List of personalities of the city of Oxford
The following list contains Oxford- born and temporary living personalities, listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Oxford-born personalities
To 1900
- Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199), King of England from 1189 to 1199
- Thomas Harriot (1560–1621), mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer
- Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), composer
- William Davenant (1606–1668), writer and theater director
- George K. Jackson (1745–1822), composer
- John Sibthorp (1758-1796), botanist
- Percy Francis Hall (1801-1884), naval officer
- Herbert Byng Hall (1805–1883), officer and author
- Henry Hugo Pierson (1815–1873), composer
- Thomas Brunner (1821–1874), surveyor and explorer
- Frank Buckland (1826–1880), surgeon and journalist
- John Richard Green (1837-1883), priest, historian and geographer
- Richard Spiers (1838–1916), architect and watercolor painter
- Jane Burden (1839–1914), model and muse of the Pre-Raphaelites
- Raymond Unwin (1863–1940), architect and town planner
- Charles Henry Wright (1864–1941), botanist
- Kenneth Hunt (1884-1949), amateur football player
- May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), poet
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), writer, essayist and translator
1901 to 1940
- Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989), composer
- Robin Milford (1903-1959), composer
- Heather Angel (1909–1986), actress
- Francis Alfred Lepper (1913–2005), ancient historian
- Shaun Wylie (1913–2009), mathematician and cryptologist
- Len Beurton (1914-1997), communist
- Humphrey Searle (1915–1982), composer
- Paul De Visscher (1916–1996), lawyer
- John Cowdery Kendrew (1917–1997), biochemist and molecular biologist
- PD James (1920–2014), writer
- John Cairns (1922-2018), medical scientist, virologist and molecular biologist
- Philip Sherrard (1922–1995), author, translator and philosopher
- Edward P. Thompson (1924–1993), historian and peace activist
- Tristram Cary (1925-2008), composer
- Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (1927-2020), politician and life peer
- Maureen Gardner (1928–1974), track and field athlete
- Cliff Holton (1929-1996), football player
- Piers Anthony (born 1934), writer
- Roger Norrington (born 1934), conductor
- Benjamin Whitrow (1937–2017), theater, television and film actor
- Mike Hailwood (1940–1981), motorcycle and automobile racer
- Patrick Mower (born 1940), actor
- Peter Neumann (* 1940), mathematician
- Miriam Margolyes (* 1941), theater and film actress and voice actress
- Tommy Vance (1940-2005), radio host
1941 to 1960
- George Young (born 1941), politician
- Stephen Hawking (1942-2018), astrophysicist
- Richard Hyman (* 1942), industrial relations expert
- Simon LeVay (* 1943), neuroscientist and author
- Quentin Davies (born 1944), politician
- Alan Stephen Hopes (* 1944), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- William Horwood (born 1944), author
- Lisa Jardine (1944–2015), historian and publicist
- Barbara Thompson (* 1944), jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer
- David Dundas (* 1945), composer, pop musician and actor
- Iain MacDonald-Smith (* 1945), regatta sailor
- Christopher Martin-Jenkins (1945–2013), cricket journalist and commentator
- Jacqueline du Pré (1945–1987), cellist
- Akinbode Akinbiyi (* 1946), photographer
- Humphrey Carpenter (1946–2005), biographer and children's book author
- Jonnie Woodall (1946–2009), luge, bobsleigh and skeleton athlete
- David Pountney (* 1947), theater director and artistic director
- Stephen Mitchell (* 1948), ancient historian
- Martin Amis (* 1949), writer
- Brian Deacon (born 1949), actor
- Warren Treadgold (born 1949), American Byzantinist
- Sonia Mikich (* 1951), German journalist and television presenter
- Caroline Series (* 1951), mathematician
- Sharon Bowles (born 1953), politician
- Maurice Colclough (1953-2006), rugby union player
- Laka Daisical (* 1953), jazz musician
- Dee D. Jackson (* 1954), disco singer
- Anthony Dod Mantle (* 1955), cameraman
- Julian Richings (born 1955), actor
- Jonathan Bowen (* 1956), computer scientist
- Clive Walker (born 1957), soccer player
- Jane Wang (* 1957), double bass player and composer
- Mark Lester (born 1958), actor
- Peter Skinner (* 1959), politician
- Lem Dobbs (* 1959), screenwriter
- Hugh Laurie (born 1959), actor, writer and musician
- Cressida Dick (* 1960), police officer, head of the Metropolitan Police Force
- John O'Brien (1960-1994), author
1961 to 1980
- Andy Wallace (* 1961), racing driver
- Tobias Delius (* 1964), jazz musician
- Sophie Helen Mountbatten-Windsor (* 1965), daughter-in-law of Elizabeth II.
- Martin Keown (born 1966), football player
- David Usher (born 1966), rock singer and songwriter
- Julie Bradbury (* 1967), badminton player
- Tom Hollander (* 1967), actor
- Toby Jones (born 1966), actor
- Jason Plato (* 1967), racing driver
- Jonny Greenwood (* 1971), musician
- Rachel Seiffert (* 1971), writer
- Mara Yamauchi (* 1973), long-distance runner
- Tim Henman (* 1974), tennis player
- James Lavelle (* 1974), DJ, producer and promoter
- Paul Reeves (* 1974), opera singer
- Daniel Harding (* 1975), conductor
- Sammy Morris (born 1977), football player
- Harriet Hunt (* 1978), chess master
- Lara Belmont (* 1980), actress
- Lucy Gordon (1980–2009), actress
From 1981
- Alexander Hawkins (* 1981), jazz musician
- Matthew Taylor (born 1981), football player
- Nathan Douglas (* 1982), triple jumper
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (born 1983), actress
- James Rossiter (* 1983), racing car driver
- Theo James (* 1984), actor
- Dexter Blackstock (born 1986), soccer player
- Hannah England (* 1987), middle distance runner
- Garath McCleary (born 1987), football player
- Bradley Smith (born 1990), racing driver
- Josh McEachran (born 1993), soccer player
- Alice Powell (* 1993), racing driver
- Jake Gosling (* 1993), soccer player
Famous Oxford residents
- John Henry Newman (1801–1890), theologian and cardinal
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), writer and philologist
- Joan Murray, b. Clarke (1917–1996), English cryptanalyst
- Emma Watson (born 1990), actress