List of English people

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Listed below are English people of note and some notable individuals born in England.

Actors and actresses

Dame Julie Andrews (born 1935)
Vanessa Angel (born 1966)
Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970)
Richard Armitage (born 1971)
Gemma Arterton (born 1986)
Tom Baker (born 1934)
Christian Bale (born 1974)
Ben Barnes (born 1981)
Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971)
Mischa Barton (born 1986)
Mathew Baynton (born 1980)
Sean Bean (born 1959)
Kate Beckinsale (born 1973)
Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979)
Eliza Bennett (born 1992)
Rosalind Bennett (born 1966)
Martin Benson (1918–2010)
Steven Berkoff (born 1937)
Brian Blessed (born 1937)
Orlando Bloom (born 1977)
Emily Blunt (born 1983)
Richard Briers (born 1934)
Kelly Brook (born 1979)
Kathy Burke (born 1964)
Saffron Burrows (born 1972)
Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977)
Sir Michael Caine (born 1933)
Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966)
Kim Cattrall (born 1956)
Joan Collins (born 1933)
Daniel Craig (born 1968)
Michael Crawford (born 1942)
Mackenzie Crook (born 1971)
Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976)
Tim Curry (born 1946)
Jack Davenport (born 1973)
Anthony Dawson (1916–1992)
Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957)
Roger Delgado (1918–1973)
Dame Judi Dench (born 1934)
Sarah Douglas (born 1952)
Minnie Driver (born 1970)
Christopher Eccleston (born 1964)
Tamsin Egerton (born 1988)
Jennifer Ehle (born 1969)
Idris Elba (born 1972)
Jennifer Ellison (born 1983)
Alice Eve (born 1982)
Rupert Everett (born 1959)
Craig Fairbrass (born 1964)
Tom Felton (born 1987)
Emerald Fennell (born 1985)
Joseph Fiennes (born 1970)
Ralph Fiennes (born 1962)
Colin Firth (born 1960)
Dexter Fletcher (born 1966)
Jamie Foreman (born 1958)
George Formby (1904–1961)
Claire Forlani (born 1972)
Emilia Fox (born 1974)
James Frain (born 1968)
Martin Freeman (born 1971)
Anna Friel (born 1976)
Sadie Frost (born 1965)
Sir Michael Gambon (born 1940)
Romola Garai (born 1982)
Patricia Garwood (born 1941)
Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000)
Stephen Graham (born 1973)
Cary Grant (1904–1986)
Hugh Grant (born 1960)
Leslie Grantham (born 1947)
Sydney Greenstreet (1879–1954)
John Gregson (1919–1975)
Rupert Grint (born 1988)
Sienna Guillory (born 1975)
Sir Alec Guinness (1914–2000)
Brian Hall (1937–1997)
Rebecca Hall (born 1982)
Dani Harmer (born 1989)
Ricci Harnett (born 1973)
Frank Harper (born 1962)
Jack Hawkins (1910–1973)
Will Hay (1888–1949)
Georgie Henley (born 1995)
Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993)
Tom Hiddleston (born 1981)
Dame Wendy Hiller (1912–2003)
Stanley Holloway (1890–1982)
Bob Hoskins (1942–2014)
Nicholas Hoult (born 1989)
Leslie Howard (1893–1943)
Annie Hulley (born 1955)
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (born 1987)
Elizabeth Hurley (born 1965)
John Hurt (born 1940)
Jeremy Irons (born 1948)
Theo James (born 1984)
Sir David Jason (born 1940)
Aaron Johnson (born 1990)
Boris Karloff (1887–1969)
Toby Kebbell (born 1982)
William Kempe (died 1603)
Skandar Keynes (born 1991)
Sir Ben Kingsley (born 1943)
Keira Knightley (born 1985)
Charles Laughton (1899–1962)
Stan Laurel (1890–1965)
Hugh Laurie (born 1959)
Jude Law (born 1972)
Jane Leeves (born 1961)
Vivien Leigh (1913–1967)
Margaret Lockwood (1916–1990)
Joanna Lumley (born 1946)
Patrick Macnee (1922–2015)
Roy Marsden (born 1941)
Anna Massey (1937–2011)
Martine McCutcheon (born 1976)
Sir Ian McKellen (born 1939)
Sienna Miller (born 1981)
Wentworth Miller (born 1972)
Hayley Mills (born 1946)
Sir John Mills (1908–2005)
Dame Helen Mirren (born 1945)
Georgia Moffett (born 1984)
Dominic Monaghan (born 1976)
Sir Roger Moore (born 1927)
Nick Moran (born 1969)
Kenneth More (1914–1982)
Joseph Morgan (born 1981)
Samantha Morton (born 1977)
William Moseley (born 1987)
Carey Mulligan (born 1985)
Billy Murray (born 1941)
Sophia Myles (born 1980)
Parminder Nagra (born 1975)
Anthony Newley (1931–1999)
Bill Nighy (born 1949)
David Niven (1910–1983)
Merle Oberon (born 1911–1979)
Sophie Okonedo (born 1969)
Gary Oldman (born 1958)
Sir Laurence Olivier (1907–1989)
Clive Owen (born 1964)
Cecil Parker (1897–1971)
Dev Patel (born 1990)
Robert Pattinson (born 1986)
Simon Pegg (born 1970)
Alex Pettyfer (1990)
Rosamund Pike (born 1979)
Billie Piper (born 1982)
Anna Popplewell (born 1988)
Dominic Purcell (born 1970)
Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989)
Oliver Reed (1938–1999)
Joely Richardson (born 1965)
Miranda Richardson (born 1958)
Natasha Richardson (1963–2009)
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902–1983)
Alan Rickman (1946–2016)
William Roache MBE (born 1932)
Tim Roth (born 1958)
Dame Margaret Rutherford (1892–1972)
George Sanders (1906–1972)
Peter Sellers (1925–1980)
Jane Seymour (born 1951)
Robert Shaw (1927–1978)
Nicollette Sheridan (born 1963)
Dame Maggie Smith (born 1934)
Matt Smith (born 1982)
Terence Stamp (born 1939)
Shirley Stelfox (1941–2015)
Rachel Stevens (born 1978)
Patrick Stewart (born 1940)
Tilda Swinton (born 1960)
Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011)
Juno Temple (born 1989)
Kristin Scott Thomas (born 1960)
Emma Thompson (born 1959)
Patrick Troughton (1920–1987)
Sir Peter Ustinov (1921–2004)
Julie Walters (born 1950)
Jack Warner (1896–1981)
Emily Watson (born 1967)
Emma Watson (born 1990)
Naomi Watts (born 1968)
Rachel Weisz (born 1971)
Dominic West (born 1969)
Ed Westwick (born 1987)
Michael Wilding (1912–1979)
Tom Wilkinson (born 1948)
Kate Winslet (born 1975)
Ray Winstone (born 1957)
Katherine Woodville (1948–2013)

Archaeologists and anthropologists

George Adamson (1906–1989)
Leslie Alcock (1925–2006)
Mick Aston (1946–2013)
Richard Atkinson (1920–1994)
Edward Russell Ayrton (1882–1914)
Churchill Babington (1821–1889)
Philip Arthur Barker (1920–2001)
Thomas Bateman (1821–1861)
James Theodore Bent (1852–1897)
Geoffrey Bibby (1917–2001)
Howard Carter (1874–1939)
Grahame Clark (1907–1995)
David Clarke (1937–1976)
Barry Cunliffe (born 1939)
Glyn Daniel (1914–1986)
John Disney (1779–1857), barrister and archaeologist
E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902–1973), social anthropologist
Cyril Fox (1882–1967)
Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968)
William Greenwell (1820–1918)
Phil Harding (born 1950)
Kathleen Kenyon (1906–1978)
John Leland (1502–1552), antiquary
John Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist
John Robert Mortimer (1825–1911)
Francis Pryor (born 1945)
Colin Renfrew (born 1937), archaeologist
Alice Roberts (born 1973), anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and anthropologist
Andrew Sherratt (1946–2006)
E.B. Tylor (1832–1917), anthropologist
Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976)

