Famous People Born In Staffordshire

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Robbie Williams

(Member of the Pop Group ‘Take That’ & Guinness World Record Holder for Selling 1.6 Million Tickets in a Single Day)

Listed In: Singers

Birthdate: February 13, 1974

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Robbie Williams is one of the most popular and successful English singer-songwriters of his generation. Having sold 75 million records, Williams is one of the best-selling music artists ever. His lasting impact on British culture earned him the 2017 Brits Icon Award. Also a well-known philanthropist, Williams has established a charity organization called Give It Sum in his home town.

Rupert Evans

(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: March 9, 1977

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

James Fleet

(Actor)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: March 11, 1952

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

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London, England

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Frances Barber

(Actress)

Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Birthdate: May 13, 1957

Sun Sign: Taurus

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

Matthew Marsden

(Actor)

Listed In: Singers

Birthdate: March 3, 1973

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

Glenn Hughes

(English Rock Singer and Vocalist)

Listed In: Musicians

Birthdate: August 21, 1952

Sun Sign: Leo

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(Former Miss UK, Wife of Ernesto Bertarelli)

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Birthdate: June 30, 1971

Sun Sign: Cancer

Jazmin Sawyers

(British Track and Field Athlete)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: May 21, 1994

Sun Sign: Gemini

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

Anna Watkins

(British Rower and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: February 13, 1983

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Height: 6'1" (185 cm)

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Surrey, England

Kent, England

Hertfordshire, England

Anthony Bamford

(British Businessperson)

Listed In: Business People

Birthdate: October 23, 1945

Sun Sign: Libra

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

(British Politician and Naval Officer)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: January 9, 1735

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: March 14, 1823

Edward Atterton

(Actor, Karateka)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: January 24, 1962

Sun Sign: Aquarius

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Essex, England

Leeds, England

Oxford, England

Joe Clarke

(British Canoeist and Olympic Gold Medalist)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: November 3, 1992

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

T. E. Hulme

(Poet & Critic)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: September 16, 1883

Sun Sign: Virgo

Died: September 28, 1917

James Wyatt

(Architect)

Listed In: Architects

Birthdate: August 3, 1746

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: September 4, 1813

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Sheffield, England

Yorkshire, England

Leicester, England

Joseph Cook

(Politician)

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: December 7, 1860

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: July 30, 1947

George Anson, Baron Anson

(First Lord of the Admiralty (1751 - 1756, 1757 - 1762))

Listed In: Leaders

Birthdate: April 23, 1697

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: June 6, 1762

British admiral George Anson, or Baron Anson, is remembered for his exploits as an able naval administrator, especially during the War of Jenkins' Ear and the Seven Years’ War. His warship the Centurion was the first British warship to have entered Chinese territory. He also reformed the navy to a great extent.

Mike Pejic

(English Former International Footballer)

Listed In: Sportspersons

Birthdate: January 25, 1950

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

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Nottingham, England

Hampshire, England

Westminster, England

S. H. Burton

(Writer)

Listed In: Writers

Birthdate: November 30, 1919

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: December 6, 2005

William Bayliss

(British Physiologist Who Made Discoveries into the Effect of Saline Injections in Countering Shock Experienced After Surgery)

Listed In: Scientists

Birthdate: May 2, 1860

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: August 27, 1924

William Bayliss was an English physiologist whose contribution to medicine was honored with a knighthood in 1922. He published his life's work in the book Principles of General Physiology in 1919. The same year, he was honored with the prestigious Copley Medal. William Bayliss had earlier won the Royal Medal in 1911.