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Profession
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Year
A. A. Milne
Author
19
1882 - 1956
A. E. Housman
Poet
20
1859 - 1936
A. P. Herbert
Statesman
8
1890 - 1971
Aaron Hill
Poet
6
1685 - 1750
Abraham Cowley
Poet
11
Acker Bilk
Musician
2
1929 -
Ada Cambridge
Writer
4
Adam Faith
Musician
3
1940 - 2003
Adela Florence Nicolson
Poet
5
1865 - 1904
Adelaide Anne Procter
Poet
7
1825 - 1864
Adele
Musician
14
1988 -
Adrian Edmondson
Actor
21
1957 -
Adrian Lyne
Director
18
1941 -
Adrian Smith
Musician
4
1957 -
Agatha Christie
Writer
32
1890 - 1976
Alain de Botton
Writer
14
1969 -
Alan Ayckbourn
Playwright
2
1939 -
Alan Bennett
Dramatist
15
1934 -
Alan Brien
Novelist
3
Alan Clark
Politician
5
1952 - 1999
Alan Shearer
Athlete
4
1970 -
Alan Smith
Athlete
1
1980 -
Alan Sugar
Businessman
1
1947 -
Alan Turing
Mathematician
8
1912 - 1954
Alan Watts
Philosopher
42
1915 - 1973
Alcuin
Clergyman
3
Aldous Huxley
Novelist
90
1894 - 1963
Alec Guinness
Actor
5
1914 - 2000
Aleister Crowley
Critic
25
1875 - 1947
Alexander Cockburn
Lawyer
6
1941 -
Alexander John Ellis
Writer
2
1814 - 1890
Alexander McQueen
Designer
3
1969 - 2010
Alexander Pope
Poet
89
1688 - 1744
Alexis Korner
Musician
17
1928 - 1984
Alfred Douglas
Poet
1
1870 - 1945
Alfred Hitchcock
Director
34
1899 - 1980
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet
40
1809 - 1892
Alfred Marshall
Economist
18
1842 - 1924
Alfred Molina
Actor
10
1953 -
Alfred North Whitehead
Mathematician
48
1861 - 1947
Alfred Noyes
Poet
4
1880 - 1958
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Poet
7
1837 - 1909
Algernon Sidney
Politician
4
Algernon Sydney
Politician
18
Alice Meynell
Poet
11
1847 - 1922
Alicia Markova
Dancer
1
1910 - 2004
Alvin Lee
Musician
20
1944 -
Amy Winehouse
Musician
13
1984 - 2011
Andrew Eldritch
Musician
18
1959 -
Andrew Marvell
Writer
4
1621 - 1678
Andrew Motion
Poet
4
1952 -
Andrew Wiles
Mathematician
30
1953 -
Andy Pick
Coach
2
1963 -
Andy Summers
Musician
29
1942 -
Angela Carter
Novelist
32
1940 - 1992
Anita Brookner
Historian
25
1938 -
Anita Roddick
Businessman
26
1942 -
Ann Macbeth
Author
26
Anna Friel
Actress
22
1976 -
Anna Lee
Actress
6
1913 - 2004
Anna Neagle
Actress
12
1904 - 1986
Anna Seward
Writer
2
1747 - 1809
Anna Sewell
Writer
4
1820 - 1878
Anne Boleyn
Royalty
4
Anne Campbell
Politician
15
1940 -
Anne Dudley
Composer
12
1956 -
Anne Hathaway
3
1555 - 1623
Annie Besant
Philosopher
5
1847 - 1933
Anthea Turner
Entertainer
12
1960 -
Anthony Burgess
Novelist
21
1917 - 1993
Anthony Caro
Sculptor
3
1924 -
Anthony Collins
Philosopher
3
1676 - 1729
Anthony Daniels
Actor
3
1946 -
Anthony Eden
Politician
7
1897 - 1977
Anthony Storr
Author
4
1920 - 2001
Anthony Trollope
Author
55
1815 - 1882
Aphra Behn
Dramatist
10
Arnold Bennett
Novelist
26
1867 - 1931
Arthur C. Clarke
Writer
28
1917 - 2008
Arthur Hugh Clough
Poet
7
1819 - 1861
Arthur Peacocke
Theologian
8
1924 - 2006
Arthur Wellesley
Soldier
16
1769 - 1852
Arthur Young
Writer
6
1741 - 1820
Ashley Montagu
Scientist
15
1905 - 1999
Athene Seyler
Actress
1
1889 - 1990
Augustine Birrell
Author
7
1850 - 1933
Augustus Hare
Writer
25
1834 - 1903
Austin Dobson
Celebrity
5
1912 - 1963
Austin Farrer
Theologian
2
Aynsley Dunbar
Musician
2
1946 -
Barbara Cartland
Novelist
11
1901 - 2000
Barbara Hepworth
Artist
8
1903 - 1975
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Novelist
3
1933 -
Barnabe Barnes
Poet
2
Barrie Keeffe
Dramatist
1
1945 -
Barry Cornwall
Poet
14
1787 - 1874
Barry Gibb
Musician
38
1946 -
Barton Booth
Actor
2
Basil Hume
Clergyman
1
1923 - 1999
Basil Rathbone
Actor
5
1892 - 1967
Beatrix Potter
Author
4
1866 - 1943
Ben Jonson
Poet
31
1572 - 1637
Ben Kingsley
Actor
44
1943 -
Benjamin Britten
Composer
5
1913 - 1976
Benjamin Cohen
Journalist
20
1982 -
Benjamin Jowett
Theologian
15
1817 - 1893
Benny Hill
Comedian
8
1924 - 1992
Bernard de Mandeville
Philosopher
6
Bernard Levin
Journalist
5
1928 - 2004
Bernie Ecclestone
Businessman
3
Bernie Taupin
Writer
1
1950 -
Beryl Bainbridge
Novelist
5
1934 -
Beth Gibbons
Musician
13
1965 -
Beverley Nichols
Writer
2
1898 - 1983
Bill Nighy
Actor
3
1949 -
Bishop Robert South
Theologian
10
Bob Paisley
Athlete
5
1919 - 1996
Bobby Charlton
Athlete
2
1937 -
Bobby Moore
Athlete
3
1941 - 1993
Boy George
Musician
29
1961 -
Boz Burrell
Musician
2
1946 -
Bradley Chicho
Poet
14
1895 -
Brenda Blethyn
Actress
24
1946 -
Brian Aldiss
Writer
9
1925 -
Brian Clough
Athlete
18
1935 - 2004
Brian Lumley
Writer
18
1937 -
Brian May
Musician
32
1947 -
Brian Sibley
Writer
4
1949 -
Brigid Brophy
Novelist
2
1929 - 1995
Brooke Foss Westcott
Theologian
