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This list of blue plaques is an annotated list of people or events in the United Kingdom that have been commemorated by blue plaques. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed in publicly-visible locations on buildings to commemorate either a famous person who lived or worked in the building (or site) or an event that occurred within the building.[1] See also Category:Buildings with blue plaques.

London/English Heritage plaques

These are blue plaques issued by the Royal Society of Arts or its successors in administering the blue plaque programme: the London County Council, the Greater London Council, and English Heritage.[1] The entries in the lists in this section are based on information from the English Heritage website ( unless otherwise noted.

People

A

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Matthew Arnold
(1822–1888)
Poet and critic 2 Chester Square
Westminster, WC2
1954
Francis William Aston
(1877–1945)
Scientist, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 1922 Tennal House
Tennal Road, Birmingham
2007
Albert Henry Stanley, Lord Ashfield
(1874–1948)
First chairman of London Transport 43 South Street
Mayfair, Westminster, W1
1984

B

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Charles Babbage
(1791–1871)
Inventor of the programmable computer and cryptologist Larcom Street
Walworth, SE17
Date unknown
John Logie Baird
(1888–1946)
First demonstration of television 22 Frith Street
Westminster, W1D 4RP
1951
John Logie Baird
(1888–1946)
Television pioneer 3 Crescent Wood Road
Sydenham, Lewisham, SE26
1977
Sir Michael Balcon
(1896–1977)
Film producer Ealing Film Studios, Ealing Green
Ealing W5
2005
William Henry Barlow
(1812–1902)
Engineer High Combe, 145 Carlton Road
Charlton, Greenwich, SE7
1991
J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Author and playwright, creator of Peter Pan 100 Bayswater Road, Westminster, W2 1961
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette
(1819–1891)
Civil engineer 17 Hamilton Terrace
St John's Wood, Westminster, NW8
1974
Gilbert Bayes
(1872–1953)
Sculptor 4 Grenville Place
St John's Wood, London, NW6
2007
Aubrey Beardsley
(1872–1898)
Artist Hampton Branch Library, Rose Hill
Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames
1948
Sir Max Beerbohm
(1872–1956)
Caricaturist, author and parodyist 57 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, London 1969
Ernest Bevan (1881–1951) Trade Union Leader 34 South Molton Street, Westminster, London[2] 2001
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925) Artist 14 Adamson Road, Hampstead, NW3 1999
Sir William Bragg (1862–1942) Scientist, Joint Nobel Prize Winner, 1915, with his son, Sir Lawrence, for Physics Parkinson Building, University of Leeds Date unknown
Sir William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971) Scientist, Joint Nobel Prize Winner, 1915, with his father, Sir William (qv), for Physics; the only current instance of both father and son Nobel Prize winners Parkinson Building, University of Leeds Date unknown
Rupert Brooke (1887–1915) Poet 5 Hillmorton Road, Rugby Date unknown
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
(1833–1898)
Artist 41 Kensington Square
Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8
1998
Frances Hodgson Burnett
(1849–1924)
Writer 63 Portland Place
Westminster, W1
1979
William Butterfield
(1814–1900)
Architect 42 Bedford Square
Camden, WC1
1978

C

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Everard Calthrop
(1857–1927)
Railway engineer "Goldings", Clay Lane, Loughton, Essex 2008
Colen Campbell
(1676–1729)
Architect and author of Vitruvius Britannicus 76 Brook Street
Westminster, W1
1977
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(1836–1908)
Prime Minister 6 Grosvenor Place
Westminster, SW1
1959
Howard Carter
(1874–1939)
Egyptologist, discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun 19 Collingham Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5 1999
Herbert Chapman
(1878–1934)
Football manager 6 Haslemere Avenue, Hendon, NW4 2005
Charles X of France
(1757–1836)
Last Bourbon King of France 72 South Audley Street
Westminster, W1
2000
Winston Churchill
(1874–1965)
Prime Minister 28 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington Gore, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7 1985
Samuel Franklin Cody
(1867–1913)
Aviation Pioneer (Flew Britain's First Manned Aircraft) Lysons Avenue
Ash Vale, Nr. Farnborough, Hants
Date Unknown
Sir Henry Cole
(1808–1882)
Campaigner, educator, first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum 33 Thurloe Square
South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7
1991
Arthur Conan Doyle
(1859–1930)
Creator of Sherlock Holmes 12 Tennison Road
South Norwood, Croydon, SE25
1973
Joseph Conrad
(1857–1924)
Polish Born British Novelist Heart of Darkness Bekesbourne, nr Canterbury, Kent 2001
Captain James Cook
(1728–1779)
Circumnavigator and explorer 88 Mile End Road
Tower Hamlets, E1
1970
Charles Coward
(1905–1976)
Rescuer of Jews from Auschwitz 133 Chichester Road
Enfield, N9
1995

