List of English people

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

Actors and actresses

• Dame Julie Andrews (born 1935)
• Vanessa Angel Actress (born-1966)
• Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970)
• Gemma Arterton (born 1986)
• Christian Bale (born 1974)
• Mischa Barton (born 1986)
• Tom Baker (born 1934)
• Eliza Bennett Actress (born-1992)
• Sean Bean (born 1959)
• Kate Beckinsale (born 1973)
• Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979)
• Martin Benson (1918–2010)
• Steven Berkoff (born 1937)
• Brian Blessed (born 1937)
• Emily Blunt Actress (born 1983)
• Orlando Bloom (born 1977)
• Richard Briers (born 1934)
• Kelly Brook (born 1979)
• Kathy Burke (born 1964)
• Saffron Burrows Actress/Model (born 1972)
• Sebastian Cabot (1918–1977)
• Sir Michael Caine (born 1933)
• Kim Cattrall (born 1956)
• Helena Bonham Carter Actress (born 1966)
• Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971)
• Joan Collins (born 1933)
• Daniel Craig (born 1968)
• Michael Crawford (born 1942)
• Mackenzie Crook (born 1971)
• Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976)
• Tim Curry (born 1946)
• Anthony Dawson (1916–1992)
• Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957)
• Roger Delgado (1918–1973)
• Dame Judi Dench (born 1934)
• Sarah Douglas (born 1952)
• Minnie Driver Actress (born 1970)
• Tamsin Egerton Actress (born 1988)
• Idris Elba (born 1972)
• Jennifer Ellison Actress (born-1983)
• Jennifer Ehle Actress (born 1969)
• Alice Eve Actress (born-1982)
• 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)
• Claire Forlani Actress (born-1972)
• Anna Friel (born 1976)
• Emilia Fox Actress (born-1974)
• Martin Freeman Actor (born-1971)
• Sadie Frost Actress (born-1965)
• Sir Michael Gambon (born 1940)
• Romola Garai Actress (born-1982)
• Patricia Garwood (born 1941)
• Sir John Gielgud (1904–2000)
• Stephen Graham (born 1973)
• Sienna Guillory Actress (born 1975)
• 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)
• Rebecca Hall Actress (born-1982)
• 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)
• Annie Hulley (born 1955)
• Elizabeth Hurley Actress (born-1965)
• John Hurt (born 1940)
• Jeremy Irons (born 1948)
• Sir David Jason (born 1940)
• Aaron Johnson (born 1990)
• Toby Kebbell (born 1982)
• William Kempe (died 1603)
• Sir Ben Kingsley (born 1943)
• Keira Knightley (born 1985)
• Charles Laughton (1899–1962)
• Stan Laurel (1890–1965)
• Hugh Laurie (born 1959)
• Jude Law (born 1972)
• Vivien Leigh (1913–1967)
• Jane Leeves Actress (born-1961)
• Joanna Lumley (born 1946)
• Margaret Lockwood (1916–1990)
• Roy Marsden (born 1941)
• Anna Massey actress (1937–2011)
• Martine McCutcheon Actress (born-1976)
• 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)
• Audrey Hepburn Actress/Icon (born 1929)
• Dominic Monaghan (born 1976)
• Samantha Morton Actress (born 1977)
• Sir Roger Moore (born 1927)
• Nick Moran (born 1969)
• Kenneth More (1914–1982)
• Billy Murray (born 1941)
• Carey Mulligan Actress (born-1985)
• Sophia Myles Actress (born-1980)
• Parminder Nagra (born 1975)
• Anthony Newley (1931–1999)
• Bill Nighy (born 1949)
• David Niven (1910–1983)
• Merle Oberon (born 1911–1979)
• Sophie Okonedo (born 1969)
• Gary Oldman (born 1958)
• Sir Laurence Olivier (1907–1989)
• Clive Owen (born 1964)
• Cecil Parker (1897–1971)
• Dev Patel (born 1990)
• Robert Pattinson (born 1986)
• Simon Pegg (born 1970)
• Alex Pettyfer (1990)
• Rosamund Pike Actress (born-1979)
• Billie Piper Actress (born-1982)
• Dominic Purcell (born 1970)
• Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989)
• Oliver Reed (1938–1999)
• Joely Richardson (born 1965)
• Miranda Richardson (born 1958)
• Natasha Richardson (1963–2009)
• Sir Ralph Richardson (1902–1983)
• Alan Rickman (born 1946)
• Tim Roth (born 1958)
• Dame Margaret Rutherford (1892–1972)
• George Sanders (born 1906–1972)
• Peter Sellers (1925–1980)
• Jane Seymour Actress (born-1951)
• Robert Shaw (born 1927–1978)
• Nicollette Sheridan Actress (born-1963)
• Dame Maggie Smith (born 1934)
• Matt Smith (born 1982)
• Terence Stamp (born 1939)
• Patrick Stewart (born 1940)
• Rachel Stevens Actress/singer (born-1978)
• Dame Elizabeth Taylor (born 1932)
• Juno Temple Actress (born-1989)
• Emma Thompson (born 1959)
• Kristin Scott Thomas Actress (born-1960)
• Patrick Troughton (1920–1987)
• Sir Peter Ustinov (1921–2004)
• Julie Walters (born 1950)
• Jack Warner (1896–1981)
• Naomi Watts Actress (born-1968)
• Emily Watson (born 1967)
• Emma Watson (born 1990)
• Rachel Weisz (born 1971)
• Dominic West (born 1969)
• Ed Westwick (born 1987)
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (born 1987)
• Michael Wilding (1912–1979)
• Tom Wilkinson (born 1948)
• Kate Winslet (born 1975)
• Ray Winstone (born 1957)