2
1825 - 1901
Bruce Dickinson
Musician
20
1958 -
Bruce Oldfield
Designer
2
1950 -
Bryan Ferry
Musician
33
1945 -
Bryan Robson
Athlete
14
1957 -
C. Day Lewis
Poet
4
1904 - 1972
C. S. Calverley
Poet
1
1831 - 1884
C. S. Forester
Novelist
18
1899 - 1966
Cat Deeley
Celebrity
13
1976 -
Catherine McCormack
Actress
4
1972 -
Cecil Beaton
Photographer
12
1904 - 1980
Charles Babbage
Mathematician
30
1792 - 1871
Charles Bradlaugh
Activist
4
1833 - 1891
Charles Buxton
Public Servant
10
1823 - 1871
Charles Caleb Colton
Writer
72
1780 - 1832
Charles Churchill
Poet
13
Charles Cotton
Poet
1
1630 - 1687
Charles Dance
Actor
13
1946 -
Charles Darwin
Scientist
30
1809 - 1882
Charles Dickens
Novelist
59
1812 - 1870
Charles Edward Montague
Journalist
6
1867 - 1928
Charles Kingsley
Clergyman
21
1819 - 1875
Charles Lamb
Critic
40
1775 - 1834
Charles Reade
Novelist
6
1814 - 1884
Charles Simeon
Clergyman
8
Charles Stuart Calverley
Poet
3
1831 - 1884
Charles Tennyson Turner
Poet
3
1808 - 1879
Charles Townshend
Politician
1
1725 - 1767
Charles Wesley
Clergyman
3
1707 - 1788
Charles Williams
Editor
13
1886 - 1945
Charlie Chaplin
Actor
40
1889 - 1977
Charlie Hunnam
Actor
21
1980 -
Charlotte Mary Yonge
Novelist
2
1823 - 1901
Charlotte Smith
Poet
5
1749 - 1806
Chris Barber
Musician
5
1930 -
Chris Lowe
Musician
15
1959 -
Christiane Amanpour
Journalist
32
1958 -
Christina G. Rossetti
Poet
3
1830 - 1894
Christine Keeler
Model
26
1942 -
Christopher Anstey
Poet
1
1724 - 1805
Christopher Dawson
Writer
30
1889 - 1970
Christopher Eccleston
Actor
36
1964 -
Christopher Fry
Playwright
13
1907 - 2005
Christopher Lee
Actor
2
1922 -
Christopher Marlowe
Dramatist
25
1564 - 1593
Christopher Parker
Actor
17
1983 -
Christopher Smart
Poet
1
1722 - 1771
Christopher Wren
Architect
3
1632 - 1723
Claire Forlani
Actress
30
1972 -
Clement Attlee
Leader
6
1883 - 1967
Cliff Richard
Musician
33
1940 -
Clive Anderson
Entertainer
2
1952 -
Clive Barker
Writer
9
1952 -
Clive Barnes
Journalist
2
1927 -
Clive Bell
Critic
14
1881 - 1964
Clive Owen
Actor
8
1964 -
Colin Chapman
Inventor
1
1928 - 1982
Colin Cooper
Athlete
1
1967 -
Colin Wilson
Writer
4
1931 -
Coventry Patmore
Poet
2
1823 - 1896
Cyril Connolly
Journalist
46
1903 - 1974
Cyril Falls
Historian
4
Cyril Tourneur
Dramatist
2
Daisy Ashford
Writer
4
1881 - 1972
Daley Thompson
Athlete
8
1958 -
Damon Albarn
Musician
17
1968 -
Dan Hawkins
Musician
20
1976 -
Dan Wheldon
Celebrity
10
1978 - 2011
Daniel Craig
Actor
19
1968 -
Daniel Defoe
Journalist
16
Danielle Dax
Musician
7
1958 -
Danny Boyle
Director
5
1956 -
Daphne du Maurier
Novelist
7
1907 - 1989
Dave Jones
Coach
1
1956 -
Dave Rowntree
Musician
14
1963 -
David Bailey
Photographer
9
1938 -
David Beckham
Athlete
24
1975 -
David Bowie
Musician
32
1947 -
David Coverdale
Musician
22
1951 -
David Crystal
Educator
4
David Edward Jenkins
Clergyman
2
1925 -
David Frost
Journalist
8
1939 -
David Garrick
Actor
6
1717 - 1779
David Gower
Athlete
12
1957 -
David Hare
Playwright
17
1947 -
David Herbert Lawrence
Writer
85
1885 - 1930
David Hockney
Artist
26
1937 -
David Hunt
Politician
7
1942 -
David Icke
Athlete
16
1952 -
David Niven
Actor
10
1909 - 1983
David Ogilvy
Businessman
48
1911 - 1999
David Thewlis
Actor
21
1963 -
Davy Jones
Musician
27
1945 -
Dean Inge
Author
27
1860 - 1954
Denis Norden
Writer
11
1922 -
Derek Bailey
Musician
20
1932 - 2005
Desmond Morris
Scientist
8
1928 -
Diana Cooper
Celebrity
3
1892 - 1986
Diana Wynne Jones
Writer
13
1934 -
Dinah Maria Mulock
Novelist
5
1826 - 1887
Dinah Sheridan
Actress
14
1920 -
Dirk Bogarde
Actor
6
1921 - 1999
Dixie Dean
Athlete
3
1907 - 1980
Dodie Smith
Dramatist
7
1896 - 1990
Donald Pleasence
Actor
24
1919 - 1995
Donald Sinden
Actor
1
1923 -
Dora Russell
Celebrity
12
1894 - 1986
Doris Lessing
Writer
29
1919 -
Douglas Adams
Writer
32
1952 - 2001
Douglas William Jerrold
Dramatist
14
1803 - 1857
Dudley North
Economist
10
1641 - 1691
E. F. Schumacher
Economist
11
1911 - 1977
E. M. Forster
Novelist
70
1879 - 1970
Ed O'Brien
Musician
24
1968 -
Eddie Marsan
Actor
8
Edmond Halley
Scientist
3
1656 - 1742
Edmund Gunter
Mathematician
1
Edmund Waller
Poet
22
1606 - 1687
Edward Appleton
Scientist
3
1892 - 1965
Edward Bach
Scientist
3
1886 - 1936
Edward Bond
Playwright
34
1934 -
Edward Burnett Tylor
Scientist
20
1832 - 1917
Edward Carpenter
Activist
17
1844 - 1929
Edward Cocker
Author
2
Edward Coke
Businessman
16
1552 - 1634
Edward de Bono
Psychologist
28
1933 -
Edward Dyer
Poet
5
Edward Fitzgerald
Poet
15
1809 - 1883
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Politician
40
1803 - 1873
Edward Gibbon
Historian
31
1737 - 1794
Edward Hall
Lawyer
14
Edward Heath
Leader
