This is a partial 'list of
English people' of note and of some notable individuals born in
England, alphabetically within categories:
Actors and actresses
★
Alan Rickman, (born 1946)
★ Dame
Julie Andrews (born 1935)
★
Naveen Andrews, (born 1969)
★
Helena Bonham Carter, (born 1966)
★
Gabrielle Anwar, (born 1970)
★
Rowan Atkinson (born 1955)
★
Tom Baker, (born 1934)
★
Sean Bean, (born 1959)
★
Kate Beckinsale, (born 1973)
★
Richard Beckinsale, (1947-1979)
★
Steven Berkoff, (born 1937)
★
Orlando Bloom, (born 1977)
★
Richard Briers, (born 1934)
★
Kathy Burke, (born 1964)
★ Sir
Michael Caine, (born 1933)
★
Kim Cattrall, (born 1956)
★
Sacha Baron Cohen, (born 1971)
★
Daniel Craig, (born 1968)
★
Tim Curry, (born 1946)
★
Daniel Day-Lewis, (born 1957)
★
Roger Delgado, (1918-1973)
★ Dame
Judi Dench, (born 1934)
★
Sarah Douglas, (born 1952)
★
Rupert Everett (born 1959)
★
Craig Fairbrass, (born 1964)
★
Tom Felton (born 1987)
★
Ralph Fiennes, (born 1962)
★
Colin Firth, (born 1960)
★
Dexter Fletcher, (born 1966)
★
Jamie Foreman, (born 1958)
★
George Formby, (1904-1961)
★
Stephen Fry, (born 1958)
★ Sir
Michael Gambon, (born 1940)
★ Sir
John Gielgud, (1904-2000)
★
Cary Grant, (1904-1986)
★
Hugh Grant, (born 1960)
★
Leslie Grantham, (born 1947)
★
John Gregson, (1919-1975)
★
Rupert Grint, (born 1988)
★ Sir
Alec Guinness, (1914-2000)
★
Brian Hall, (1937-1997)
★
Frank Harper, (born 1962)
★
Jack Hawkins, (1910-1973)
★
Will Hay, (1888-1949)
★
Audrey Hepburn, (1929-1993) (Belgian-born to Anglo-Irish-Dutch descent)
★ Dame
Wendy Hiller, (1912-2003)
★
Stanley Holloway, (1890-1982)
★
Bob Hoskins, (born 1942)
★
Leslie Howard, (1893-1943)
★
John Hurt, (born 1940)
★ Sir
David Jason, (1940)
★
Ben Kingsley, (born 1943)
★
Keira Knightley, (born 1985)
★
Charles Laughton, (1899-1962)
★
Hugh Laurie, (born 1959)
★
Jude Law, (born 1972)
★
Joanna Lumley, (born 1946)
★
Margaret Lockwood, (1916-1990)
★
Roy Marsden, (born 1941)
★ Sir
Ian McKellen, (born 1939)
★
Wentworth Miller, (born 1972)
★
Sienna Miller, (born 1981)
★
Hayley Mills, (born 1946)
★ Sir
John Mills, (1908-2005)
★
Dominic Monaghan, (born 1976)
★ Sir
Roger Moore, (born 1928)
★
Kenneth More, (1914-1982)
★
Billy Murray, (born 1941)
★
Parminder Nagra, (born 1975)
★
Anthony Newley, (1931-1999)
★
Sophie Okonedo, (born 1969)
★
Gary Oldman, (born 1958)
★ Sir
Laurence Olivier, (1907-1989)
★
Clive Owen, (born 1964)
★
Cecil Parker, (1897-1971)
★
Simon Pegg, (born 1970)
★
Dominic Purcell, (born 1970)
★
Daniel Radcliffe, (born 1989)
★
Oliver Reed, (1938-1999)
★
Joely Richardson (born 1965)
★
Miranda Richardson, (born 1958)
★ Sir
Ralph Richardson, (1902-1983)
★
Tim Roth, (born 1958)
★ Dame
Margaret Rutherford, (1892-1972)
★
Peter Sellers, (1925-1980)
★ Dame
Maggie Smith, (born 1934)
★
Terence Stamp, (born 1939)
★
Patrick Stewart, (born 1940)
★
Kiefer Sutherland, (born 1966)
★ Dame
Elizabeth Taylor, (born 1932)
★
Emma Thompson, (born 1959)
★ Sir
Peter Ustinov, (1921-2004)
★
Julie Walters, (born 1950)
★
Jack Warner, (1896-1981)
★
Emily Watson, (born 1967)
★
Emma Watson, (born 1990)
★
Rachel Weisz, (born 1971)
★
Michael Wilding, (1912-1979)
★
Ray Winstone, (born 1957)
★
Googie Withers, (born 1917)
Archaeologists and anthropologists
★
Mick Aston (born 1946)
★
Richard Atkinson (1920-1994)
★
Churchill Babington (1821-1889)
★
Howard Carter (1874-1939)
★
Grahame Clark (1907-1995)
★
David Clarke (1937-1976)
★
Barry Cunliffe (born 1939)
★
Glyn Daniel (1914-1986)
★
John Disney, (1779-1857), barrister and archaeologist
★
E. E. Evans-Pritchard, (1902-1973), social anthropologist
★
Cyril Fox (1882-1967)
★
Dorothy Garrod (1892-1968)
★
William Greenwell (1820-1918)
★
Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978)
★
John Leland, (1502-1552), antiquary
★
John Lubbock, (1834-1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist
★
John Robert Mortimer (1825-1911)
★
Colin Renfrew, (born 1937), archaeologist
★
E.B. Tylor, (1832-1917), anthropologist
★
Mortimer Wheeler (1890-1976)
Architects
★
Charles Barry, (1795-1860), architect (Houses Of Parliament)