Archaeologists and anthropologists

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

Architects

• Hubert Austin (1845–1915)
• Charles Barry (1795–1860), (Houses of Parliament)
• George Basevi (1794–1845)
• William Burges (1827–1881), architect and designer
• William Butterfield (1814–1900), leader in Gothic revival movement
• 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
• Richard Ansdell (1815–1885), 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
• Steven Harris (cartoonist) (born 1975) cartoonist
• Thomas Hazlehurst (c. 1740 – c. 1821), miniature painter
• Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (1903–1975) sculptor
• Jamie Hewlett (born 1968), comic book artist and designer
• Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619) miniature painter
• Damien Hirst (born 1965), sculptor/ conceptual artist
• David Hockney (born 1937), painter
• Sir Howard Hodgkin (born 1932) painter
• William Hogarth (1697–1764), painter, engraver
• 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

Broadcasters

• Michael Aspel (born 1933)
• David Attenborough (born 1926), naturalist and broadcaster
• Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960), T.V. Presenter, broadcaster and writer.
• Simon Cowell (born 1959), T.V. personality, record producer
• Ray Mears (born 1964), Author, T.V. presenter and survival expert
• Sir Patrick Moore (born 1923), Writer, T.V. Presenter, Astronomer.
• Michael Parkinson (born 1935), Presenter of British television chat show Parkinson
• John Peel (1939–2004), disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist
• Jonathan Ross (born 1960)
• Jimmy Savile (1926–2011), disc jockey, T.V. presenter and media personality.

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 (1715–1781), silk
• Titus Salt (1803–1876), industrialist
• Sir Ivan Stedeford (1897–1975), industrialist
• Sir Alan Sugar (born 1947), electronics
• Richard Tompkins (1918–1992), Green Shield trading stamps
• Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), industrialist

Chefs

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

Clergy

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

Criminals

• Myra Hindley (1942–2002), Moors murderer
• Ian Huntley (born 1974), Soham murderer
• The Kray twins (Ronald 1933–1995, Reginald 1933–2000), east London gangsters
• Harold Shipman (1946–2004), possibly the most prolific serial killer worldwide – convicted of 15 – probably killed over 250
• Peter Sutcliffe (born 1946), Yorkshire Ripper
• Fred West (1941–1995) and Rosemary West (born 1953), serial killers
• Steve Wright (born 1958), serial killer
• Graham Young (1947–1990), The Teacup Poisoner