5
1916 - 2005
Edward Lear
Artist
4
1812 - 1888
Edward Norman
Historian
1
1938 -
Edward Teach
Celebrity
2
1675 - 1718
Edward VIII
Royalty
4
1894 - 1972
Edward Walker
Athlete
2
1837 - 1906
Edward Young
Poet
41
1681 - 1765
Eileen Caddy
Celebrity
13
1917 - 2006
Elaine Paige
Musician
8
1948 -
Eleanor Robson Belmont
Actress
2
1879 - 1979
Eli Khamarov
Writer
8
1948 -
Elinor Glyn
Author
4
1864 - 1943
Eliza Cook
Poet
5
1818 - 1889
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poet
30
1806 - 1861
Elizabeth Barton
Celebrity
2
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Scientist
3
1836 - 1917
Elizabeth Goudge
Writer
3
1900 - 1984
Elizabeth I
Royalty
33
1533 - 1603
Elizabeth Jennings
Poet
2
1926 - 2001
Elizabeth Taylor
Actress
30
1932 - 2011
Ellen Terry
Actress
9
1847 - 1928
Ellen Wilkinson
Politician
5
1891 - 1947
Elton John
Musician
33
1947 -
Emily Bronte
Novelist
16
1818 - 1848
Emily Watson
Actress
19
1967 -
Emma Thompson
Actress
29
1959 -
Emmeline Pankhurst
Activist
5
1858 - 1928
Eric Idle
Comedian
9
1943 -
Ernest Bramah
Writer
4
1868 - 1942
Ernest Dowson
Poet
3
1867 - 1900
Ernest Newman
Critic
3
1868 - 1959
Ernie Wise
Comedian
5
1925 - 1999
Estelle Morris
Politician
28
Eustace Budgell
Writer
2
1686 - 1737
Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Author
1
1868 - 1939
Evelyn Underhill
Writer
16
1875 - 1941
Evelyn Waugh
Author
32
1903 - 1966
F. L. Lucas
Critic
9
F. M. Cornford
Poet
1
1874 - 1943
Fanny Burney
Novelist
7
1752 - 1840
Fanny Kemble
Actress
15
Fay Weldon
Novelist
13
1933 -
Felicity Kendal
Actress
12
1946 -
Florence Nightingale
Activist
12
1820 - 1910
Frances Cornford
Poet
1
Francesca Annis
Actress
38
1944 -
Francis Asbury
Clergyman
2
Francis Atterbury
Politician
3
1663 - 1732
Francis Bacon
Philosopher
105
1561 - 1626
Francis Beaumont
Playwright
13
Francis Crick
Scientist
22
1916 - 2004
Francis Darwin
Scientist
2
1848 - 1925
Francis Drake
Soldier
1
Francis Quarles
Poet
27
1592 - 1644
Francis W. Newman
Writer
4
1805 - 1897
Francis Walsingham
Celebrity
5
Frank Hornby
Inventor
1
1863 - 1936
Frank Lampard
Athlete
19
1978 -
Frank Muir
Writer
2
1920 - 1998
Frank Whittle
Inventor
4
1907 - 1996
Frank Woolley
Athlete
11
1887 - 1978
Fred Davis
Celebrity
3
1913 - 1998
Fred Frith
Composer
22
1949 -
Frederick Marryat
Novelist
2
1792 - 1848
Frederick Pollock
Judge
17
1845 - 1937
Frederick Sanger
Scientist
14
1918 -
Frederick Soddy
Scientist
16
1877 - 1956
Frederick Tennyson
Poet
2
Frederick William Robertson
Clergyman
20
1816 - 1853
Freya Stark
Writer
9
1893 - 1993
G. M. Trevelyan
Historian
14
1876 - 1962
Gary Oldman
Actor
39
1958 -
Gavin Bryars
Composer
25
1943 -
Geezer Butler
Musician
27
1949 -
Gemma Arterton
Actress
2
1986 -
Geoff Downes
Musician
7
1952 -
Geoffrey Chaucer
Poet
19
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Scientist
1
1921 - 1996
George Cadbury
Businessman
2
1839 - 1922
George Canning
Statesman
7
1770 - 1827
George Carey
Clergyman
26
1935 -
George Carman
Lawyer
5
1929 - 2001
George Chapman
Poet
17
George Colman
Dramatist
6
George Crabbe
Poet
11
1754 - 1832
George Downing
Soldier
2
George Edward Moore
Philosopher
8
1873 - 1958
George Etherege
Dramatist
2
George Fox
Clergyman
6
George Grove
Writer
2
1820 - 1900
George Henry Lewes
Philosopher
33
1817 - 1878
George III
Royalty
6
1738 - 1820
George Jessel
Judge
4
1824 - 1883
George Linnaeus Banks
Writer
3
1821 - 1881
George Martin
Producer
9
1926 -
George Meredith
Novelist
23
1828 - 1909
George Montagu
Scientist
1
George Muller
Clergyman
5
1805 - 1898
George Percy
Explorer
1
George Porter
Scientist
4
1920 - 2002
George Saintsbury
Writer
11
1845 - 1933
George Savile
Politician
28
1726 - 1784
George Sewell
Actor
2
1924 -
George Stephenson
Inventor
4
1781 - 1848
George Sutherland
Judge
4
1862 - 1942
George Vancouver
Explorer
3
1757 - 1798
George Villiers
Politician
6
1592 - 1628
George Whitefield
Clergyman
30
1714 - 1770
Gerald Brenan
Writer
14
Gerald Durrell
Writer
2
1925 - 1995
Gerald Massey
Poet
2
1828 - 1907
Gerald Priestland
Journalist
1
1927 - 1991
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poet
11
1844 - 1889
Gilbert K. Chesterton
Writer
112
1874 - 1936
Gilbert White
Scientist
14
1720 - 1793
Giles Gilbert Scott
Architect
2
1880 - 1960
Glenn Tipton
Musician
23
1948 -
Graeme Le Saux
Athlete
18
1968 -
Graham Kerr
Celebrity
3
1934 -
Graham Nelson
Mathematician
19
Graham Roberts
Actor
14
1929 - 2004
Graham Taylor
Coach
5
1944 -
Greer Garson
Actress
2
1908 - 1996
Guy Pearce
Actor
6
1967 -
H. G. Wells
Author
41
1866 - 1946
Hannah Cowley
Dramatist
4
Hannah More
Writer
10
1745 - 1833
Harold Acton
Historian
2
1904 - 1994
Harold Larwood