D

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Sir Henry Dale
(1875–1968)
Nobel Prize winner for Medicine Mount Veron House
Mount Vernon, Hampstead,
London NW3
1981
Charles Darwin
(1809–1882)
Naturalist Biological Sciences Building, University College,
Camden, Gower Street, WC1
1961
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland
(1882–1965)
Aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer 32 Barons Court Road
Hammersmith and Fulham, W14
2001
Charles Dickens
(1812–1870)
Novelist Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London 1903
Air Commodore Edward Mortlock Donaldson CB CBE DSO AFC* LoM (USA)
(1912–1992)
Flight airspeed record holder Park Lane, Selsey, West Sussex
86, Grafton Road, Selsey, West Sussex
Sir Frank Dyson
(1868–1939)
Astronomer Royal 6 Vanbrugh Hill
Blackheath, Greenwich, SE3
1990

E

Person Notability Address Year Issued
John Scott, Lord Eldon
(1751–1838)
Lord Chancellor 6 Bedford Square
Camden, WC1
1954
T. S. Eliot
(1888–1965)
Poet 3 Kensington Court Gardens
Kensington and Chelsea, W8
1986
George Elkington
(1801–1865)
Promoter of electro-plating Museum of Science and Industry, Newhall Street, Birmingham B3[3]
Dame Edith Evans
(1888–1976)
Actress 109 Ebury Street
Victoria, Westminster, SW1
1997
Sir Geraint Evans
(1922–1994)
Opera singer 44 Birchwood Road
Petts Wood, Kent
1997

F

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Michael Faraday
(1791–1867)
Scientist Larcom Street
Walworth, SE17
date unknown
E. M. Forster
(1872–1956)
Novelist Arlington Park Mansions, Sutton Lane, Turnham Green, W4 Hounslow 1983
CB Fry
(1872–1956)
All-round Sportsman 144 St James's Road
Croydon, CRO
2005
Charles James Freake
(1814–1984)
Builder and Patron of the Arts 21 Cromwell Road
London, SW7
1981
George Formby
(1901–1961)
Banjolele player, singer and comedian 3, Westminister Street
Wigan
Unknown

G

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Mahatma Gandhi
(1869–1948)
Kingsley Hall, Powis Road
Tower Hamlets, E3
1954
Mahatma Gandhi
(1869–1948)
20 Baron's Court Road
Hammersmith and Fulham, W14
1986
Anna Maria Garthwaite
(1688–1763)
Textile designer 2 Princelet Street
Spitalfields, E1
1998
Marcus Garvey
(1887–1940)
Pan-Africanist leader 53, Talgarth Road
Hammersmith, W14
2005
W. G. Grace
(1848–1915)
Cricketer Fairmount, Mottingham Lane
Mottingham, SE9
1966
Robert Graves
(1895–1985)
Writer 1 Lauriston Road
Wimbledon, SW19
1995

H

Person Notability Address Year Issued
George Frideric Handel
(1685–1759)
Musician 25 Brook Street
Westminster, W1
1952
John Harrison
(1693–1776)
Inventor of the marine chronometer Summit House, Red Lion Square
Camden, WC1
1954
James Harrington
(1611–1677)
Author of "Oceana" Manor House, Rectory Lane, Milton Malsor
Northamptonshire, NN7 3AQ
2008
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins
(Althony Hope)
(1863–1933)
Novelist 41 Bedford Square
Camden, WC1
1976
Jimi Hendrix
(1942–1970)
Guitarist and songwriter 23 Brook Street
Mayfair, W1
1997
Stanley Holloway
(1890–1982)
Actor, Comedian, and Singer 25 Albany Road
Newham, E12
2009

