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

Contents 1 Actors and actresses 2 Archaeologists and anthropologists 3 Architects 4 Artists 5 Businessmen 6 Clergy 7 Economists 8 Engineers 9 Explorers 10 Filmmakers 11 Humourists 12 Inventors 13 Military: Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen 14 Monarchs 15 Murderers 16 Musicians 17 Philosophers 18 Politicians 19 Scientists 20 Sportsmen and sportswomen 21 Writers 22 Other notables 22.1 English expatriates 23 References 24 See also

Actors and actresses

• Dame Julie Andrews (born 1935)
• Naveen Andrews (born 1969)
• Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970)
• Rowan Atkinson (born 1955)
• Christian Bale (born 1974)
• Mischa Barton (born 1986)
• Tom Baker (born 1934)
• Sean Bean (born 1959)
• Kate Beckinsale (born 1973)
• Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979)
• Steven Berkoff (born 1937)
• Brian Blessed (born 1937)
• Orlando Bloom (born 1977)
• Richard Briers (born 1934)
• Kathy Burke (born 1964)
• Sebastian Cabot (born 1918-1977)
• Sir Michael Caine (born 1933)
• Kim Cattrall (born 1956)
• Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971)
• Joan Collins (born 1933)
• Daniel Craig (born 1968)
• Michael Crawford (born 1942)
• 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)
• Anna Friel (born 1976)
• Stephen Fry (born 1958)
• Sir Michael Gambon (born 1940)
• Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000)
• Stephen Graham (born 1973)
• 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)
• Dame Wendy Hiller (1912–2003)
• Stanley Holloway (1890–1982)
• Bob Hoskins (born 1942)
• Nicholas Hoult (born 1989)
• Leslie Howard (actor)
• John Hurt (born 1940)
• Jeremy Irons (born 1948)
• Sir David Jason (born 1940)
• Ben Kingsley (born 1943)
• Keira Knightley (born 1985)
• Charles Laughton (1899–1962)
• Stan Laurel (1890–1965)
• Hugh Laurie (born 1959)
• Jude Law (born 1972)
• Vivien Leigh (1913–1967)
• 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)
• Dame Helen Mirren (born 1945)
• Dominic Monaghan (born 1976)
• Sir Roger Moore (born 1927)
• Nick Moran (born 1969)
• Kenneth More (1914–1982)
• Billy Murray (born 1941)
• Parminder Nagra (born 1975)
• Anthony Newley (1931–1999)
• David Niven (1910-1983)
• Sophie Okonedo (born 1969)
• Gary Oldman (born 1958)
• Sir Laurence Olivier (1907–1989)
• Clive Owen (born 1964)
• Cecil Parker (1897–1971)
• Dev Patel (born 1990)
• 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)
• Alan Rickman (born 1946)
• Tim Roth (born 1958)
• Dame Margaret Rutherford (1892–1972)
• George Sanders (born 1906-1972)
• Peter Sellers (1925–1980)
• Robert Shaw (born 1927-1978)
• Dame Maggie Smith (born 1934)
• Terence Stamp (born 1939)
• Patrick Stewart (born 1940)
• 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)
• Ed Westwick (born 1987)
• Michael Wilding (1912–1979)
• Tom Wilkinson (born 1948)
• Kate Winslet (born 1975)
• Ray Winstone (born 1957)

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

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

Artists

• Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), painter
• Banksy (born c. 1974), graffiti artist
• Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) illustrator
• Sir Peter Blake born 1932, pop artist
• William Blake (1757–1827), painter, poet
• Sir Anthony Caro (born 1924) sculptor
• John Constable (1776–1837), landscape painter
• Tracey Emin (born 1963), conceptual artist
• Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), painter
• Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor (Land Art)
• Antony Gormley OBE RA (born 1950) sculptor
• James Henry Govier (1910-1974), painter, etcher and engraver
• Thomas Hazlehurst (c.1740–c.1821), miniature painter
• Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (1903-1975) sculptor
• Jamie Hewlett (born 1968), comic book artist and designer
• Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619) miniature painter
• Damien Hirst (born 1965), sculptor/ conceptual artist
• David Hockney (born 1937), painter
• Sir Howard Hodgkin (born 1932) painter
• William Hogarth (1697-1764), painter, engraver
• William Holman Hunt (1827-1910)
• Sir Edwin Landseer (1802–1873), animal painter
• Richard Long (born 1945) land artist
• Chris Ofili (born 1968) painter
• Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896) painter
• Henry Moore (1898–1986), sculptor
• William Morris (1834-1896)
• George Passmore (born 1942), artist (Gilbert & George)
• Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), portrait painter
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), painter
• Bridget Riley (born 1931), 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