Conspirators

• Guy Fawkes (1570–1606)

Economists

• R. G. D. Allen (1906–1983), economist, mathematician, and statistician
• Norman Angell (1872–1967) – British internationalist and economist
• William Beveridge (1879–1963), economist and social reformer
• Edwin Cannan (1861–1935), economist and historian
• Colin Clark (1905–1989), British and Australian economist
• Ronald Coase (born 1910), Nobel Prize winning economist
• Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992) – Nobel Prize winning Economics
• 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
• Arthur Lewis (1915–1991), economist
• Thomas Malthus (1766–1834), demographer
• Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), economist
• Mary Paley Marshall (1850–1944), economist, wife of Alfred Marshall
• James Meade (1907–1995), Nobel Prize winning economist
• John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), philosopher and economist
• Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959), economist
• Lionel Robbins (1898–1984), economist
• Joan Violet Robinson (1903–1983), economist
• Richard Stone (1913–1991), Nobel Prize winning economist
• Robert Torrens (1780–1864), army officer and economist
• Philip Wicksteed (1844–1927), economist

Engineers

• Sir Benjamin Baker (1840–1907), civil engineer
• 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), designer and builder of the first electronic computer
• 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

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 living explorer" by the Guinness Book of Records
• Rob Gauntlett (1987–2009), youngest Briton to summit Everest
• Michael Palin (born 1943)
• Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 1618)
• Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912) Antarctic explorer
• Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1921) "Sir Ernest Shackleton's name will for evermore be engraved with letters of fire in the history of Antarctic exploration" Roald Amundsen
• Freya Stark (1893–1993), Middle East explorer
• Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003), explorer in East Africa and the Middle East

Filmmakers

• 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)
• Christopher Nolan (born 1970)
• Nick Park (born 1958)
• Michael Powell (1905–1990)
• Guy Ritchie (born 1968)
• Ken Russell (1927–2011)
• Ridley Scott (born 1942)
• Tony Scott (born 1948)

Historians

• William Camden (1551–1623)
• Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)
• Sir Peter Leycester (1614–78), historian and antiquarian
• George Ormerod (1785–1873), historian and antiquary
• John Speed (1542–1629), historian and cartographer
• A.J.P. Taylor (1906–1990) popular historian

Humourists

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

Inventors / engineers

• Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (born 1955), inventor of the World Wide Web
• Hubert Cecil Booth (1871–1955), inventor of the vacuum cleaner
• Joseph Bramah (1748–1814), inventor of the hydraulic press (beer pump)
• 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
• Sir Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), discoverer of hydrogen

Journalists / newsreaders

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

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
• Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941), soldier
• Sir Douglas Bader (1910–1982), fighter pilot
• 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
• Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805), General
• Henry Seymour Conway (1721–1795), 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
• Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("The Desert Rat") (1887–1976), Field Marshal and hero of World War II
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), statesman, sailor
• Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile (1758–1805), sailor, Admiral
• 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
• Sir David Stirling, founder of the SAS
• 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

Further information: List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England

• 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 (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 the Lionheart (1157–1199), English monarch, leader and hero of the Third Crusade
• Richard III (1483–1485), last Plantagenet King, and last British monarch to die in Battle
• Victoria (1819–1901)
• William IV (1765–1837)