★
George Basevi, (1794-1845), architect
★
Graham Wright,
★
William Burges, (1827-1881), architect and interior designer
★
William Butterfield, (1814-1900), leader in Gothic revival movement
★
William Chambers, (1723-1796), (Kew Gardens pagoda and Somerset House)
★
Sir Norman Foster, (born 1935), architect
★
Derek Walker, (born 1929), architect
★
Nicholas Hawksmoor, (1661-1736), architect
★
Inigo Jones, (1573-1652), architect
★
Denys Lasdun, (1914-2001), architect
★
Edwin Lutyens, (1869-1944), architect
★
William Morris, (1834-1896), architect, author
★
John Nash, (1752-1835), (Regent's Park, St. Jame's Park, Trafalgar Square)
★
Joseph Paxton, (1801-1865), (Great Exhibition Building, London)
★
August Pugin, (1812-1852), architect (Houses Of Parliament)
★
Richard Rogers, (born 1933), (the Pompidou Centre)
★
Gilbert Scott, (1880-1960), Waterloo Bridge, also supervised rebuilding of House Of Commons, London)
★
John William Simpson, (1858-1933), architect
★
John Vanbrugh, (1664-1726), Baroque architect (Blenheim Palace)
★
Alfred Waterhouse, (1830-1905), (National History Museum, London)
★
William Wilkins, (1778-1839), (National Gallery, London)
★
Christopher Wren, (1632-1723), architect
Artists
★
Sophie Gengembre Anderson, (1823-1903), painter.
★
Banksy (born c.1974), graffiti artist
★
William Blake, (1757-1827), painter, poet
★
Jamie Hewlett, (born 1968), comic book artist and designer
★
John Constable, (1776-1837), landscape painter.
★
Frederick Deane, (born 1924), portrait painter
★
Tracey Emin (born 1963), conceptual artist
★
Thomas Gainsborough, (1727-1788), painter
★
Elizabeth Gaskell, (1810-1865), novelist
★
Gilbert & George, arists
★
Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor (
Land Art)
★
Damien Hirst (born 1965), sculptor/ conceptual artist
★
David Hockney, (born 1937), painter
★ Sir
Edwin Landseer, (1802-1873), animal painter.
★
Henry Moore, (1898-1986), sculptor
★ Sir
Joshua Reynolds, (1723-1792), portrait painter.
★
J.M.W. Turner, (1775-1851), landscape and marine artist
★
Flora Twort, (1893-1985), painter
Businessmen
★ Sir
Richard Branson (born 1950)
★
Sir John Brunner, (1842-1919), chemicals
★
Joseph Crosfield, (1792-1844), soap and chemicals
★
Abraham Darby (c. 1678-1717), ironmaster
★
Philip Green, (born 1952), retail
★
James Hanson, Baron Hanson, (1922-2004), Industrialist
★
Thomas Hazlehurst, (1779-1842), soap and alkali
★
Robert Spear Hudson, (1812-1884), soap powder
★
Peter Jones (born 1966)
★ Sir
Freddie Laker (1922-2006), Pioneer of cheap air travel
★
William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877-1963)
★
Titus Salt (1803-1876), Industrialist
★ Sir
Ivan Stedeford (1897-1975), Industrialist
★ Sir
Alan Sugar (born 1947), Electronics
★
Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), Industrialist
Clergy
★
Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100 - 1159), only English Pope
★
Richard Bancroft, (1544-1610), Archbishop of Canterbury
★
Richard Barnes, (1532-1587), bishop
★
Gildas, (c. 510 - c.570), monk
★
Trevor Huddleston, (
1913-
1998), anti-
Apartheid activist
★
John Henry Newman, (
1801-
1890), Catholic cardinal
★
William Smyth, (c. 1460-1514), bishop
★
Joshua Toulmin (
1740-
1815), radical Dissenting minister
★
William Noyes, (1568-), Reverend Rector Church at Cholderton
1606 Wiltshire England ab. 20 years until his death
★
Roland Meyrick, (ab 1500)First Protestant Bishop Bangor buried under Bangor Cathedral
Economists
★
William Beveridge, (1879-1963), economist and social reformer
★
John Maynard Keynes, (1883-1946), economist
★
Thomas Malthus, (1766-1834), demographer
★
Alfred Marshall, (1842-1924), economist
★
John Stuart Mill, (1806-1873), economist, philosopher
Engineers
★ Sir
Benjamin Baker, (1840-1907), civil engineer
★
William Baker, (1817-1878), railway engineer
★
James Beatty, (1820-1856) railway engineer
★ Sir
Henry Bessemer, (1813-1898), metallurgy engineer
★
James Brindley, (1716-1772), canal engineer
★
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, (1806-1859), transport engineer
