List of Famous people born in Bristol, United Kingdom

Edward William Godwin

First Name Edward
Last Name Godwin
Born on May 26, 1833
Died on October 6, 1886 (aged 53)

Edward William Godwin was a progressive English architect-designer, who began his career working in the strongly polychromatic "Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid-Victorian Britain, inspired by The Stones of Venice, then moved on to provide designs in the "Anglo-Japanese taste" of the Aesthetic Movement and Whistler's circle in the 1870s. Godwin's influence can be detected in the Arts and Crafts Movement.

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John Scott

First Name John
Last Name Scott

John Scott, also known as Johnny Scott and Patrick John Scott, is an English film composer and music conductor. Scott has collaborated with well-known directors and producers, including Mark Damon, Richard Donner, Charlton Heston, Mike Hodges, Hugh Hudson, Norman Jewison, Irvin Kershner, Ilaiyaraaja, Daniel Petrie, Roger Spottiswoode, and Norman J. Warren.

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Allen Lane

First Name Allen
Last Name Lane
Born on September 21, 1902
Died on July 7, 1970 (aged 67)

Sir Allen Lane was a British publisher who together with his brothers Richard and John Lane founded Penguin Books in 1935, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market.

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Norman Eshley

First Name Norman
Last Name Eshley
Born on May 30, 1945 (age 81)

Norman Eshley is an English actor best known for his television roles.

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Henry Kater

First Name Henry
Last Name Kater
Born on April 16, 1777
Died on April 26, 1835 (aged 58)

Henry Kater FRS, FRAS was a British physicist of German descent.

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Chris Coles

First Name Chris
Last Name Coles
Born on August 14, 1992 (age 33)

Christopher Coles is a badminton player from England. He started playing badminton at age 6. He did a BTEC at Chippenham College, after year 11. In 2011, he won the gold medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in the boys' doubles event with Matthew Nottingham.

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Joseph J. Little

First Name Joseph
Last Name Little
Born on June 5, 1841
Died on February 11, 1913 (aged 71)

Joseph James Little was an American printer by trade who served as a U.S. Representative from New York.

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Anthony Milner

First Name Anthony
Last Name Milner
Born on May 13, 1925
Died on September 22, 2002 (aged 77)

Anthony Francis Dominic Milner was a British composer, teacher and conductor.

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Robert Lucas de Pearsall

First Name Robert
Last Name Pearsall
Born on March 14, 1795
Died on August 5, 1856 (aged 61)

Robert Lucas Pearsall was an English composer mainly of vocal music, including an elaborate setting of "In dulci jubilo" often heard today. He spent the last 31 years of his life abroad, at first in Germany, then at a castle he bought in Switzerland.

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Neil Davidge

First Name Neil
Last Name Davidge
Born on June 29, 1962 (age 63)

Neil Davidge is an English record producer, songwriter, film score composer, musician, and occasional backing vocalist. Once an associate of dance producers DNA, he is best known as the long-term co-writer and producer for the music production outfit Massive Attack. In 1997, he also produced the Sunna album One Minute Science. During that time he has established a career as a film score composer including projects such as Push, Bullet Boy, Trouble the Water, and additional music for Clash of the Titans.

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