Musicians

• Stuart Adamson, lead singer of Big Country
• Adele singer
• Harry Styles , (born 1994) , singer, member of One Direction
• Louis Tomlinson , (born 1991) , singer, member of One Direction
• Liam Payne , (born 1993) , singer, member of One Direction
• Zayn Malik , (born 1993) , singer, member of One Direction
• Thomas Adès (born 1971), composer
• Damon Albarn (born 1968), singer-songwriter
• Graham Coxon (born 1969), guitarist, singer-songwriter, former member of Blur and solo artist
• John Alldis (born 1929), chorus master and conductor
• Lily Allen (born 1985)
• Tinie Tempah (born 1998), rapper
• David Arnold (born 1962), composer, musician and film scorer (notably four James Bond films)
• Ed Sheeran (born 1991), singer-songwriter
• Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), composer
• Rick Astley (born 1966), singer-songwriter
• Alexander Baillie (born 1956), cellist
• Bryan Balkwill (1922–2007), conductor
• John Barbirolli (1899–1970), conductor
• Gary Barlow (born 1971), singer, songwriter and member of Take That
• Syd Barrett (1946–2006), singer, songwriter, member of the early Pink Floyd
• Victoria Beckham (born 1974), singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, author, businesswoman, actress and model
• David Bedford (born 1937), composer and musician
• Natasha Bedingfield (born 1981), singer
• Thomas Beecham (1879–1961), conductor
• Matthew Bellamy (born 1978), composer for Muse
• Lisa Beznosiuk (1956), flautist
• Roger Birnstingl, bassoonist
• Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934), composer
• James Blunt (born 1977)
• John Bonham (1948–1980), drummer for Led Zeppelin
• Tim Booth (1960) Singer-songwriter and actor
• Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
• James Bourne, member of the former rock group Busted, singer and song-writer
• David Bowie (born 1947)
• William Boyce (1711–1779), composer
• Billy Bragg (born 1957)
• Havergal Brian (1876–1972), composer
• Sarah Brightman (born 1960), singer, actress, songwriter and dancer
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer and pianist
• Justin Broadrick (born 1969), vocalist and guitarist, member of Godflesh and Jesu
• 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
• Cheryl Cole Singer (born 1983)
• Ian Curtis (1956–1980), lead singer and composer for Joy Division
• Roger Daltrey (born 1944) singer, lead of The Who
• 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
• John Dunstaple (c. 1383 – 1453), composer
• Ian Dury (1942–2000), lyricist and vocalist for The Blockheads
• Edward Elgar (1857–1934), composer
• John Entwistle (1944–2002)
• Marianne Faithfull (born 1946)
• Gerald Finzi (1901–1956), composer
• Lita Ford
• Peter Gabriel (born 1950), singer-songwriter and former lead vocalist with Genesis (band)
• Noel Gallagher (born 1967), singer-songwriter
• Pete Burns (born 1959), singer-songwriter and lead vocalist with Dead or Alive
• Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), composer
• Ron Goodwin (1925–2003) composer and conductor
• Bella Hardy folk musician, singer, songwriter
• Dhani Harrison (born 1978) guitarist, son of George Harrison
• George Harrison (1943–2001), composer, member of The Beatles
• PJ Harvey (born 1969)
• Anthony Hewitt (born 1971), pianist
• Gustav Holst (1874–1934), composer
• Dominic Howard (born 1977), member of Muse
• 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
• Mick Jagger (born 1943), rock singer and frontman of The Rolling Stones
• Sir Elton John (born 1947), pop star and composer
• Brian Johnson (born 1947), rock singer
• Brian Jones (1942–1969), founding member and guitarist of The Rolling Stones
• Davy Jones (1945–2012), singer/percussionist, member of The Monkees
• John Paul Jones (born 1946), bassist, mandolinist and keyboardist for Led Zeppelin
• Nigel Kennedy (born 1956), violinist
• Thea King (1925–2007), clarinetist
• Adrian Lambert (born 1976), bassist
• Albert Lee (born 1945), guitarist
• John Lennon (1940–1980), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles
• Leona Lewis (born 1985), singer and songwriter
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer of musicals
• Pixie Lott (born 1991), singer
• Chris Lowe (born 1959), keyboardist and composer, member of Pet Shop Boys (Duo)
• Sir Paul McCartney (born 1942), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles
• Chris Martin (born 1977) singer-songwriter, lead of Coldplay
• Keith Moon (1946–1978)
• Thomas Morley (c. 1557 – 1602), consort composer
• Gareth Morris (1920–2007), flautist
• Morrissey (born 1959), composer, member of The Smiths
• Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), pop star
• John Ogdon (1937–1989), pianist
• Mike Oldfield (born 1953), composer and instrumentalist
• Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948)
• Jimmy Page (born 1944), guitarist
• Hubert Parry (1848–1918), composer
• 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
• Zak Starkey (born 1965), drummer, son of Ringo Starr
• Ringo Starr (born 1940), composer, member of The Beatles
• Crispin Steele-Perkins (born 1944), trumpeter
• Rod Stewart (born 1945)
• Joss Stone (born 1987)
• Joe Strummer (1952–2002), singer, member of The Clash
• Bernard Sumner, lead singer of New Order
• Connie Talbot (born 2000), child singer and reality star
• Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585), composer
• Neil Tennant (born 1954), vocalist, member of Pet Shop Boys (Duo)
• Lionel Tertis (1876–1975), violist
• Frederick Thurston (1901–53), clarinetist
• Michael Tippett (1905–1998), composer
• Pete Townshend (born 1945)
• 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
• Cliff Williams (born 1949), bassist
• Robbie Williams (born 1974)
• Amy Winehouse (1983–2011), singer-songwriter
• Christopher Wolstenholme (born 1978), member of Muse
• Henry Wood (1869–1944), conductor
• Marvin Young (born 1967), aka rapper Young MC
• Thom Yorke (born 1968), singer-songwriter, musician, member of Radiohead
• Ellie Goulding (born 1986), singer-songwriter, musician
• Phil Collins (born 1951), singer-songwriter, musician, member of Genesis (band)
• Jessie J (born 1988), singer-songwriter