★
Sidney Camm (1894-1966), aeronautical engineer
★
Donald Campbell, railway engineer
★
William Tierney Clark, (1783-1852), civil engineer
★ Sir
Geoffrey de Havilland, (1882 - 1965), aeronautical engineer
★ Sir
John Ambrose Fleming, (1848-1945), electrical engineer
★
Tommy Flowers, (1908-1998), engineer
★
Eric Laithwaite, (1908-1998), engineer
★
R.J. Mitchell, (1895-1937), aeronautical engineer
★ Sir
Henry Royce, (1863-1933), engineer
★
George Stephenson, (1781-1848), railway engineer
★
Nevil Shute, (1899-1960), aeronautical engineer and author
★
Thomas Telford, (1757-1834), engineer
★ 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
★
James Cook, (1728-1779), sailor explorer
★
Charles Montagu Doughty, (1843-1926), explorer in the Middle East
★ Sir
Ranulph Fiennes, (born 1944)
★
St. John Philby,(1885-1960), Arabist and Middle East explorer
★
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) Antarctic explorer
★
Freya Stark (1893-1993), Middle East explorer
★
Wilfred Thesiger, (1910-2003), explorer in East Africa and the Middle East
★
Michael Palin, (born 1943)
Filmmakers
★
Lindsay Anderson (1923-1994)
★
Richard Attenborough (born 1923)
★
John Boorman (born 1933)
★
John and Roy Boulting (1913-1985 & 1913-2001)
★
Charlie Chaplin, (1889-1977)
★
Alan Clarke (1935-1990)
★
Mike Figgis (born 1948)
★
Lewis Gilbert (born 1920)
★
David Hare (born 1947)
★
Alfred Hitchcock, (1899-1980)
★
Peter Howitt, (born 1957)
★
Humphrey Jennings (1907-1950)
★
Stan Laurel (1890-1965)
★
David Lean (1908-1991)
★
Mike Leigh (born 1943)
★
Ken Loach (born 1936)
★
Nick Love (born 1969)
★
Anthony Minghella (born 1954)
★
Mike Newell (born 1942)
★
Nick Park (born 1958)
★
Michael Powell (1905-1990)
★
Guy Ritchie (born 1968)
★
Ken Russell (born 1927)
★
Ridley Scott (born 1942)
★
Tony Scott (born 1948)
Humorists
★
Rowan Atkinson (born 1955)
★
Ronnie Barker (1929-2005)
★
Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971)
★
Roy 'Chubby' Brown (born 1945)
★
Alan Carr (born 1976)
★
Jimmy Carr (born 1972)
★
Jasper Carrott (born 1945)
★
Graham Chapman (1941-1989)
★
John Cleese (born 1939)
★
Joe Clift (born 1912)
★
Steve Coogan (born 1965)
★
Peter Cook (1937-1995)
★
Tommy Cooper (1921-1984)
★
Ronnie Corbett (born 1930)
★
Barry Cryer (born 1935)
★
Jim Davidson (born 1953)
★
Les Dawson (1931-1993)
★
Angus Deayton (born 1956)
★
Ken Dodd (born 1929)
★
Adrian Edmondson (born 1957)
★
Lee Evans (born 1964)
★
Dawn French (born 1957)
★
Stephen Fry (born 1958)
★
Ricky Gervais (born 1961)
★
Tony Hancock, (1924-1968)
★
Lee Hurst (born 1963)
★
Eric Idle (born 1943)
★
Eddie Izzard (born 1962)
★
Nathan Jeavons (born 1990)
★
Leo Jeff (born 1992)
★
Jethro (born 1948)
★
Peter Kay (born 1973)
★
Hugh Laurie, (born 1959)
★
Matt Lucas, (born 1974)
★
Bernard Manning (1930-2007)
★
Rik Mayall (born 1958)
★
Rory McGrath (born 1956)
★
Patrick McGuinness (born 1973)
★
Paul Merton (born 1957)
★
Eric Morecambe (1926-1984)
★
Bob Mortimer (born 1959)
★
Frank Muir (1920-1998)
★
Denis Norden (born 1922)
★
Michael Palin (born 1943)
★
Vic Reeves (born 1959)
★
Mike Reid, (1940-2007)
★
Jennifer Saunders (born 1958)
★
Peter Sellers (1925-1980)
★
Frank Skinner (born 1957)
★
Arthur Smith (born 1954)
★
Freddie Starr (born 1944)
★
David Walliams (born 1971)
★
Norman Wisdom (born 1915)
★
Ernie Wise (1925-1999)
Inventors
★
Cecil Booth, inventor of the
vacuum cleaner
★
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
★
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
★
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
★
Charles Pym, (1931-2002), inventor of the Popcorn Machine
★
James Starley, (1831-1881), bicycle pioneer
★
George Stephenson, (1781-1848), engineer
★
Joseph Wilson Swan, (1823-1914), inventor of the light bulb
★
Charles Wheatstone, (1802-1975), inventor
★ Sir
Frank Whittle, (1907-1996), inventor of the
jet engine
Military: Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen
★
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208?-1265). English statesman and soldier.
