List of Old Bristolians born before the 19th century

The following are notable Old Bristolians born in the 17th and 18th centuries.

17th century

*Robert Huntington (c.1637–1701), Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and orientalist

18th century

*Thomas Fry (1718–1772), classicist and President of St John's College, Oxford
*Alexander Catcott (1725–1779), geologist and theologian
*John Seally (1741–1795), writer
*Sir John Coxe Hippisley (1745–1825), politician
*Sir Benjamin Hobhouse (1757–1831), politician
*William Gregor (1761–1817), mineralogist, discoverer of titanium
*Jonathan Sewell (c.1766–1839), Chief Justice and Speaker of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1839, and President of the Executive Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1830
*John Tobin (1770–1804), dramatist
*Samuel Daniel Broughton (1787–1837), military surgeon
*Edward Hodges Bailey (1788–1867), sculptor of Nelson's Statue in Trafalgar Square
*Thomas Edward Bowdich (c.1791–1824), writer and African explorer

ee also

*List of notable Old Bristolians born in the 19th century
*List of notable Old Bristolians born in the 20th century