Athlete
4
1904 - 1995
Harold MacMillan
Politician
27
1894 - 1986
Harold Pinter
Dramatist
34
1930 - 2008
Harold Wilson
Statesman
14
1916 - 1995
Harriet Martineau
Writer
19
1802 - 1876
Harry Banks
Soldier
1
1896 - 1915
Harry Melling
Actor
6
1989 -
Harry Vardon
Athlete
6
1870 - 1937
Henry Austin Dobson
Poet
2
1840 - 1921
Henry Bessemer
Scientist
10
1813 - 1898
Henry Bolingbroke
Royalty
5
1367 - 1413
Henry Chadwick
Writer
5
1824 - 1908
Henry Constable
Poet
1
Henry Fielding
Novelist
34
1707 - 1754
Henry Fox
Statesman
2
1705 - 1774
Henry Green
Novelist
1
1905 - 1973
Henry Hudson
Explorer
4
Henry James Byron
Dramatist
2
1835 - 1884
Henry James Sumner Maine
Historian
14
1822 - 1888
Henry Martyn
Clergyman
3
1781 - 1812
Henry Mayhew
Journalist
16
1812 - 1887
Henry Moore
Sculptor
8
1898 - 1986
Henry Newbolt
Author
2
1862 - 1938
Henry Reed
Writer
28
1914 - 1986
Henry St. John
Politician
2
1678 - 1751
Henry Taylor
Dramatist
7
1800 - 1886
Henry Walter Bates
Environmentalist
7
1825 - 1892
Henry Williamson
Author
6
1895 - 1977
Henry Wotton
Author
3
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Actor
7
1853 - 1917
Herbert Marshall
Actor
1
1890 - 1966
Herbert Read
Poet
34
Herbert Spencer
Philosopher
37
1820 - 1903
Hermione Gingold
Actress
4
1897 - 1987
Hesketh Pearson
Actor
5
1887 - 1964
Heston Blumenthal
Celebrity
20
1966 -
Hilaire Belloc
Poet
25
1870 - 1953
Holbrook Jackson
Writer
12
Holly Johnson
Musician
13
1960 -
Horace Smith
Poet
4
1779 - 1849
Horace Walpole
Author
22
1717 - 1797
Howard Carter
Scientist
15
1874 - 1939
Howard Staunton
Celebrity
22
Hudson Stuck
Explorer
7
1865 - 1920
Hugh Grant
Actor
28
1960 -
Hugh Hopper
Musician
5
1945 -
Hugh Latimer
Clergyman
1
Hume Cronyn
Actor
2
1911 - 2003
Ian Botham
Athlete
21
1955 -
Ian Gilmour
Politician
1
1926 -
Ian Hart
Actor
22
1964 -
Ian Hunter
Musician
5
1939 -
Ian Jackson
Scientist
7
Ian Mckellen
Actor
24
1939 -
Ida Lupino
Actress
9
1914 - 1995
Imelda Staunton
Actress
17
1956 -
Ione Skye
Actress
4
1971 -
Isaac Barrow
Mathematician
15
Isaac Disraeli
Businessman
11
Isaac Newton
Mathematician
13
1642 - 1727
Isaac Pitman
Inventor
2
1813 - 1897
Isaac Rosenberg
Poet
11
1890 - 1918
Isaac Watts
Politician
8
1674 - 1748
Isabella Bird
Writer
1
1831 - 1904
Isabelle Eberhardt
Adventurer
3
1877 - 1904
Israel Zangwill
Novelist
12
1864 - 1926
Izaak Walton
Writer
14
1593 - 1683
J. B. Morton
Writer
2
1893 - 1979
J. K. Rowling
Author
34
1965 -
J. L. Austin
Philosopher
8
1911 - 1960
J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist
13
1892 - 1973
Jack Bowman
Actor
23
Jack Cade
Activist
6
Jack Charlton
Athlete
2
1935 -
Jack Osbourne
Celebrity
16
1985 -
Jacob Bronowski
Scientist
24
1908 - 1974
Jacqueline Bisset
Actress
39
1944 -
Jacqueline du Pre
Musician
4
1945 - 1987
Jamelia
Musician
12
1981 -
James Anthony Froude
Historian
22
1818 - 1894
James Blunt
Musician
7
1977 -
James Bryce
Diplomat
6
James Callaghan
Leader
14
1912 - 2005
James Harrington
Philosopher
4
James Hilton
Novelist
3
1900 - 1954
James Jeans
Physicist
6
1877 - 1946
James Joseph Sylvester
Mathematician
4
1814 - 1897
James Lovelock
Scientist
32
1919 -
James Martineau
Philosopher
7
1805 - 1900
James Meade
Economist
13
1907 - 1995
James Mill
Historian
3
1773 - 1836
James Payn
Novelist
25
1830 - 1898
James Prescott Joule
Physicist
5
1818 - 1889
James Shirley
Dramatist
5
James Theodore Bent
Explorer
5
1852 - 1897
James Wyatt
Architect
3
1746 - 1813
Jamie Redknapp
Athlete
33
1973 -
Jan Morris
Writer
4
1926 -
Jane Birkin
Actress
15
1946 -
Jane Goodall
Scientist
3
1934 -
Jane Horrocks
Actress
12
1964 -
Jane Seymour
Actress
4
1951 -
Janet Erskine Stuart
Poet
6
Jarvis Cocker
Musician
5
1963 -
Jason Isaacs
Actor
15
1963 -
Jay Kay
Musician
4
1969 -
Jean Ingelow
Poet
11
1820 - 1897
Jean Rhys
Novelist
4
1894 - 1979
Jeffrey Archer
Politician
27
1940 -
Jenny Agutter
Actress
12
1952 -
Jeremy Bentham
Philosopher
17
1748 - 1832
Jeremy Collier
Clergyman
12
Jeremy Irons
Actor
30
1948 -
Jeremy Northam
Actor
25
1961 -
Jerome K. Jerome
Author
24
1859 - 1927
Jim Sullivan
Musician
26
1941 -
Jimmy Greaves
Athlete
4
1940 -
Joanna Lumley
Actress
16
1946 -
Joanna Southcott
Celebrity
18
Joanna Trollope
Novelist
7
1943 -
Joe Cocker
Musician
23
1944 -
Joe Elliott
Musician
4
1959 -
Joe Orton
Playwright
3
1933 - 1967
Joe Strummer
Musician
8
1952 - 2002
John Acton
Historian
11
1834 - 1902
John Ambrose Fleming
Inventor
3
1849 - 1945
John Aubrey
Writer
5
1626 - 1697
John Berger
Artist
22
1926 -
John Betjeman
Poet
6
1906 - 1984
John Biddle
Clergyman
2
1615 - 1662
John Britton
Mathematician
2
1927 - 1994
John Bunyan
Clergyman
9
1628 - 1688
John Burns
Activist
21
1858 - 1943