★ Sir
Francis Drake, (1540-1596), sailor
★
Oliver Cromwell, (1599–1658),
Lord Protector of England
★
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, (1608-1670), Civil War era General
★
Robert Blake, (1599 - 1657), reforming
Royal Navy Admiral
★
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, (1650-1722), soldier
★
James Wolfe, (1727-1759), General, hero of Quebec
★
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, (1721-1765), Captain-General, victor of
Culloden
★
John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, (1680-1770), General
★
John Manners, Marquess of Granby, (1721-1770), General
★
Henry Seymour Conway, (1721-1795), General
★
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal, (1717-1797), General
★
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, (1726-1799), Admiral
★
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, (1729-1814), General in American Revolutionary War
★
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, (1738-1805), General
★
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile, (1758-1805), sailor, Admiral
★
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Field Marshall, victor of
Waterloo, politician
★ Sir
Alexander John Ball, (1759-1809), admiral, governor of
Malta
★
Prince Frederick, Duke of York, (1763-1827), son of King
George III, commander in French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
★
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, (1768-1854), General, Hero of the Napoleonic Wars
★
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, (1782-1859)
★
Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, (1788-1855), British commander in the Crimean War
★
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, (1797-1888), Commander of the
Light Brigade
★
George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, (1800-1888), Commander of cavalry at the
Battle of Balaclava
★
William McMurdo, (1819-1894), general
★
Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, (1850-1916), Field Marshal
★
Charles George Gordon, (1833-1885), "Chinese Gordon", killed at
Khartoum
★
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, (1832-1914), Field Marshal, last Commander in Chief of the Forces
★
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, (1819-1904), Commander in Chief
★ Sir
Winston Churchill, (1874-1965), British prime minister
★
Robert Baden-Powell, (1857-1941), soldier
★
Siegfried Sassoon, (1886-1967), war poet
★
William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, (1865-1951), General, World War I
★
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935), Admiral, World War I
★ Sir
Horace Smith-Dorrien, (1858-1930), General, World War I
★
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, (1852-1925), World War I general and
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
★
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, (1873-1956), father of the RAF and first Chief of the Air Staff
★
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("The Desert Rat"), (1887-1976), Field Marshal and hero of World War II
★
Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, (1882-1970), RAF Commander in World War II
★
Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, (1883-1950), World War II general, second to last Viceroy of India
★
Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, (1883-1963), Field Marshal, CIGS during World War II
★ Sir
Douglas Bader, (1910-1982), fighter pilot
★ Sir
Claude Auchinleck, (1884-1981), World War II commander
★
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, (1891-1969), Field Marshal, World War II hero
★
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, (1897-1970), Commander in Burma during World War II, Governor-General of Australia.
★ Sir
Arthur Travers Harris, (1892-1984), Marshal of the Royal Air Force, airman
★
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (1900-1979), statesman, sailor
★
Andy McNab, (born 1959), former
Special Air Service soldier and commander of the infamous
Bravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf War.
★
Chris Ryan, (born 1961), Former
Special Air Service soldier and member of the infamous
Bravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf War.
Monarchs
★
Alfred the Great, (849?-899), King of the Anglo-Saxons.
★
Queen Anne, (1665-1714), also Queen of Scotland, then Queen of Great Britain after 1707
★
Charles II, (1660-1685), also King of Scotland
★
Edward I, (1272-1307), English monarch
★
Edward II, (1307-1327), English monarch
★
Edward III, (1327-1377), English monarch
★
Edward IV, (1461-1470 and 1471-1483), English monarch
★
Edward V, (1470-1483?), English monarch
★
Edward VI, (1547-1553), first English Protestant monarch
★
Edward VII, (1841-1910)
★
Edward VIII, (1894-1972), (formerly Edward VIII)
★
Elizabeth I, (1558-1603),
Protestant queen and first ''
Supreme Governor of the Church of England''
★
Elizabeth II, (1926-2007) reigning British monarch
★
George III, (1801-1820), British monarch
★
George IV, (1762-1830)
★
George V, (1910-1936), British monarch
★
George VI, (1895-1952), British monarch
★
Henry III, (1207-1272), English monarch
★
Henry IV, (1367-1413), English monarch
★
Henry VI, (1421-1471), English monarch
★
Henry VIII, (1491-1547), separated English Catholicism from link with the
Roman Catholic Church
★
Mary I, (1553-1558),
Roman Catholic queen
★
Mary II, (1662-1694)
★
Richard III, (1483-1485). Last
Plantagenet King, and last British monarch to die in Battle.
