List of English people

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

Actors and actresses

Archaeologists and anthropologists

George Adamson (1906–1989)
Leslie Alcock (1925–2006), archaeologist of the medieval period
Mary Anning (1799–1847), palaeontologist
Ella Sophia Armitage (1841–1931)
Mick Aston (1946–2013), archaeologist of the medieval period
Richard Atkinson (1920–1994)
Edward Russell Ayrton (1882–1914)
Churchill Babington (1821–1889), archaeologist and classical scholar
Philip Arthur Barker (1920–2001)
Thomas Bateman (1821–1861)
Margaret Benson (1865–1916), Egyptologist
James Theodore Bent (1852–1897)
Geoffrey Bibby (1917–2001), "Arabian" archaeologist
Adela Breton (1849–1923), archaeological artist
Howard Carter (1874–1939), Egyptologist
Gertrude Caton Thompson (1888–1985)
Grahame Clark (1907–1995)
Mary Kitson Clark (1905–2005, archaeologist and curator
David Clarke (1937–1976)
Barry Cunliffe (born 1939), archaeologist and scholar
Glyn Daniel (1914–1986), archaeologist and scholar
John Disney (1779–1857), barrister and archaeologist
Dina Portway Dobson-Hinton (1885–1968), archaeologist and caver
E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902–1973), social anthropologist
Aileen Fox (1907–2005), archaeologist specialising in Roman forts
Cyril Fox (1882–1967), archaeologist and museum director
Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968), archaeologist and specialist in the Palaeolithic era
William Greenwell (1820–1918), archaeologist and priest
Phil Harding (born 1950), archaeologist and TV expert
Margaret Ursula Jones (1916–2001), archaeologist specialising in the Anglo-Saxon period
Kathleen Kenyon (1906–1978)
John Leland (1502–1582), antiquary
John Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist
John Robert Mortimer (1825–1911)
Barbara Parker-Mallowan (1908–1993), archaeologist, Assyriologist and epigraphist
Francis Pryor (born 1945), archaeologist specialising in the Bronze and Iron Ages
Colin Renfrew (born 1937), archaeologist and paleolinguist
Alice Roberts (born 1973), anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and anthropologist
Andrew Sherratt (1946–2006)
E.B. Tylor (1832–1917), anthropologist
Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), archaeologist and museum director

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)
Thomas Edward Collcutt (1840–1924)
James Cubitt (1836–1914)
John Douglas (1830–1911)
Sir Philip Dowson (1924–2014)
Henry Flitcroft (1697–1769)
Sir Norman Foster (born 1935)
Alfred Gelder (1855–1941), architect and politician
Philip Hardwick (1792–1870)
Thomas Hardwick (1752–1829)
James Harrison (1814–1866)
Thomas Harrison (1744–1829)
Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661–1736)
Horace Jones (1819–1886) (Tower Bridge)
Inigo Jones (1573–1652)
Henry Keene (1726–1776)
William Kent (c. 1685 – 1748), architect, landscape architect and furniture designer
Edmund Kirby (1838–1920)
Denys Lasdun (1914–2001)
Thomas Lockwood (1830–1900)
Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944)
Hugh May (1621–1684)
William Morris (1834–1896), architect and author
Edna Mosley (1899–1954)
John Nash (1752–1835) (Regent's Park, St. James's Park, Trafalgar Square)
Henry Paley (1859–1946)
Sir Joseph Paxton (1801–1865) (The Crystal Palace for The Great Exhibition, London)
Thomas Mainwaring Penson (1818–1864)
August Pugin (1812–1852) (Palace of Westminster)
Anthony Salvin (1799–1881)
George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) (Albert Memorial, St Pancras Station)
Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960) (Waterloo Bridge, also supervised rebuilding of House of Commons, London)
Edmund Sharpe (1809–1877)
John William Simpson (1858–1933)
George Edmund Street (1824–1881)
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726), Baroque architect (Blenheim Palace)
Derek Walker (1929–2015)
Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905) (Natural History Museum, London)
Aston Webb (1849–1930) (Buckingham Palace and Victoria and Albert Museum)
Ernest Berry Webber (1896–1963)
William Wilkins (1778–1839) (National Gallery, London)
Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723)
James Wyatt (1746–1813)

Artists

Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), painter
James Andrews (1801–1876), botanical artist
Richard Ansdell (1815–1885), painter
Edith Arendrup (1846–1934), Painter and religious sister
Banksy (born c. 1974), graffiti artist
Walter Daniel Batley (1850–1936), painter
Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), illustrator
Albanis Beaumont (ca. 1755–1812), painter
Suzzan Blac (born 1960), painter
Sir Peter Blake (born 1932), pop artist
William Blake (1757–1827), painter, poet
Henry Charles Bryant (1835–1915), portrait and landscape artist
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
Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877–1958), artist
John Henry Dell (1830–1888), landscape artist and illustrator
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 (1932–2017), 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
Celia Levetus (1874–1936), illustrator
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 and presenters

Kirstie Allsopp (1971), TV personality, presenter of property and craft shows
Michael Aspel (born 1933), news anchor
Richard Arnold (born 1969), TV presenter
Sir David Attenborough (born 1926), naturalist and broadcaster
Steve Backshall (born 1973), wildlife TV presenter
Matt Baker (born 1977), TV presenter
Richard Baker (1925–2018), broadcaster and newsreader
Clare Balding (born 1971), sports TV presenter
Zoe Ball (born 1970), TV and radio presenter
Matt Barbet (born 1976), TV presenter
Angellica Bell (born 1976), children's TV presenter
Jay Blades (born 1970), TV presenter and furniture restorer
Jackie Brambles (born 1967), TV and radio presenter
Jeff Brazier (born 1979), TV presenter
Fern Britton (born 1957), TV presenter and writer
Neil Buchanan (born 1956), children's TV presenter
Mike Bushell (born 1965), sports presenter
Jon Champion (born 1965), sports commentator
Nicki Chapman (born 1967), TV presenter and talent show judge
Adrian Chiles (born 1967), TV presenter
George Clarke (born 1974), architect and TV presenter
Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960), TV presenter, broadcaster and writer
Harry Corbett (1918–1989), TV puppeteer and creator of Sooty
Fearne Cotton (born 1981), TV presenter
Rosemary Conley (born 1946), broadcaster on health and fitness
Simon Cowell (born 1959), TV personality, record producer
Sara Cox (born 1974), radio presenter and DJ
Tina Daheley (born 1981), TV and radio presenter
Tess Daly (born 1969), TV presenter
Anne Davies (born 1958), TV presenter
Simon Dee (1935–2009), radio and TV presenter
Cat Deeley (born 1976), TV presenter
Katie Derham (born 1970), TV and radio presenter
David Dickinson (born 1941), day time TV presenter
David Dimbleby (born 1938), current affairs TV presenter
Declan Donnelly (born 1975), TV presenter
Scarlette Douglas (born 1987), TV presenter of property programmes
Peter Duncan (born 1954)
Noel Edmonds (born 1948), TV presenter
Tom Edwards (born 1945), radio broadcaster
Vanessa Feltz (born 1962), broadcaster and TV chat show host
Yvette Fielding (born 1968), children's TV presenter
Judy Finnigan (born 1948), TV presenter
Ben Fogle (born 1973), TV presenter of adventure programmes
Philippa Forrester (born 1968), TV and radio presenter
Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017), TV presenter
Kate Garraway (born 1967), TV presenter
Josie Gibson (born 1985), TV personality and presenter
Carrie Grant (born 1965), TV presenter and vocal coach
Alison Hammond (born 1975), TV personality and presenter
Jasmine Harman (born 1975), TV presenter of property programmes
Anne Hegerty (born 1958), TV quizzer
Vick Hope (born 1989), TV and radio presenter
Kate Humble (born 1968), wildlife TV presenter
Jake Humphrey (born 1978), TV presenter
Konnie Huq (born 1975), TV presenter
Greg James (born 1985), radio presenter
Jon Kay (born 1969), TV presenter
Vernon Kay (born 1974), TV presenter
Matthew Kelly (born 1950), TV presenter
Johnny Kingdom (1939–2018), wildlife TV presenter
Nick Knowles (born 1962), DIY TV presenter
Ruth Langsford (born 1960), TV presenter and panellist
Lauren Laverne (born 1978), radio presenter
Chantelle Lindsay (born 1994), wildlife TV presenter
Dominic Littlewood (born 1965), TV presenter of consumer protection shows
Richard Madeley (born 1956), TV presenter
Timmy Mallett (born 1955), children's TV presenter
Davina McCall (born 1967), TV presenter
Paddy McGuinness (born 1973), TV presenter
Ant McPartlin (born 1975), TV presenter
Ray Mears (born 1964), author, TV presenter and survival expert
Sir Patrick Moore (1923–2012), writer, TV presenter, astronomer
Guy Mowbray (born 1972), football commentator
Jenni Murray (1950–2026), broadcaster and radio presenter
John Noakes (1934–2017), children's TV presenter
Sally Nugent (born 1971), TV presenter
Melvin Odoom (born 1980), TV and radio presenter
Des O'Connor (1932–2020), TV presenter
Paul O'Grady (1955–2023), broadcaster and drag queen
Dermot O'Leary (born 1973), TV presenter
Miquita Oliver (born 1984), TV presenter
Richard Osman (born 1970), TV presenter and game show host
Michael Parkinson (1935–2023), presenter of British television chat show Parkinson
Jeremy Paxman (born 1950)
John Peel (1939–2004), disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist
Suzi Perry (born 1970), racing presenter
Fiona Phillips (born 1961), TV presenter
Anita Rani (born 1977), TV presenter
Esther Rantzen (born 1940), TV presenter
Sophie Raworth (born 1968), broadcaster
Susanna Reid (born 1970), TV presenter and news anchor
Anna Richardson (born 1970), TV presenter
Anne Robinson (born 1944), TV game show presenter
Jonathan Ross (born 1960), TV chat show host
June Sarpong (born 1977), TV presenter and executive
Jimmy Savile (1926–2011), disc jockey, TV presenter, writer and media personality
Ben Shephard (born 1974), TV presenter
Ranvir Singh (born 1977), TV presenter and news anchor
Valerie Singleton (born 1937), children's TV presenter
Paul Sinha (born 1970), TV quizzer
Helen Skelton (born 1983), TV presenter
Mike Smith (1955–2014), TV and radio presenter
Stacey Solomon (born 1989), TV personality and presenter
John Stapleton (1946–2025), TV presenter
Jeff Stelling (born 1955), sports TV presenter
Ed Stewart (1941–2016), radio and TV presenter
Michaela Strachan (born 1996), wildlife TV presenter
Melanie Sykes (born 1970), TV presenter
Chris Tarrant (born 1946), quiz show presenter
Jamie Theakston (born 1970), children's TV presenter
Anthea Turner (born 1960), children's TV presenter
Laura Tobin (born 1981), weather presenter
Jeremy Vine (born 1965), TV and radio presenter
Gok Wan (born 1974), fashion TV presenter
Tim Westwood (born 1957), radio DJ
Charlene White (born 1980), TV presenter and panellist
Jo Whiley (born 1965), radio presenter and DJ
Emma Willis (born 1976), TV presenter
Holly Willoughby (born 1981), TV presenter
Claudia Winkleman (born 1972), TV presenter
Dale Winton (1955–2018), TV presenter
Dominic Wood (born 1977), TV presenter
Helen Wood, TV personality
Laura Woods (born 1987), sports TV presenter