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
• William Gossage (1799–1877), soap
• Philip Green (born 1952), retail
• James Hanson, Baron Hanson (1922–2004), industrialist
• Thomas Hazlehurst (1779–1842), soap and alkali
• Robert Spear Hudson (1812–1884), soap powder
• John Hutchinson (1825–65), alkali
• Peter Jones (born 1966)
• Sir Freddie Laker (1922–2006), pioneer of cheap air travel
• William Losh (1770–1861), alkali
• Alfred Mond (1868–1930), chemicals
• Henry Mond (1898–1949), chemicals
• Julian Mond (1925–73), industrialist
• Stephan Morais (born 1973)
• William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963)
• Edmund Knowles Muspratt (1833–1923), industrialist
• Richard Muspratt (1822–85), industrialist
• Charles Roe (1715–81), silk
• Titus Salt (1803–1876), industrialist
• Sir Ivan Stedeford (1897–1975), industrialist
• Sir Alan Sugar (born 1947), electronics
• Richard Tompkins (1918–1992), Green Shield trading stamps
• Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), industrialist

Clergy

• Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100 – 1159), only English Pope
• Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Richard Barnes (1532–1587), bishop
• William Charles Cotton (1813–79), missionary and beekeeper
• Gildas (c. 510 – c. 570), monk
• Trevor Huddleston (1913–1998), anti-Apartheid activist
• John Henry Newman (1801–1890), Catholic cardinal
• William Noyes (born 1568, date of death unknown), Reverend Rector, church at Cholderton, Wiltshire, England
• Plegmund (died 923), Archbishop of Canterbury
• William Smyth (c. 1460 – 1514), bishop
• Joshua Toulmin (1740–1815), radical Dissenting minister

Economists

• R. G. D. Allen (1906–1983), economist, mathematician, and statistician.
• William Beveridge (1879–1963), economist and social reformer
• Edwin Cannan (1861–1935), economist and historian
• Ronald Coase (1910-), Nobel Prize winning economist
• John Hicks (1904-1989), Nobel Prize winning economist
• 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
• Thomas Malthus (1766–1834), demographer
• Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), economist
• Mary Paley Marshall (1850–1944), economist, wife of Alfred Marshall
• James Meade (1907-1995), Nobel Prize winning economist
• John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), philosopher and economist
• Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), economist
• Lionel Robbins (1898-1984), economist
• Joan Violet Robinson (1903–1983), economist
• Richard Stone (1913-1991), Nobel Prize winning economist
• Robert Torrens (1780-1864), army officer and economist
• Philip Wicksteed (1844–1927), economist

Engineers

• Sir Benjamin Baker (1840–1907), civil engineer
• 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
• 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
• Sir John Ambrose Fleming (1848–1945), electrical engineer
• Tommy Flowers (1908–1998), engineer
• Eric Laithwaite (1908–1998), engineer
• William Mackenzie (1794–1851), civil engineer and contractor
• R.J. Mitchell (1895–1937), aeronautical engineer
• Sir Henry Royce (1863–1933), engineer
• 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
• Daniel Brooks, computer engineer

Explorers

• Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), traveller in Iraq
• Capt. James Cook (1728–1779), sailor explorer
• 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 explorer ever" by the Guinness Book of Records
• Michael Palin (born 1943)
• Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 1618)
• 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

Filmmakers

• Lindsay Anderson (1923–1994)
• Richard Attenborough (born 1923)
• John Boorman (born 1933)
• John and Roy Boulting (1913–1985 and 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 (1954-2008)
• 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)

Humourists

• Chesney Allen (1893-1982)
• 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)
• 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)
• Bud Flanagan (1896-1968)
• Dawn French (born 1957)
• Stephen Fry (born 1958)
• Ricky Gervais (born 1961)
• Tony Hancock (1924–1968)
• Lenny Henry (born 1958)
• Lee Hurst (born 1963)
• Eric Idle (born 1943)
• Eddie Izzard (born 1962)
• 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

• Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (1955-present), inventor of the World Wide Web
• Hubert Cecil Booth (1871-1955), 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
• 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 Bramah (1748–1814), inventor of the hydraulic press (beer pump)