John Churton Collins
Critic
9
1848 - 1908
John Ciardi
Dramatist
21
1916 - 1986
John Cleese
Actor
27
1939 -
John Cleveland
Poet
4
John D. Barrow
Scientist
2
1952 -
John Drinkwater
Poet
20
1882 - 1937
John Dryden
Poet
49
1631 - 1700
John E. Walker
Scientist
5
1941 -
John Edward Christopher Hill
Historian
3
1912 - 2003
John Entwistle
Musician
20
1944 - 2002
John Evelyn
Musician
1
1620 - 1706
John Fisher
Clergyman
6
John Flavel
Clergyman
2
John Fletcher
Dramatist
8
1579 - 1625
John Florio
Writer
8
John Ford
Dramatist
8
1586 - 1640
John Fowles
Novelist
17
1926 - 2005
John Foxe
Writer
8
John Galsworthy
Author
14
1867 - 1933
John Gay
Poet
22
1685 - 1732
John Gielgud
Actor
3
1904 - 2000
John Gilling
Director
1
1912 - 1984
John Gilpin
Businessman
3
John Gould
Writer
5
1804 - 1881
John Grigg
Writer
1
1924 - 2001
John Hales
Theologian
2
John Harington
Writer
3
John Harrison
Inventor
8
1693 - 1776
John Hawkins
Businessman
4
John Heywood
Dramatist
10
John Hutton
Educator
31
1965 -
John Jewel
Clergyman
11
1522 - 1571
John Keats
Poet
31
1795 - 1821
John Keble
Clergyman
3
1792 - 1866
John Keegan
Historian
23
1934 -
John Langhorne
Poet
1
John Le Carre
Writer
39
1931 -
John Leech
Artist
1
1817 - 1864
John Lennon
Musician
47
1940 - 1980
John Locke
Philosopher
38
1632 - 1704
John Lyly
Writer
11
1908 - 1908
John Mahoney
Actor
7
1940 -
John Masefield
Poet
11
1878 - 1967
John Mason Good
Scientist
1
1764 - 1827
John Maynard Keynes
Economist
28
1883 - 1946
John McAfee
Businessman
2
John McLaughlin
Musician
9
1942 -
John Milton
Poet
29
1608 - 1674
John Mortimer
Novelist
13
1923 -
John Morton
Clergyman
5
John Nelson Darby
Clergyman
29
1800 - 1882
John Opie
Artist
1
John Osborne
Playwright
15
1929 - 1994
John Owen
Theologian
12
John Philips
Poet
2
1676 - 1709
John Pople
Scientist
15
1925 - 2004
John Pym
Politician
1
John Ray
Environmentalist
11
1627 - 1705
John Robert Seeley
Writer
3
John Ruskin
Writer
93
1819 - 1900
John Selden
Statesman
15
1584 - 1654
John Skelton
Poet
1
John Still
Clergyman
1
John Stuart Mill
Philosopher
45
1806 - 1873
John Surtees
Athlete
10
1934 -
John Tenniel
Artist
3
1820 - 1914
John Webster
Playwright
19
John Wilkes
Journalist
2
1727 - 1797
John Wilkins
Clergyman
2
1614 - 1672
John Wilmot
Writer
4
1647 - 1680
John Wycliffe
Theologian
4
1328 - 1384
Johnny Rotten
Musician
15
1956 -
Jonathan Coe
Novelist
25
1961 -
Jonathan King
Musician
7
1944 -
Jonny Greenwood
Musician
19
1971 -
Jonny Wilkinson
Athlete
3
1979 -
Joseph Addison
Writer
68
1672 - 1719
Joseph Banks
Environmentalist
2
1743 - 1820
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Theologian
30
1828 - 1889
Joseph Butler
Clergyman
31
1692 - 1752
Joseph Glanvill
Writer
4
Joseph Lancaster
Educator
23
1778 - 1838
Joseph McCabe
Writer
7
1867 - 1955
Joseph Priestley
Scientist
9
1733 - 1804
Joshua Reynolds
Artist
12
1723 - 1792
Joshua Sylvester
Poet
3
Joss Stone
Musician
5
1987 -
Joyce Grenfell
Actress
4
1910 - 1979
Judi Dench
Actress
30
1934 -
Julian Barnes
Writer
3
1946 -
Julian Clary
Comedian
26
1959 -
Julian Huxley
Scientist
1
1887 - 1975
Julian Lennon
Musician
6
1963 -
Julie Andrews
Actress
24
1935 -
Karen Armstrong
Writer
11
1944 -
Kate Beckinsale
Actress
11
1973 -
Kate Greenaway
Writer
2
1846 - 1901
Kate Middleton
Celebrity
2
1982 -
Kate Moss
Model
45
1974 -
Kathleen Kenyon
Scientist
2
1906 - 1978
Katie Price
Model
31
1978 -
Keira Knightley
Actress
7
1985 -
Keith Moon
Musician
2
1947 - 1978
Keith Richards
Musician
23
1943 -
Kelly Brook
Model
19
1979 -
Kelly Osbourne
Actress
9
1984 -
Ken Hensley
Musician
19
1945 -
Kenelm Digby
Celebrity
2
1603 - 1665
Kenneth Baker
Politician
6
1934 -
Kenneth Clarke
Politician
12
1940 -
Kenneth Tynan
Critic
10
1927 - 1980
Kevin Ayers
Composer
6
1944 -
Kevin Keegan
Coach
4
1951 -
Kim Cattrall
Actress
19
1956 -
Kim Wilde
Musician
22
1960 -
King Edward VIII
Royalty
6
1894 - 1972
Kingsley Amis
Novelist
14
1922 - 1995
Kristin Scott Thomas
Actress
14
1960 -
Lalla Ward
Actor
13
1951 -
Lance Secretan
Businessman
4
Laurence Housman
Playwright
25
1865 - 1959
Laurence Olivier
Actor
18
1907 - 1989
Laurie Lee
Poet
9
1914 - 1997
Lee Westwood
Athlete
5
1973 -
Leigh Hunt
Poet
14
1784 - 1859
Lennox Lewis
Athlete
4
1965 -
Leonard Alfred George Strong
Writer
4
Leopold Stokowski
Musician
1
1882 - 1977
Les Dawson
Comedian
5
1933 - 1993
Lesley Garrett
Musician
23
1955 -
Leslie Stephen
Author
6
1832 - 1904
Lewis Carroll
Author
30
1832 - 1898
Lindsay Anderson
Director
1
1923 - 1994
Lisa Snowdon
Model
18
1974 -
Lord Salisbury
Politician
4
Louis Nizer
Lawyer
10
1902 - 1994
Louise Brown
Celebrity
27
1978 -
Lytton Strachey
Critic
22
1880 - 1932
Mackenzie Crook
Actor
11
1971 -