Businesspeople

Sir Frederic Bolton (1851–1920), shipping
Karren Brady (born 1969), business executive, football managing director
Sir Richard Branson (born 1950)
Charles Bray (1811–1884), ribbon manufacturer
Sir John Brunner (1842–1919), chemicals
Frank Bustard (1886–1974), shipping
Ossie Clark (1942–1996), fashion
Eleanor Coade (1733–1821), statue manufacturing
Joseph Crosfield (1792–1844), soap and chemicals
Sara Davies (born 1984), crafting entrepreneur and TV personality
Ron Dennis (born 1947), McLaren automotive
Mary Dicas (fl. 1800–1818), scientific instrument making
John Foster (1798–1879), cloth
Cindy Gallop (born 1960), advertising
William Gossage (1799–1877), soap
Philip Green (born 1952), retail
James Hanson, Baron Hanson (1922–2004), industrialist
Charles D. Harman, investment banking
Thomas Hazlehurst (1779–1842), soap and alkali
Peter Van Herrewege (born 1953), retirement homes
Robert Spear Hudson (1812–1884), soap powder
John Hutchinson (1825–1865), alkali
Peter Jones (born 1966)
Sir Freddie Laker (1922–2006), pioneer of cheap air travel
William Losh (1770–1861), alkali
Deborah Meaden (born 1959), travel entrepreneur and TV personality
Alfred Mond (1868–1930), chemicals
Henry Mond (1898–1949), chemicals
Julian Mond (1925–1973), industrialist
Stephan Morais (born 1973)
William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963)
Edmund Knowles Muspratt (1833–1923), industrialist
Richard Muspratt (1822–1885), industrialist
Hester Parnall (1868–1939), brewing
Mary Portas (born 1960), retail consulting
Sam Roddick (born 1971), lingerie
Charles Roe (1715–1781), silk industry
Joseph Rowntree (1836–1925), chocolate and confectionery
Tony Rudd (1924–2017), stockbroking
Titus Salt (1803–1876), industrialist
Harriet Samuel (1836–1908), jewellery^[1]
Sir Ivan Stedeford (1897–1975), industrialist
Eddie Stobart (1929–2024), haulage contractor
Sir Alan Sugar (born 1947), electronics
Joseph Terry (1828–1898), confectionery
Dianne Thompson (born 1950), CEO of Camelot Group
Richard Tompkins (1918–1992), Green Shield trading stamps
Jamie Waller (born 1979), entrepreneur
Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), industrialist
Trinny Woodall (born 1964), beauty entrepreneur
Elma Yerburgh (1864–1946), brewing

Chefs

Lisa Allen (born 1981)
Frances Atkins
Mary Berry (born 1935)
April Bloomfield (born 1974)
Heston Blumenthal (born 1966)
Michael Caines (born 1969)
Avis Crocombe (c. 1839 – 1927)
Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 1953)
Fuchsia Dunlop
Gizzi Erskine (born 1979)
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (born 1965)
Keith Floyd (1943–2009)
Ravneet Gill (born 1991)
Rose Gray (1939–2010)
Sophie Grigson (born 1959)
Fiona Hamilton-Fairley (born 1963)
Angela Hartnett (born 1968)
Rosemary Hume (1907–1984)
Nadiya Hussain (born 1984)
Robert Irvine (born 1965)
Tom Kerridge (born 1973)
Rachel Khoo (born 1980)
Diana Kennedy (1923–2022)
Nigella Lawson (born 1960)
Rosa Lewis (1867–1952)
Agnes Marshall (1852–1905)
Elizabeth Marshall
James Martin (born 1972)
Allegra McEvedy (born 1970)
Mary-Ellen McTague
Ella Mills (born 1991)
Jack Monroe (born 1988)
Jamie Oliver (born 1975)
Poppy O'Toole (born 1994)
Merrilees Parker (born 1971)
Lorraine Pascale (born 1972)
Jennifer Paterson (1928–1999)
Marguerite Patten (1915–2015)
Gordon Ramsay (born 1966)
Gary Rhodes (1960–2019)
Rosemary Shrager (born 1951)
Delia Smith (born 1941)
Rick Stein (born 1947)
Ruby Tandoh (born 1992)
Emily Watkins
Marco Pierre White (born 1961)
Anne Willan (born 1938)
Sophie Wright
Antony Worrall Thompson (born 1951)

