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* [[Gabrielle Aplin]] - singer/ songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=Gabrielle Aplin|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Gabrielle+Aplin|publisher=Last FM|accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref> |
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*[[Danny Byrd]] - Drum and Bass artist signed to Hospital Records<ref>{{cite web|title=Danny Byrd|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Danny+Byrd|publisher=Last FM|accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref> |
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*[[Eddie Cochran]] - rock'n'roll musician, died in Bath<ref name="death-cert">{{cite web|url = http://members.cox.net/gpugh1/Documents/Death+Cert.jpg |title = Certified copy of an entry of death: Edward Ray Cochran|publisher = County Borough of Bath|date = 1960-07-02|accessdate = 2008-02-20 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20040914095418/http://members.cox.net/gpugh1/Documents/Death+Cert.jpg |archivedate = 2004-09-14}}</ref> |
*[[Eddie Cochran]] - rock'n'roll musician, died in Bath<ref name="death-cert">{{cite web|url = http://members.cox.net/gpugh1/Documents/Death+Cert.jpg |title = Certified copy of an entry of death: Edward Ray Cochran|publisher = County Borough of Bath|date = 1960-07-02|accessdate = 2008-02-20 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20040914095418/http://members.cox.net/gpugh1/Documents/Death+Cert.jpg |archivedate = 2004-09-14}}</ref> |
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*[[Peter Gabriel]] - musician<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Gabriel-s-online-firm-seeks-staff/article-2834280-detail/article.html | title=Gabriel's online firm seeks staff | publisher=Bath Chronicle | accessdate=11 December 2010}}</ref> |
*[[Peter Gabriel]] - musician<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Gabriel-s-online-firm-seeks-staff/article-2834280-detail/article.html | title=Gabriel's online firm seeks staff | publisher=Bath Chronicle | accessdate=11 December 2010}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:23, 2 March 2012
A Bathonian is somebody who comes from the city of Bath, England.
This article provides a non-exhaustive list of famous people born in Bath, educated there, prominent in the life of the city, or otherwise associated with the city.
Acting
- Ollie Barbieri - actor in Skins.[1]
- Jennifer Biddall[2]
- Adam Campbell - actor in Epic Movie and Date Movie.[3]
- Julia Davis[4]
- Anthony Head.[5]
- Jonathan Hyde[6]
- Andrew Lincoln[7]
- Jonathan Lynn actor, writer and director.[8]
- Leo McKern - Rumpole actor.[9]
- Tom Payne[10]
- Arnold Ridley[11]
- Sarah Siddons - 18th century actress[12]
- Indira Varma[13]
- Angelica Mandy- in Vanity Fair and Harry Potter series as Gabrielle Delacour,
Architecture
- Robert Adam - architect of Pulteney Bridge, also produced unexecuted designs for the Assembly Rooms and Bathwick estate.[14]
- Thomas Baldwin - architect of Great Pulteney Street and Bath Guildhall.[15]
- Sir Reginald Blomfield - architect of the Bath War Memorial and extension of the Holbourne Museum.[16]
- Thomas Fuller - emigrated to Canada, where he co-designed the Parliament House in Ottawa.[17]
- Frederick Gibberd - architect of Bath Technical College.[18]
- Henry Goodridge - architect of Beckford's Tower, Cleveland Bridge and The Corridor shopping arcade[19]
- Sir Thomas Graham Jackson - architect of the World War I memorial aisle Bath Abbey.[20]
- John Palmer - architect of the Pump Room and Lansdown Crescent.[21]
- C. J. Phipps - Theatre Royal, Bath and other theatres around Britain.[22]
- John Pinch the elder - the original Royal United Hospital.[23]
- John Pinch the younger - architect
- Charles Harcourt Masters - active in Bathwick including Sydney Gardens.[24]
- Sir George Gilbert Scott - restoration of Bath Abbey, architect of St Andrew's church destroyed by bombs during World War II.[25]
- Frederick William Stevens - architect, emigrated to India.[26]
- John Wood, the Elder - architect of Queen Square and the Circus.[27]
- John Wood, the Younger - architect of the Royal Crescent.[28]
Art
- Roy Ascott new media artist[29]
- Peter Brown – painter[30]
- Thomas Gainsborough - painter[31]
- Sir Thomas Lawrence - painter[32]
Education
- Marie Bethell Beauclerc - First female shorthand teacher and reporter in England.[33]
- Sir Raymond Carr - historian.[34]
- Roderick Kedward - British historian.[35]
- Sir Isaac Pitman - inventor of shorthand.[36]
- Robert Craven - Author of business books[37]
- William Harbutt - Headmaster and inventor of Plasticine.[38]
Entertainment (general)
- Russell Howard, comedian.[39]
- Jesse Honey, BBC Mastermind champion 2010.[40]
- Beau Nash - Master of Ceremonies in Georgian Bath.[41]
Administration of the British Empire
- James Brooke - Rajah of Sarawak.[42]
Exiles
- Louis XVIII - prior to ascending the French throne.[43]
- Haile Selassie I - during World War II[44]
Film-making
- David Lassman - screenwriter[45]
- Ken Loach - film director.[46]
- Charlie McDonnell - YouTube star as "Charlieissocoollike".[47]
Food
- Sally Lunn cake - probably a corruption of the French phrase "soleil et lune" referring to a type of cake originally made by Protestant refugees from France but other derivations have been given.[48] A Bath tea shop bears the name.[49]
- Dr William Oliver - inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit, and one of the founders of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital.[50]
Government
- Sir Henry Cole - civil servant.[51]
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham - Prime Minister and MP for Bath 1757 to 1766.[52]
- William Pitt the Younger - Prime Minister.[53]
- Sir William Tite - architect and MP for Bath 1855–1873.[54]
- Chris Patten - MP for Bath 1979-1992.[55] Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997.