Architects

Hubert Austin (1845–1915)
Charles Barry (1795–1860) (Houses of Parliament)
George Basevi (1794–1845)
William Burges (1827–1881), architect and designer
William Butterfield (1814–1900), leader in Gothic revival movement
Rowland Carter (1875–1916)
William Chambers (1723–1796) (Kew Gardens Pagoda and Somerset House)
John Douglas (1830–1911)
Sir Norman Foster (born 1935)
James Harrison (1814–66)
Thomas Harrison (1744–1829)
Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661–1736)
Inigo Jones (1573–1652)
Edmund Kirby (1838–1920)
Denys Lasdun (1914–2001)
Thomas Lockwood (1830–1900)
Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944)
William Morris (1834–1896), architect and author
John Nash (1752–1835) (Regent's Park, St. James's Park, Trafalgar Square)
Henry Paley (1859–1946)
Joseph Paxton (1801–1865) (The Crystal Palace for The Great Exhibition, London)
Thomas Mainwaring Penson (1818–64)
August Pugin (1812–1852) (Houses of Parliament)
Anthony Salvin (1799–1881)
Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960) (Waterloo Bridge, also supervised rebuilding of House of Commons, London)
Edmund Sharpe (1809–77)
John William Simpson (1858–1933)
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726), Baroque architect (Blenheim Palace)
Derek Walker (born 1929)
Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905) (Natural History Museum, London)
William Wilkins (1778–1839) (National Gallery, London)
Christopher Wren (1632–1723)

Artists

Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), painter
James Andrews (1801–1876), botanical artist
Richard Ansdell (1815–1885), painter
Banksy (born c. 1974), graffiti artist
Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), illustrator
Suzzan Blac (born 1960), painter
Sir Peter Blake (born 1932), pop artist
William Blake (1757–1827), painter, poet
Albin R. Burt (1783–1842), portrait painter
Sir Anthony Caro (1924-2013), sculptor
Anna Maria Charretie (1819–1875), miniature painter
John Constable (1776–1837), landscape painter
Tracey Emin (born 1963), conceptual artist
Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), painter
Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor (land art)
Antony Gormley OBE RA (born 1950), sculptor
James Henry Govier (1910–1974), painter, etcher and engraver
Steven Harris (born 1975), cartoonist
Thomas Hazlehurst (c. 1740 – c. 1821), miniature painter
Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (1903–1975), sculptor
Jamie Hewlett (born 1968), comic book artist and designer
Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619), miniature painter
Damien Hirst (born 1965), sculptor/ conceptual artist
David Hockney (born 1937), painter
Sir Howard Hodgkin (born 1932), painter
William Hogarth (1697–1764), painter, engraver
Master Hugo (fl. c.1130-c.1150), illuminated manuscript artist active in Bury St Edmunds
William Holman Hunt (1827–1910)
Sir Edwin Landseer (1802–1873), animal painter
Richard Long (born 1945), land artist
Sir John Everett Millais (1829–1896), painter
Henry Moore (1898–1986), sculptor
William Morris (1834–1896)
Lawrence Mynott (born 1954), illustrator, designer and portrait painter
Chris Ofili (born 1968), painter
George Passmore (born 1942), artist (Gilbert & George)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), portrait painter
Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), painter
Sir Stanley Spencer (1891–1959), painter
George Stubbs (1724–1806), painter
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), landscape and marine artist
Flora Twort (1893–1985), painter
Mark Wallinger (born 1959), conceptual artist
Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), Enlightenment painter

Broadcasters

Michael Aspel (born 1933)
Sir David Attenborough (born 1926), naturalist and broadcaster
Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960), TV presenter, broadcaster and writer
Simon Cowell (born 1959), TV personality, record producer
Ray Mears (born 1964), author, TV presenter and survival expert
Sir Patrick Moore (1923–2012), writer, TV presenter, astronomer
Michael Parkinson (born 1935), presenter of British television chat show Parkinson
John Peel (1939–2004), disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist
Jonathan Ross (born 1960)
Jimmy Savile (1926–2011), disc jockey, TV presenter, writer and media personality
Mike Smith (1955–2014), TV and radio presenter
Ed Stewart (1941–2016), radio and TV presenter

Businessmen

Sir Richard Branson (born 1950)
Sir John Brunner (1842–1919), chemicals
Frank Bustard (1886–1974), shipping
Joseph Crosfield (1792–1844), soap and chemicals
Abraham Darby (c. 1678–1717), ironmaster
William Gossage (1799–1877), soap
Philip Green (born 1952), retail
James Hanson, Baron Hanson (1922–2004), industrialist
Thomas Hazlehurst (1779–1842), soap and alkali
Robert Spear Hudson (1812–1884), soap powder
John Hutchinson (1825–65), alkali
Peter Jones (born 1966)
Sir Freddie Laker (1922–2006), pioneer of cheap air travel
William Losh (1770–1861), alkali
Alfred Mond (1868–1930), chemicals
Henry Mond (1898–1949), chemicals
Julian Mond (1925–73), industrialist
Stephan Morais (born 1973)
William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963)
Edmund Knowles Muspratt (1833–1923), industrialist
Richard Muspratt (1822–85), industrialist
Charles Roe (1715–1781), silk
Titus Salt (1803–1876), industrialist
Sir Ivan Stedeford (1897–1975), industrialist
Sir Alan Sugar (born 1947), electronics
Richard Tompkins (1918–1992), Green Shield trading stamps
Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), industrialist
Jamie Waller (entrepreneur) (born 21 February 1979)

Chefs

Heston Blumenthal (born 1966)
Keith Floyd (1943–2009)
Robert Irvine (born 1965)
Nigella Lawson (born 1960)
James Martin (born 1972)
Jamie Oliver (born 1975)
Gordon Ramsay (born 1966)
Delia Smith (born 1941)
Rick Stein (born 1947)
Marco Pierre White (born 1961)
Antony Worrall Thompson (born 1951)

Clergy

Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100–1159), only English Pope
Thomas Arundel (1353–1414), Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard Barnes (1532–1587), bishop
Archbishop Lawrence Booth, of York (1420–1480)
William Charles Cotton (1813–79), missionary and beekeeper
Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Archbishop of Canterbury
Gildas (c. 510–c. 570), monk
Trevor Huddleston (1913–1998), anti-Apartheid activist
John Leland (1691–1766), English Presbyterian minister
John Henry Newman (1801–1890), Catholic cardinal
Plegmund (died 923), Archbishop of Canterbury
William Smyth (c. 1460–1514), bishop
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892), Particular Baptist minister
Simon Sudbury (died 1381), Archbishop of Canterbury
Joshua Toulmin (1740–1815), radical dissenting minister
John Wesley (1703–1791), Methodist minister and evangelist

Criminals

Myra Hindley (1942–2002), Moors murderer
Ian Huntley (born 1974), Soham murderer
The Kray twins (Ronald 1933–1995, Reginald 1933–2000), east London gangsters
Jimmy Moody (1941–1993), armed robber, reputed contract killer and prison escapee
Harold Shipman (1946–2004), possibly the most prolific serial killer worldwide; convicted of 15 murders; probably killed over 250^[1]
Peter Sutcliffe (born 1946), the "Yorkshire Ripper"
Fred West (1941–1995) and Rosemary West (born 1953), serial killers
Steve Wright (born 1958), serial killer
Graham Young (1947–1990), the "Teacup Poisoner"

Conspirators

Guy Fawkes (1570–1606)