Comedians

James Acaster (born 1985)
Maisie Adam (born 1994)
Jayde Adams (born 1984)
Chris Addison (born 1972)
Fiona Allen (born 1965)
Chesney Allen (1893–1982)
Stephen K. Amos (born 1967)
Simon Amstell (born 1979)
Avril Angers (1918–2005)
Rowan Atkinson (born 1955)
Richard Ayoade (born 1977)
Pam Ayres (born 1947)
Sadia Azmat (born 1990)
Bill Bailey (born 1965)
Ronnie Barker (1929–2005)
Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971)
Julian Barratt (born 1968)
Angela Barnes (born 1976)
Lucy Beaumont (born 1983)
Rob Beckett (born 1986)
Matt Berry (born 1974)
John Bird (1936–2022)
Jo Brand (born 1957)
Katy Brand (born 1979)
Russell Brand (born 1975)
Marcus Brigstocke (born 1973)
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)
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)
Graham Chapman (1941–1989)
Bridget Christie (born 1971)
John Cleese (born 1939)
Roisin Conaty (born 1979)
Nina Conti (born 1975)
Steve Coogan (born 1965)
Peter Cook (1937–1995)
Tommy Cooper (1921–1984)
James Corden (born 1978)
Barry Cryer (1935–2022)
Jon Culshaw (born 1968)
Jim Davidson (born 1953)
Les Dawson (1931–1993)
Angus Deayton (born 1956)
Hugh Dennis (born 1962)
Amelia Dimoldenberg (born 1994)
Reg Dixon (1915–1984)
Ken Dodd (1929–2018)
Jenny Eclair (born 1960)
Ade Edmondson (born 1957)
Tameka Empson (born 1977)
Jo Enright (born 1968)
Lee Evans (born 1964)
Noel Fielding (born 1973)
Bud Flanagan (1896–1968)
Micky Flanagan (born 1962)
Paul Foot (born 1973)
John Fortune (1939–2013)
Dawn French (born 1957)
Stephen Fry (born 1958)
Ed Gamble (born 1986)
Ricky Gervais (born 1961)
Dave Gorman (born 1971)
Tony Hancock (1924–1968)
Jeremy Hardy (1961–2019)
Miranda Hart (born 1972)
Lenny Henry (born 1958)
Richard Herring (born 1967)
Benny Hill (1924–1992)
Matthew Holness (born 1975)
Alex Horne (born 1978)
Russell Howard (born 1980)
Lee Hurst (born 1963)
Eric Idle (born 1943)
Krissie Illing (born 1956)
Robin Ince (born 1969)
Eddie Izzard (born 1962)
Jethro (1948–2021)
Josh Jones (born 1992)
Milton Jones (born 1964)
Rosie Jones (born 1990)
Miles Jupp (born 1979)
Russell Kane (born 1980)
Fred Karno (1866–1941)
Peter Kay (born 1973)
Harriet Kemsley (born 1987)
Sarah Keyworth (born 1993)
Hetty King (1883–1972)
Hugh Laurie (born 1959)
Stewart Lee (born 1968)
Cariad Lloyd (born 1982)
Josie Long (born 1982)
Judi Love (born 1980)
Alice Lowe (born 1977)
Matt Lucas (born 1974)
Joe Lycett (born 1988)
Lee Mack (born 1968)
Ania Magliano (born 1998)
Stephen Mangan (born 1968)
Bernard Manning (1930–2007)
Stevie Martin (born 1988)
Rik Mayall (1958–2014)
Chris McCausland (born 1977)
Alistair McGowan (born 1964)
Rory McGrath (born 1956)
Paddy McGuinness (born 1973)
Michael McIntyre (born 1976)
Stephen Merchant (born 1974)
Paul Merton (born 1957)
Sarah Millican (born 1975)
Shazia Mirza (born 1972)
David Mitchell (born 1974)
Bob Monkhouse (1928–2003)
Eric Morecambe (1926–1984)
Diane Morgan (born 1975)
Chris Morris (born 1962)
Bob Mortimer (born 1959)
Frank Muir (1920–1998)
Al Murray (born 1968)
Denis Norden (1922–2018)
Paul O'Grady (1955–2023)^[2]
Sukh Ojla (born 1984)
Michael Palin (born 1943)
Karl Pilkington (born 1972)
Andy Parsons (born 1967)
Sara Pascoe (born 1981)
Sue Perkins (born 1969)
Lucy Porter (born 1973)
Romesh Ranganathan (born 1978)
Jan Ravens (born 1958)
Vic Reeves (born 1959)
Mike Reid (1940–2007)
Suzi Ruffell (born 1986)
Lou Sanders (born 1978)
Jennifer Saunders (born 1958)
Peter Sellers (1925–1980)
Frank Skinner (born 1957)
Arthur Smith (born 1954)
Laura Smyth (born 1981)
Freddie Starr (1943–2019)
Isy Suttie (born 1978)
Ellie Taylor
Vesta Tilley (1864–1952)
Tracey Ullman (born 1959)
Johnny Vegas (born 1970)
Ava Vidal (born 1976)
Tim Vine (born 1967)
David Walliams (born 1971)
Holly Walsh (born 1980)
Robert Webb (born 1972)
Jack Whitehall (born 1988)
Josh Widdicombe (born 1983)
Norman Wisdom (1915–2010)
Ernie Wise (1925–1999)
Victoria Wood (1953–2016)
Gina Yashere (born 1974)

Criminals

Ronnie Biggs (1929–2013), Great Train Robbery of 1963
Linda Calvey (born 1948), gangster
Mary Frith (1584–1659), pickpocket and fence
Myra Hindley (1942–2002), Moors murderer
Ian Huntley (1974-2026), Soham murderer
The Kray twins (Ronald 1933–1995, Reginald 1933–2000), east London gangsters
Michael McCrea (born 1958), former financial adviser and convicted killer who was jailed 24 years for the culpable homicide of a couple in Singapore.
Jimmy Moody (1941–1993), armed robber, reputed contract killer and prison escapee
Raymond Morris (1929–2014), murderer
John Martin Scripps (1959–1996), spree killer who was executed for murdering a South African tourist in Singapore.
Harold Shipman (1946–2004), possibly the most prolific serial killer worldwide; convicted of 15 murders; probably killed over 250^[3]
Peter Sutcliffe (1946–2020), 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"

Dancers

Elizabeth Anderton (born 1938), ballet dancer
Shirley Ballas (born 1960), ballroom dancer
Ashley Banjo (born 1988), street dancer
Jordan Banjo (born 1992), street dancer
Liberty Barros (born 2007), yoga dancer
Warren Bullock (born 1965), ballroom dancer
Darcey Bussell (born 1969), ballet dancer
Vernon Castle (1887–1918), ballroom dancer
Joanne Clifton (born 1983), ballroom dancer
Kevin Clifton (born 1982), ballroom dancer
Lewis Cope (born 1995), dancer and actor
Luke Cresswell (born 1963), dancer
Matthew Cutler (born 1973), ballroom dancer
Anton Du Beke (born 1966), ballroom dancer
Margot Fonteyn (1919–1991), ballet dancer
Celia Franca (1921–2007), ballet dancer
John Gilpin (1930–1983), ballet dancer
Len Goodman (1944–2023), ballroom dancer
Diana Gould (1912–2003), ballet dancer
Karen Hardy (born 1970), ballroom dancer
Winifred Hart-Dyke (1881–1976), dancer and actress
James Jordan (born 1978), ballroom dancer
Akram Khan (born 1974), dancer and choreographer
Perri Kiely (born 1995), street dancer
Alice Lethbridge (1866–1948), music hall dancer
Alex Moore (1901–1991), ballroom dancer
Margaret Morris (dancer) (1891–1980), Celtic ballet dancer
Lauren Oakley (born 1991), ballroom dancer
Arlene Phillips (born 1943), dancer and choreographer
Jeanette Rutherston (1902–1988), dancer and critic
Hester Santlow (1690–1773), ballet dancer
Ciara Sexton (born 1988), Irish dancer and choreographer
Emma Slater (born 1988), ballroom dancer
Wayne Sleep (born 1948), ballet dancer
Antony Tudor (1908–1987), ballet dancer and choreographer
Kate Vaughan (1855–1903), music hall dancer
Ian Waite (born 1971), ballroom dancer
Kai Widdrington (born 1995), ballroom dancer
Robin Windsor (1979–2024), ballroom dancer

Economists

R. G. D. Allen (1906–1983), economist, mathematician, and statistician
Norman Angell (1872–1967), internationalist and economist
Vera Anstey (1889–1976), economist and expert of the economy of India
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
Martin Ellison, consultant to the Bank of England
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 Robinson (1903–1983), economist
Faiza Shaheen (born 1982), economist in the field of income inequality
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
Karen Banks (fl. 2028), internet pioneer
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
Edward Betts (1815–1872), civil engineering contractor
William Binnie (1867–1949), civil 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
Isabel Hardwich (1919–1987), electrical engineer
Jesse Hartley (1780–1860), civil engineer
J. B. Hartley (1814–1869), civil engineer
Benjamin Hick (1790–1842), civil and mechanical engineer
John Hick (1815–1894), civil and mechanical engineer
Eric Laithwaite (1908–1998), engineer
Sir William Lyons (1901–1985), engineer, co-founder of the automobile manufacturer Jaguar^[4]
William Mackenzie (1794–1851), civil engineer and contractor
R.J. Mitchell (1895–1937), aeronautical engineer
Robert Rawlinson (1810–1898), engineer
Sir Samuel Morton Peto (1809–1889), civil engineering contractor
Margaret Dorothea Rowbotham (1883–1978), engineer
Sir Henry Royce (1863–1933), engineer^[5]
Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990), aeronautical engineer
Nevil Shute (1899–1960), aeronautical engineer and author
George Stephenson (1781–1848), railway engineer
Charles Todd (1826–1910), meteorologist, in charge of constructing the Overland Telegraph across Australia
Henrietta Vansittart (1833–1883), engineer and inventor
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)
Ann Daniels (born 1964), polar explorer
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
Henry Timberlake (1570–1625), merchant and traveller
Helen Sharman (born 1963), first British person in space and first woman to visit the Mir Space Station
Major Tim Peake (born 1972), first British person in space under the European Space Agency and first British Person to visit the International Space Station

Filmmakers

Richard Attenborough (1923–2014)
John Boorman (born 1933)
John and Roy Boulting (1913–1985 and 1913–2001)
Danny Boyle (born 1956)
Alan Clarke (1935–1990)
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)
Emerald Fennell (born 1975)
Mike Figgis (born 1948)
Lewis Gilbert (1920–2018)
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)
Sharon Maguire (born 1960)
Anthony Minghella (1954–2008)
Carol Morley (born 1966)
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)
Sam Taylor-Johnson (born 1967)