★
Queen Victoria, (1819-1901)
★
William the Conqueror, (1066-1087)
★
William IV, (1765-1837)
Murderers
★
Myra Hindley (1942-2002) and
Ian Brady (1938-),
Moors murderers
★
Ian Huntley, (born 1974),
Soham murderer
★
Jack the Ripper
★ The
Kray twins, (Ronald 1933-1995, Reginald 1933-2000),
East London gangsters
★
Harold Shipman, (1946-2004), possibly the most prolific serial killer worldwide - convicted of 15 - probably killed over 250
[1]
★
Peter Sutcliffe, (born 1946), Yorkshire Ripper
★
Fred West (1941-1995) and
Rosemary West (1953-), serial killers
★
Graham Young, (1947-1990), The Teacup Poisoner
Musicians and bands
★
Lily Allen
★
Aphex Twin, (born 1971), electronic music pioneer
★
Arctic Monkeys
★
Autechre, electronic music pioneers
★
Damon Albarn, (born 1968), singer-songwriter
★
David Arnold, composer, musician and film scorer (notably four
James Bond films)
★
Malcolm Arnold, (1921-2006), composer
★
Rick Astley, musician with the hit single
Never Gonna Give You Up
★
Bryan Balkwill, (1922-2007), conductor
★
John Barbirolli, (1899-1970), conductor
★
The Beatles, (1957-1970)
★
David Bedford, (born 1937), composer and musician
★
Thomas Beecham, (1879-1961), conductor
★
The Bee Gees
★
Harrison Birtwistle, (born 1934), composer
★
Black Sabbath
★
James Blunt, (born 1977)
★
Adrian Boult, (1889-1983), conductor
★
David Bowie, (born 1947)
★
Havergal Brian, (1876-1972), composer
★
Benjamin Britten, (1913-1976), composer and pianist
★
Kate Bush, (born 1958), singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
★
William Byrd, (1543-1623), composer
★
Chas & Dave
★
The Chemical Brothers
★
Eric Clapton (born 1945)
★
Adam Clayton,
U2 bassist
★
The Clash
★
The Cockney Rejects
★
Coldplay
★
Cream
★
Culture Club
★
The Cure
★
Andrew Davis, (born 1944), conductor
★
Colin Davis, (born 1927), conductor
★
Deep Purple
★
Depeche Mode
★
Dido (singer)
★
Frederick Delius, (1862-1934), composer
★
John Dowland, (c. 1563-c. 1626), composer of songs
★
John Dunstaple, (c. 1383-1453), composer
★
Duran Duran
★
Edward Elgar, (1857-1934), composer
★
Tears for Fears
★
The Feeling
★
Orlando Gibbons, (1583-1625), composer
★
Ron Goodwin, (1925-2003) composer and conductor
★
Gorillaz
★
George Harrison, (1943-2001), composer, member of
The Beatles
★
Gustav Holst, (1874-1934), composer
★
Saul Hudson aka 'Slash', (born 1965), guitarist, member of
Guns N' Roses,
Slash's Snakepit and
Velvet Revolver
★
John Ireland, (1879-1962), composer
★
Iron Maiden
★
The Jam
★ Sir
Elton John, (born 1947), pop star and composer
★
Davy Jones (born 1945), Singer/Percussionist
The Monkees
★
Kaiser Chiefs
★
Kasabian
★
Keane
★
Nigel Kennedy, (born 1956), violinist
★
The Kinks
★
Led Zeppelin
★
Albert Lee, (born 1945), guitarist
★
Leftfield, dance music pioneers
★
John Lennon, (1940-1980), pop star, co founder of
The Beatles
★
Andrew Lloyd Webber, (born 1948), composer of musicals
★
Madness
★
Massive Attack
★
Peter Maxwell Davies, (born 1934), composer
★ Sir
Paul McCartney, (born 1942), pop star, co-founder of
The Beatles
★
McFly,(2004-present), band, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, and Harry Judd
★
Thomas Morley, (c. 1557-1602), consort composer
★
Gareth Morris, (1920-2007), flautist
★
Morrissey, (born 1959), composer, member of
The Smiths
★
Muse
★
Olivia Newton-John, (born 1948), pop star
★
Oasis
★
Mike Oldfield, (born 1953), composer and instrumentalist
★
Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948)
★
Jimmy Page, (Born 1944), guitarist
★
Peter Pears, (1910-1986), tenor
★
Pink Floyd
★
Portishead
★
Robert Plant (born 1948)
★
The Police
★
Jacqueline du Pré, (1945-1987), cellist
★
Henry Purcell, (1659-1695), composer
★
Queen
★
Radiohead
★
Simon Rattle, (born 1955), conductor
★
Simply Red
★
The Rolling Stones
★
Malcolm Sargent, (1895-1967), conductor
★
Sex Pistols
★
Slade
★
The Small Faces
★
The Spice Girls
★
Joss Stone, (born 1987)
★
The Stranglers
★
Ringo Starr, (born 1940), composer, member of
The Beatles
★
The Streets, rap group
★
Rod Stewart, (born 1945)
★
Suede
★
Thomas Tallis, (c. 1505-1585), composer
★
Lionel Tertis, (1876-1975), violist
★
Michael Tippett, (1905-1998), composer
★
Underworld (band), dance music pioneers
★
Ralph Vaughan Williams, (1872-1958), composer
★
The Verve
★
William Walton, (1902-1983), composer
★
Thomas Weelkes, (c.1575-1623), composer
★
The Who
★
John Wilbye, (1574-1638), composer
★
Henry Wood, (1869-1944), conductor
★
Roger Waters, (born 1943) founder of
Pink Floyd
★
Robbie Williams (born 1974)
★
Jon Lacey & the times (Jon is a Singer-Composer)
★
Tamsin Warley (singer-Composer)
Philosophers
★
G.E.M. Anscombe, (1919-2001), philosopher
★
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
★
R.M. Hare, (1907-2002), philosopher
★
H.L.A. Hart, (1907-1992), legal philosopher
★
Thomas Hobbes, (1588-1679), philosopher
★
William Godwin, (1756-1836), political philosopher
★
John Locke, (1632-1704), philosopher
★
John Stuart Mill, (1806-1873), economist, philosopher
★
William of Ockham (c. 1285-1349), philosopher
★
Thomas Paine (1737-1809), theorist
★
Derek Parfit, (1942- ), philosopher
★
Bertrand Russell, (1872-1970), philosopher
★
Henry Sidgwick, (1838-1900), philosopher
★
Peter Strawson, (1919-2006), philosopher
★
William Whewell, (1794-1866), philosopher
★
Alfred North Whitehead, (1861-1947), mathematician
★
Bernard Williams, (1929-2003), philosopher
Politicians
★
H. H. Asquith, (1852-1928), British prime minister
★
Clement Attlee, (1883-1967), British prime minister
★
Stanley Baldwin, (1867-1947), British prime minister
★
Ernest Bevin, (1881-1951), Labour politician
★
Tony Benn (born 1925), Labour politician
★
Margaret Bondfield, (1873-1953), Labour politician & first female Cabinet Minister
★
John Bright, (1811-1889), liberal politician