Military: Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen

• Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969), Field Marshal, World War II hero
• Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal (1717–1797), General
• Sir Claude Auchinleck (1884–1981), World War II commander
• Sir Douglas Bader (1910–1982), fighter pilot
• Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941), soldier
• Sir Alexander John Ball (1759–1809), Admiral, governor of Malta
• 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, World War I
• Robert Blake (1599–1657), reforming Royal Navy Admiral
• Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883–1963), Field Marshal, Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II
• James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1888), Commander of the Light Brigade
• John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722), soldier
• Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British Prime Minister
• Henry Seymour Conway (1721–1795), General
• Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805), General
• Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), Lord Protector of England
• Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (c. 1208 – 1265), English statesman and soldier.
• Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (1882–1970), RAF Commander in World War II
• Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596), sailor
• Prince Frederick, Duke of York (1763–1827), son of King George III, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
• John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852–1925), General, World War I and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904), Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
• Charles George Gordon ("Chinese Gordon") (1833–1885), killed at Khartoum
• Sir Arthur Travers Harris (1892–1984), Marshal of the Royal Air Force, airman
• Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), Admiral
• William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729–1814), General in American Revolutionary War
• John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859–1935), Admiral, World War I
• Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850–1916), Field Marshal
• John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1680–1770), General
• 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
• George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670), Civil War era General in Chief Command
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), statesman, sailor
• Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("The Desert Rat") (1887–1976), Field Marshal and hero of World War II
• Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile (1758–1805), sailor, Admiral
• Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), General, hero of the Napoleonic Wars
• Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar (1832–1914), Field Marshal, last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
• Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859)
• Chris Ryan (born 1961), Former Special Air Service soldier and member of the infamous Bravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf War
• Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), war poet
• William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1897–1970), Commander in Burma during World War II, Governor-General of Australia.
• Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien (1858–1930), General, World War I
• Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855), British commander in the Crimean War
• Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873–1956), "Father of the RAF" and first Chief of the Air Staff
• Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), World War II general, second to last Viceroy of India
• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal, victor of Waterloo, politician
• 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

Monarchs

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• Alfred the Great (c. 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 – c. 1483), English monarch
• Edward VI (1547–1553), first English Protestant monarch.
• Elizabeth I (1558–1603), Protestant queen and first Supreme Governor of the Church of England
• Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926), English-born 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
• William the Conqueror (1066–1087)
• William IV (1765–1837)

Murderers

• Myra Hindley (1942–2002) and Ian Brady (born 1938), Moors murderers
• Ian Huntley (born 1974), Soham murderer
• 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
• Steve Wright (1958-), serial killer
• Graham Young (1947–1990), The Teacup Poisoner