Philosophers

• Donald Adamson (born 1939)
• 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, theologian
• 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

Photographers

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

Politicians

• H. H. Asquith (1852–1928), British prime minister
• Clement Attlee (1883–1967), British prime minister
• Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), British prime minister
• Ernest Bevin (1881–1951), Labour politician
• Tony Benn (born 1925), Labour politician
• Tony Blair (born 1953), British prime minister
• Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953), Labour politician & first female Cabinet Minister
• John Bright (1811–1889), liberal politician
• George Canning (1770–1827), politician
• Barbara Castle (1910–2002), politician
• Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937)
• Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914)
• Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), British prime minister
• Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895)
• Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British prime minister
• Kenneth Clarke (born 1940), Conservative politician
• 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
• Sir Henry Bartle Frere (1815–1884), Colonial administrator
• 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 (born 1961), Conservative politician
• Denis Healey (born 1917), Labour politician
• Edward Heath (1916–2005), British prime minister
• Boris Johnson(born 1964), Conservative politician
• John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902)
• George Lansbury (1859–1940)
• Nigel Lawson (born 1932), Conservative politician
• John Leland (?–1808), English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1796–1808
• 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
• Robert Boyle (1627–1691), natural philosopher
• 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 crystallographer
• J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist
• James Hargreaves (1834–1915), chemist
• Stephen Hawking (born 1942), cosmologist
• Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925), physicist
• John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer
• 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