- Don Foster - MP for Bath 1992 to present.[56]
Literature
- Jane Austen - novelist[57]
- "Rita" (Eliza Margaret Jane Humphreys. 1850-1938) - wrote A Grey life,a novel set in Bath. She lived at Combe Down from C1923, and is buried in Bath Abbey Cemetery.[58]
- William Thomas Beckford - wrote Vathek and a series of works on travel[59]
- Charles Dickens - novelist, frequent visitor to the city and set much of the Pickwick Papers in the city.[60]
- Henry Fielding - novelist[61]
- Morag Joss - novelist[62]
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan - playwright[63]
- Tobias Smollett - physician, surgeon and novelist, partially set The Expedition of Humphry Clinker in the city, wrote essay on the waters of Bath[64]
- Geoffrey Trease - novelist, author of the Bannermere series[65]
- Mary Shelley - novelist, author of Frankenstein.[66]
Music
- Gabrielle Aplin - singer/ songwriter[67]
- Danny Byrd - Drum and Bass artist signed to Hospital Records[68]
- Eddie Cochran - rock'n'roll musician, died in Bath[69]
- Peter Gabriel - musician[70]
- Alison Goldfrapp - singer[71]
- Raymond Leppard - conductor, educated Beechen Cliff School[72]
- Naked Eyes - musical group[73]
- Thomas Linley - musician[74]
- Alberto Fernanco Riccardo Semprini - pianist[75]
- Tears for Fears - musical group[76]
The Postal Service
- Ralph Allen (1693–1764) - postal reformer, quarry owner and mayor. Allen developed the first nationwide postal network that did not pass through London.[77]
- John Palmer (1742–1818) - inventor of the lightweight mail coach[78]
Science
- Adelard of Bath - astronomer, philosopher and mathematician[79]
- Mike Cowlishaw - computer scientist and engineer[80]
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth - writer and inventor[81]
- David Hartley (the Younger) - philosopher and inventor[82]
- William Herschel - astronomer, discoverer of Uranus and musician[83]
- Thomas Robert Malthus - philosopher and economist[84]
- Richard J. Roberts - Nobel-prize-winning biochemist[85]
- Carles Ferrer - Inventor and owner of patents in the field of dentistry. Specialist in TMJ problems. Pupil of Dr. Safar and Dr.Krüger.
- Gonzalo Julian - Scientist, inventor and owner of several patents. Art collector and music producer. Bohemian.
- Manuel Betoret - Spanish landowner from the East coast, prestigious oral surgeon and HD.
Sport
- Olly Barkley - England international rugby player[86]
- Roger Bannister - athlete, first man to run sub-4-minute mile[87]
- Tony Book - football player, former Manchester City captain and manager, part of the Bath based Book footballing dynasty[88]
- Jason Dodd - football player, former Southampton captain who holds the record for the most Premiership appearances by an English player without ever being named in an England squad[89]
- Jason Gardener - British athlete, 4 x 100m Olympic gold medallist[90]
- Matt Green professional footballer[91]
- Jeremy Guscott - England and Bath rugby player[92]
- Nooblas Berkman - American football player and starting outside linebacker for the St. John's Mavericks
- Ed McKeever - Kayak World Champion (K1 200m)[93]
- Andy Robinson - rugby coach, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[94]
- Jack Rowell - Bath Rugby director, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[95]
- Ben Rushgrove - paralympic athlete[96]
- Scott Sinclair - Swansea F.C. player[97]
- Talan Skeels-Piggins - Paralympic alpine skier[98]
- Amy Williams - winter Olympic gold medallist.[99]
- Clive Woodward - British Olympic Committee Director of Elite Performance, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[100]
Theology and religion
- John Hales - theologian[101]
- William Jay - preacher[102]
- Oliver King - Bishop of Bath and Wells, rebuilt Bath Abbey[103]
- Abraham Marchant - early Mormon leader, settler of Kamas, Utah[104]
- James Vowles - Wesleyan preacher and missionary[105]
Royalty
- Queen Anne - visited the city for treatment for gout[106]
- Edgar of England - crowned king of England in Bath Abbey in 973[107]
- Queen Elizabeth I - on a visit to the city ordered the restoration of Bath Abbey[108]
- Mary of Modena - stayed in Bath for treatment for infertility, after she gave birth to Prince James Francis Edward Stuart she paid for a cross to be erected in what became the Cross Baths[109]
- Queen Victoria - when still a princess stayed in Bath and opened Royal Victoria Park[110]
Warfare
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Admiral, Freeman of Bath.[111]
- Sir William Edward Parry - Rear-Admiral and Arctic explorer[112]
- Harry Patch - Supercentenarian and last trench veteran of World War I[113]
- George Wade - Field Marshal and MP for Bath 1722[114]
- James Wolfe - General[115]
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