Historians

Peter Ackroyd (born 1949), biographer and historian of London
Jill Allibone (1932–1998), architectural historian
John Ashdown-Hill (1949–2018), medievalist
John Baker (born 1944), legal historian
Frank Barlow (1911–2009), biographer and historian
Robert Bartlett (born 1950), historian and medievalist
Mary Beard (born 1955), historian and classicist
Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852), biographer
Jim Bradbury (1937–2023), military historian of the medieval period
Anthony Randolph Bridbury (1924–2015), economic historian and medievalist
Asa Briggs (1921–2016), historian of the Victorian period
Mark Bryant (born 1953), cartoon historian
Bernard Burke (1814–1892), genealogist
William Camden (1551–1623), antiquarian
Helen H. Carr (born 1988), historian and broadcaster
Helen Castor (born 1968), historian of the medieval and Tudor period
Marjorie Chibnall (1915–2012), historian, medievalist and Latin translator
George Edward Cokayne (1825–1911), genealogist
Elizabeth Crawford, historian of the women's suffrage movement
Ilse Crawford (born 1974), historian
William Dugdale (1605–1686), antiquary
William Arthur Evelyn (1860–1935), historian of York
Nicholas Foulkes (born 1964), social historian
Antonia Fraser (born 1932), historian and novelist
Helen Fry (born 1967), historian of World War II
Delia Gaze (born 1951), art historian
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), historian and classicist
Ruth Goodman (born 1963), historian of the early modern period
Natalie Haynes (born 1974), historian and classicist
Richard Holmes (1946–2011), military historian and author
Bettany Hughes (born 1967), historian and classicist
Eric Ives (1931–2012), historian of the Tudor period
Lisa Jardine, (1944–2015), historian of the early modern period
Greg Jenner (born 1982), public historian and radio broadcaster
Alex J. Kay (born 1979), historian of Nazi Germany
Alison Kelly (1913–2016), art historian
Robert Lacey (born 1944), historian and biographer
Sir Peter Leycester (1614–1678), historian and antiquarian
Suzannah Lipscomb (born 1978), historian of the sixteenth-century
Frederic William Maitland (1850–1906), legal historian
Doris Langley Moore (1902–1989), fashion historian and museum founder
Ian Mortimer (born 1968), medievalist and historical fiction writer
Elizabeth Norton (born 1986), historian of the Tudor period
George Ormerod (1785–1873), historian and antiquary
Peter Quennell (1905–1993), literary historian
Andrew Roberts (born 1963), popular historian and journalist
Nicholas Rodger (born 1949), naval historian
Emma Rothschild (born 1948), economic historian
Sheila Rowbotham (born 1943), women's historian
Simon Schama, historian
John Speed (1542–1629), historian and cartographer
David Starkey (born 1945), historian, radio and television presenter
Frank Stenton (1880–1967), historian of Anglo-Saxon England
Agnes Strickland (1796–1874), historian and poet
Philip Sugden (1947–2014), historian
A.J.P. Taylor (1906–1990), historian
Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975), historian and philosopher of history
G. M. Trevelyan (1876–1962), historian and academic
Jenny Uglow (born 1947), historian
Alison Weir, public historian and historian of royal women
A. N. Wilson (born 1950), historian and newspaper columnist
Lucy Worsley (born 1973), historian, curator and television presenter
Frances Yates (1899–1981), historian of the Renaissance and the history of esotericism

Inventors

Ruth Amos (born 1989), entrepreneur and inventor of StairSteady
Richard Arkwright (1733–1792), revolutionised the cotton industry in England during the Industrial Revolution; once called the "father of the Industrial Revolution"
Sir Tim 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
Abraham Darby (c. 1678 – 1717), ironmaster
James Dyson (born 1947), inventor
Alfred Robert Grindlay (1876–1965), inventor, industrialist and politician
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
Sir Clive Sinclair (1940–2021), most commonly known for his work in the consumer electronics sector
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

Kate Adie (born 1945), war correspondent
Dolly Alderton (born 1988), columnist
Mark Austin (born 1958), journalist and presenter
Clive Barnes (1927–2008), theatre critic
Martin Bashir (born 1963), journalist
Isabella Blow (1958–2007), magazine editor
Reginald Bosanquet (1932–1984), news anchor
Jennie Bond (born 1950)
Christopher Booker (1937–2019)
Kate Bottley (born 1975), journalist and vicar
Hamish Bowles (born 1963)
Michael Buerk (born 1946)
Sir Alastair Burnet (1928–2012)
Clemency Burton-Hill (born 1981)
Edward Chattaway (1873–1956), editor of The Star
Maureen Cleave (1934–2021), music journalist
Jill Dando (1961–1999)
Sir Robin Day (1923–2000)
Victoria Derbyshire (born 1968), news anchor
Katie Derham (born 1970)
Peter Donaldson (1945–2015), radio presenter
Stacey Dooley (born 1987), investigative documentary maker
Gillian Duffy, food writer
Lorna Dunkley, news anchor and journalist
Julie Etchingham (born 1969), news anchor
Dele Fadele (1962–2018), music journalist
Anna Ford (born 1943), news anchor
David Foot (1929–2021), cricket journalist
Paul Foot (1937–2004)
Andrew Gardner (1932–1999)
Madge Garland (1898–1990), fashion journalist
Gary Gibbon (born 1965), political editor
Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born 1970), news anchor
Nina Hibbin (1922–2004), film critic
Nina Hossain (born 1975), news anchor
Jemima Hunt (born 1969), journalist and novelist
Richard Ingrams (born 1937)
Deborah James (1981–2022), journalist and charity campaigner
Simon Jenkins (born 1943), newspaper columnist and editor
Rachel Johnson (born 1965), journalist and TV presenter
Liz Jones (born 1958), fashion journalist
Owen Jones (born 1984), political journalist
Natasha Kaplinsky (born 1972), news anchor
Suzy Klein (born 1975), music writer
Trevor Kavanagh (born 1943), political commentator
Eardley Knollys (1902–1991), art critic
Laura Kuenssberg (born 1976), political editor
Neil Kulkarni (1972–2024), music critic
Christina Lamb (born 1965)
Paris Lees
Alastair Leithead (born 1972)
Chris Mason (born 1980), political journalist
Robin Merrill (born 20th century)
Lottie Moggach
Caitlin Moran (born 1975), music journalist and author
Naga Munchetty (born 1975), news anchor
Cathy Newman (born 1974), journalist and news anchor
Victoria Newton (born 1970), showbiz columnist
Mary Nightingale (born 1963), news anchor
Nick Owen (born 1947), news anchor
Tony Parsons (born 1953), music journalist
Jeremy Paxman (born 1950)
Constance Peel (1868–1934), journalist
Laurie Penny (born 1986), political journalist
Sophie Raworth (born 1968), news anchor
Angela Rippon (born 1944)
Justine Roberts (born 1967), website founder
Willie Rushton (1937–1996)
Polly Russell, food writer
Alexandra Shulman (born 1957), magazine editor
Peter Sissons (1942–2019), news anchor
Nigel Slater (born 1956), food writer
Jon Snow (born 1947), news anchor
Alastair Stewart (born 1952)
Janet Street-Porter (born 1946), journalist and TV personality
Moira Stuart (born 1949), news anchor
Polly Toynbee (born 1946), columnist
Graham Usher (1958–2013), correspondent
Katharine Viner (born 1971), editor
Irving Wardle (1929–2023), theatre critic
Anna Wintour (born 1949), fashion magazine editor
Audrey Withers (1905–2001), magazine editor
Bob Woffinden (1948–2018), investigative journalist
Camilla Wright (born 1970)

Military personnel

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
Samuel Barrington (1729–1800), rear admiral
Lord Aubrey Beauclerk (1710–1741), Officer of the Royal Navy
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, First World War
Robert Blake (1599–1657), reforming Royal Navy Admiral
William Bligh (1754–1817), best known for the mutiny of the Bounty
James Henry Robinson Bond (1871–1943), corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps
Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet (1753–1822), admiral
Philip Broke (1776–1841), rear admiral, known for his capture of USS Chesapeake
Thomas Bruce (1738–1797), lieutenant general and politician
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
Edwin Cole (1895–1984), Squadron Leader
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 HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of Trafalgar, where he was subsequently killed
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805), general
Christopher Augustus Cox (1889–1959), private
Christopher Augustus Cox (1889–1959), private
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
Thomas Farrington (1664–1712), lieutenant general
Alexander Fraser (1824–1898), general
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
Hubert Gough (1870–1963), general
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet (1769–1859), vice-admiral, captained 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
Joseph Higginson (1792–1881), last surviving veteran of the Invasion of Java.
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
William Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham (1736–1813), admiral
John Howard (1912–1999), British Army major who led the coup de main party that captured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges.
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
Louis Fleeming Jenkin (1895–1917), captain
Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (1872–1945), admiral
Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850–1916), field marshal
Lofty Large, SAS soldier, author
FitzRoy Henry Lee (1699–1750), Vice Admiral, Commodore Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland
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), English Civil War era general in Chief Command
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (c. 1208 – 1265), statesman and soldier
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
Henry Pulleine (1838–1879), lieutenant colonel
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)
George Rooke (1650–1709), Admiral of the Fleet
William Victor Trevor Rooper (1897–1917), captain
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
Derek Anthony Seagrim (1903–1943), lieutenant colonel
Sir James Simpson (1792–1868), general
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 (1927–2018), 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), 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
Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827–1905), general
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
Edward Vernon (1684–1757), admiral
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
Sir William Welsh (1891–1962), air marshal
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