Economists

R. G. D. Allen (1906–1983), economist, mathematician, and statistician
Norman Angell (1872–1967), British internationalist and economist
William Beveridge (1879–1963), economist and social reformer
Edwin Cannan (1861–1935), economist and historian
Colin Clark (1905–1989), British and Australian economist
Ronald Coase (1910–2013), Nobel Prize–winning economist
Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), Nobel Prize–winning economist
John Hicks (1904–1989), Nobel Prize–winning economist
John Holland (1658–1722), founder of the Bank of Scotland in 1695
William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882), economist and logician
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), economist
John Neville Keynes (1852–1949), economist, father of John Maynard Keynes
Arthur Lewis (1915–1991), economist
Thomas Malthus (1766–1834), demographer
Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), economist
Mary Paley Marshall (1850–1944), economist, wife of Alfred Marshall
James Meade (1907–1995), Nobel Prize–winning economist
John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), philosopher and economist
Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959), economist
Lionel Robbins (1898–1984), economist
Joan Violet Robinson (1903–1983), economist
Richard Stone (1913–1991), Nobel Prize–winning economist
Robert Torrens (1780–1864), army officer and economist
Philip Wicksteed (1844–1927), economist

Engineers

Sir Benjamin Baker (1840–1907), civil engineer, co-designer of the Forth Railway Bridge
William Baker (1817–1878), railway engineer
Joseph Bazalgette (1819–1891), civil engineer, best known for creating the London Sewer System, hence making the city a healthier place to live
James Beatty (1820–1856), railway engineer
Sir Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), metallurgy engineer
Ronald Eric Bishop (1903–1989), chief designer of the de Havilland Mosquito
James Brindley (1716–1772), canal engineer
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), transport engineer
Sir Sydney Camm (1894–1966), aeronautical engineer
Donald Campbell, railway engineer
William Tierney Clark (1783–1852), civil engineer
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882–1965), aeronautical engineer
Edmund Dummer (1651–1713), naval engineer
Sir John Ambrose Fleming (1848–1945), electrical engineer
Tommy Flowers (1908–1998), designer and builder of the first electronic computer
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, civil engineer most famous as co-designer, alongside Benjamin Baker, of the Forth Railway Bridge
Benjamin Hick (1790–1842), civil and mechanical engineer
John Hick (1815–1894), civil and mechanical engineer
Eric Laithwaite (1908–1998), engineer
William Mackenzie (1794–1851), civil engineer and contractor
R.J. Mitchell (1895–1937), aeronautical engineer
Sir Henry Royce (1863–1933), engineer
Nevil Shute (1899–1960), aeronautical engineer and author
George Stephenson (1781–1848), railway engineer
Thomas Telford (1757–1834), engineer
Charles Todd (1826–1910), meteorologist, in charge of constructing the Overland Telegraph across Australia
Sir Barnes Wallis (1887–1978), engineer
John Webster (1845–1914), engineer
Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887), engineer

Explorers

Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), traveller in Iraq
Thomas Cavendish (1560–1592), one of the Elizabethan Sea Dogs, privateer, navigator
Capt. James Cook (1728–1779), sailor, explorer
William Dampier (1651–1715)
John Davis (1550–1605), Sea Dog, explorer and navigator
Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), explorer in the Middle East
Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540–1596)
Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), listed as the "greatest living explorer" by the Guinness Book of Records
Martin Frobisher (1535–1594), navigator, one of the Elizabethan Sea Dogs
Rob Gauntlett (1987–2009), youngest Briton to summit Everest
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (born 1939), first person to perform single handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
Michael Palin (born 1943)
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552–1618)
Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), Antarctic explorer
Ed Stafford (born 1975), first person to walk the complete length of the Amazon River
Freya Stark (1893–1993), Middle East explorer
Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003), explorer in East Africa and the Middle East

Filmmakers

Richard Attenborough (1923–2014)
John Boorman (born 1933)
John and Roy Boulting (1913–1985 and 1913–2001)
Alan Clarke (1935–1990)
Mike Figgis (born 1948)
Lewis Gilbert (born 1920)
David Hare (born 1947)
Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980)
Peter Howitt (born 1957)
Humphrey Jennings (1907–1950)
Stan Laurel (1890–1965)
David Lean (1908–1991)
Mike Leigh (born 1943)
Ken Loach (born 1936)
Nick Love (born 1969)
Anthony Minghella (1954–2008)
Mike Newell (born 1942)
Christopher Nolan (born 1970)
Nick Park (born 1958)
Michael Powell (1905–1990)
Guy Ritchie (born 1968)
Ken Russell (1927–2011)
Ridley Scott (born 1937)
Tony Scott (1944–2012)

Historians

William Camden (1551–1623)
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)
Richard Holmes (1946–2011), military historian and author
Sir Peter Leycester (1614–78), historian and antiquarian
George Ormerod (1785–1873), historian and antiquary
Nicholas Rodger (born 1949), naval historian
John Speed (1542–1629), historian and cartographer
A.J.P. Taylor (1906–1990), popular historian

Humourists

Chris Addison (born 1972)
Chesney Allen (1893–1982)
Stephen K. Amos (born 1967)
Rowan Atkinson (born 1955)
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
Richard Ayoade (born 1977)
Ronnie Barker (1929–2005)
Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971)
Julian Barratt (born 1968)
Matt Berry (born 1974)
John Bird (born 1936)
Jo Brand (born 1957)
Charlie Brooker (born 1971)
Roy 'Chubby' Brown (born 1945)
Adam Buxton (born 1969)
Alan Carr (born 1976)
Jimmy Carr (born 1972)
Jasper Carrott (born 1945)
Graham Chapman (1941–1989)
John Cleese (born 1939)
Steve Coogan (born 1965)
Peter Cook (1937–1995)
Tommy Cooper (1921–1984)
Barry Cryer (born 1935)
Jon Culshaw (born 1968)
Jim Davidson (born 1953)
Les Dawson (1931–1993)
Angus Deayton (born 1956)
Hugh Dennis (born 1962)
Ken Dodd (born 1929)
Ade Edmondson (born 1957)
Jo Enright (born 1968)
Lee Evans (born 1964)
Noel Fielding (born 1973)
Bud Flanagan (1896–1968)
John Fortune (1939–2013)
Dawn French (born 1957)
Stephen Fry (born 1958)
Ricky Gervais (born 1961)
Dave Gorman (born 1971)
Tony Hancock (1924–1968)
Jeremy Hardy (born 1961)
Miranda Hart (born 1972)
Lenny Henry (born 1958)
Richard Herring (born 1967)
Matthew Holness (born 1975)
Russell Howard (born 1980)
Lee Hurst (born 1963)
Eric Idle (born 1943)
Robin Ince (born 1969)
Eddie Izzard (born 1962)
Jethro (born 1948)
Russell Kane (born 1980)
Peter Kay (born 1973)
Hugh Laurie (born 1959)
Stewart Lee (born 1968)
Alice Lowe (born 1977)
Matt Lucas (born 1974)
Lee Mack (born 1968)
Bernard Manning (1930–2007)
Rik Mayall (1958-2014)
Alistair McGowan (born 1964)
Rory McGrath (born 1956)
Paddy McGuinness (born 1973)
Stephen Merchant (born 1974)
Paul Merton (born 1957)
Sarah Millican (born 1975)
David Mitchell (born 1974)
Bob Monkhouse (1928–2003)
Eric Morecambe (1926–1984)
Chris Morris (born 1962)
Bob Mortimer (born 1959)
Frank Muir (1920–1998)
Al Murray (born 1968)
Denis Norden (born 1922)
John Oliver (born 1977)
Michael Palin (born 1943)
Andy Parsons (born 1967)
Sue Perkins (born 1969)
Lucy Porter (born 1973)
Jan Ravens (born 1958)
Vic Reeves (born 1959)
Mike Reid (1940–2007)
Jennifer Saunders (born 1958)
Peter Sellers (1925–1980)
Frank Skinner (born 1957)
Arthur Smith (born 1954)
Freddie Starr (born 1944)
Tracey Ullman (born 1959)
Tim Vine (born 1967)
David Walliams (born 1971)
Holly Walsh (born 1980)
Robert Webb (born 1972)
Jack Whitehall (born 1988)
Norman Wisdom (1915–2010)
Ernie Wise (1925–1999)