J

Person Notability Address Year Issued
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
(1859–1935)
Admiral of the Fleet 25 Draycott Place
Kensington and Chelsea, SW3
1975
Dame Celia Johnson
(1908–1982)
Actress 46 Richmond Hill
Richmond upon Thames, STW10
2008

K

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Boris Karloff
(alias for William Henry Pratt)
(1887–1969)
Actor 36 Forest Hill Road
East Dulwich, Southwark, SE22
1998
John Keats
(1795–1821)
Poet Keats House, Keats Grove
Hampstead, NW3 2RR
ca.1925
Lord Kelvin
(alias for William Thomson)
(1824–1907)
Physicist 21-25 College Square East, Belfast Unknown
John Maynard Keynes
(1883–1946)
Economist 46 Gordon Square, WC1 1975
Mary Kingsley
(1862–1900)
Traveller and ethnologist 22 Southwood Lane
Highgate, N6
1975
Rudyard Kipling
(1865–1936)
Poet and story writer 43 Villiers Street, London WC2 1957
Sir Alexander Korda
(1893–1956)
Film producer 21 Grosvenor Street
Westminster, W1
2002
Prince Peter Kropotkin
(1842–1921)
Theorist of Anarchism 6 Crescent Road
Bromley
1989

L

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Lillie Langtry
(1852–1929)
Actress Cadogan Hotel, 21 Pont Street
Kensington and Chelsea, SW1
1980
Charles Laughton
(1899–1962)
Actor 15 Percy Street
Camden, W1
1992
T. E. Lawrence
(1888–1935)
"Lawrence of Arabia" 14 Barton Street
Westminster, SW1
1966
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens
(1869–1944)
Architect 13 Mansfield Street
Westminster, W1
(joint plaque with John Loughborough Pearson)
1962
John Lennon
(1940–1980)
Musician 251 Menlove Avenue
Liverpool
2000
Joseph Lister
(1827–1912)
Physician & Chemist Strand
Deal, Kent
2000
Sir David Low
(1891–1963)
Cartoonist 33 Melbury Court, Kensington High Street, London

M

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Douglas Macmillan
(1878–1967)
Founder of Macmillan Cancer Support 15 Ranelagh Road, Pimlico
Westminster, London, SW1V 3EX
1997
  • Robert Martineau
    (1798–1870)
  • Thomas Martineau
    (1828–1893)
  • Ernest Martineau
    (1861-1652)
  • Wilfred Martineau
    (1889–1964)
  • Denis Martineau
    (1920–1999)
(Lord) Mayors of Birmingham
(see Martineau Family (Birmingham))
Birmingham Council House foyer
1 Victoria Square B1 1BD
2008
John Masefield
(1878–1967)
Poet Laureate 30 Maida Avenue
Westminster, W2 1ST
2002
Karl Marx
(1818–1883)
Philosopher 28 Dean Street
Westminster, W1D 3RZ
1967
James Clerk Maxwell
(1831–1879)
Physicist 16 Palace Gardens Terrace
Kensington and Chelsea, W8 4RP
1923
Herman Melville
(1819–1891)
Author of Moby-Dick 25 Craven Street
Westminster, WC2N 5NT
2005
George Meredith
(1828–1909)
Poet and novelist 7 Hobury Street
Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 0JD
1976
John Stuart Mill
(1806–1873)
Philosopher 18 Kensington Square
Kensington and Chelsea, W8
1907
Sir John Everett Millais
(1829–1896)
Painter 2 Palace Gate
Kensington and Chelsea, W8 5HH
1926
A. A. Milne
(1882–1956)
Author of Winnie the Pooh 13 Mallord Street
Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 6DT
1979
Nancy Mitford
(1904–1973)
Writer Heywood Hill's bookshop, 10 Curzon Street
Mayfair, Westminster, W1
1999
Field Marshal Montgomery, Viscount of Alamein
(1887–1976)
Field Marshal Oval House, 52-54 Kennington Oval
Lambeth, SE11 5SW
1987
Henry Moore
(1898–1986)
Sculptor 11a Parkhill Road
Hampstead, London, NW3 2YH
2004
Keith Moon
(1946–1978)
Drummer with The Who 90 Wardour Street, Soho, London, W1F 0UB
Site of the Marquee Club
2009 (unveiled by Roger Daltrey)
Lady Ottoline Morrell
(1873–1938)
Literary hostess and patron of the arts 10 Gower Street
Westminster, WC1E 6DP
1984
Samuel F. B. Morse
(1791–1872)
American painter and inventor of the Morse code 141 Cleveland Street
Westminster, W1
1962
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
(1900–1979)
Last Viceroy of India 2 Wilton Crescent
Westminster, SW1
2000
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791)
Composer 180 Ebury Street
Westminster, SW1
1939
Alexander Muirhead
(1807–1889)
Electrical engineer 20 Church Road
Shortlands, Bromley, BR2
1981
Hugh Hector Munro, alias Saki
(1870–1916)
Short story writer 97 Mortimer Street
Westminster, W1
2003
Jimmy Murphy
(1910–1989)
Football manager Treharne Drive
Ton Pentre, Wales
2009

