Founder of ‘Candy Kittens’ Known for His TV Series ‘Made in Chelsea’)
Jamie Laing
5
Birthdate: November 3, 1988
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 20 
Emily Berrington
(Actress)
Emily Berrington
1
Birthdate: December 7, 1988
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 21 
E. P. Thompson
(British Historian, Writer and Socialist Known for His Work 'The Making of the English Working Class')
E. P. Thompson
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 3, 1924
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: August 28, 1993
 22 
Martin Keown
(Footballer)
Martin Keown
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 24, 1966
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 23 
Charlotte Johnson Wahl
(Painter, Mother of Boris Johnson)
Charlotte Johnson Wahl
5
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1942
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: September 13, 2021
 24 
Tom Bateman
(Actor)
Tom Bateman
5
Birthdate: March 15, 1989
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 25 
Dorothy L. Sayers
(English crime writer and poet.)
Dorothy L. Sayers
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 13, 1893
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: December 17, 1957
 26 
Lucy Gordon
(Actress)
Lucy Gordon
4
Birthdate: May 22, 1980
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: May 20, 2009
 27 
Domonique Foxworth
(American football player)
Domonique Foxworth
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 27, 1983
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 28 
Mark Lester
(Actor)
Mark Lester
18
Birthdate: July 11, 1958
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 29 
Julian Richings
(Actor)
Julian Richings
2
Birthdate: September 8, 1956
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 30 
Sebastian de Souza
(Actor)
Sebastian de Souza
2
Birthdate: April 19, 1993
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 31 
John Kendrew
(English Biochemist, Crystallographer and One of the Winners of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
John Kendrew
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 24, 1917
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: August 23, 1997
 32 
Jane Moore
(Journalist)
Jane Moore
1
Birthdate: May 17, 1962
Sun Sign: Taurus
 33 
Laura Mulvey
(Art historian, Film director)
Laura Mulvey
0
Birthdate: August 15, 1941
Sun Sign: Leo
 34 
Thomas Harriot
(Mathematician, explorer, astronomer)
Thomas Harriot
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 1560 AD
Died: July 2, 1621
 35 
Ophelia Dahl
(Social justice and health care advocate)
Ophelia Dahl
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: May 12, 1964
Sun Sign: Taurus
 36 
Vivian Stanshall
(Musician)
Vivian Stanshall
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 21, 1943
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: March 5, 1995
 37 
Henry Marsh
(Neurosurgeon)
Henry Marsh
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: March 5, 1950
Sun Sign: Pisces
 38 
Marcus Walz
(Spanish Sprint Canoeist and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Marcus Walz
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 3, 1994
Sun Sign: Libra
 39 
Sophie Sumner
(Model)
Sophie Sumner
0
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: January 15, 1990
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 40 
David Usher
(Singer-songwriter and the lead singer for the alternative rock band Moist.)
David Usher
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: April 24, 1966
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 41 
Jason Plato
(British Racing Driver)
Jason Plato
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 14, 1967
Sun Sign: Libra
 42 
Mike Bartlett
(playwright)
Mike Bartlett
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 7, 1980
Sun Sign: Libra
 43 
Tim Harford
(economist, journalist)
Tim Harford
0
Birthdate: September 27, 1973
Sun Sign: Libra
 44 
Ben Macintyre
(Journalist)
Ben Macintyre
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 25, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 45 
John Owen
(The Greatest Theologian of the English 'Puritan Movement')
John Owen
2
Birthdate: 1616 AD
Died: August 24, 1683
 46 
Noel Godfrey Chavasse
(Military physician, Athletics competitor)
Noel Godfrey Chavasse
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 9, 1884
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: August 4, 1917
 47 
Lisa Jardine
(Historian, Professor, Non-fiction writer)
Lisa Jardine
0
Birthdate: April 12, 1944
Sun Sign: Aries
Died: October 25, 2015
 48 
Pico Iyer
(Essayist and Novelist Best Known for His Travel Writing)
Pico Iyer
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 11, 1957
Sun Sign: Aquarius
 49 
Dexter Blackstock
(Footballer striker)
Dexter Blackstock
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 20, 1986
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 50 
Patrick Steptoe
(Obstetrician and Gynaecologist)
Patrick Steptoe
1
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: June 9, 1913
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: March 21, 1988