★
Rab Butler, (1902-1982), Conservative politician
★
George Canning, (1770-1827), politician
★
Barbara Castle, (1910-2002), politician
★ Sir
Austen Chamberlain, (1863-1937)
★
Joseph Chamberlain, (1836-1914)
★
Neville Chamberlain, (1869-1940), British prime minister
★
Lord Randolph Churchill, (1849-1895)
★
Winston Churchill, (1874-1965), British prime minister
★
Kenneth Clarke, (born 1940), Conservative politician
★ 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
★
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, (c.1720-1764)
★
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, (1833-1908)
★
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, (1799-1869)
★
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby, (1826-1893)
★
Benjamin Disraeli, (1804-1881), British prime minister
★
Alec Douglas-Home, (1903-1995), British prime minister
★
Anthony Eden, (1897-1977), British prime minister
★
Hugh Gaitskell, (1906-1963), Labour politician
★
William Ewart Gladstone, (1809-1898), British prime minister
★
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, (1735-1811)
★
Michael Foot, (born 1913), Labour leader
★
Hugh Gaitskell (1906-1963), Labour leader
★
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, (1815-1891)
★
George Grenville, (1712-1770), British prime minister
★
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville, (1759-1834)
★
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, (1764-1845)
★
Denis Healey, (born 1917), Labour politician
★
Edward Heath, (1916-2005), British prime minister
★
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley, (1826-1902)
★
George Lansbury, (1859-1940)
★
Nigel Lawson, (born 1932), Conservative politician
★
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, (1770-1828)
★
John Lubbock, (1834-1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist
★
Harold Macmillan, (1894-1986), British prime minister
★
John Major, (born 1943), British prime minister
★
Reginald Maudling, (1917-1979), Conservative politician
★
Herbert Morrison, (1888-1965), Labour politician
★
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, (1779-1848)
★
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, (1693-1768)
★
Frederick North, Lord North, (1732-1792)
★ Sir
Robert Peel, (1788-1850), British prime minister
★
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (1784-1865), British prime minister
★
Henry Pelham, (1694-1754)
★
Spencer Perceval, (1762-1812), British Prime Minister
★
William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham, (1708-1778)
★
William Pitt the Younger, (1759-1806), British prime minister
★
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, (1738-1809)
★
Enoch Powell, (1912-1998)
★
Cecil Rhodes, (1853-1902), imperialist
★
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, (1782-1859), politician
★
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, (1730-1782)
★
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (1792-1878)
★
Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, (1837-1916)
★
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, (1830-1903), British Prime Minister
★
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, (1757-1844)
★
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, (1873-1954)
★
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw, (1864-1937)
★
Margaret Thatcher, (born 1925), British prime minister
★ Sir
Robert Walpole, (1676-1745), British prime minister
★
William Wilberforce, (1759-1833), abolitionist
★
Shirley Williams, (born 1930),
SDP founder
★
Henry Willink, (1894-1973), politician
★
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, (c.1674-1743)
★
Harold Wilson, (1916-1995), British prime minister
Scientists
★
Arthur Aikin, (1773-1854), chemist and mineralogist
★
Nathan Alcock, (1707-1779), doctor
★
Charles Babbage, (1791-1871), mathematician
★
Joseph Banks, (1743-1820), naturalist
★
Isaac Barrow, (1630-1677), mathematician
★
Thomas Bayes, (c.1702-1761), mathematician
★
Tim Berners-Lee, (born 1955), computer scientist - inventor of the
WorldWideWeb
★
George Boole, (1815-1864), mathematician
★
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, (1897-1974), physicist
★
Richard Bright, (1630-1677), doctor, founder of
Bright's Disease (form of kidney disease)
★
Henry Cavendish, (1731-1810), scientist
★ Sir
George Cayley, (1773-1857),
polymath and aviator
★
Francis Crick, (1916-2004), molecular biologist
★
John Dalton, (1766-1844), chemist and physicist
★
Charles Darwin, (1809-1882), Founder of The Theory of
Evolution
★
Richard Dawkins, (1941-), evolutionary theorist
★
Horace Donisthorpe (1870-1951),
entomologist,
myrmecologist and
coleopterist
★
Paul Dirac, (1902-1984), physicist
★
Arthur Eddington, (1882-1944), physicist
★
Michael Faraday, (1791-1867), scientist
★
Ronald Fisher, (1890-1962), geneticist and statistician
★
Rosalind Franklin, (1920-1958),
chemist and
x-ray crystalographer
★
J. B. S. Haldane, (1892-1964), geneticist
★
Stephen Hawking, (born 1942), cosmologist
★
Oliver Heaviside, (1850-1925), physicist
★
C. A. R. Hoare, (born 1934), computer scientist
★
John Herschel, (1792-1871), mathematician and astronomer
★
Robert Hooke, (1635-1703), scientist
★
Edward Jenner, (1749-1823), doctor
★
R. V. Jones, (1911-1997), physicist
★
James Prescott Joule, (1818-1889), physicist
★
Joseph Lister, (1827-1912), surgeon
★
Bernard Lovell, (born 1913), astronomer
★
James Lovelock, (born 1919), scientist
★
Martin Lowry, (1874-1936), chemist
★
John William Lubbock, (1803-1865), banker, mathematician and astronomer
★
Sir Charles Lyell, (1797-1875), geologist
★
John Maynard Smith, (1920-2004), geneticist
★
James Moriarty, (1844-1891), mathematician and criminal mastermind.