N

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Isaac Newton
(1642–1727)
Natural Philosopher 87 Jermyn Street, SW1, Westminster 1908
Harold Nicolson
(1886–1968)
Writer and gardener 182 Ebury Street
Belgravia, Westminster, SW1
(joint plaque with Vita Sackville-West)
1993

P

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Francis Turner Palgrave
(1824–1897)
Compiler of The Golden Treasury 5 York Gate
Regent's Park, Westminster, NW1
1976
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
(1784–1865)
Statesman 4 Carlton Gardens
Westminster, SW1
1925
Dame Christabel Pankhurst
(1880–1958)
Campaigner for women's suffrage 50 Clarendon Road
Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, W11
(joint plaque with Emmeline Pankhurst)
2006
Emmeline Pankhurst
(1858–1928)
Campaigner for women's suffrage 50 Clarendon Road
Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, W11
(joint plaque with Dame Christabel Pankhurst)
2006
Sylvia Pankhurst
(1882–1960)
Campaigner for women's rights 120 Cheyne Walk
Kensington and Chelsea, SW10
1985
Anna Pavlova Prima Ballerina Ivy House, North End Road, London Not Known
Mervyn Peake
(1911–1968)
Writer 1 Drayton Gardens
Kensington and Chelsea, SW10
1996
John Loughborough Pearson
(1817–1897)
Architect 13 Mansfield Street
Westminster, W1
(joint plaque with Edwin Lutyens)
1962
Sir Robert Peel
(1750–1830)
Manufacturer and reformer 16 Upper Grosvenor Street
Westminster, W1
1988
Henry Pelham
(c. 1695-1754)
Prime Minister 22 Arlington Street
Westminster, SW1
1995
Samuel Pepys
(1633–1703)
Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty 12 Buckingham Street
Westminster, WC1
1908
Spencer Perceval
(1762–1812)
Prime Minister 59-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Camden, WC2
1914
Frank Pick
(1878–1941)
Pioneer of good design for London Transport 15 Wildwood Road
Barnet, NW11
1981
William Pitt the Younger
(1759–1806)
Prime Minister 120 Baker Street
Westminster, W1
1949
Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
(1827–1900)
Anthropologist and archaeologist 4 Grosvenor Gardens
Westminster, SW1
1983
Sylvia Plath
(1932–1963)
Poet 3 Chalcot Square
Primrose Hill, Camden, NW1
2000
Sir Nigel Playfair
(1874–1934)
Actor-manager 26 Pelham Crescent
Kensington and Chelsea, SW7
1965
Alexander Pope
(1688–1744)
Poet Mawson Arms PH, 110 Chiswick Lane South
Chiswick, Hounslow, W4
1996
Ezra Pound
(1885–1972)
Poet 10 Kensington Church Walk
Kensington and Chelsea, W8
2004
J. B. Priestley
(1894–1984)
Novelist, playwright and essayist 3 The Grove, Highgate, Camden, N6 1994
Joseph Priestley
(1733–1804)
Scientist, philosopher, and theologian Ram Place, E9 1985

