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How Many Famous Oxford People Can You Name?

This guy's band has a hit or two - 'Creep', 'Karma Police' and 'Paranoid Android' among others...

Lead singer of Radiohead and Atoms for Peace, Thom still lives here and can sometimes be spotted jogging around University Parks.

Thom Yorke

Who is this?

You can cheat and put her most famous character in the answer box if you're not sure...

Watson attended the super-expensive Dragon School and then went to Headington Girls' School, just opposite Oxford Brookes! Possibly there's a statute of her there, but that's unconfirmed.

Emma Watson

Who is this actor?

This guy wrote a few books about small people chasing a nice bit of jewelry...

Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, used to chill with a pint at the Eagle and Child pub (right) in the city centre.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Henman, master of the most excruciating fist-pump in the history of the game, never reached a grand slam final. Classic Tim.

Tim Henman

Who's this former British no.1?

This bloke's got a tough name, so you can cheat with either just his first name, or if you're a real cheat, his band...

When Foals started, Yannis and the band used to play at house parties all around Oxford. Then they got massive. Good music scene around here!

Yannis Philippakis

Who's this?

Even though the world's foremost theoretical physicist studied and now works at Cambridge, he was born here, so he's technically ours. So there.

Stephen Hawking

If you're not sure, feel free to name the film trilogy he stars in...

James has starred in the Divergent film series, the Inbetweeners Movie, and was recently rumoured to be in the running to be the new James Bond.

Theo James

Star of Blackadder, Mr Bean, Johnny English...

Rowan Atkinson

Another one in the James Bond rumour-mill...

Hiddleston is another alumnus of the Dragon School. Absolute actor factory, that place.

Tom Hiddleston

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How Many Famous Oxford People Can You Name?

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