• Barney Aaron (Young) (1800–1850), lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Harold Abrahams (1899–1978), athlete, Olympic champion (100 metre sprint) and silver (4x100-m relay), one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire
• Sir Sidney Abrahams (1885–1957), Olympic long jumper
• Chris Adams (1955–2001), pro wrestler and judoka
• Neil Adams (born 1958), judoka and two-time silver medalist in Judo (1980 and 1984), younger brother of Chris Adams
• Tony Adams (born 1966), football player
• Jo Ankier (born 1982), Britain, record holder (1,500-m & 3,000-m steeplechase)
• Alan Ball (1945–2007), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Gordon Banks (born 1937), goalkeeper of 1966 World Cup winning team
• Sir Roger Bannister (born 1929), first sub-four-minute miler
• Lord Frederick Beauclerk (1773–1850), cricket player and administrator
• David Beckham (born 1975), football player
• Wade Barrett (born 1980), WWE Wrestler
• Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman) (1909–1991), world champion junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Richard Bergmann (1919–1970), 7-time table tennis world champion, ITTFHoF
• Chris Bonington (born 1934), mountaineer
• Sir Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer
• Mark Bott, cricketer
• Geoffrey Boycott (born 1940), cricketer
• Eric Bristow (born 1957), world champion darts player
• Tony Brooks (born 1932), F1 driver
• Paul Burchill (born 1979), professional wrestler
• Jenson Button (born 1980), F1 World Champion
• Angela Buxton (born 1934), won 1956 French Women's Doubles (w/Althea Gibson) and 1956 Wimbledon Women's Doubles (w/Gibson), highest world ranking # 9
• Sir Bobby Charlton (born 1937), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Jack Charlton (born 1935), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), yachtsman
• Don Cockell (1928–1983), heavyweight boxer
• George Cohen (born 1939), association football right back, World Cup champion
• Paul Collingwood (born 1976), cricketer
• Peter Collins (1931–1958), F1 driver
• Sir Henry Cooper (1934–2011), heavyweight boxer
• Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer
• Tom Daley (born 1994), youngest olympian diver ever to compete in olympics (participated in Beijing 2008)
• 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)
• Percy Fender, cricketer
• James Figg (1695–1734), first English bare-knuckle boxing champion
• Bob Fitzsimmons (1863–1917), boxing's first World Champion in three divisions
• Andrew Flintoff (born 1977), cricketer
• C B Fry (1872–1956), cricketer and all-round athlete
• Paul Gascoigne (born 1967), football player
• Steven Gerrard (born 1980), football player
• Graham Gooch (born 1953), cricketer
• Pete Goss (born 1961), around-the-world yachtsman
• W G Grace (1848–1915), cricketer
• Jimmy Greaves (born 1940), footballer
• Will Greenwood (born 1972), rugby footballer
• Naseem Hamed (born 1974), featherweight boxer
• Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), F1 World Champion
• Ricky Hatton (born 1978), world champion boxer
• Mike Hawthorn (1929–1959), F1 World Champion
• David Haye (born 1980), world champion boxer
• Johnny Haynes (1934-2005), footballer
• Emile Heskey (born 1978), footballer
• Damon Hill (born 1960), F1 World Champion
• Graham Hill (1929–1975), two times F1 World Champion
• Jimmy Hill (born 1928), footballer
• Jack Hobbs (1882–1963), cricketer
• Glenn Hoddle (born 1957), footballer
• James Hunt (1947–1993), F1 World Champion
• Sir Geoff Hurst (born 1941), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Nasser Hussain (born 1968), cricketer
• Len Hutton (1916–1990), cricketer
• E.J. 'John' Jackett, rugby union player, represented England and Great Britain.
• Joe Jacobson (born 1986), association football left back (Oldham Athletic & U21 national team)
• Peter Jaffe, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)
• Allan Jay (born 1931), épée & foil fencer, Olympic 2-time silver, world champion
• Martin Johnson (born 1970), World Cup winning rugby union footballer
• Trish Johnson (born 1966), golfer
• Amir Khan (born 1986), lightweight boxer
• Frank Lampard (born 1978), footballer
• Dougie Lampkin (born 1976), Motorcycle Trials World Champion
• Mark Lazarus, footballer, right winger
• Jason Leonard (born 1968), World Cup winning rugby union footballer
• Edward Lawrence Levy (1851–1932), English world champion weightlifter
• Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff) (1893–1970), world champion welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame
• Lennox Lewis (born 1965), world champion heavyweight boxer
• Josh Lewsey (born 1976), rugby footballer
• Gary Lineker (born 1960), footballer
• Dar Lyon, cricketer
• Dame Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), sailor who holds the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe
• George Mallory (1886–1924), mountaineer
• Nigel Mansell (born 1953), racing driver, F1 and CART champion
• Terry Marsh (born 1958), world champion boxer
• Darren Matthews (born 1968), professional wrestler
• Stanley Matthews (1915–2000), footballer
• Daniel Mendoza (1764–1836), world heavyweight champion boxer, Hall of Fame
• Alan Minter (born 1951), world champion boxer
• Bobby Moore (1941–1993), captain of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Stirling Moss, (born 1929), F1 driver
• Alfred Mynn (1807–1861), cricketer
• Gary Neville (born 1975), footballer
• Phil Neville (born 1977), footballer
• Alison Nicholas (born 1962), golfer
• Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975), three times World Snooker Champion
• Michael Owen (born 1979), football player
• Rachel Parish (born 1981), markswoman and fencer
• Bob Paisley (1919–1996), 3-time European Cup winning manager with Liverpool F.C.
• John Parrott (born 1964), World Snooker Champion
• Fred Perry (1909–1995), Wimbledon champion tennis player
• Martin Peters (born 1943), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
• Kevin Pietersen (born 1980), cricketer
• Daniel Prenn (1904–1991), tennis player, highest world ranking # 6
• Samuel Rabin (1903–1991, Olympic bronze wrestler (freestyle middleweight)
• Paula Radcliffe (born 1973), distance runner
• John Raphael, cricket and rugby union
• Sir Steve Redgrave (born 1962), rower, winner of gold medal in five consecutive Olympics
• Sir Gordon Richards (1904–1988), jockey, holder of several records
• Sir Bobby Robson (1933–2009), Football Manager
• Wayne Rooney (born 1985), footballer
• Paul Scholes (born 1974), footballer
• Alan Shearer (born 1970), footballer, all-time leading goal scorer in the premiership
• 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
• John Terry (born 1980), footballer
• Jayne Torvill (born 1957), figure skater
• Marcus Trescothick (born 1975), cricketer
• Fred Trueman, fast bowler
• Phil Tufnell (born 1966), cricketer
• Randolph Turpin (1928–1966), middleweight boxer
• Michael Vaughan (born 1974), cricketer
• Virginia Wade (born 1945), tennis player
• Frank Warren (born 1952), boxing promoter
• Dan Wheldon (1978–2011), 2005 and 2011 Indy 500 Winner, 2005 Indycar Series Champion
• Jimmy White (born 1962), snooker player
• 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
• Billy Wright (1924–1994), footballer

Writers

See List of English writers

Other notables

• Douglas Adams (1952–2001), author, comic and radio dramatist
• Rachel Ashwell (born 1959), author, designer and entrepreneur
• Edward Betts (1815–1872), civil engineering contractor
• Thomas Brassey (1805–1870), civil engineering contractor
• Capability Brown (1715–1783), landscape gardener
• William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491), printer
• Donald Campbell (1921–1967), world land and water speed record holder
• Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885–1949), automobile and speedboat racer.
• Sir John Chesshyre (1662–1738), lawyer
• Grace Darling (1815–1842), heroine
• William Emes (c. 1729 – 1803), landscape gardener
• Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), prison reformer
• 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 (born 1972), dramaturg, adaptator, theatre artistic director
• Joshua A. Norton (1811–1880), Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
• Sir Samuel Morton Peto (1809–1889), civil engineering contractor
• 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

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
• John F. Allen (1829–1900), inventor of Porter-Allen engine and two pneumatic riveting systems
• George Alsop, noted author
• James Anderson, noted nineteenth century, especially remembered for his performance as Othello
• Anthony Aston (died 1731), noted actor and dramatist
• 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)

See also

• List of people by nationality
• List of Cornish people
• List of Northern Irish people
• List of Scots
• List of Welsh people