R

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Lord FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
(1788–1855)
Commander during the Crimean War 5 Stanhope Gate
Hyde Park, Westminster, W1
1911
Eleanor Rathbone
(1872–1946)
Pioneer of family allowances Tufton Court, Tufton Street
Westminster, SW1
1986
Sir Terence Rattigan
(1911–1977)
Playwright 100 Cornwall Gardens
Kensington and Chelsea, SW7
2005
Eric Ravilious
(1903–1942)
Artist 48 Upper Mall, Hammersmith
Hammersmith and Fulham, W6
1991
Lord Reith
(1889–1971)
First director-general of the BBC 6 Barton Street
Westminster, SW1
1994
Sir Harry Ricardo
(1885–1974)
Mechanical engineer 13 Bedford Square
Westminster, WC1
2005
Ram Mohan Roy
(1772–1833)
Indian scholar and reformer 49 Bedford Square
Camden, WC1
1985

S

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Vita Sackville-West
(1892–1962)
Writer and gardener 182 Ebury Street
Belgravia, Westminster, SW1
(joint plaque with Harold Nicolson)
1993
Siegfried Sassoon
(1886–1967)
Writer 23 Campden Hill Square
Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8
1996
George Seferis
(1900–1971)
Greek ambassador, poet, and Nobel laureate 51 Upper Brook Street
Westminster, W1
2000
Peter Sellers
(1925–1980)
Comedian, and actor Castle Road
Southsea,Hampshire
Mary Shelley
(1797–1851)
Author of Frankenstein 24 Chester Square, SW1 Westminster 2003
Alistair Sim
(1900–1976)
Actor 8 Frognal Gardens
Hampstead, NW3
2008
Robert Smirke
(1781–1867)
Architect 81 Charlotte Street, London
Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850–1894)
Scottish novelist. author of
Treasure Island (1883)
Mount Vernon, corner of Holly Place
Hampstead,London NW3
ca.1960
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
(1883–1966)
Indian patriot and philosopher 65 Cromwell Avenue, Highgate, N6 Haringey 1985 1985

T

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Alan Turing
(1912–1954)
Code-breaker and pioneer of computer science 2 Warrington Crescent
Maida Vale, Westminster, W9
1998

V

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Vincent Van Gogh
(1853–1890)
Painter 87 Hackford Road, SW9
Lambeth
1973

W

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Thomas Wakley
(1795–1862)
Reformer and founder of The Lancet 35 Bedford Square
Camden, WC1
1962
H. G. Wells
(1866–1946)
Writer 13 Hanover Terrace
Westminster, NW1
1966
Sir Richard Westmacott
(1775–1856)
Sculptor 14 South Audley Street
Westminster, W1
1955
Oscar Wilde
(1854–1900)
Wit and dramatist 34 Tite Street
Kensington and Chelsea, SW3
1954
Virginia Woolf
(1882–1941)
Novelist and critic 29 Fitzroy Square, London, W1 1974
Sir Christopher Wren
(1632–1723)
Architect The Old Court House, Hampton Court Green
East Molesey, Richmond Upon Thames
1996

Y

Person Notability Address Year Issued
William Butler Yeats
(1865–1939)
Irish poet and dramatist 23 Fitzroy Road
Camden, NW1
1957
Thomas Young
(1773–1829)
Man of science 48 Welbeck Street
Westminster, W1
1951

Z

Person Notability Address Year Issued
Israel Zangwill
(1864–1926)
Writer and philanthropist 288 Old Ford Road
Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, E2
1965
Johann Zoffany
(1733–1810)
Painter 65 Strand-on-the-Green
Chiswick, Hounslow, W4
1973
Émile Zola
(1840–1902)
French novelist Queen's Hotel, 122 Church Road
Upper Norwood, Croydon, SE19
1990