Musicians

• Damon Albarn (born 1968), singer-songwriter
• John Alldis (born 1929), chorus master and conductor
• Lily Allen (born 1985)
• David Arnold (born 1962), composer, musician and film scorer (notably four James Bond films)
• Leona Lewis (born 1985), singer and songwriter
• Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), composer
• Rick Astley (born 1966), singer-songwriter
• Bryan Balkwill (1922–2007), conductor
• John Barbirolli (1899–1970), conductor
• David Bedford (born 1937), composer and musician
• Thomas Beecham (1879–1961), conductor
• Lisa Beznosiuk (1956), flautist
• Roger Birnstingl, bassoonist
• Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934), composer
• James Blunt (born 1977)
• Tim Booth (1960) Singer-Songwriter and actor
• Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
• James Bourne, member of the former rock group Busted, ainger and song-writer
• David Bowie (born 1947)
• William Boyce (1711-1779), composer
• Havergal Brian (1876–1972), composer
• Sarah Brightman (born 1960), singer, actress, songwriter and dancer
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer and pianist
• Kate Bush (born 1958), singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
• William Byrd (1543–1623), composer
• Justin Chancellor (born 1971), bassist, member of Tool
• Eric Clapton (born 1945)
• Adam Clayton born 1960, bassist, member of U2
• Imogen Cooper (born 1949), pianist
• Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934), composer
• Andrew Davis (born 1944), conductor
• Colin Davis (born 1927), conductor
• Norman Del Mar (1919-1994), conductor
• Frederick Delius (1862–1934), composer
• Dido (Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong) (born 1971), singer and songwriter
• Pete Doherty former co-lead singer of The Libertines and current lead singer of Babyshambles and solo artist
• Peter Donohoe (born 1953), pianist
• John Dowland (c. 1563 – c. 1626), composer of songs
• Julius Drake (born 1959), pianist
• John Dunstaple (c. 1383 – 1453), composer
• Ian Dury (1942-2000), lyricist and vocalist for The Blockheads
• Edward Elgar (1857–1934), composer
• Lita Ford
• Noel Gallagher (born 1967), singer-songwriter
• Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), composer
• Ron Goodwin (1925–2003) composer and conductor
• Dhani Harrison (born 1978) guitarist, son of George Harrison
• George Harrison (1943–2001), composer, member of The Beatles
• Anthony Hewitt (born 1971), pianist
• 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
• Robert Irving (1913-1991), conductor
• Sir Elton John (born 1947), pop star and composer
• Davy Jones (born 1945), singer/percussionist, member of The Monkees
• Nigel Kennedy (born 1956), violinist
• Thea King (1925–2007), clarinetist
• Adrian Lambert (born 1976), bassist
• Albert Lee (born 1945), guitarist
• John Lennon (1940–1980), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer of musicals
• Steve Marsden (born 1965), bassoonist
• Sir Paul McCartney (born 1942), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles
• Thomas Morley (c. 1557 – 1602), consort composer
• Gareth Morris (1920–2007), flautist
• Morrissey (born 1959), composer, member of The Smiths
• Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), pop star
• John Ogdon (1937-1989), pianist
• Mike Oldfield (born 1953), composer and instrumentalist
• Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948)
• Jimmy Page (born 1944), guitarist
• Peter Pears (1910–1986), tenor
• Gervase de Peyer (born 1926), clarinetist and conductor
• Robert Plant (born 1948), singer, member of Led Zeppelin
• Anthony Pleeth (born 1948), cellist
• Jacqueline du Pré (1945–1987), cellist
• Stephen Preston, flautist
• Henry Purcell (1659–1695), composer
• Simon Rattle (born 1955), conductor
• Martin Roscoe (born 1952), pianist
• Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), conductor
• Ringo Starr (born 1940), composer, member of The Beatles
• Crispin Steele-Perkins (born 1944), trumpeter
• Rod Stewart (born 1945)
• Joss Stone (born 1987)
• Joe Strummer (1952-2002), singer, member of The Clash
• Connie Talbot (born 2000), child singer and reality star
• Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585), composer
• Lionel Tertis (1876–1975), violist
• Frederick Thurston (1901–53), clarinetist
• Michael Tippett (1905–1998), composer
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), composer
• Ricky Walters (born 1965), aka rapper Slick Rick
• William Walton (1902–1983), composer
• Roger Waters (born 1943), founder of Pink Floyd
• Thomas Weelkes (c. 1575 – 1623), composer
• John Wilbye (1574–1638), composer
• Steven Wilson (1967), musician, producer, composer and founder of Porcupine Tree
• Robbie Williams (born 1974)
• Amy Winehouse (born 1983)
• Henry Wood (1869–1944), conductor
• Marvin Young (born 1967), aka rapper Young MC
• Thom Yorke (born 1968), singer-songwriter, musician, member of Radiohead

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
• G.E. Moore (1873–1958), philosopher
• Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903]]
• William of Ockham (c. 1285 – 1349), philosopher
• Thomas Paine (1737–1809), theorist
• Derek Parfit (born 1942), philosopher
• Gilbert Ryle (1900-1976), 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
• 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)
• William Hague, (1961-)Conservative politician
• Denis Healey (born 1917), Labour politician
• Edward Heath (1916–2005), British prime minister
• Boris Johnson(1964-), Conservative politician
• 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
• Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1897–1974), physicist
• George Boole (1815–1864), mathematician
• Richard Bright (1630–1677), doctor, founder of Bright's Disease (form of kidney disease)
• Henry Brunner (1838–1916), chemist
• 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 (born 1941), evolutionary theorist
• Henry Deacon (1822–76), chemist
• Paul Dirac (1902–1984), physicist
• Horace Donisthorpe (1870–1951), entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist
• Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), physicist
• Michael Faraday (1791–1867), scientist
• Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), geneticist and statistician
• Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), chemist and x-ray crystalographer
• J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist
• James Hargreaves (1834–1915), chemist
• Stephen Hawking (born 1942), cosmologist
• Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925), physicist
• John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer
• C. A. R. Hoare (born 1934), computer scientist
• Robert Hooke (1635–1703), scientist
• Edward Jenner (1749–1823), doctor
• R. V. Jones (1911–1997), physicist
• James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), physicist
• Joseph Lister (1827–1912), surgeon
• Bernard Lovell (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
• John McClellan (1810–81), chemist
• Robert Mond (1867–1938), chemist
• Desmond Morris (born 1928), zoologist
• Roger Needham (1935–2003), computer scientist
• Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), founder of modern physics, last of the alchemists
• 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
• George Paget Thomson (1892-1975), physicist
• J. J. Thomson (1856–1940), physicist
• Henry Tizard (1885–1959), chemist and inventor
• Alan Turing (1912–1954), mathematician
• Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), naturalist
• Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), mathematician
• Maurice Vincent Wilkes (born 1913), computer scientist
• James H. Wilkinson (1919–1986), mathematician
• William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828), chemist
• Thomas Young (1773–1829), scientist