Inventors / engineers

Richard Arkwright (1733–1792), revolutionised the cotton industry in England during the Industrial Revolution; once called the "father of the Industrial Revolution"
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (born 1955), inventor of the World Wide Web
Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), inventor of the Bessemer Process which was the first way of mass-producing steel
Hubert Cecil Booth (1871–1955), inventor of the vacuum cleaner
Joseph Bramah (1748–1814), inventor of the hydraulic press (beer pump)
Sir Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), discoverer of hydrogen
Christopher Cockerell (1910–1999), inventor of the hovercraft
William Congreve (1772–1828), rocketry pioneer
Henry Croft (1741–1800), inventor during the Industrial Revolution
Abraham Darby (c. 1678–1717), ironmaster
James Dyson (born 1947), inventor
James Hargreaves (1720–1778), weaver and inventor
Sir John Harington (1561–1612), poet and inventor of the first water closet
John Harrison (1693–1776), clockmaker
Rowland Hill (1795–1879), inventor of the modern postal service
Benjamin Huntsman (1704–1776), inventor of crucible steel
Archibald Low (1888–1956), radio guidance
Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729), inventor
Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), founder of modern physics, inventor of the reflector telescope
James Starley (1831–1881), bicycle pioneer
George Stephenson (1781–1848), engineer
Joseph Wilson Swan (1823–1914), inventor of the light bulb
Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875), inventor
Sir Frank Whittle (1907–1996), inventor of the jet engine
Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887), inventor, known for standardising the screw thread

Journalists / newsreaders

Mark Austin (born 1958)
Reginald Bosanquet (1932–1984)
Michael Buerk (born 1946)
Sir Alastair Burnet (1928–2012)
Edward Chattaway (1873–1956), editor of The Star
Jill Dando (1961–1999)
Sir Robin Day (1923–2000)
Katie Derham (born 1970)
Peter Donaldson (born 1945)
Julie Etchingham (born 1969)
Anna Ford (born 1943)
Andrew Gardner (1932–1999)
Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born 1970)
Nina Hossain (born 1975)
Natasha Kaplinsky (born 1972)
Mary Nightingale (born 1963)
Jeremy Paxman (born 1950)
Sophie Raworth (born 1968)
Angela Rippon (born 1944)
Peter Sissons (born 1942)
Jon Snow (born 1947)
Alastair Stewart (born 1952)
Moira Stuart (born 1949)

Military: soldiers/sailors/airmen

John Adams (1767–1829), last survivor of the Bounty Mutineers
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969), field marshal, Second World War commander
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal (1717–1797), general
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762), Admiral of the Fleet, noted naval reformer
Sir Claude Auchinleck (1884–1981), Second World War commander
Reginald Bacon (1863–1947), admiral, pioneer of submarines and torpedoes for the Royal Navy
Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941), soldier
Sir Douglas Bader (1910–1982), fighter pilot
Ralph Bagnold (1896–1990), founder of the Long Range Desert Group; explorer
Sir Alexander John Ball (1759–1809), admiral, governor of Malta
John Benbow (1653–1702), admiral
George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800–1888), Commander of cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava
William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (1865–1951), general, Second World War
Robert Blake (1599–1657), reforming Royal Navy Admiral
William Bligh (1754–1817), best known for the mutiny of the Bounty
Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet (1753–1822), admiral
Philip Broke (1776–1841), rear admiral, known for his capture of the USS Chesapeake
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1888), Commander of the Light Brigade
Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890), soldier, spy, linguist and explorer
Freddie Spencer Chapman (1907–1971), known for his exploits in the jungle during the Second World War
Leonard Cheshire VC (1917–1992), Royal Air Force pilot during Second World War and founder of the Cheshire Homes
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722), soldier
Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British prime minister
Charles Clerke (1741–1779), sailed with James Cook on all three of his expeditions, was the Captain of Discovery at the time of Cook's death he then took command until his own death at sea shortly after
Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1772–1853), Admiral of the Fleet, admiral in charge at the capture and burning of Washington in 1814
Cuthbert Collingwood (1748–1810), vice admiral, Commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet
Henry Seymour Conway (1721–1795), general
John Cooke (1762–1805), captain of the HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of Trafalgar, where he was subsequently killed
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805), general
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), Lord Protector of England
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (c. 1208–1265), English statesman and soldier
Miles Dempsey (1896–1969), commander of the British Second Army During the D-Day landing
Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596), sailor
Sir John Duckworth (1748–1817), admiral, known for the Battle of San Domingo
Bruce Fraser (1888–1981), Admiral of the Fleet, commander of the British Pacific Fleet during the Second World War
Prince Frederick, Duke of York (1763–1827), son of King George III, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852–1925), general, World War I and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904), Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
Charles George Gordon ("Chinese Gordon") (1833–1885), killed at Khartoum
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet (1769–1859), vice-admiral, captained the HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar
Sir Arthur Travers Harris (1892–1984), Marshal of the Royal Air Force, airman
Eliab Harvey (1758–1830), admiral, captain of HMS Temeraire, which played a crucial role at the Battle of Trafalgar
Edward Hawke (1705–1781), Admiral of the Fleet, best known as the admiral at the Battle of Quiberon Bay
John Hawkwood (1320–1394), famous medieval mercenary
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816), mentor of Nelson
Brian Horrocks (1895–1985), highly regarded general during World War II
William Hoste (1780–1828), well-known frigate captain during the Napoleonic War
John Howard (1912–1999), major, led the raid that captured Pegasus Bridge on D-Day that was part of Operation Deadstick
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), admiral
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729–1814), general in the American Revolutionary War
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859–1935), admiral during the First World War
Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (1872–1945), admiral
Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850–1916), field marshal
Lofty Large, SAS soldier, author
John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1680–1770), general
Trafford Leigh Mallory (1892–1944), air commander of the Allied invasion of Normandy
John Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721–1770), general
William McMurdo (1819–1894), general
Andy McNab (born 1959), former Special Air Service soldier and commander of the infamous Bravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf War
Samuel Mitchell (VC) (1841–1894), killed in action during the New Zealand Wars
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670), Civil War era general in Chief Command
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("The Desert Rat") (1887–1976), field marshal and hero of World War II
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), statesman, sailor
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile (1758–1805), sailor, admiral
Augustus Charles Newman (1904–1972) VC, The Essex Regiment, No.2 Commando, SAS, led the raid on St. Nazaire
John Norreys (1547–1597), Tudor soldier
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), general, hero of the Napoleonic Wars
Sir William Parker (1781–1866), Admiral of the Fleet, was the admiral during the First Opium War
Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), admiral, commanded the First Fleetinto what is now known as Port Jackson, First Governor of New South Wales
Basil Charles Godfrey Place VC (1921–1994), along with Donald Cameron VC and crew crippled the pocket battleship Tirpitz during operation Source
Dudley Pound (1877–1943), Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord during the Second World War
Bertram Ramsay (1883–1945), admiral, commander of operation Neptune during Second World War
Bernard Rawlings (1889–1962), admiral, second in command of the British Pacific Fleet during Second World War
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar (1832–1914), field marshal, last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet (1860–1933), "Wully" Robertson, distinguished soldier; the only man ever in the British Army to rise from the rank of private soldier to field marshal; the head of the Army for much of World War I; a highly influential figure as to strategy
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859)
Chris Ryan (born 1961), Former Special Air Service soldier and member of the infamous Bravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf War
Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), war poet
Charles Saunders (1715–1775), Admiral, commanded the Fleet at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1897–1970), Commander in Burma during Second World War, Governor-General of Australia
Sir Sidney Smith (1764–1840), Napoleon famously said of him "that man made me miss my destiny"
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien (1858–1930), general, World War I
Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855), British commander in the Crimean War
James Somerville (1882–1949), Admiral of the Fleet, Commander at Mers-El-Kabir
Bill Speakman VC (born 1927), Black Watch, SAS Regiment
Richard Strachan (1760–1828), known for his action after the Battle of Trafalgar
James Brian Tait VC (1916–2007), nicknamed" Tirpitz", commander of 617 squadron
Henry Tandey VC (1891–1977), the most highly decorated private of the First World War
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873–1956), "father of the RAF" and first Chief of the Air Staff
Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet (1758–1807), rear admiral
Reginald Tyrwhitt (1870–1951), Admiral of the Fleet, commander of the Harwich Force during World War I
George Vancouver (1757–1798), distinguished Royal Navy Captain and explorer
Philip Vian (1894–1968), Admiral of the Fleet, distinguished destroyer captain also Commander in Charge of Air Operations, British Pacific Fleet during Second World War
Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), World War II general, second to last Viceroy of India
Jane Whorwood (1612–1684), Royalist agent during the English Civil War
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), captain-general, victor of Culloden
James Wolfe (1727–1759), general, hero of Quebec during the Seven Years' War
John Woodhouse (1922–2008), reformed SAS selection and training techniques after World War Two