Organisations, places, or events

Organisation, place, or event Description Address Reference
The County Hall The home of London Government from 1922 to 1986 (LCC 1889-1965, GLC 1965-1986). Main Entrance, County Hall
Lambeth, SE1
[1]
Royal Society of Arts The origin of the blue plaque[citation needed] 8 John Adam Street
London, WC2
[4]
Television The world's, first regular, high definition, television service, was inaugurated, here by the B.B.C., 2 November 1936 Alexandra Palace
Wood Green, Haringey, N22
[1]
Tyburn Tree Site of Tyburn Tree. Traffic Island at the junction of Edgware Road and Bayswater Road, W2 [1]

Other similar plaques

Other plaques issued by municipal authorities, societies, companies, or private individuals that emulate the style and function of the plaques issued by English Heritage and its predecessors.

People

Person Notability Address Issued by (colour)
Charles Babbage (1791–1871) Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer 1a Dorset Street, W1 Westminster City Council[5]
Charles Babbage (1791–1871) Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer Corner of Larcom Street and Walworth Road, SE17 Southwark Council[6]
John Logie Baird (1888–1946) 132-5 Long Acre, WC2 The Royal Television Society
Harry Beck (1903–1974) Creator of the schematic Tube map Finchley Central tube station, N3 London Regional Transport (grey)
Jack Kid Berg (1909–1991) Boxer Noble Court, Cable Street, E1 Stepney Historical Society (blue)
Hannah Billig (1901–1987) Physician 198 Cable Street, E1 London Borough of Tower Hamlets[7]
Enid Blyton (1897–1968) Writer 83 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, BR2 London Borough of Bromley (blue)[8]
Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby Private secretary to Winston Churchill 1 Eaton Square, SW1 Private[9]
Harold Bride Wireless operator aboard the RMS Titanic 58 Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley London Borough of Bromley (blue)[10]
Anne Brontë (1820–1849) Writer Grand Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Unknown
Malcolm Campbell (1885–1948) Racing motorist, Journalist Bonchester, Bonchester Close, Off Camden Park Road, Chislehurst London Borough of Bromley (blue)[11]
Richard Carr-Gomm (1922–2008) Humanitarian, founder of the Abbeyfield and Carr-Gomm Societies 36 Gomm Road, Bermondsey Southwark Council[12]
Charlie Chaplin
(1889–1977)
Actor, film maker 287 Kennington Road, London, SE 11 The Dead Comics Society (blue)[13]
J. A. Chatwin (1830–1907) Architect Lloyds Bank, Queen Square, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Society/Lloyds Bank[14]
Alvin Langdon Coburn Pioneering photographer Ffordd Isaf, Harlech, North Wales Royal Photographic Society/Olympus Corporation (blue/octagonal)
Arthur C. Clarke Writer Blenheim Road, Minehead, Somerset Minehead Town Council, 2001 (blue)
William Sands Cox Surgeon House of Fraser store, Temple Row, Birmingham City of Birmingham (blue)
Thomas Crapper (1837–1910) Plumber and engineer 12 Thornsett Road, Bromley London Borough of Bromley (blue)[15]
Richmal Crompton (1890–1969) Author 'The Glebe', Oakley Road, Bromley Common, BR2 London Borough of Bromley (green)[16]
Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) Writer 14 Thornsett Road, Anerley, SE20 London Borough of Bromley (blue)[17]
Bernard Delfont (as Baron Delfont) Impresario Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, SW1 Comic Heritage[18]
Grantly Dick-Read (1890–1959) Obstetrician 25 Harley Street, W1 Westminster City Council/National Childbirth Trust (green)[19]
Robert William Dale (1829–1895) Nonconformist church leader Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[20]
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Writer 2 Upper Wimpole Street, W1 Westminster City Council/The Arthur Conan Doyle Society (green)[21]
Geraint Evans (1922–1992) Opera singer 34 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, BR5 London Borough of Bromley (blue)[22]
Humphrey Gainsborough Non-conformist minister, engineer and inventor Christ Church United Reformed Church, Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board/Oxford Civic Society (blue)[23]
Sampson Gamgee Surgeon Repertory Theatre, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[20]
Tony Hancock Actor and comedian 10 Grey Close, NW11 The Dead Comics Society (blue)[24]
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1889) Sculptor and artist 'Fossil Villa', 22 Belvedere Road, Anerley London Borough of Bromley (black)[25]
Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925) Electrical engineer and mathematician Homefield, Lower Warberry Road, TQ1 The Institution of Electrical Engineers (blue)[26]
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) Poet Manresa House, Roehampton Greater London Council (blue)[27]
William Hutton Historian Waterstones, High Street, Birmingham Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[20]
Sid James Actor Gunnersby Avenue, London The Dead Comics Society
Samuel Johnson & Joshua Reynolds Founders of The Club 9 Gerrard Street, W1 Westminster City Council/Honsway C&E Foundation (green)[28]
Charles Keeping (1924–1988) Illustrator 16 Church Road, Shortlands, BR2 London Borough of Bromley (blue)[29]
John F. Kennedy Politician and US President 14 Princes Gate, SW7 Unknown (blue)[30]
Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959) Composer and musician Birmingham and Midland Institute, Cornwall Street, Birmingham Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[20]