Malcolm Arnold
Composer
3
1921 -
Malcolm Bradbury
Novelist
8
1932 - 2000
Malcolm Campbell
Celebrity
3
1885 - 1948
Malcolm Lowry
Poet
4
1909 - 1957
Malcolm Mclaren
Musician
6
1946 -
Margaret Cavendish
Writer
21
Margaret Drabble
Novelist
8
1939 -
Margaret Sackville
Poet
2
Margaret Thatcher
Leader
51
1925 -
Margery Allingham
Writer
7
1889 - 1966
Margot Asquith
Author
13
1864 - 1945
Margot Fonteyn
Dancer
7
1919 - 1991
Marian McPartland
Musician
23
1918 -
Mark E. Smith
Musician
7
1957 -
Mark Haddon
Novelist
32
1962 -
Mark Lawrenson
Athlete
14
1957 -
Mark Rylance
Actor
15
1960 -
Mark Strong
Actor
11
1963 -
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Writer
10
Martin Fleischmann
Scientist
21
1927 -
Martin Freeman
Actor
3
1971 -
Martin Gore
Musician
24
1961 -
Marty Feldman
Comedian
4
1933 - 1982
Mary Astell
Writer
39
1666 - 1731
Mary Quant
Designer
5
1934 -
Mary Renault
Novelist
8
1905 - 1983
Mary Stewart
Novelist
6
1916 -
Mary Webb
Novelist
6
1881 - 1927
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Author
23
1797 - 1851
Mary Wortley
Royalty
7
1689 - 1762
Mary Wortley Montagu
Writer
19
1689 - 1762
Matt Lucas
Actor
7
1974 -
Matthew Arnold
Poet
30
1822 - 1888
Matthew Bourne
Dancer
11
1960 -
Matthew Brady
Criminal
2
Matthew Henry
Clergyman
30
1662 - 1714
Matthew Prior
Poet
13
1664 - 1721
Max Beerbohm
Actor
33
1872 - 1956
Melanie Brown
Musician
5
1975 -
Melanie Chisholm
Musician
19
1974 -
Michael Caine
Actor
33
1933 -
Michael Faraday
Scientist
4
1791 - 1867
Michael Foot
Politician
4
1913 -
Michael Frayn
Playwright
4
1933 -
Michael Giles
Musician
10
1942 -
Michael Korda
Novelist
24
Michael Tippett
Composer
22
1905 - 1998
Michael Wilding
Actor
1
1912 - 1979
Mick Jagger
Musician
28
1943 -
Mick Ralphs
Musician
17
1944 -
Mick Taylor
Musician
30
1948 -
Mike Figgis
Director
27
1948 -
Mike Oldfield
Musician
1
1953 -
Mike Rutherford
Musician
5
1950 -
Millicent Martin
Actress
2
1934 -
Minnie Driver
Actress
15
1971 -
Miranda Richardson
Actress
9
1958 -
Monica Baldwin
Writer
1
Muriel Spark
Novelist
15
1918 - 2006
Murray Walker
Entertainer
25
1923 -
Naomi Watts
Actress
22
1968 -
Nassau William Senior
Economist
13
1790 - 1864
Nathaniel Lee
Dramatist
1
Neil Tennant
Musician
26
1954 -
Neville Marriner
Musician
22
1924 -
Nicholas Breton
Poet
3
Nicholas Culpeper
Scientist
10
Nick Faldo
Athlete
4
1957 -
Nick Hornby
Writer
6
1957 -
Nick Lowe
Musician
19
1949 -
Nick Rhodes
Musician
5
1962 -
Nicolas Roeg
Director
16
1928 -
Nigel Kennedy
Musician
3
1956 -
Nigel Kneale
Writer
16
1922 -
Nik Kershaw
Musician
8
1958 -
Noel Coward
Playwright
27
1899 - 1973
Noel Gallagher
Musician
6
1967 -
Noel Redding
Musician
19
1945 - 2003
Norman Wisdom
Comedian
25
1915 -
Oliver Cromwell
Soldier
18
1599 - 1658
Oliver Joseph Lodge
Physicist
15
1851 - 1940
Oliver Reed
Actor
25
1938 - 1999
Oliver St. John
Statesman
2
Orlando Bloom
Actor
47
1977 -
Orlando Gibbons
Composer
2
1583 - 1625
Osbert Lancaster
Cartoonist
1
1908 - 1986
Ouida
Novelist
9
1839 - 1908
Ozzy Osbourne
Musician
8
1948 -
P. D. James
Novelist
9
1920 -
P. G. Wodehouse
Writer
24
1881 - 1975
Pam Gems
Playwright
4
1925 -
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Critic
6
1912 - 1981
Parminder Nagra
Actress
22
1975 -
Patrick Marber
Writer
19
1964 -
Patrick Stewart
Actor
41
1940 -
Paul Bettany
Actor
7
1971 -
Paul Gascoigne
Athlete
28
1967 -
Paul Ince
Athlete
10
1967 -
Paul Kane
Writer
21
Paul McCartney
Musician
34
1942 -
Paul Muldoon
Poet
22
1951 -
Paul O'Grady
Comedian
17
1955 -
Paul Parker
Athlete
9
1964 -
Paul Putner
Comedian
4
Paul Weller
Musician
4
1958 -
Penelope Lively
Author
30
1933 -
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poet
41
1792 - 1822
Pete Waterman
Producer
19
1947 -
Peter Asher
Musician
7
1944 -
Peter Barnes
Playwright
1
1931 - 2004
Peter Gabriel
Musician
7
1950 -
Peter Hammill
Musician
10
1948 -
Peter Hook
Musician
24
1956 -
Peter Latham
Athlete
5
Peter Maxwell Davies
Composer
20
1934 -
Peter Oliver
Artist
3
1908 - 1908
Peter Schuyler
Politician
11
1657 - 1724
Peter Scott
Artist
8
1909 - 1989
Peter Shaffer
Playwright
25
1926 -
Peter Shilton
Athlete
10
1949 -
Peter Storey
Athlete
1
1945 -
Peter Ustinov
Actor
35
1921 - 2004
Peter Utley
Journalist
2
1921 - 1988
Peter Warlock
Composer
4
1894 - 1930
Phil Collins
Musician
30
1951 -
Philip Francis
Politician
1
1740 - 1818
Philip Guedalla
Historian
10
1889 - 1944
Philip James Bailey
Poet
17
1816 - 1902
Philip Larkin
Poet
12
1922 - 1985
Philip Sidney
Soldier
7
1554 - 1586
Piers Anthony
Writer
29
1934 -
Piers Corbyn
Scientist
5
1947 -
Polly Toynbee
Journalist
24
1946 -
Prince Charles
Royalty
14
1948 -
Queen Elizabeth II
Royalty
14
1926 -
