A well-known yet pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist, political activist, film maker and painter. His art combines dark humour with a distinctive stencilling technique.

It is believed that Banksy is possibly named Robin Gunningham, a native of Bristol who was born in 1974, but there is substantial public uncertainty about his identity and basic personal and biographical details.

However, according to Tristan Manco, Banksy "was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England. The son of a photocopier engineer, he trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s.”