★
Desmond Morris, (born 1928), zoologist
★
Roger Needham, (1935-2003), computer scientist
★
Isaac Newton, (1642-1727), founder of modern
physics, last of the
alchemists
★
Roger Penrose, (born 1931), cosmologist
★
Joseph Prestwich, (1812-1896), geologist
★
Joseph Priestley, (1733-1804), chemist
★
Adam Sedgwick, (1785-1873), geologist
★
John Snow, (1813-1858), epidemiologist
★
Joseph Wilson Swan, (1828-1914), physicist and chemist
★
J. J. Thomson, (1856-1940), physicist
★
Henry Tizard, (1885-1959), chemist and inventor
★
Alan Turing, (1912-1954), mathematician
★
Alfred Russel Wallace, (1823-1913), naturalist
★
Alfred North Whitehead, (1861-1947), mathematician
★
Maurice Vincent Wilkes, (born 1913), computer scientist
★
James H. Wilkinson, (1919-1986), mathematician
★
William Hyde Wollaston, (1766-1828), chemist
★
Thomas Young, (1773-1829), scientist
Sportsmen and sportswomen
★
Harold Abrahams (1899-1978), athlete, one of the two subjects of ''
Chariots of Fire''
★
Chris Adams (1955-2001), pro wrestler and judoka
★
Neil Adams (born 1958), judoka and two-time silver medalist in Judo (1980 and 1984). Younger brother of
Chris Adams
★
Tony Adams (Born 1966), football player
★
Alan Ball (1945-2007), 1966 football World Cup winner
★
Gordon Banks (born 1937), goalkeeper of
1966 World Cup winning team
★ Sir
Roger Bannister (born 1929), first sub-four-minute miler
★
Lord Frederick Beauclerk, (1773-1850) cricket player and administrator
★
David Beckham, (born 1975), football player
★ Sir
Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer
★
Geoffrey Boycott (born 1940), cricketer
★
Eric Bristow (born 1957), world champion darts player
★
Jenson Button (born 1980), F1 Driver
★ Sir
Bobby Charlton (born 1937), 1966 football World Cup winner
★
Jack Charlton (born 1935), 1966 football World Cup winner
★
Avril Chew (Born 1955) - Energetic Rider
★ Sir
Francis Chichester, (1901-1972), yachtsman
★
Don Cockell (1928-1983), heavyweight boxer
★
Paul Collingwood (born 1976), cricket player
★ Sir
Henry Cooper (born 1934), heavyweight boxer
★
Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), world cup winning rugby footballer
★
Laura Davies (born 1963), golfer
★
Steve Davis (born 1957), six times world snooker champion
★
Matt Dawson (born 1972), world cup winning rugby footballer
★
John Deacon (1962-2001), motorcycle endurance racer
★
Christopher Dean (born 1958),
figure skater
★
Jonathan Edwards (born 1966), athlete (triple jump)
★
Godfrey Evans (1920-1999), cricketer (
wicket-keeper)
★
James Figg, (1695-1734), first English
bare-knuckle boxing champion
★
Bob Fitzsimmons (1863-1917), boxing's first world champion in three divisions
★
Andrew Flintoff (born 1977), cricket player
★
C B Fry (1872-1956), cricketer and all-round athlete
★
Paul Gascoigne (born 1967), football player
★
Steven Gerrard, (born 1980), football player
★
Graham Gooch, (born 1953), cricketer
★
Pete Goss, (born 1961), Around the world yacthsman
★
W G Grace (1848-1915), cricketer
★
Will Greenwood (born 1972), rugby footballer
★
Naseem Hamed, (born 1974), featherweight boxer
★
Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), F1 Driver
★
Ricky Hatton (born 1978), world champion boxer
★
Damon Hill (born 1960), F1 world champion
★
Graham Hill (1929-1975), Two times F1 world champion
★
Jack Hobbs (1882-1963), cricketer
★
Glenn Hoddle, (born 1957), footballer
★ Sir
Geoff Hurst (born 1941), 1966 football World Cup winner
★
Nasser Hussain (born 1968), cricket player
★
Len Hutton (1916-1990), cricketer
★
Martin Johnson (born 1970), world cup winning rugby footballer
★
Trish Johnson (born 1966), golfer
★
Amir Khan, (born 1986), lightweight boxer
★
Dougie Lampkin, (born 1976), Motorcycle Trials World Champion
★
Lennox Lewis (born 1965), world champion heavyweight boxer
★
Josh Lewsey, (born 1976), rugby footballer
★
Gary Lineker (born 1960), football player
★ Dame
Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), sailor who holds the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe
★
George Mallory (1886-1924), mountaineer
★
Nigel Mansell (born 1953), racing driver, F1 and CART champion
★
Terry Marsh (born 1958), world champion boxer
★
Alan Minter (born 1951), world champion boxer
★
Bobby Moore (1941-1993), captain of 1966 football World Cup winning team
★
Alfred Mynn (1807-61), cricketer
★
Alison Nicholas (born 1962), golfer
★
Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975), two times World Champion Snooker player
★
Michael Owen (born 1979), football player
★
Rachel Parish (born 1981), markswoman and fencer
★
John Parrott (born 1964), world champion snooker player
★