Quentin Crisp
Writer
37
1908 - 1999
Rachel Stevens
Musician
4
1978 -
Rachel Ward
Actress
5
1957 -
Ralph Hodgson
Poet
4
1871 - 1962
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer
3
1872 - 1958
Ralph Venning
Clergyman
1
Ray Davies
Musician
21
1944 -
Richard Adams
Clergyman
7
Richard Attenborough
Actor
24
1923 -
Richard Baxter
Clergyman
7
1615 - 1691
Richard Blackmore
Poet
2
1654 - 1729
Richard Briers
Actor
7
1934 -
Richard Cecil
Clergyman
9
1748 - 1810
Richard D. James
Musician
8
1971 -
Richard Dawkins
Scientist
25
1941 -
Richard Fleeshman
Actor
9
1989 -
Richard Francis Burton
Explorer
6
1821 - 1890
Richard Griffiths
Actor
10
1947 -
Richard Harris Barham
Comedian
4
1788 - 1845
Richard Hooker
Priest
6
1554 - 1600
Richard Le Gallienne
Poet
26
Richard Lester
Director
5
1932 -
Richard Morris
Clergyman
26
1833 - 1894
Richard O'Brien
Actor
30
1942 -
Richard Owen
Scientist
10
1804 - 1892
Richard Rolle
Writer
6
Richard Savage
Poet
4
Richard Whately
Writer
24
1787 - 1863
Ringo Starr
Musician
21
1940 -
Rio Ferdinand
Athlete
14
1978 -
Ritchie Blackmore
Musician
36
1945 -
Rob Andrew
Athlete
1
1963 -
Robbie Fowler
Athlete
16
1975 -
Robert Baden-Powell
Soldier
19
1857 - 1941
Robert Barnes
Celebrity
6
Robert Bloomfield
Poet
1
1766 - 1823
Robert Bridges
Poet
7
1844 - 1930
Robert Browning
Poet
31
1812 - 1889
Robert Fripp
Musician
23
1945 -
Robert Greene
Playwright
4
Robert Grosseteste
Statesman
19
Robert Hall
Clergyman
10
1764 - 1831
Robert Herrick
Poet
15
Robert Jenkins
Soldier
5
Robert Mayer
Businessman
2
1879 - 1985
Robert Pattinson
Actor
21
1986 -
Robert Peel
Leader
8
1778 - 1850
Robert Runcie
Clergyman
5
1921 - 2000
Robert Smith
Musician
26
1959 -
Robert Smith Surtees
Novelist
3
Robert South
Clergyman
17
Robert Southey
Poet
16
1774 - 1843
Robert Southwell
Clergyman
2
Robert Vaughan
Author
3
Robert Wyatt
Musician
37
1945 -
Robin G. Collingwood
Philosopher
5
1889 - 1943
Robin Gibb
Musician
26
1949 -
Robin Trower
Musician
30
1945 -
Robyn Hitchcock
Musician
30
1953 -
Roger Andrew Taylor
Musician
20
1960 -
Roger Ascham
Writer
12
Roger Bacon
Philosopher
6
Roger Daltrey
Musician
23
1944 -
Roger Moore
Actor
30
1927 -
Roger Penrose
Physicist
19
1931 -
Roger Williams
Theologian
2
1603 -
Roland Allen
Clergyman
11
1868 - 1947
Roland Joffe
Director
30
1945 -
Ronald Colman
Actor
1
1891 - 1958
Ronald Fisher
Mathematician
9
1890 - 1962
Ronald Knox
Theologian
7
1888 - 1957
Rose Tremain
Novelist
16
1943 -
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Model
12
1987 -
Rowan Atkinson
Comedian
20
1956 -
Rowan Williams
Theologian
14
1950 -
Rowland Hill
Inventor
2
1795 - 1879
Roy Ayers
Musician
31
1940 -
Roy Evans
Athlete
2
1948 -
Roy Harper
Musician
3
1941 -
Roy Wood
Musician
16
1946 -
Rudyard Kipling
Writer
33
1865 - 1936
Rumer Godden
Novelist
4
1907 - 1998
Rupert Brooke
Poet
8
1887 - 1915
Rupert Grint
Actor
32
1988 -
Rupert Holmes
Composer
6
1947 -
Russell Brand
Comedian
6
1975 -
Sadie Frost
Actress
16
1965 -
Saffron Burrows
Actress
9
1973 -
Samantha Fox
Model
2
1966 -
Samantha Morton
Actress
4
1977 -
Samuel Daniel
Poet
9
Samuel Johnson
Author
151
1709 - 1784
Samuel Pepys
Writer
9
1633 - 1703
Samuel Richardson
Novelist
62
1689 - 1761
Samuel Rogers
Poet
5
1763 - 1855
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Poet
52
1772 - 1834
Samuel Wesley
Composer
1
Sara Coleridge
Author
1
Sarah Brightman
Musician
10
1961 -
Sarah Good
Celebrity
1
1655 - 1692
Scott Speedman
Actor
23
1975 -
Sean Bean
Actor
19
1959 -
Sean Booth
Musician
26
Sharon Osbourne
Entertainer
6
1952 -
Sid Vicious
Musician
13
1957 - 1979
Siegfried Sassoon
Poet
9
1886 - 1967
Simon Callow
Actor
6
1949 -
Simon Le Bon
Musician
6
1958 -
Simon Raven
Novelist
9
1927 - 2001
Siobhan Davies
Dancer
19
Sophie Ellis Bextor
Musician
2
1979 -
Stan Laurel
Actor
5
1890 - 1965
Stanley Baldwin
Statesman
12
1867 - 1947
Stanley Spencer
Artist
2
1891 - 1959
Stella Benson
Writer
2
Stephanie Beacham
Actress
8
1947 -
Stephen Hawking
Physicist
18
1942 -
Stephen Wolfram
Scientist
7
1959 -
Steve Hackett
Writer
7
1950 -
Steve Marriott
Musician
4
1945 -
Steve McManaman
Athlete
1
1972 -
Steve Winwood
Musician
3
1948 -
Steven Berkoff
Actor
6
1937 -
Steven Gerrard
Athlete
21
1980 -
Steven Morrissey
Musician
14
1959 -
Storm Jameson
Writer
7
1891 - 1986
Stuart Pearce
Coach
16
1962 -
Sue Townsend
Novelist
4
1946 -
Susan Blackmore
Writer
3
1951 -
Susan Hampshire
Actress
6
1937 -
Syd Barrett
Musician
23
1946 - 2006
Sydney Carter
Poet
6
1915 - 2004
Sydney Smith
Clergyman
33
1771 - 1845
Sylvia Pankhurst
Activist
2
1882 - 1960
Ted Hughes
Poet
4
1930 - 1998
Teddy Sheringham
Athlete
7
1966 -
Terry Eagleton
Critic
2
1943 -