Monarchs

Alfred the Great (c. 849–899) (reigned 880s–899), King of the Anglo-Saxons
Queen Anne (reigned 1702–1714), also Queen of Scotland, then Queen of Great Britain after 1707
Charles I (reigned 1625–1649), also King of Scotland, born 1600 at Dunfermline in Scotland, beheaded 1649
Charles II (reigned 1660–1685), also King of Scotland
Cnut (reigned 1016–1035)
Saint Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–1066)
Edward I (reigned 1272–1307), English monarch
Edward II (reigned 1307–1327), English monarch
Edward III (reigned 1327–1377), English monarch
Edward IV (reigned 1461–1470 and 1471–1483), English monarch
Edward V (reigned 1483–1483), English monarch
Edward VI (reigned 1547–1553), first English Protestant monarch
Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603), Protestant queen and first Supreme Governor of the Church of England
Harold Godwinson (reigned 6 January 1066 – 14 October 1066), died in Battle of Hastings
Harold Harefoot (reigned 1035–1040)
Harthacnut (reigned 1040–1042)
Henry I (reigned 1100–1135)
Henry III (reigned 1216–1272), English monarch
Henry IV (reigned 1399–1413), English monarch
Henry V (reigned 1413–1422)
Henry VI (reigned 1422–1461), English monarch
Henry VII (reigned 1485–1509) (Henry Tudor, the first Tudor monarch)
Henry VIII (reigned 1509–1547), separated English Catholicism from link with the Roman Catholic Church
James II (reigned 1685–1689)
Lady Jane Grey (de facto 10 July 1553 – 19 July 1553) ("the nine days queen"), beheaded 1554, aged 16
King John (reigned 1199–1216)
Mary I (reigned 1553–1558), Roman Catholic queen
Mary II (reigned 1689–1694), reigned jointly with her husband William III
Richard the Lionheart (reigned 1189–1199), Richard I, English monarch, leader and hero of the Third Crusade
Richard II (reigned 1377–1399)
Richard III (reigned 1483–1485), last Plantagenet King, and last British monarch to die in Battle
William I (reigned 1066–1087), "William the Conqueror", William of Normandy
William II (reigned 1087–1100)
William III (reigned 1689–1702), "William of Orange", born 1650 at The Hague in Holland, married an English princess, reigned jointly with his wife Mary II, until her death