Models

Adwoa Aboah (born 1992)
Saffron Aldridge (born 1968)
Munroe Bergdorf (born 1987)
Yasmin Benoit (born 1996)
Angie Best (born 1952)
Pattie Boyd (born 1944)
Bobby Brazier (born 2003)
Kelly Brook (born 1979)
Naomi Campbell (born 1970)
Will Chalker (born 1980)
Oliver Cheshire (born 1988)
Alexa Chung (born 1983)
Abby Clancy (born 1986)
Lily Cole (born 1987)
Sam Cooke (born 1985)
Cara Delevingne (born 1992)
Dolores (1893–1975)
Agyness Deyn (born 1983)
Jourdan Dunn (born 1990)
Paloma Elsesser (born 1992)
David Gandy (born 1980)
Neelam Gill (born 1995)
Ellie Goldstein (born 2001)
Alexina Graham (born 1990)
Jack Guinness (born 1982)
Calum Harper (born 2002)
Victoria Hervey (born 1976)
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (born 1987)
Damian Hurley (born 2002)
Stephen James (born 1990)
Jodie Kidd (born 1978)
Penny Lancaster (born 1971)
Daisy Lowe (born 1989)
Jane Lumb (1942–2008)
Heather Mills (born 1968)
Yasmin Le Bon (born 1964)
Kate Moss (born 1974)
June Palmer (1940–2004)
Lucy Pinder (born 1983)
Katie Price (born 1978)
Pamela Rooke (1955–2022)
Jean Shrimpton (born 1942)
Paul Sculfor (born 1971)
Penelope Tree (born 1949)
Twiggy (born 1949)
Sam Webb (born 1986)

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, and Ireland
Charles II (reigned 1660–1685), also King of Scotland
Charles III (reigned 2022–present)
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
Elizabeth II, (reigned 1952–2022) the longest reigning monarch in the UK history
Empress Matilda, claimant to the English throne and Holy Roman Empress
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 of Cornwall (reigned 1257–1272), King of the Romans
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

