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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]
- William Eden Nesfield - architect, one of the leaders of the Gothic revival in England
- 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
- Daniel A. Baker - Artist*
- Sir Peter Blake lived in Wellow village,near Bath, during the 1970s[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]
Fashion
- Manolo Blahnik - Shoe designer[45]
Filmmaking
- David Lassman - screenwriter[46]
- Ken Loach - film director.[47]
- Charlie McDonnell - YouTube star as "Charlieissocoollike".[48]
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.[49] A Bath tea shop bears the name.[50]
- Dr William Oliver - inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit, and one of the founders of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital.[51]
Government
- Sir Henry Cole - civil servant.[52]
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham - Prime Minister and MP for Bath 1757 to 1766.[53]
- William Pitt the Younger - Prime Minister.[54]
- Sir William Tite - architect and MP for Bath 1855–1873.[55]
- Chris Patten - MP for Bath 1979-1992.[56] Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997.
- Don Foster - MP for Bath 1992 to present.[57]
Literature
- Jane Austen - novelist;[58] Joan Aiken reports that Austen did not love the city; when she learned her family were moving to Bath, "she fainted dead away."[59]
- William Thomas Beckford - wrote Vathek and a series of works on travel[60]
- Henrietta Maria Bowdler – novelist and editor, died in Bath on 25 February 1830.[61]
- Jane Bowdler – poet and essayist, was born at Ashley, near Bath, on 14 February 1743 and died there in 1784.[62]
- John Bowdler – moral reformer and religious writer, born in Bath on 18 March 1746.[63]
- Thomas Bowdler – physician and expurgator of Shakespeare, was born at Box, near Bath, on 11 July 1754.[64]
- Charles Dickens - novelist, frequent visitor to the city and set much of the Pickwick Papers in the city.[65]
- Henry Fielding - novelist[66]
- "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.[67]
- Terence James - novelist. Lives in Bath and co-author of The Regency Detective series.
- Morag Joss - novelist[68]
- David Lassman - novelist. Born in Bath and co-author of The Regency Detective series.
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan - playwright[69]
- Tobias Smollett - physician, surgeon and novelist, partially set The Expedition of Humphry Clinker in the city, wrote essay on the waters of Bath[70]
- Geoffrey Trease - novelist, author of the Bannermere series[71]
- Mary Shelley - novelist, author of Frankenstein.[72]
- Jacqueline Wilson - children's author, born in Bath.[73]
Music
- Gabrielle Aplin - singer/songwriter[74]
- Danny Byrd - Drum and Bass artist signed to Hospital Records[75]
- Eddie Cochran - rock'n'roll musician, died in Bath[76]
- Peter Gabriel - musician[77]
- Alison Goldfrapp - singer[78]
- Raymond Leppard - conductor, educated Beechen Cliff School[79]
- Naked Eyes - musical group[80]
- Thomas Linley - musician[81]
- Alberto Fernanco Riccardo Semprini - pianist[82]
- Tears for Fears - musical group[83]
- Midge Ure
- The Family Rain
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.[84]
- John Palmer (1742–1818) - inventor of the lightweight mail coach[85]
Science
- Adelard of Bath - astronomer, philosopher and mathematician[86]
- Mike Cowlishaw - computer scientist and engineer[87]
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth - writer and inventor[88]
- David Hartley (the Younger) - philosopher and inventor[89]
- William Herschel - astronomer, discoverer of Uranus and musician[90]
- Thomas Robert Malthus - philosopher and economist[91]
- Richard J. Roberts - Nobel-prize-winning biochemist[92]
Sport
- George Attfield - first-class cricketer active in the 1840s and 1850s.[93]
- Olly Barkley - England international rugby player[94]
- Roger Bannister - athlete, first man to run sub-4-minute mile[95]
- Tony Book - football player, former Manchester City captain and manager, part of the Bath based Book footballing dynasty[96]
- 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[97]
- Jason Gardener - British athlete, 4 x 100m Olympic gold medallist[98]
- Matt Green professional footballer[99]
- Jeremy Guscott - England and Bath rugby player[100]
- Ed McKeever - Kayak World Champion (K1 200m)[101]
- Andy Robinson - rugby coach, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[102]
- Jack Rowell - Bath Rugby director, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[103]
- Ben Rushgrove - paralympic athlete[104]
- Scott Sinclair - Swansea F.C. player[105]
- Talan Skeels-Piggins - Paralympic alpine skier[106]
- Amy Williams - winter Olympic gold medallist.[107]
- Clive Woodward - British Olympic Committee Director of Elite Performance, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[108]
Theology and religion
- John Hales - theologian[109]
- William Jay - preacher[110]
- Oliver King - Bishop of Bath and Wells, rebuilt Bath Abbey[111]
- Abraham Marchant - early Mormon leader, settler of Kamas, Utah[112]
- James Vowles - Wesleyan preacher and missionary[113]
Royalty
- Queen Anne - visited the city for treatment for gout[114]
- Edgar of England - crowned king of England in Bath Abbey in 973[115]
- Queen Elizabeth I - on a visit to the city ordered the restoration of Bath Abbey[116]
- 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[117]
- Queen Victoria - when still a princess stayed in Bath and opened Royal Victoria Park[118]
- Princess Claire of Belgium Is born in Bath.
Warfare
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Admiral, Freeman of Bath.[119]
- Sir William Edward Parry - Rear-Admiral and Arctic explorer[120]
- Harry Patch - Supercentenarian and last trench veteran of World War I who lived in Combe Down[121]
- George Wade - Field Marshal and MP for Bath 1722[122]
- James Wolfe - General[123]
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