Musicians

Stuart Adamson, lead singer of Big Country
Adele, singer
Thomas Adès (born 1971), composer
Damon Albarn (born 1968), singer-songwriter
John Alldis (born 1929), chorus master and conductor
Lily Allen (born 1985)
David Arnold (born 1962), composer, musician and film scorer (notably four James Bond films)
Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), composer
Rick Astley (born 1966), singer-songwriter
Alexander Baillie (born 1956), cellist
Bryan Balkwill (1922–2007), conductor
John Barbirolli (1899–1970), conductor
Gary Barlow (born 1971), singer, songwriter and member of Take That
Syd Barrett (1946–2006), singer, songwriter, member of the early Pink Floyd
Paul Rodgers (born 1949), singer
Victoria Beckham (born 1974), singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, author, businesswoman, actress and model
David Bedford (born 1937), composer and musician
Natasha Bedingfield (born 1981), singer
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961), conductor
Matthew Bellamy (born 1978), composer for Muse
Lisa Beznosiuk (1956), flautist
Acker Bilk (1929–2014), clarinettist and vocalist
Alan Parsons (born 1948), composer and musician
Roger Birnstingl, bassoonist
Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934), composer
Cilla Black (1943–2015), British singer and television presenter
James Blunt (born 1977)
Ian Gillan (born 1945), Singer For Deep Purple
John Bonham (1948–1980), drummer for Led Zeppelin
Ritchie Blackmore (born 1945)
Tim Booth (1960), singer-songwriter and ac,tor
Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
James Bourne, member of the former rock group Busted, singer and songwriter
David Bowie (1947–2016)
Robin Gibb (1949–2012), singer-songwriter member of Bee Gees
William Boyce (1711–1779), composer
Billy Bragg (born 1957)
Havergal Brian (1876–1972), composer
Sarah Brightman (born 1960), singer, actress, songwriter and dancer
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer and pianist
Justin Broadrick (born 1969), vocalist and guitarist, member of Godflesh and Jesu
Pete Burns (born 1959), singer-songwriter and lead vocalist with Dead or Alive
Kate Bush (born 1958), singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Bilinda Butcher (born 1961), singer-songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of My Bloody Valentine
William Byrd (1543–1623), composer
Justin Chancellor (born 1971), bassist, member of Tool
Eric Clapton (born 1945)
Rick Wakeman (born 1949), piano, keyboardist,musician
Adam Clayton (born 1960), bassist, member of U2
Cheryl Cole (born 1983), singer
Jon Anderson (born 1944), singer-songwriter, member of Yes
Phil Collins (born 1951), singer-songwriter, musician, member of Genesis
Imogen Cooper (born 1949), pianist
Graham Coxon (born 1969), guitarist, singer-songwriter, former member of Blur and solo artist
Ian Curtis (1956–1980), lead singer and composer for Joy Division
Roger Daltrey (born 1944), singer, lead of The Who
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016), composer
Andrew Davis (born 1944), conductor
Colin Davis (born 1927), conductor
Chris de Burgh (born 1948), singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Gervase de Peyer (born 1926), clarinetist and conductor
Norman Del Mar (1919–1994), conductor
Frederick Delius (1862–1934), composer
Dido (born Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, 1971), singer and songwriter
Pete Doherty, former co-lead singer of The Libertines; current lead singer of Babyshambles; solo artist
Peter Donohoe (born 1953), pianist
John Dowland (c. 1563–c. 1626), composer of songs
Jacqueline du Pré (1945–1987), cellist
John Dunstaple (c. 1383–1453), composer
Ian Dury (1942–2000), lyricist and vocalist for The Blockheads
Edward Elgar (1857–1934), composer
John Entwistle (1944–2002)
Marianne Faithfull (born 1946)
Gerald Finzi (1901–1956), composer
Lita Ford
George Formby (born 1906), wartime entertainer, famous for his playing of the Banjolele and contribution to film
Peter Gabriel (born 1950), singer-songwriter and former lead vocalist with Genesis
Noel Gallagher (born 1967), singer-songwriter
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), composer
David Gilmour (born in 1946, guitarist, singer and composer of Pink Floyd
Ron Goodwin (1925–2003), composer and conductor
Debbie Googe (born 1962), bassist of My Bloody Valentine
Ellie Goulding (born 1986), singer-songwriter, musician
Bella Hardy folk musician, singer, songwriter
Dhani Harrison (born 1978), guitarist, son of George Harrison
George Harrison (1943–2001), composer, member of The Beatles
PJ Harvey (born 1969)
Anthony Hewitt (born 1971), pianist
Gustav Holst (1874–1934), composer
Dominic Howard (born 1977), member of Muse
Tony Iommi (born 1948), guitarist for Black Sabbath
John Ireland (1879–1962), composer
Robert Irving (1913–1991), conductor
Jessie J (born 1988), singer-songwriter
Mick Jagger (born 1943), rock singer and frontman of The Rolling Stones
Sir Elton John (born 1947), pop star and composer
Brian Johnson (born 1947), rock singer
Brian Jones (1942–1969), founding member and guitarist of The Rolling Stones
Davy Jones (1945–2012), singer/percussionist, member of The Monkees
John Paul Jones (born 1946), bassist, mandolinist and keyboardist for Led Zeppelin
Nigel Kennedy (born 1956), violinist
Thea King (1925–2007), clarinetist
Adrian Lambert (born 1976), bassist
Jen Ledger (born 1989), drummer and backing vocalist for Skillet
Albert Lee (born 1945), guitarist
John Lennon (1940–1980), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles
Leona Lewis (born 1985), singer and songwriter
Cher Lloyd (born 1993), singer
Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer of musicals
Pixie Lott (born 1991), singer
Chris Lowe (born 1959), keyboardist and composer, member of Pet Shop Boys
Zayn Malik (born 1993), singer
Chris Martin (born 1977), singer-songwriter, lead of Coldplay
Sir Paul McCartney (born 1942), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles
Keith Moon (1946–1978)
Thomas Morley (c. 1557–1602), consort composer
Gareth Morris (1920–2007), flautist
Morrissey (born 1959), composer, member of The Smiths
Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), pop star
John Ogdon (1937–1989), pianist
Mike Oldfield (born 1953), composer and instrumentalist
Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948), vocalist for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne
Jimmy Page (born 1944), guitarist
Hubert Parry (1848–1918), composer
Liam Payne (born 1993), member of British-Irish boy band One Direction
Peter Pears (1910–1986), tenor
Robert Plant (born 1948), singer, member of Led Zeppelin
Anthony Pleeth (born 1948), cellist
Stephen Preston, flautist
Henry Purcell (1659–1695), composer
Simon Rattle (born 1955), conductor
Martin Roscoe (born 1952), pianist
Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), conductor
Ed Sheeran (born 1991), singer-songwriter
George Michael (born 1963)
Zak Starkey (born 1965), drummer, son of Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr (born 1940), composer, member of The Beatles
Crispin Steele-Perkins (born 1944), trumpeter
Rod Stewart (born 1945)
Joss Stone (born 1987)
Joe Strummer (1952–2002), singer, member of The Clash
Harry Styles (born 1994), member of British-Irish boy band One Direction
Bernard Sumner, lead singer of New Order
Connie Talbot (born 2000), child singer and reality star
Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–1585), composer
Benson Taylor (born 1983), composer
Tinie Tempah (born 1988), rapper
Neil Tennant (born 1954), vocalist, member of Pet Shop Boys
Lionel Tertis (1876–1975), violist
Frederick Thurston (1901–53), clarinetist
Michael Tippett (1905–1998), composer
Louis Tomlinson (born 1991), member of British-Irish boy band One Direction
Pete Townshend (born 1945)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), composer
Sid Vicious (born John Simon Ritchie in 1957), bassist for Sex Pistols
Ricky Walters (born 1965), aka rapper Slick Rick
William Walton (1902–1983), composer
Roger Waters (born 1943), founder of Pink Floyd
Thomas Weelkes (c. 1575–1623), composer
Florence Welch (born 1986), lead singer of Florence and The Machine
John Wilbye (1574–1638), composer
Cliff Williams (born 1949), bassist
Robbie Williams (born 1974)
Steven Wilson (1967), musician, producer, composer and founder of Porcupine Tree
Amy Winehouse (1983–2011), singer-songwriter
Christopher Wolstenholme (born 1978), member of Muse
Henry Wood (1869–1944), conductor
Thom Yorke (born 1968), singer-songwriter, musician, member of Radiohead
Marvin Young (born 1967), aka rapper Young MC

Philosophers

Donald Adamson (born 1939)
G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001), philosopher
Anselm of Canterbury (born 1033), philosopher, famous for creation of the Ontological Argument
A. J. Ayer (1910–1989), philosopher
Francis Bacon (1561–1626), philosopher and essayist
Roger Bacon (1214–1294), medieval philosopher, alchemist, and theologian
Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher, founder of Utilitarianism
R. M. Hare (1907–2002), philosopher
H. L. A. Hart (1907–1992), legal philosopher
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), philosopher
William Godwin (1756–1836), political philosopher
John Locke (1632–1704), philosopher
John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), economist, political philosopher
G. E. Moore (1873–1958), philosopher
William of Ockham (c. 1285–1349), philosopher, theologian, created Ockham's Razor
Thomas Paine (1737–1809), theorist
Derek Parfit (born 1942), philosopher
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), philosopher
Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976), philosopher
Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), philosopher
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)
Peter Strawson (1919–2006), philosopher
William Whewell (1794–1866), philosopher
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), mathematician
Bernard Williams (1929–2003), philosopher

Photographers

David Bailey (born 1938)
Emma Barton (1872–1938)
Cecil Beaton (1904–1980)
John Blakemore (born 1936)
Samuel Bourne (1834–1912)
Larry Burrows (1926–1971), photojournalist
George Davison (1854–1930)
Terence Donovan (1936–1996)
Brian Duffy (1933–2010)
Frederick H. Evans (1853–1943)
Roger Fenton (1819–1869)
John French (1907–1966)
Francis Frith (1822–1898)
Peter Wickens Fry (1798–1860), early amateur photographer
Bert Hardy (1913–1995)
Alfred Horsley Hinton (1863–1908)
Don McCullin (1935), photojournalist
Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904)
Horace Nicholls (1867–1941)
Tony Ray-Jones (1941–1972)
Henry Peach Robinson (1830–1901)
George Rodger (1908–1995), photojournalist
Francis Meadow Sutcliffe (1853–1941)
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877), photographer, inventor of the calotype process