Fred Perry (1909-1995), Wimbledon champion tennis player
★
Martin Peters (born 1943), 1966 football World Cup winner
★
Kevin Pieterson, (born 1980), cricket player
★
Paula Radcliffe (born 1973), athlete (distance runner)
★ Sir
Steve Redgrave (born 1962), rower, winner of gold medal in five consecutive Olympics
★ Sir
Gordon Richards (1904-1988), jockey
★
Wayne Rooney (born 1985), football player
★
Alan Shearer (born 1970), football player
★
Teddy Sheringham (born 1966), football player
★
Nobby Stiles (born 1942), football World Cup winner
★
Andrew Stoddart (1863-1915), rugby and cricket player
★
Karen Stupples (born 1973), golfer
★
Phil Taylor (born 1960), multi world champion darts player
★
Jayne Torvill (born 1957),
figure skater
★
Marcus Trescothick (born 1975), cricket player
★
Phil Tufnell (born 1966), cricket player
★
Randolph Turpin (1928-1966), middleweight boxer
★
Michael Vaughan (born 1974), cricket player
★
Virginia Wade (born 1945), tennis player
★
Frank Warren (born 1952), boxing promoter
★
Dan Wheldon (born 1978), racing driver
★
Jimmy White (born 1962), snooker player
★
Sir William Wavell Wakefield, (1898-1983) rugby footballer and politician
★
Jonny Wilkinson (born 1979), world cup winning rugby footballer
★
Justin Wilson (Born 1978), Champ Car Racer
Writers
See
List of English writers
Other notables
★
Douglas Adams (1952-2001), author, comic and radio dramatist
★
Michael E Adams (Sep-1952) English-Patriot
★
David Attenborough, (born 1926), naturalist and broadcaster
★
Edward Betts, (1815-1872), civil engineering contractor
★
Thomas Brassey, (1805-1870), civil engineering contractor
★
Capability Brown, (1715–83), landscape gardener
★
William Camden, (1551-1623), historian
★
William Caxton, (c. 1422-c. 1491), printer
★ Sir
Malcolm Campbell, (1885–1949), automobile and speedboat racer.
★
Sir John Chesshyre, (1662-1738), lawyer
★
Jeremy Clarkson, (born 1960), T.V. Presenter, broadcaster and writer.
★
James Cook, (1728-1779), British
explorer
★
Simon Cowell, (born 1959), T.V. personality, record producer
★
Grace Darling, (1815-1842), heroine
★
William Emes, (1729/30-1803), landscape gardener
★
Elizabeth Fry, (1780-1845), prison reformer
★
Edward Gibbon, (1737-1794), historian
★
Thomas Grissell, (1801-1874), public works contractor
★
Hilda Hewlett, (1864–1943), pioneer aviator and aviation entrepreneur
★
Ebenezer Howard, (1850-1928), urban planner
★
Ray Mears, (born 1964), Author, T.V. presenter and survival expert
★ Sir
Patrick Moore, (born 1923), Writer, TV Presenter, Astronomer.
★
Florence Nightingale, (1820-1910), nursing reformist
★
Joshua A. Norton, (1811-1880), Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
★
George Ormerod, (1785-1873), historian and antiquary
★
Michael Parkinson, (born 1935), Presenter of British television chat show ''
Parkinson''
★ Sir
Samuel Morton Peto, (1809-1889), civil engineering contractor
★
John Reith, (1889-1971), broadcaster
★
John Speed, (1542-1629), historian and cartographer
★
Wat Tyler, (?-1381), leader of the Peasants' Revolt (1381)
★
William Wakefield, (1801-1848), founder of
Wellington, New Zealand
★
Harriet Shaw Weaver, (1876-1961), political activist and suffragist
★
Joseph Williamson, (1769-1840), philanthropist, merchant and tunneler
★ Samuel Baker, (1991-present day), actor, mathematician, comic sketch-writer, composer and student
The following were born English, but changed nationality later in their life.
★
John Alden, (1599?-1687), one of the leaders of the
Pilgrims to
North America [1]
★
John F. Allen, (1829-1900), inventor of Porter-Allen engine and 2 pneumatic riveting systems
★
George Alsop, noted author
★
James Anderson, noted 19th century, especially remembered for his performance as
Othello★
Anthony Aston, (died 1731), noted actor and dramatist
★
Joe Calzaghe, (born 1972), world champion boxer
★
Charlie Chaplin, (1889-1977)
★
Cary Grant, (1904-1986), film actor.
★
Alistair Cooke, (1908-2004)
★
Bob Hope, (1903-2003)
★
Stephen Hough, (born 1961), concert pianist, became Australian citizen
★
Stan Laurel, (1890-1965)
★
Thomas Paine, (1737-1809)
References
1. Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896, , , , Marquis Who's Who, ,
See also
★
List of people by nationality
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List of English people
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List of Cornish people
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List of Northern Irish people
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List of Scots
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List of Welsh people
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