Jacqui Abbott (born 1973), singer and member of The Beautiful South
Adele (born 1988), singer
Thomas Adès (born 1971), composer
Damon Albarn (born 1968), singer-songwriter
John Alldis (1929–2010), chorus master and conductor
Lily Allen (born 1985)
Marc Almond (born 1956), singer of the synth-pop duo Soft Cell
Marsha Ambrosius (born 1977), singer-songwriter
Jon Anderson (born 1944), singer-songwriter, co-founder of Yes
Anne-Marie (born 1990), pop singer-songwriter
Adam Ant (born 1954), singer
Gabrielle Aplin (born 1992), singer-songwriter
Rod Argent (born 1945), keyboardist and founder of The Zombies
David Arnold (born 1962), composer, musician and film scorer (notably four James Bond films)
Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), composer
James Arthur (born 1988), singer-songwriter
Quenton Ashlyn, society entertainer
Rick Astley (born 1966), singer
Martin Atkins (born 1959), drummer
Paul Atkinson, (1946—2004) guitarist and member of The Zombies
Katy B (born 1989), singer
Mel B (born 1975), singer, member of Spice Girls
Alexander Baillie (born 1956), cellist
Cheryl Baker (born 1954), singer and member of Bucks Fizz
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
Fred Barnes (performer) (1885–1938), music hall singer
Blaze Bayley (born 1963), rock musician and singer
Norman Beaker (born 1950), blues guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer
Jazmin Bean (born 2003), singer-songwriter
Victoria Beckham (born 1974), singer, member of Spice Girls and fashion designer
David Bedford (1937–2011), composer and musician
Mark Bedford (born 1961), musician, songwriter and composer, bass guitarist for Madness
Natasha Bedingfield (born 1981), singer
Thomas Beecham (1879–1961), conductor
Matthew Bellamy (born 1978), composer for Muse
Bev Bevan (born 1944), drummer for The Move and Electric Light Orchestra
Lisa Beznosiuk (born 1956), flautist
Acker Bilk (1929–2014), clarinettist and vocalist
Birdy (born 1996), singer-songwriter and pianist
Roger Birnstingl, bassoonist
Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022), composer
Black (1962–2016), best known for the song Wonderful Life
Cilla Black (1943–2015), singer and television presenter
Pauline Black (born 1953), ska singer
Ritchie Blackmore (born 1945), guitarist, former member of Deep Purple and Rainbow
Melanie Blatt (born 1975), singer and member of All Saints
Colin Blunstone (born 1945), singer-songwriter of The Zombies
James Blunt (born 1977), singer
John Bonham (1948–1980), drummer for Led Zeppelin
Dave Gahan (born 1962), singer of Depeche Mode
Alison Goldfrapp (born 1966), synth-pop singer
Martin Gore (born 1961), songwriter and founder of Depeche Mode
Tim Booth (born 1960), singer-songwriter and actor, member of James
Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
James Bourne, member of the former rock group Busted, singer-songwriter
David Bowie (1947–2016), Starman
William Boyce (1711–1779), composer
Billy Bragg (born 1957), guitarist and folk singer
Rosina Brandram (1845–1907), opera singer and actress
Patricia Bredin (1935–2023), singer
Havergal Brian (1876–1972), composer
Frankie Bridge (born 1989), pop singer and member of the bands S Club Juniors and The Saturdays
Sarah Brightman (born 1960), singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer and pianist
Olivia Broadfield (born 1981), singer-songwriter for TV and film
Justin Broadrick (born 1969), vocalist and guitarist, member of Godflesh and Jesu
Ian Broudie (born 1958), singer-songwriter member of The Lightning Seeds
V V Brown (born 1983), indie pop singer
Mutya Buena (born 1985), singer and member of the band Sugababes
Jake Bugg (born 1994), singer-songwriter and guitarist
Emma Bunton (born 1976), singer, member of Spice Girls
Alexandra Burke (born 1988), singer and actress
Cat Burns (born 2000), singer-songwriter
Pete Burns (1959–2016), singer-songwriter and lead vocalist with Dead or Alive
Tony Burrows (born 1942), pop singer
Kate Bush (born 1958), singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
Bilinda Butcher (born 1961), singer-songwriter, vocalist and guitarist of My Bloody Valentine
Geezer Butler (born 1949), bassist with Black Sabbath
William Byrd (1543–1623), composer
Martyn Campbell (born 1970), bassist of The Lightning Seeds
Joanne Catherall (born 1962), synth-pop singer and member of The Human League
Les Chadwick (1943–2019), bassist of Gerry and the Pacemakers
Justin Chancellor (born 1971), bassist, member of Tool
Melanie C (born 1974), singer, member of Spice Girls
Lil' Chris (1990–2015), singer
Eric Clapton (born 1945), singer, guitarist, member of The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominoes
Helen Clare (1916–2018), singer
Allan Clarke (born 1942), lead singer of The Hollies
Adam Clayton (born 1960), bassist, member of U2
Cheryl Cole (born 1983), singer, member of Girls Aloud
Phil Collins (born 1951), musician, member of Genesis
Imogen Cooper (born 1949), pianist
David Coverdale (born 1951), singer for Deep Purple and Whitesnake
Graham Coxon (born 1969), guitarist, singer-songwriter, former member of Blur and solo artist
Lol Creme (born 1947), guitarist and member of 10cc
Jamie Cullum (born 1979), jazz singer and musician
Ian Curtis (1956–1980), lead singer and composer for Joy Division
Roger Daltrey (born 1944), lead singer of The Who
Dave Davies (born 1947), lead guitarist with The Kinks
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016), composer
Ray Davies (born 1944), singer-songwriter and lead vocalist with The Kinks
Andrew Davis (born 1944), conductor
Colin Davis (1927–2013), conductor
Chris de Burgh (born 1948), singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Gervase de Peyer (1926–2017), clarinettist and conductor
Norman Del Mar (1919–1994), conductor
Frederick Delius (1862–1934), composer
Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001), composer of electronic music
Des'ree (born 1968), soul and pop singer
Dido (born Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, 1971), singer-songwriter
Pete Doherty, former co-lead singer of The Libertines; current lead singer of Babyshambles; solo artist
Peter Donohoe (born 1953), pianist
Eliza Doolittle (born 1988), pop singer
Lee Dorrian (born 1968), heavy metal musician
John Dowland (1563-1626), composer of songs
Nick Drake (1948–1974), singer-songwriter
Jacqueline du Pré (1945–1987), cellist
John Dunstaple (1383–1453), composer
Ian Dury (1942–2000), lyricist and vocalist for The Blockheads
Ms. Dynamite (born 1981), rapper and singer
Fleur East (born 1987), singer, rapper and TV presenter
Perrie Edwards (born 1993), singer and member of Little Mix
Edward Elgar (1857–1934), composer
Bobby Elliot (born 1941), drummer and member of The Hollies
Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 1979), pop singer-songwriter
Keith Emerson (1944–2016), keyboardist for The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
John Entwistle (1944–2002), bassist for The Who
Estelle (born 1980), R&B singer
Example (born 1982), rapper
Ella Eyre (born 1994), R&B singer
George Ezra (born 1993), singer-songwriter
Digby Fairweather (born 1946), jazz musician
Paloma Faith (born 1981), singer-songwriter
Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025), singer, actress and chanteuse
Rebecca Ferguson (born 1986), soul singer and songwriter
Steve Ferrone (born 1950), session drummer
Gerald Finzi (1901–1956), composer
Mick Fleetwood (born 1947), drummer of Fleetwood Mac
Florrie (born 1988), singer-songwriter and drummer
Chris Foreman (born 1956), musician, singer-songwriter and composer, guitarist for Madness
George Formby (1906–1961), wartime entertainer, famous for his playing of the Banjolele and contribution to film
Foxes (born 1989), pop singer
Robert Fripp (born 1946), songwriter, guitarist, record producer and founder of King Crimson
Billy Fury (1940–1983), rock and roll singer
Peter Gabriel (born 1950), singer-songwriter and former lead vocalist of Genesis
Gabrielle (born 1969), singer
Liam Gallagher (born 1972), singer and former lead vocalist of Oasis
Noel Gallagher (born 1967), singer-songwriter and former member of Oasis
Lesley Garrett (born 1955), soprano
Gareth Gates (born 1984), singer
Boy George (born 1961), singer and lead vocalist of Culture Club
Andy Gibb (1958–1988), pop singer, brother of the Bee Gees
Sir Barry Gibb (born 1946), musician, member of the Bee Gees
Maurice Gibb (1949–2003), musician, member of the Bee Gees
Robin Gibb (1949–2012), singer-songwriter, member of Bee Gees
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), composer
Ian Gillan (born 1945), singer for Deep Purple
David Gilmour (born 1946), guitarist, singer and composer of Pink Floyd
Girli (born 1997), alternative singer-songwriter
Jess Glynne (born 1989), pop singer
Kevin Godley (born 1945), singer-songwriter, drummer and member of 10cc
Ron Goodwin (1925–2003), composer and conductor
Debbie Googe (born 1962), bassist of My Bloody Valentine
Ellie Goulding (born 1986), singer-songwriter, musician
Graham Gouldman (born 1946), singer-songwriter, bassist and member of 10cc
Melissa Graham (born 1975), singer-songwriter
Peter Green (1946-2020), singer-songwriter, original lead guitarist and founder of Fleetwood Mac
Griff (born 2001), singer
Hugh Grundy (born 1945), drummer of The Zombies
Terry Hall (1959–2022), lead singer of the 2-tone band The Specials
Geri Halliwell (born 1972), singer, member of the Spice Girls
Natasha Hamilton (born 1982), pop singer and member of Atomic Kitten
Sarah Harding (1981–2021), singer and member of Girls Aloud
Bella Hardy (born 1984), folk musician, singer-songwriter
Dhani Harrison (born 1978), guitarist, son of George Harrison
George Harrison (1943–2001), musician, composer, member of The Beatles
PJ Harvey (born 1969), singer-songwriter, guitarist
Eric Haydock (1943—2019), bass guitarist and member of The Hollies
Imogen Heap (born 1977), singer and musician
Matty Healy (born 1989), lead singer of indie-rock band The 1975
Ella Henderson (born 1996), pop singer
Anthony Hewitt (born 1971), pianist
Tony Hicks (born 1945), lead guitarist of The Hollies
Becky Hill (born 1994), dance-pop singer-songwriter
Steve Hogarth (born 1959), songwriter, musician and lead singer of the band Marillion
Gustav Holst (1874–1934), composer
Dominic Howard (born 1977), member of Muse
Glenn Hughes (born 1951), briefly of bands Deep Purple and Black Sabbath
Rochelle Humes (born 1989), pop singer and member of the bands S Club Juniors and The Saturdays
Tony Iommi (born 1948), guitarist and co-founder of Black Sabbath
John Ireland (1879–1962), composer
Robert Irving (1913–1991), conductor
JAY1 (born 1998), rapper and songwriter
Jessie J (born 1988), singer-songwriter
Sir Mick Jagger (born 1943), rock singer and frontman of The Rolling Stones
Sir Elton John (born 1947), singer-songwriter and pianist
Brian Johnson (born 1947), singer, lead vocalist with AC/DC, former member of Geordie
Brian Jones (1942–1969), musician and founder of The Rolling Stones
Davy Jones (1945–2012), singer/percussionist, member of The Monkees
Howard Jones (born 1955), singer and songwriter
John Paul Jones (born 1946), bassist, mandolinist and keyboardist for Led Zeppelin
Samantha Jones (born 1943), singer
Kerry Katona (born 1980), pop singer and member of Atomic Kitten
Nigel Kennedy (born 1956), violinist
Mollie King (born 1987), singer and member of The Saturdays
Thea King (1925–2007), clarinettist
Danny Kirwan (1950-2018), original singer-songwriter and guitarist of Fleetwood Mac
Beverley Knight (born 1973), singer and actress
David Knopfler (born 1952), musician and former rhythm guitarist with Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler (born 1949), musician, songwriter and co-founder of Dire Straits
Sonja Kristina (born 1949), rock singer
La Roux (born 1988), synth-pop musician and singer
Lady Sovereign (born 1985), rapper and singer
Greg Lake (1947–2016), musician, songwriter, bassist of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Adrian Lambert (born 1976), bassist
Jen Ledger (born 1989), drummer and backing vocalist for Skillet
Albert Lee (born 1943), guitarist
John Lennon (1940–1980), singer-songwriter, co-founder of The Beatles
Leona Lewis (born 1985), singer-songwriter
Shaznay Lewis (born 1975), singer and member of All Saints
Cher Lloyd (born 1993), singer
Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer of musicals
Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951), cellist
Pixie Lott (born 1991), singer
Chris Lowe (born 1959), keyboardist and composer, member of Pet Shop Boys
Pearl Lowe (born 1970), singer-songwriter and textiles designer
Dua Lipa (born 1995), singer-songwriter
Vera Lynn (1917–2020), singer and entertainer
Les Maguire (born 1941), pianist for Gerry and the Pacemakers
Ella Mai (born 1994), singer-songwriter
Zayn Malik (born 1993), member of One Direction
Jane Manning (1938–2021), opera soprano
Clint Mansell (born 1963), lead singer of rock band Pop Will Eat Itself
Gerry Marsden (1942–2021), leader of Gerry and the Pacemakers
Chris Martin (born 1977), singer-songwriter, co-founder of Coldplay
Hank Marvin (born 1941), guitarist, member of The Shadows
Glen Matlock (born 1956), original bass guitarist of the Sex Pistols
Sir Brian May (born 1947), musician, astrophysicist and lead guitarist with Queen
Sir Paul McCartney (born 1942), singer-songwriter, guitarist, co-founder of The Beatles
Liz McClarnon (born 1981), pop singer and member of Atomic Kitten
Jane McDonald (born 1963), singer and TV personality
Declan McKenna (born 1998), singer
Graham McPherson (born 1961), aka Suggs, lead vocalist of Madness
Christine McVie (1943–2022), singer, pianist and member of Fleetwood Mac
John McVie (born 1945), bass guitarist and member of Fleetwood Mac
M.I.A. (born 1975), rapper and singer
George Michael (1963–2016), singer-songwriter, former member of Wham!
Tony Mills (1962–2019), singer and guitarist, member of Shy
Keith Moon (1946–1978), drummer for The Who
Gary Moore (1952–2011), blues guitarist, briefly in Thin Lizzy
Thomas Morley (1557–1602), consort composer
Gareth Morris (1920–2007), flautist
Morrissey (born 1959), composer, member of The Smiths
Alison Moyet (born 1961), singer-songwriter
May Mukle (1880–1963), cellist
Olly Murs (born 1984), pop singer
Billie Myers (born 1971), pop singer
Graham Nash (born 1942), singer-songwriter, guitarist and original member of The Hollies
Kate Nash (born 1987), singer and actress
Jesy Nelson (born 1991), singer and member of Little Mix
Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022), pop star
Nadia Oh (born 1990), rapper
Hazel O'Connor (born 1954), singer-songwriter
John Ogdon (1937–1989), pianist
Mike Oldfield (born 1953), composer and instrumentalist
Daphne Oram (1925–2003), electronic composer
Beth Orton (born 1970), singer-songwriter
Ozzy Osbourne (1948–2025), singer and former lead vocalist for Black Sabbath
Jacquie O'Sullivan (born 1960), singer and member of Bananarama
Jimmy Page (born 1944), guitarist and co-founder of Led Zeppelin
Carl Palmer (born 1950), drummer for Atomic Rooster, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Asia
Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born 1991), singer and member of Little Mix
Panjabi MC (born 1970), recording artist, rapper and DJ
Hubert Parry (1848–1918), composer
Alan Parsons (born 1948), composer and musician
Liam Payne (1993–2024), member of One Direction
Peter Pears (1910–1986), tenor
Alf Pearson (1910-2012), singer
Bob Pearson (1907–1985), singer and pianist
Robert Plant (born 1948), singer, former lead vocalist for Led Zeppelin
Anthony Pleeth (born 1948), cellist
Cozy Powell (1947–1998), drummer for Rainbow, Emerson, Lake & Powell and Black Sabbath
Stephen Preston, flautist
Henry Purcell (1659–1695), composer
Corinne Bailey Rae (born 1970), singer-songwriter
Simon Rattle (born 1955), conductor
Raye (born 1997), soul singer-songwriter
Keith Richards (born 1943), guitarist and member of the Rolling Stones
Nicola Roberts (born 1985), singer and member of Girls Aloud
Paul Rodgers (born 1949), singer, member of Free and Bad Company
Samantha Ronson (born 1977), DJ and singer
Martin Roscoe (born 1952), pianist
Emeli Sandé (born 1987), R&B singer
Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), conductor
21 Savage (born 1992), rapper, record producer
Chris Sharrock (born 1964), drummer for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Ed Sheeran (born 1991), singer-songwriter
Tony Sheridan (1940–2013), rock musician
Siouxsie Sioux (born 1957), new-wave and alternative rock singer, member of Siouxsie and the Banshees
Skin (born 1967), rock singer
Sam Smith (born 1992), singer-songwriter
Elsie Southgate (1880–1946), violinist
Jeremy Spencer (born 1948), original slide guitarist of Fleetwood Mac
Lucy Spraggan (born 1991), acoustic singer
Zak Starkey (born 1965), drummer, son of Ringo Starr
Sir Ringo Starr (born 1940), drummer, member of The Beatles
Crispin Steele-Perkins (born 1944), trumpeter
Eric Stewart (born 1945), singer-songwriter, keyboardist, multi-instrumentalist, record producer of 10cc
Rod Stewart (born 1945), singer
Sting (born 1951), singer-songwriter, guitarist
Joss Stone (born 1987), singer
Stormzy (born 1993), rapper and grime artist
Joe Strummer (1952–2002), singer, member of The Clash
Amy Studt (born 1986), singer-songwriter and pianist
Harry Styles (born 1994), singer, member of One Direction
Bernard Sumner, lead singer of New Order
Oli Sykes (born 1986), rock singer and member of Bring Me the Horizon
Connie Talbot (born 2000), child singer and reality star
Thomas Tallis (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
Jade Thirlwall (born 1992), singer and member of Little Mix
Frederick Thurston (1901–1953), clarinettist
Lee Thompson (born 1957), multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and composer, founder and saxophonist of Madness
Michael Tippett (1905–1998), composer
Louis Tomlinson (born 1991), member of One Direction
Pete Townshend (born 1945), guitarist and songwriter with The Who
Faye Tozer (born 1975), pop singer, member of Steps
Viola Tunnard (1916–1974), pianist
Alex Turner, leader singer of the band Arctic Monkeys
Joseph Vernon (1738–1782), boy soprano
Diana Vickers (born 1991), pop singer
Sid Vicious (1957–1979), bassist for Sex Pistols
Rick Wakeman (born 1949), piano, keyboardist, musician
Ricky Walters (born 1965), aka rapper Slick Rick
William Walton (1902–1983), composer
Kimberley Walsh (born 1981), singer and member of Girls Aloud
Bill Ward (born 1948), drummer for Black Sabbath
Jessie Ware (born 1984), singer
Roger Waters (born 1943), founder of Pink Floyd
Charlie Watts (1941–2021), drummer for The Rolling Stones
Russell Watson (born 1966), tenor
Thomas Weelkes (1575–1623), composer
Florence Welch (born 1986), lead singer of Florence and The Machine
John Wilbye (1574–1638), composer
Kim Wilde (born 1960), new-wave singer
Toyah Willcox (born 1958), singer-songwriter and actress
Cliff Williams (born 1949), bassist for AC/DC
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), composer
Robbie Williams (born 1974), singer, former member of Take That
Steven Wilson (born 1967), musician, producer, composer and founder of Porcupine Tree
Ronnie Wood (born 1947), guitarist with the Rolling Stones, former member of Small Faces
Roy Wood (born 1946), lead singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard
Keren Woodward (born 1961), singer and member of Bananarama
Amy Winehouse (1983–2011), singer-songwriter
Christopher Wolstenholme (born 1978), member of Muse
Henry Wood (1869–1944), conductor
Dan Woodgate (born 1960), musician, songwriter, composer and record producer, drummer for Madness
Charli XCX (born 1992), singer-songwriter
Thom Yorke (born 1968), singer-songwriter, musician, member of Radiohead
Lola Young (born 2001), singer
Marvin Young (born 1967), aka rapper Young MC