Frederick W. Lanchester Scientist, inventor and engineer Oxford Road, Moseley, Birmingham Unknown (green)[31]
Jessie Matthews Actress, dancer and singer Blue Posts Pub, 22 Berwick Street, W1 Westminster City Council[32]
John Le Mesurier Actor Baron's Court, London The Dead Comics Society[33]
Edward Lear Painter, poet and humorist Bowman's Mews, N7 London Brough of Islington[34]
Lloyds Bank (Sampson Lloyd) Origin of bank Dale End, Birmingham City of Birmingham (blue)[20]
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913) Banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist High Elms Estate, Shire Lane, Farnborough, BR6 London Borough of Bromley (blue)[35]
Ewan MacColl (1915–1989) Singer, songwriter and political activist 35 Stanley Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 London Borough of Bromley (blue)[36]
James Joseph Magennis Submariner and Victoria Cross recipient Royal Naval Association building, Great Victoria Street, Belfast Ulster History Circle (blue)[37]
Karl Marx (1818–1883) Philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary 101-8 Maitland Park Road, NW3 Camden London Borough Council
Joe Meek (1929–1967) Record producer - The Telstar man, pioneer of sound recording technology, lived, worked and died here. 304 Holloway Road, N19 Unknown (black)[38]
Sir John Everett Millais (1829–1896) Painter The Octagon
Budleigh Salterton, Devon
Unknown (blue)
Spike Milligan Comedian Camden Palace, Camden High Street, NW1 Comic Heritage (blue)[39]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Composer 20 Frith Street, W1 Royal Music Association (blue)[40]
James Murray Lexicographer 78 Banbury Road, Oxford Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board/Oxford Civic Society (blue)[41]
Heddle Nash (1895–1961) Opera singer 49 Towncourt Crescent, Petts Wood, Bromley London Borough of Bromley (black)[42]
J. A. R. Newlands (1837–1898) Chemist West Square, London, SE11 Royal Society of Chemistry
Joe Orton (1933–1967) Playwright 25 Noel Road, London, N1 London Borough of Islington (green)
Alexander Parkes Metallurgist and inventor Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[20]
William Perkin Chemist Cable Street, E1 Stepney Historical Trust (blue)
Dr Stephen Perse Educator Free School Lane, Cambridge Cambridge Blue Plaque Scheme (blue)[43]
Joseph Priestley Scholar, scientist, theologian and discoverer of oxygen Church of St Michael and St Joseph, New Meeting House Lane, Birmingham Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[20]
Gwen Raverat Artist Darwin College, Silver Street, Cambridge Cambridge Blue Plaque Scheme (blue)[43]
Elizabeth Jesser Reid Slavery abolitionist and founder of Bedford College for Women 48 Bedford Square, WC1 Unknown (green)[44]
Willie Rushton Satirist Mornington Crescent tube station, NW1 Comic Heritage (blue)[45]
Terry Scott (1927–1994) Actor and comedian 32 Tucker Street, Watford Comic Heritage (blue)[46][47]
Peter Sellers Actor and comedian 10 Muswell Hill Road, N6 The Dead Comics Society (blue)[48]
Small Faces and Don Arden 1960's mod group and manager 52-55 Carnaby Street, London Westminster City Council (green)[49]
William Thomas Stead Journalist 5 Smith Square, London Westminster City Council[50]
Joseph Sturge (1793–1859) Quaker, campaigner for peace, extension of the vote and abolition of slavery Eden Croft, Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham Birmingham Civic Society[51]
Harry Relph - "Little Tich" (1867–1928) Music hall comedian The Blacksmith Arms, Cudham, Bromley London Borough of Bromley (blue)[52]
J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
Writer Sarehole Mill
Hall Green, Birmingham
Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society (blue)[53]
J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
Writer 1 Duchess Place
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Birmingham Civic Society (blue)[54]
J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
Writer 4 Highfield Road
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society (blue)[55]
J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
Writer Plough and Harrow, Hagley Road
Edgbaston, Birmingham
The Tolkien Society (blue)[56]
J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892–1973)
Writer 20 Northmoor Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board (blue)[57]
Edward Turner (1901–1973) Motorcycle designer 8, Philip Walk, Peckham SE15 Southwark Council[58]
William Turner (1789–1862) Artist 16 St John Street, Oxford Oxford Civic Society[59]
Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993) Visionary who recreated Shakespeare's Globe Bankside, SE1 Southwark Council[60]
Baron Dickinson Webster (1818–1860) Wire manufacturer Penns Hall, Birmingham
52°32′11″N 1°48′29″W / 52.536484°N 1.808112°W / 52.536484; -1.808112
Sutton Coldfield Civic Society (blue)
H. G. Wells (1866-1846) Writer Chiltern Court, Baker Street, NW1 Unknown (blue)[61]
H. G. Wells (1866-1846) Writer Primark Store, Market Place, Bromley, BR1
The H. G. Wells Society (scarlet) [62]
William Willett (1856–1915) Campaigner for daylight saving time The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst London Borough of Bromley (blue)[63]
Kenneth Williams Comedy actor 57 Marchmont Street, WC1 The Heritage Foundation
Ted Willis, Baron Willis (1918–1992) Playwright 5 Shepherds Green, Chislehurst, BR7 London Borough of Bromley (blue)[64]

