Celebrities Born in Bristol
Here we have listed some famous names who you are most likely to recognise! These celebrities are all born in Bristol and have become extremely well known for many different reasons with actors, comedians, artists and many more.
1. Banksy
Banksy is an England-based artist who has made a name for himself through his artwork that speaks to the consumers. As a political activist, Banksy likes to make his work eye-opening as well as striking so that people will notice his work and read into it. Banksy is actually unidentified and hides behind a fake name that he uses to sign his artwork. His artwork consists of stencils and sprays of paint. He originally begun his art career as part of a Bristol gang of graffiti artists named DryBreadZ and moved up as he started to collaborate with artists and his artwork started to become recognised all over.
2. Russell Howard
Russell Howard is a very well known comedian who was born in Bristol! He is also a radio presenter, a television presenter and an actor! He is most well known for his famous television shows named The Russell Howard Hour and Russell Howard’s Good News. The Russell Howard Hour is a show where Russell Howard shares his opinions and thoughts on current affairs. He invites special guests to host the show with him as well as different stand-up comedians to discuss the topics with. Russell Howard’s Good News discusses topical news whilst having a twist of comedy to lighten the mood when watching the news.
3. James May
James May was born in Bristol during 1963. He is a famous English television presenter as well as a journalist. He is of course best known for being on Top Gear from 2003 all the way up to 2015 co-presenting alongside Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson. In 2015 he became the director of a production company called W. chump & Sons all the way up until 2019.
4. Maisie Williams
Born in 1997 Maisie Williams was born in bristol and moved to Bath. She is an English actress who came to peoples screens playing as Arya Stark who is a lead role in the great hit fantasy and drama series named Game of Thrones from 2011 all the way up until 2019. She has also acted in The Falling which was released in 2014 as well as The New Mutants released in 2020 and plenty more that you may spot her in. She is now often spotted out, around Bristol during the evenings enjoying nights out local to her.
5. The White Stig
And of course, last but definitely not least. The Stig from Top Gear was born in Bristol. The White Stig was a character featured in Top Gear, he would test-drive cars in the series. As well as setting lap times and would train up the celebrities for the Star In A Reasonably-Priced Car section. He spent 10 of his first years in California after being born in Bristol. The White Stig could possibly be argued to have been one of the biggest stars that were born in Bristol? Would you agree?
Tere are actually plenty more well-known celebrities that have been born in and grown up in Bristol. Visit Bristol and walk the streets that some of your favourite celebrities may have grown up on.