Philosophers

Donald Adamson (born 1939)
G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001), philosopher
Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109), 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) author
Harriet Taylor Mill (1807–1858), philosopher and women's rights advocate
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 (1942–2017), philosopher
Nina Power (born 1978), 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
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), philosopher and women's rights advocate

Photographers

David Bailey (born 1938)
Emma Barton (1872–1938)
Cecil Beaton (1904–1980)
George Beldam (1868–1937), first-class cricketer and a pioneer of action photography in sport
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 (born 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

Diane Abbott (born 1953), Labour politician
Bob Ainsworth (born 1952), Labour politician
John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel (1348–1379)
Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1285–1326)
Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (1306–1376)
H. H. Asquith (1852–1928), British prime minister
Clement Attlee (1883–1967), British prime minister
Kemi Badenoch (born 1980), Leader of the Conservative Party
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), British prime minister
Ed Balls (born 1967), Labour politician
John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington (1678–1734)
Charles George Beauclerk (1774–1845)
Lord Sidney Beauclerk (1703–1744)
Margaret Beckett (born 1943), Labour politician
Tony Benn (1925–2014), Labour politician
Ernest Bevin (1881–1951), Labour politician
Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953), Labour politician and first female Cabinet Minister
Betty Boothroyd (1929–2023), Speaker of the House of Commons
Harold Briggs (1870–1945)
John Bright (1811–1889), liberal politician
Sir Paul Bryan (1913–2004)
Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington (1699–1758)
James Callaghan (1912–2005), British prime minister
David Cameron (born 1966), British prime minister
Alastair Campbell (born 1957), political aide
George Canning (1770–1827), politician
William Cartwright (1634–1676), politician
Barbara Castle (1910–2002), politician
Lord Henry Cavendish (1673–1700), nobleman and politician
Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937)
Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914)
Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), British prime minister
James Chase (1650–1721)
Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895)
Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British prime minister
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338–1368)
Kenneth Clarke (born 1940), Conservative politician
Nick Clegg (born 1967), Liberal Democrat politician
William Cobbett (1763–1835), MP and reformer
Daisy Cooper (born 1981), Liberal Democrat politician
Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949), Labour politician
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
Ed Davey (born 1965), Liberal Democrat politician
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826–1893)
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (1640–1707), soldier, nobleman, and Whig politician
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
Anneliese Dodds (born 1978), Labour politician
Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British prime minister
Anthony Eden (1897–1977), British prime minister
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1584–1648), nobleman and politician, also a commander in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War
Michael Foot (1913–2010), Labour leader
Vicky Ford (born 1967), Conservative politician
William Bower Forwood (1840–1928), politician
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
William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665–1700)
James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton (1786–1814), nobleman and politician
Harriet Harman (born 1950), Labour politician
Judith Hart (1924–1991), Labour politician
Denis Healey (1917–2015), Labour politician
Edward Heath (1916–2005), British prime minister
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840)
Boris Johnson (born 1964), British prime minister
William Kenrick (1831–1919)
Sadiq Khan (born 1970), Mayor of London
Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent (1384–1408)
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902)
Brownlow William Knox (1806–1873)
George Lansbury (1859–1940)
Nigel Lawson (1932–2023), Conservative politician
Sir Francis Lee, 4th Baronet (1639–1667)
John Leland (?–1808), English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796–1808
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891)
John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln (c. 1192 – 1240)
Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln (c. 1251 – 1311)
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828)
Ken Livingstone (born 1945), Mayor of London
Rebecca Long-Bailey (born 1979), Labour politician
John Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist
Caroline Lucas (born 1960), leader of the Green Party
Harold Macmillan (1894–1986), British prime minister
John Major (born 1943), British prime minister
Reginald Maudling (1917–1979), Conservative politician
Ed Miliband (born 1969), Labour politician
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848)
Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), Labour politician
Mo Mowlam (1949–2005), Labour politician
Reginald Maudling (1917–1979), Conservative politician
Theresa May (born 1956), British Prime Minister^[6]
Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), Labour politician
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768)
Frederick North, Lord North (1732–1792)
Philip Oliver (1884–1954)
George Osborne (born 1971), Conservative politician
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865), British prime minister
Henry Parkes (1815–1896), statesman and founder of modern Australia
Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), British prime minister
Henry Pelham (1694–1754), British prime minister
Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (c. 1100 – 1148)
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146/1147–1219)
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130–1176)
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)
John Prescott (1938–2024), Labour politician
Dominic Raab (born 1974), Conservative politician
Angela Rayner (born 1980), Labour politician
Rachel Reeves (born 1979), Labour politician
Cecil Rhodes, (1853–1902)
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (1782–1859), politician
William Robson, Baron Robson (1852–1918)
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782)
Sir Thomas Royden, 1st Baronet (1831–1917), ship-owner and Conservative Party politician
Thomas Royden, 1st Baron Royden (1871–1950), businessman and Conservative Party politician
Amber Rudd (born 1963), Conservative politician
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878)
Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys (1695–1770), British prime minister
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)
John Smith (1938–1994), Labour politician
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw (1864–1937)
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans (1670–1726)
Keir Starmer (born 1962), British prime minister
Zarah Sultana (born 1993)
Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British prime minister
John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (1231–1304)
Margaret Thatcher, (1925–2013), British prime minister
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
Liz Truss (born 1975), British prime minister
Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), British prime minister
Sir Godfrey Webster, 4th Baronet (1747–1800)
Sir Godfrey Webster, 5th Baronet (1789–1836)
William Wilberforce, (1759–1833) abolitionist and politician
Ellen Wilkinson (1891–1947), Labour politician
William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (c. 1370 – 1409)
Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (c. 1385 – 1452)
Shirley Williams (1930–2021), SDP founder
Henry Willink (1894–1973), politician
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (c. 1674 – 1743)
Harold Wilson (1916–1995), British prime minister
Edward Maria Wingfield (1550–1631), also soldier and English colonist in America