Places, organisations or other

Clink Blue Plaque.
Clink Blue Plaque.

The Clink (Prison), Clink Street, London, Issued by London Borough of Southwark.(Blue)

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  9. ^ BluePlaque.com: About This Plaque
  10. ^ London Borough of Bromley | Harold Bride (1890-1956)
  11. ^ London Borough of Bromley | Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948)
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  13. ^ Music Hall and Variety Artistes Commemorative Plaques
  14. ^ City Centre Blue Plaques
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  36. ^ London Borough of Bromley | Ewan MacColl (1915-1989)
  37. ^ James Joseph MagennisVC - Submariner
  38. ^ Joe Meek lived, worked and died here
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  40. ^ London remembers
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  42. ^ London Borough of Bromley | Heddle Nash (1895-1961)
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  46. ^ The Heritage Foundation
  47. ^ Great Scott! : News 2003 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide
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  49. ^ Westminster honours Small Faces and Don Arden with Green Plaque
  50. ^ City of Westminster
  51. ^ icBirmingham - Abolition of slavery is remembered in Birmingham
  52. ^ London Borough of Bromley | Little Tich (Harry Relph) (1867-1928)
  53. ^ Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery: Sarehole Mill
  54. ^ Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery: Duchess Place
  55. ^ Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery: 4 Highfield Road
  56. ^ Birmingham: Blue Plaques Photograph Gallery: Plough and Harrow
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  61. ^ http://www.thebattens.me.uk/bromley1.html
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  63. ^ London Borough of Bromley | William Willett (1856-1915)
  64. ^ London Borough of Bromley | Lord Ted Willis (1918-1992)