Politicians

H. H. Asquith (1852–1928), British prime minister
Clement Attlee (1883–1967), British prime minister
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), British prime minister
Tony Benn (born 1925), Labour politician
Ernest Bevin (1881–1951), Labour politician
Tony Blair (born 1953), British prime minister
Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953), Labour politician & first female Cabinet Minister
John Bright (1811–1889), liberal politician
George Canning (1770–1827), politician
Barbara Castle (1910–2002), politician
Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937)
Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914)
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), British prime minister
Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895)
Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British prime minister
Kenneth Clarke (born 1940), Conservative politician
William Cobbett (1763–1835), MP and reformer
Sir Stafford Cripps (1889–1952), Labour politician
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925), Viceroy of India
Archibald Dalzel (1740–1811), Governor of the Gold Coast
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826–1893)
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833–1908)
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (c. 1720–1764)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), British prime minister
Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British prime minister
Anthony Eden (1897–1977), British prime minister
Michael Foot (born 1913), Labour leader
Sir Henry Bartle Frere (1815–1884), Colonial administrator
Hugh Gaitskell (1906–1963), Labour politician
William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), British prime minister
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811)
George Grenville (1712–1770), British prime minister
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville (1759–1834)
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845)
William Hague (born 1961), Conservative politician
Denis Healey (born 1917), Labour politician
Edward Heath (1916–2005), British prime minister
Boris Johnson (born 1964), Conservative politician
Miles Kenny Mayor of Shrewsbury
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902)
George Lansbury (1859–1940)
Nigel Lawson (born 1932), Conservative politician
John Leland (?–1808), English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796–1808
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891)
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828)
John Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist
Harold Macmillan (1894–1986), British prime minister
John Major (born 1943), British prime minister
Reginald Maudling (1917–1979), Conservative politician
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848)
Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), Labour politician
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768)
Frederick North, Lord North (1732–1792)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865), British prime minister
Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), British prime minister
Henry Pelham (1694–1754)
Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), British prime minister
William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)
William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806), British prime minister
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809)
Enoch Powell (1912–1998)
Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), imperialist
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (1782–1859), politician
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878)
Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837–1916)
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903), British prime minister
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844)
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873–1954)
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw (1864–1937)
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733–1800), Home Secretary in the Pitt government; suggested using what is now Australia as a penal colony for Britain
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), British prime minister
Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), British prime minister
William Wilberforce (1759–1833), abolitionist
Shirley Williams (born 1930), SDP founder
Henry Willink (1894–1973), politician
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (c. 1674–1743)
Harold Wilson (1916–1995), British prime minister

Scientists

Arthur Aikin (1773–1854), chemist and mineralogist
Nathan Alcock (1707–1779), doctor
Jim Al-Khalili (born 1962), theoretical physicist and broadcaster
Charles Babbage (1791–1871), mathematician
Joseph Banks (1743–1820), naturalist
Isaac Barrow (1630–1677), mathematician
Thomas Bayes (c. 1702–1761), mathematician
Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), computer scientist; inventor of the World Wide Web
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1897–1974), physicist
George Boole (1815–1864), mathematician
Robert Boyle (1627–1691), natural philosopher
Richard Bright (1630–1677), doctor, founder of Bright's Disease (a form of kidney disease)
Henry Brunner (1838–1916), chemist
Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), scientist
Sir George Cayley (1773–1857), polymath and aviator
Frank Close (born 1945), physicist
Brian Cox (born 1968), physicist
Francis Crick (1916–2004), molecular biologist
John Dalton (1766–1844), chemist and physicist
Charles Darwin (1809–1882), Founder of The Theory of Evolution
Richard Dawkins (born 1941), evolutionary theorist
Henry Deacon (1822–76), chemist
Paul Dirac (1902–1984), physicist
Horace Donisthorpe (1870–1951), entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist
Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), physicist
Michael Faraday (1791–1867), scientist
Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), geneticist and statistician
Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), chemist and x-ray crystallographer
J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist
James Hargreaves (1834–1915), chemist
Stephen Hawking (born 1942), cosmologist
Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925), physicist
John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer
Peter Higgs (born 1929), physicist
C. A. R. Hoare (born 1934), computer scientist
Robert Hooke (1635–1703), scientist
Edward Jenner (1749–1823), doctor
R. V. Jones (1911–1997), physicist
James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), physicist
Joseph Lister (1827–1912), surgeon
Bernard Lovell (1913–2012), astronomer
James Lovelock (born 1919), scientist
Martin Lowry (1874–1936), chemist
John William Lubbock (1803–1865), banker, mathematician and astronomer
Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875), geologist
John Maynard Smith (1920–2004), geneticist
John McClellan (1810–1881), chemist
Robert Mond (1867–1938), chemist
Desmond Morris (born 1928), zoologist
Roger Needham (1935–2003), computer scientist
Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), founder of modern physics, last of the alchemists
William Penney (1909–1991), mathematician, physicist, director of British nuclear weapon research
Roger Penrose (born 1931), cosmologist
Joseph Prestwich (1812–1896), geologist
Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), chemist
Martin Rees (born 1942), cosmologist and astrophysicist
Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873), geologist
John Snow (1813–1858), epidemiologist
Joseph Wilson Swan (1828–1914), physicist and chemist
George Paget Thomson (1892–1975), physicist
J. J. Thomson (1856–1940), physicist
Henry Tizard (1885–1959), chemist and inventor
Alan Turing (1912–1954), mathematician
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), naturalist
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), mathematician
Maurice Vincent Wilkes (born 1913), computer scientist
James H. Wilkinson (1919–1986), mathematician
William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828), chemist
Thomas Young (1773–1829), scientist