Religious figures

Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100 – 1159), only English Pope
Æthelwold of Winchester (909–984), Bishop of Winchester
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)
Thomas Cobham (died 1327), Archbishop-elect of Canterbury, Bishop of Worcester
William Charles Cotton (1813–1879), missionary and beekeeper
Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Archbishop of Canterbury
William Edington (died 1366), Bishop of Winchester
William Howley (1766–1848), Archbishop of Canterbury
Trevor Huddleston (1913–1998), anti-Apartheid activist
Simon Islip (died 1366), Archbishop of Canterbury
Simon Langham (1310–1376), Archbishop of Canterbury
John Leland (1691–1766), Presbyterian minister
Henry Mackenzie (1808–1878), Anglican Bishop of Nottingham
Walter Maidstone (died 1317), Bishop of Worcester
Simon Mepeham (died 1333), Archbishop of Canterbury
John Henry Newman (1801–1890), Catholic cardinal
Adam Orleton (died 1345), Bishop of Winchester
Plegmund (died 923), Archbishop of Canterbury
Walter Reynolds (died 1327), Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of Canterbury
William Smyth (c. 1460 – 1514), bishop
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892), Particular Baptist minister
John de Stratford (c. 1275 – 1348), Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Winchester
Simon Sudbury (died 1381), Archbishop of Canterbury
Joshua Toulmin (1740–1815), radical dissenting minister
John Wesley (1703–1791), Methodist minister and evangelist
Wilfrid (633-709/710), Bishop of York
William Whittlesey (died 1374), Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of Canterbury
William Williams (1800–1878), Bishop of Waiapu
Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu (1905–1960), Theravada Buddhist monk and translator of Pali literature
Ñāṇavīra Thera (1920–1965), Theravada Buddhist monk and known as the author of Notes on Dhamma
Ajahn Amaro (born 1956), Abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
Ajahn Khemadhammo (born 1944), founder and director of "Angulimala, the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy"
Ajahn Sucitto (born 1949), former abbot of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery

Revolutionaries

Robert Aske (c. 1500 – 1537), revolutionary leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace
Thomas Baker (d. 1381), leader of the Peasants' Revolt
John Ball (c. 1338 –1381), English priest and revolutionary leader of the Peasants' Revolt
Boudica (died 60/61), Queen of the Icini, led a revolt against the Roman Empire
Robert Catesby (1572–1605), lead planner of the Gunpowder Plot
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), Parliamentarian leader and Lord Protector of England
Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), central participant in the Gunpowder Plot
Arthur Thistlewood (1774–1820), radical activist and conspirator
Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521–1554), leader of Wyatt's rebellion

Scientists

Arthur Aikin (1773–1854), chemist and mineralogist
Nathan Alcock (1707–1779), doctor
Jim Al-Khalili (born 1962), theoretical physicist and broadcaster
Sir Edward Appleton (1892–1965), physicist
Charles Babbage (1791–1871), mathematician
Joseph Banks (1743–1820), naturalist
Isaac Barrow (1630–1677), mathematician
Derek Barton (1918–1998), organic chemist
Thomas Bayes (c. 1702 – 1761), mathematician
Diana Beck (1902–1956), neurosurgeon
Jocelyn Bell (born 1943), radio astronomer and discoverer of pulsars
Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), computer scientist; inventor of the World Wide Web^[7]
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1897–1974), physicist
George Boole (1815–1864), mathematician
Robert Boyle (1627–1691), natural philosopher
William Henry Bragg (1862–1942), crystallographer
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
Joan Clarke (1917–1996), cryptanalyst
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), initiator of the theory of evolution
Richard Dawkins (born 1941), evolutionary theorist
Henry Deacon (1822–1876), chemist
Andrew Digby (born 1975), astronomer and ecologist
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
Jeff Forshaw (born 1968), particle physicist
Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), chemist and x-ray crystallographer
J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist
James Hargreaves (1834–1915), chemist
Alfred Harker (1859–1939), petrologist
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018), cosmologist
Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925), physicist
John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer
Antony Hewish (1924–2021), radio astronomer
Peter Higgs (1929–2024), physicist
C. A. R. Hoare (born 1934), computer scientist
Robert Hooke (1635–1703), scientist
Daphne Jackson (1936–1991), nuclear physicist
Edward Jenner (1749–1823), doctor
R. V. Jones (1911–1997), physicist
James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), physicist
Hilda Judd (1882–1951), biochemist
John Kendrew (1917–1997), biochemist
Ernest Kennaway (1881–1958), pathologist
Harry Kroto (1939–2016), chemist
Joseph Lister (1827–1912), surgeon
Bernard Lovell (1913–2012), astronomer
Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), mathematician and computing pioneer
James Lovelock (1919–2022), 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
Anne McLaren (1927–2007), developmental biologist
Robert Mond (1867–1938), chemist
Desmond Morris (born 1928), zoologist
Nevill Mott (1905–1996), theoretical physicist
Roger Needham (1935–2003), computer scientist
David Nelson (born 1938), mathematician
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), mathematical physicist
Joseph Prestwich (1812–1896), geologist
Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), chemist
Emma Amy Rea (1865–1927), mycologist
Martin Rees (born 1942), cosmologist and astrophysicist
Frederick Sanger (1918–2013), double Nobel prize-winning molecular biologist
Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873), geologist
John Snow (1813–1858), epidemiologist
Audrey Stuckes (1923–2006), material scientist
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
John Venn (1834–1923), mathematician
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), naturalist
Kevin Warwick (born 1954), cybernetics scientist
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), mathematician
Elsie Widdowson (1906–2000), dietitian and nutritionist
Maurice Vincent Wilkes (1913–2010), computer scientist
Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921–1996), inorganic chemist
James H. Wilkinson (1919–1986), mathematician
Christine Williams (BSc 1973), nutritionist
Elizabeth Williamson (fl. 1978), pharmacist
William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828), chemist
Thomas Young (1773–1829), scientist

Sportsmen and sportswomen

Writers

Other notables

Hannah Aldworth (died 1778), philanthropist
Margery Arnold (fl. mid 14th century), landowner
Rachel Ashwell (born 1959), author, designer and entrepreneur
John Brasbrigg or Bracebrigge (fl. 1428), English book collector
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
Emily Wilding Davison (1872–1913), suffragette
William Emes (c. 1729 – 1803), landscape gardener
Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929), suffragist
Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), prison reformer
Thomas Grissell (1801–1874), public works contractor
Lady Elizabeth Hastings (1682–1739), philanthropist
Alice la Haubergere (fl. 1271–1310), earliest known female blacksmith in England
Natasha Hausdorff (born 1989), barrister, international news commentator, and Israel advocate
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
Joshua A. Norton (1811–1880), Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928), suffragette
Mary Robinson (Maid of Buttermere) (1778–1837), shepherdess and deceived wife
Nadine Senior (1939–2016), dance educator
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
Jeremy Wade (born 23 March 1956), television presenter, angler and a biologist.
Sarah Elizabeth Wardroper (1814–1892), Matron of St Thomas's Hospital from 1854 to 1887
Harriet Shaw Weaver (1876–1961), political activist and suffragist
Henrietta Stanley, 1807–1895, campaigner for women's education
Joseph Williamson (1769–1840), philanthropist, merchant and tunneler
Mary Jane Wilson (1840–1916), religious sister and venerable
Philip Yates (1913–1998), coal miner awarded the Edward Medal
Annie Henrietta Yorke (1844–1926), philanthropist and reformer

English expatriates

The following were born English, but changed or acquired an additional citizenship later in their life. Note that UK citizens are not required by the UK government to relinquish their citizenship if they acquire another, although this has not always been universal, and some countries do require (or have required) new citizens to relinquish any old citizenships.

John Alden (c. 1599 – 1687), one of the leaders of the Pilgrims to North America^[8]
George Alsop, (c. 1630s-c. 1670s), author^[8]
Anthony Aston (died 1731), actor and dramatist^[8]
Alistair Cooke (1908–2004)
Cary Grant (1904–1986), film actor
Avraham Harman (1915–1992), Israeli diplomat and president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bob Hope (1903–2003)
Stephen Hough (born 1961), concert pianist, became an Australian citizen
Mary Stanley Low (1912–2007), political activist, writer, and educator became a Cuban citizen
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) became a citizen of Pennsylvania

References

^ Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary L. (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 852. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4.
^ Jeffries, Stuart (29 March 2023). "Paul O'Grady obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ "Shipman 'killed early in career'". BBC News. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
^ "Sir William Lyons crowning glory". jaguarlandrover.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Sir Henry Royce – A Biography". royceandbentley.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Theresa May steps down amid chaos in British politics". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Tim Berners-Lee | Biography, Education, Internet, Contributions, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.

[1] Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael; Rubinstein, Hilary L. (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 852. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4.

[2] Jeffries, Stuart (29 March 2023). "Paul O'Grady obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[3] "Shipman 'killed early in career'". BBC News. 27 January 2005. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

[4] "Sir William Lyons crowning glory". jaguarlandrover.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

[5] "Sir Henry Royce – A Biography". royceandbentley.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

[6] "Theresa May steps down amid chaos in British politics". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

[7] "Tim Berners-Lee | Biography, Education, Internet, Contributions, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

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