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EspañolLIST OF ENGLISH PEOPLE
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
★ List of English people
★ List of Cornish people
★ List of Northern Irish people
★ List of Scots
★ List of Welsh people
★ UK topics
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