Sportsmen and sportswomen

• 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), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Gordon Banks (born 1937), goalkeeper of 1966 World Cup winning team
• Sir Roger Bannister (born 1929), first sub-four-minute miler
• 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), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Jack Charlton (born 1935), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), yachtsman
• Don Cockell (1928–1983), heavyweight boxer
• Paul Collingwood (born 1976), cricketer
• 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
• Percy Down (1883-?), rugby union player, represented England and Great Britain.
• Jonathan Edwards (born 1966), 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), cricketer
• C B Fry (1872–1956), cricketer and all-round athlete
• Paul Gascoigne (born 1967), football player
• Steven Gerrard (born 1980), football player
• Graham Gooch (born 1953), cricketer
• Pete Goss (born 1961), around-the-world yachtsman
• W G Grace (1848–1915), cricketer
• Will Greenwood (born 1972), rugby footballer
• Naseem Hamed (born 1974), featherweight boxer
• Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), F1 World Champion
• Ricky Hatton (born 1978), world champion boxer
• David Haye (born 1980), 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), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Nasser Hussain (born 1968), cricketer
• Len Hutton (1916–1990), cricketer
• E.J. 'John' Jackett, rugby union player, represented England and Great Britain.
• Martin Johnson (born 1970), World Cup winning rugby union 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), footballer
• 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 the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Alfred Mynn (1807–1861), cricketer
• Alison Nicholas (born 1962), golfer
• Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975), three times World Snooker Champion
• Michael Owen (born 1979), football player
• Rachel Parish (born 1981), markswoman and fencer
• John Parrott (born 1964), World Snooker Champion
• Fred Perry (1909–1995), Wimbledon champion tennis player
• Martin Peters (born 1943), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Kevin Pietersen (born 1980), cricketer
• Paula Radcliffe (born 1973), distance runner
• Sir Steve Redgrave (born 1962), rower, winner of gold medal in five consecutive Olympics
• Sir Gordon Richards (1904–1988), jockey, holder of several records
• Wayne Rooney (born 1985), footballer
• Alan Shearer (born 1970), footballer
• 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), cricketer
• Phil Tufnell (born 1966), cricketer
• Randolph Turpin (1928–1966), middleweight boxer
• Michael Vaughan (born 1974), cricketer
• 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 race
• Alan Shearer (Born 1970), Footballer, All time leading goal scorer in the premiership
• Sir Bobby Robson (Born 1933), Football Manager

Writers

See List of English writers

Other notables

• Douglas Adams (1952–2001), author, comic and radio dramatist
• David Attenborough (born 1926), naturalist and broadcaster
• Edward Betts (1815–1872), civil engineering contractor
• Thomas Brassey (1805–1870), civil engineering contractor
• Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974), mathematician
• Capability Brown (1715–1783), 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 (c. 1729 – 1803), landscape gardener
• Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), prison reformer
• Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), historian
• Peter Molyneux (1959), Video game designer
• Thomas Grissell (1801–1874), public works contractor
• Hilda Hewlett (1864–1943), pioneer aviator and aviation entrepreneur
• Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928), urban planner
• Edward Kemp (1817–91), garden designer
• Gideon Lester (b. 1972), dramaturg, adaptator, theatre artistic director
• Sir Peter Leycester (1614–78), historian and antiquarian
• Ray Mears (born 1964), Author, T.V. presenter and survival expert
• Sir Patrick Moore (born 1923), Writer, TV Presenter, Astronomer.
• 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 Speed (1542–1629), historian and cartographer
• Wat Tyler (died 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
• Nathan A. Taylor (masternoname.deviantart.com) (1989+), photographer, graphic designer, most well know for his simplicialist view on art and life

English expatriates

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

• John Alden (c. 1599 – 1687), one of the leaders of the Pilgrims to North America^[2]
• John F. Allen (1829–1900), inventor of Porter-Allen engine and 2 pneumatic riveting systems^[2]
• George Alsop, noted author^[2]
• James Anderson, noted 19th century, especially remembered for his performance as Othello^[2]
• Anthony Aston (died 1731), noted actor and dramatist^[2]
• 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
• Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

References

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

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