Sportsmen and sportswomen

Barney Aaron (Young) (1800–1850), lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame^[2]
Harold Abrahams (1899–1978), athlete, Olympic champion (100 metre sprint) and silver (4x100-m relay), one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire
Sir Sidney Abrahams (1885–1957), Olympic long jumper
Chris Adams (1955–2001), pro wrestler and judoka
Neil Adams (born 1958), judoka and two-time silver medalist in Judo (1980 and 1984), younger brother of Chris Adams
Tony Adams (born 1966), football player
Simon Andrews (1984–2014), Isle of Man TT rider
Jo Ankier (born 1982), Britain, record holder (1,500-m & 3,000-m steeplechase)
Alan Ball (1945–2007), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
Gordon Banks (born 1937), goalkeeper of 1966 World Cup winning team
Sir Roger Bannister (born 1929), first sub-four-minute miler
Wade Barrett (born 1980), WWE wrestler
Lord Frederick Beauclerk (1773–1850), cricket player and administrator
Andy Cole (born 1971), football player
David Beckham (born 1975), football player
Harry Beckham (born 1987), football player
Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman) (1909–1991), world champion junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
Richard Bergmann (1919–1970), 7-time table tennis world champion, ITTFHoF
Andrulla Blanchette (born 1966), IFBB professional bodybuilder
Chris Bonington (born 1934), mountaineer
Sir Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer
Mark Bott, cricketer^[3]
Geoffrey Boycott (born 1940), cricketer
Eric Bristow (born 1957), world champion darts player
Tony Brooks (born 1932), F1 driver
Paul Burchill (born 1979), professional wrestler
Jenson Button (born 1980), F1 World Champion
Angela Buxton (born 1934), won 1956 French Women's Doubles (with Althea Gibson) and 1956 Wimbledon Women's Doubles (with Gibson), highest world ranking #9
Sir Bobby Charlton (born 1937), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
Jack Charlton (born 1935), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), yachtsman
Don Cockell (1928–1983), heavyweight boxer
George Cohen (born 1939), association football right back, World Cup champion
Paul Collingwood (born 1976), cricketer
Peter Collins (1931–1958), F1 driver
Sir Henry Cooper (1934–2011), heavyweight boxer
Lisa Cross (born 1978), IFBB professional bodybuilder
Tom Daley (born 1994), youngest olympian diver ever to compete in olympics (participated in Beijing 2008)
Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer
Laura Davies (born 1963), golfer
Steve Davis (born 1957), six-time World Snooker Champion
Matt Dawson (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer
John Deacon (1962–2001), motorcycle endurance racer
Christopher Dean (born 1958), figure skater
Percy Down (born 1883), rugby union player, represented England and Great Britain
Jonathan Edwards (born 1966), triple jump
Godfrey Evans (1920–1999), cricketer (wicket-keeper)
Percy Fender, cricketer
James Figg (1695–1734), first English bare-knuckle boxing champion
Bob Fitzsimmons (1863–1917), boxing's first world champion in three divisions
Andrew Flintoff (born 1977), cricketer
C B Fry (1872–1956), cricketer and all-round athlete
Paul Gascoigne (born 1967), football player
Steven Gerrard (born 1980), football player
Graham Gooch (born 1953), cricketer
Pete Goss (born 1961), around-the-world yachtsman
W G Grace (1848–1915), cricketer
Jimmy Greaves (born 1940), footballer
Will Greenwood (born 1972), rugby footballer
Naseem Hamed (born 1974), featherweight boxer
Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), F1 World Champion
Ricky Hatton (born 1978), world champion boxer
Mike Hawthorn (1929–1959), F1 World Champion
David Haye (born 1980), world champion boxer
Johnny Haynes (1934–2005), footballer
Emile Heskey (born 1978), footballer
Damon Hill (born 1960), F1 World Champion
Graham Hill (1929–1975), two times F1 World Champion
Jimmy Hill (born 1928), footballer
Jack Hobbs (1882–1963), cricketer
Glenn Hoddle (born 1957), footballer
Leslie Housden (1894–1963), Olympic marathon runner
John Howell (born 1936), Olympic long jumper
James Hunt (1947–1993), F1 World Champion
Sir Geoff Hurst (born 1941), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
Nasser Hussain (born 1968), cricketer
Len Hutton (1916–1990), cricketer
E.J. 'John' Jackett, rugby union player, represented England and Great Britain.
Joe Jacobson (born 1986), association football left back (Oldham Athletic & U21 national team)
Peter Jaffe, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)
Allan Jay (born 1931), épée & foil fencer, Olympic two-time silver, world champion
Martin Johnson (born 1970), World Cup winning rugby union footballer
Trish Johnson (born 1966), golfer
Amir Khan (born 1986), lightweight boxer
Frank Lampard (born 1978), footballer
Dougie Lampkin (born 1976), Motorcycle Trials World Champion
Mark Lazarus, footballer, right winger
Jason Leonard (born 1968), World Cup winning rugby union footballer
Edward Lawrence Levy (1851–1932), English world champion weightlifter
Lennox Lewis (born 1965), world champion heavyweight boxer
Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff) (1893–1970), world champion welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
Josh Lewsey (born 1976), rugby footballer
Gary Lineker (born 1960), footballer
Dar Lyon, cricketer
Dame Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), sailor who holds the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe
George Mallory (1886–1924), mountaineer
Andy Mangan (born 1986), footballer
Nigel Mansell (born 1953), racing driver, F1 and CART champion
Terry Marsh (born 1958), world champion boxer
Darren Matthews (born 1968), professional wrestler
Stanley Matthews (1915–2000), footballer
Daniel Mendoza (1764–1836), world heavyweight champion boxer, Hall of Fame
Gordon Miller (born 1939), Olympic high jumper
Alan Minter (born 1951), world champion boxer
Bobby Moore (1941–1993), captain of the 1966 World Cup winning team
Stirling Moss (born 1929), F1 driver
Andy Murray (born 1987), tennis player, current no.2 seed
Alfred Mynn (1807–1861), cricketer
Gary Neville (born 1975), footballer
Phil Neville (born 1977), footballer
Alison Nicholas (born 1962), golfer
Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975), three times World Snooker Champion
Michael Owen (born 1979), football player
Bob Paisley (1919–1996), 3-time European Cup winning manager with Liverpool F.C.
Rachel Parish (born 1981), markswoman and fencer
Michael Park (1966-2005), WRC co-driver
John Parrott (born 1964), world snooker champion
Fred Perry (1909–1995), Wimbledon champion tennis player
Martin Peters (born 1943), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
Kevin Pietersen (born 1980), cricketer
Daniel Prenn (1904–1991), tennis player, highest world ranking #6
Stephanie Proud (born 1988), backstroke swimmer
Samuel Rabin (1903–1991, Olympic bronze wrestler (freestyle middleweight)
Paula Radcliffe (born 1973), distance runner
John Raphael, cricket and rugby union
Sir Steve Redgrave (born 1962), rower, winner of gold medal in five consecutive Olympics
William Regal (born 1968), WWE Wrestler and Commentator
Sir Gordon Richards (1904–1988), jockey, holder of several records
Sir Bobby Robson (1933–2009), Football Manager
Wayne Rooney (born 1985), footballer
Paul Scholes (born 1974), footballer
Nicola Shaw, professional female bodybuilder
Alan Shearer (born 1970), footballer, all-time leading goal scorer in the premiership
Teddy Sheringham (born 1966), football player
Kelly Simm (born 1995), artistic gymnast
Davey Boy Smith (1962–2002), professional wrestler
Nobby Stiles (born 1942), football World Cup winner
Andrew Stoddart (1863–1915), rugby and cricket player
Karen Stupples (born 1973), golfer
Laurie Taitt (1934–2006), Olympic sprint hurdler
Phil Taylor (born 1960), multi world champion darts player
John Terry (born 1980), footballer
Joanna Thomas (born 1976), IFBB professional bodybuilder
Jayne Torvill (born 1957), figure skater
Marcus Trescothick (born 1975), cricketer
Fred Trueman, fast bowler
Phil Tufnell (born 1966), cricketer
Randolph Turpin (1928–1966), middleweight boxer
Michael Vaughan (born 1974), cricketer
Virginia Wade (born 1945), tennis player
Sir William Wavell Wakefield (1898–1983), rugby footballer and politician
Frank Warren (born 1952), boxing promoter
Dan Wheldon (1978–2011), 2005 and 2011 Indy 500 Winner, 2005 Indycar Series Champion
Jimmy White (born 1962), snooker player
Jonny Wilkinson (born 1979), world cup winning rugby footballer
Justin Wilson (born 1978), Champ Car racer
Billy Wright (1924–1994), footballer

Writers

Other notables

Douglas Adams (1952–2001), author, comic and radio dramatist
Rachel Ashwell (born 1959), author, designer and entrepreneur
Edward Betts (1815–1872), civil engineering contractor
Thomas Brassey (1805–1870), civil engineering contractor
Capability Brown (1715–1783), landscape gardener
Donald Campbell (1921–1967), world land and water speed record holder
Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885–1949), automobile and speedboat racer
William Caxton (c. 1422–c. 1491), printer
Sir John Chesshyre (1662–1738), lawyer
Grace Darling (1815–1842), heroine
William Emes (c. 1729–1803), landscape gardener
Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), prison reformer
Thomas Grissell (1801–1874), public works contractor
Hilda Hewlett (1864–1943), pioneer aviator and aviation entrepreneur
Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928), urban planner
Daniel Howell (born 1991), YouTube personality and radio host
Edward Kemp (1817–1891), garden designer
Gideon Lester (born 1972), dramaturg, adaptator, theatre artistic director
Philip Lester (born 1987), YouTube personality and radio host
Peter Molyneux (born 1959), video game designer
Sir Samuel Morton Peto (1809–1889), civil engineering contractor
Joshua A. Norton (1811–1880), Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
Wat Tyler (died 1381), leader of the Peasants' Revolt (1381)
William Wakefield (1801–1848), founder of Wellington, New Zealand
Richard Walker (1918–1985), writer and pioneer of modern-day angling in Britain
Sarah Elizabeth Wardroper (1814–1892), Matron of St Thomas's Hospital from 1854 to 1887
Harriet Shaw Weaver (1876–1961), political activist and suffragist
Joseph Williamson (1769–1840), philanthropist, merchant and tunneler
Philip Yates (1913–1998), coal miner awarded the Edward Medal

English expatriates

The following were born English, but changed nationality later in their life.

John Alden (c. 1599–1687), one of the leaders of the Pilgrims to North America^[4]
George Alsop, author^[4]
Anthony Aston (died 1731), actor and dramatist^[4]
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)
Alistair Cooke (1908–2004)
Cary Grant (1904–1986), film actor
Bob Hope (1903–2003)
Stephen Hough (born 1961), concert pianist, became Australian citizen
Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

References

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