Terry Prachett
Author
21
1948 -
Terry Pratchett
Author
23
1948 -
Thom Yorke
Musician
30
1968 -
Thomas Arnold
Educator
6
1795 - 1842
Thomas B. Macaulay
Historian
36
Thomas Becket
Clergyman
2
1118 - 1170
Thomas Beecham
Composer
10
1879 - 1961
Thomas Blood
Soldier
2
Thomas Campion
Composer
4
1567 - 1620
Thomas Cavendish
Explorer
1
1908 - 1908
Thomas Clarkson
Activist
8
1760 - 1846
Thomas de Quincey
Author
10
1785 - 1859
Thomas Dekker
Dramatist
16
Thomas Dolby
Musician
17
1958 -
Thomas Fuller
Clergyman
86
1608 - 1661
Thomas Goodwin
Clergyman
10
1600 - 1680
Thomas Gray
Poet
13
1716 - 1771
Thomas Hardy
Novelist
34
1840 - 1928
Thomas Harrison
14
Thomas Haynes Bayly
Writer
2
Thomas Hobbes
Philosopher
34
1588 - 1679
Thomas Holcroft
Dramatist
2
1745 - 1809
Thomas Hood
Poet
13
1799 - 1845
Thomas Huxley
Scientist
65
1825 - 1895
Thomas Ken
Clergyman
6
Thomas Lodge
Dramatist
1
Thomas Love Peacock
Author
9
1785 - 1866
Thomas Malory
Author
11
Thomas Malthus
Economist
19
1766 - 1834
Thomas Middleton
Poet
6
1580 - 1627
Thomas More
Author
30
1478 - 1535
Thomas Nash
Writer
2
Thomas North
Writer
2
Thomas Otway
Dramatist
7
Thomas Paine
Writer
56
1737 - 1809
Thomas Percy
Writer
1
1729 - 1811
Thomas Secker
Clergyman
3
Thomas Shadwell
Dramatist
7
Thomas Spence
Writer
1
1750 - 1814
Thomas Sydenham
Scientist
15
1624 - 1689
Thomas Tusser
Poet
7
Thomas Wentworth
Politician
3
1593 - 1641
Thomas Willis
Scientist
4
1621 - 1673
Tilda Swinton
Actress
9
1960 -
Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor
33
1955 -
Timothy Radcliffe
Clergyman
25
Timothy Spall
Actor
7
1936 -
Tina Charles
Musician
2
1954 -
Tom Baker
Actor
10
1934 -
Tom Felton
Actor
40
1987 -
Tom Flynn
Celebrity
2
Tom Hiddleston
Actor
4
1981 -
Tom Jenkinson
Musician
30
1974 -
Tom Stoppard
Dramatist
32
1937 -
Tony Benn
Politician
11
1925 -
Tony Blair
Statesman
23
1953 -
Tracey Emin
Artist
29
1963 -
Trevor Horn
Musician
5
1949 -
Trevor Nunn
Director
26
1940 -
Trisha Goddard
Entertainer
26
1957 -
Vanessa Redgrave
Actress
6
1937 -
Venerable Bede
Clergyman
4
Vera Brittain
Writer
4
1893 - 1970
Victoria Beckham
Musician
22
1974 -
Vita Sackville-West
Novelist
10
1892 - 1962
Vivian Stanshall
Musician
4
1943 - 1995
Vivien Leigh
Actress
32
1913 - 1967
Vivienne Westwood
Designer
26
1941 -
W. H. Auden
Poet
62
1907 - 1973
W. L. George
Writer
7
Walter Bagehot
Author
39
1826 - 1877
Walter Crane
Artist
3
1845 - 1915
Walter de La Mare
Poet
3
Walter Pater
Critic
26
1839 - 1894
Walter Raleigh
Explorer
2
Walter Savage Landor
Poet
33
1775 - 1864
Warwick Davis
Actor
10
1970 -
Wayne Rooney
Athlete
4
1985 -
Wendy Cope
Poet
3
1945 -
Wentworth Miller
Actor
34
1972 -
Wilfred Owen
Soldier
22
1893 - 1918
Wilkie Collins
Novelist
8
1824 - 1889
Will Adams
Explorer
10
1564 - 1620
Will Champion
Musician
10
1978 -
William Adams
Explorer
2
1564 - 1620
William Ames
Philosopher
28
William Banting
Celebrity
13
1796 - 1878
William Beveridge
Economist
3
1879 - 1963
William Blackstone
Judge
10
1723 - 1780
William Blake
Poet
67
1757 - 1827
William Broome
Poet
1
William Camden
Historian
3
William Cartwright
Dramatist
4
1611 - 1643
William Cobbett
Politician
17
1763 - 1835
William Congreve
Poet
30
1670 - 1729
William Cowper
Poet
32
1731 - 1800
William Dampier
Explorer
7
1908 - 1908
William Davenant
Poet
3
William Emerson
Mathematician
1
1701 - 1782
William Ernest Henley
Poet
3
1849 - 1903
William Godwin
Writer
34
1756 - 1836
William Golding
Novelist
9
1911 - 1993
William Gurnall
Author
24
William Harvey
Scientist
2
1578 - 1657
William Hazlitt
Critic
93
1778 - 1830
William John Wills
Scientist
23
William Kempe
Actor
8
William Kent
Architect
4
William Kingdon Clifford
Mathematician
24
1845 - 1879
William Kirby
Scientist
18
1759 - 1850
William Laud
Clergyman
3
1573 - 1645
William Law
Clergyman
20
William Lilly
Celebrity
7
1602 - 1681
William Makepeace Thackeray
Novelist
31
1811 - 1863
William Morris
Designer
14
1834 - 1896
William Penn
Leader
43
1644 - 1718
William Petty
Economist
12
1623 - 1687
William Pollard
Clergyman
8
1828 - 1893
William Ralph Inge
Clergyman
27
1860 - 1954
William Rowley
Dramatist
1
William Shakespeare
Dramatist
173
1564 - 1616
William Shenstone
Poet
25
1714 - 1763
William Tyndale
Clergyman
11
William Warburton
Critic
3
1698 - 1779
William Weaver
Author
1
1923 -
William Whewell
Philosopher
6
1794 - 1866
William Wilberforce
Politician
4
1759 - 1833
William Wordsworth
Poet
33
1770 - 1850
William Wycherley
Dramatist
19
Winifred Holtby
Novelist
4
1898 - 1935
Winston Churchill
Statesman
147
1874 - 1965
Winston Graham
Novelist
3
1908 - 2003
Wyndham Lewis
Author
11
1882 - 1957
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