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Author Profession Quotes Year
Lord Northcliffe Publisher 2 1865 - 1922
Lord Patrick Devlin Lawyer 1 1905 - 1992
Louis Leakey Scientist 23 1903 - 1972
Louis MacNeice Poet 2 1907 - 1963
Louise Jameson Actress 19 1951
Louise Woodward Celebrity 6 1978
Lucian Freud Artist 25 1922
Lynn Davies, Tiny Lynn Davies Athlete 10 1942
Lynn Redgrave Actress 26 1943 - 2010
M. Esther Harding Psychoanalyst 2
Maggie Smith Actress 19 1934
Malcolm Bradbury Novelist 8 1932 - 2000
Malcolm Muggeridge Journalist 24 1903 - 1990
Marc Almond Musician 21 1957
Margaret Forster Author 4 1938
Margaret Murray Scientist 3 1863 - 1963
Margaret Thatcher, Tiny Margaret Thatcher Leader 51 1925 - 2013
Marianne Faithfull Musician 9 1946
Marie Corelli Novelist 7 1855 - 1924
Marie Lloyd Musician 1 1870 - 1922
Marina Sirtis Actress 3 1959
Mark Knopfler Musician 17 1949
Mark Rutherford Writer 4 1831 - 1913
Mark Thomas Comedian 8 1963
Martin Amis Author 7 1949
Martin Bashir Journalist 18 1963
Martin Fry Musician 3 1958
Martin Ryle Scientist 7 1918 - 1984
Mary Archer Scientist 3 1944
Mary Douglas Scientist 32 1921 - 2007
Mary Leakey Scientist 9 1913 - 1996
Mary Wesley Novelist 29 1912 - 2002
Mary Whitehouse Activist 3 1910 - 2001
Mary Wollstonecraft, Tiny Mary Wollstonecraft Writer 30 1759 - 1797
Matthew Green Poet 8
May Sinclair Writer 3
Mel Smith Actor 4 1952
Mervyn Peake Writer 1 1911 - 1968
Michael Apted Director 13 1941
Michael Aspel Journalist 8 1933
Michael Burgess, Tiny Michael Burgess Congressman 27 1950
Michael Flanders Actor 4 1922 - 1975
Michael Gambon Actor 20 1940
Michael Nyman Composer 4 1944
Michael Palin Comedian 11 1943
Michael Parkinson Journalist 9 1935
Michael Reed Celebrity 2
Michael Winterbottom Director 8 1961
Michael York, Tiny Michael York Actor 12 1942
Mick Fleetwood Musician 4 1942
Mick Jagger, Tiny Mick Jagger Musician 28 1943
Mike Figgis Director 27 1948
Mike Harding Musician 2 1944
Millicent Fawcett Activist 9 1847 - 1929
Nancy Astor Politician 12 1879 - 1964
Naomi Campbell Model 18 1970
Natasha Hamilton, Tiny Natasha Hamilton Musician 6 1982
Natasha Richardson Actress 8 1963
Neil Gaiman Author 31 1960
Neil Innes Writer 28 1944
Neville Chamberlain Politician 6 1869 - 1940
Neville Marriner, Tiny Neville Marriner Musician 22 1924 - 2016
Nicholas Mosley Novelist 10 1923
Nicolas Bentley Author 1 1907 - 1978
Nicolette Sheridan Actress 4 1963
Nigel Dennis, Tiny Nigel Dennis Writer 19 1912 - 1989
Nigel Farage Politician 2 1964
Nigel Mansell Athlete 14 1953
Nigel Rees Author 2 1944
Nigel Short Celebrity 5 1965
Nigella Lawson Journalist 30 1960
Norman Angell, Tiny Norman Angell Writer 4 1872 - 1967
Norman Douglas Writer 16 1868 - 1952
Norman Foster, Tiny Norman Foster Architect 1 1935
Norman Hartnell Designer 1 1901 - 1979
Norman Tebbit Statesman 3 1931
Oswald Mosley Politician 4 1896 - 1980
Owen Feltham Author 6
P. J. Harvey Musician 17 1969
Paddy Ashdown Politician 24 1941
Patricia Hewitt Politician 19 1948
Patrick Macnee Actor 17 1922
Patrick Murray Actor 4 1956
Patrick Troughton Actor 4 1920 - 1987
Paul Brunton Philosopher 2 1898 - 1981
Paul Daniels Entertainer 6 1938
Paul Darrow Actor 6 1941
Paul Dirac Physicist 10 1902 - 1984
Paul McCartney Musician 34 1942
Paul Merton Comedian 3 1957
Paul Nurse Scientist 25 1949
Paul Scofield Actor 7 1922 - 2008
Paul Scott Novelist 3 1920 - 1978
Pete Townshend Musician 28 1945
Peter Ackroyd Author 1 1949
Peter Benenson Lawyer 5 1921 - 2005
Peter Brimelow Journalist 20
Peter Brock Celebrity 1 1945
Peter Brook Producer 2 1925
Peter Cushing Actor 7 1913 - 1994
Peter D. Mitchell Scientist 4 1920 - 1992
Peter Davison, Tiny Peter Davison Actor 30 1951
Peter Gabriel, Tiny Peter Gabriel Musician 7 1950
Peter Hain Politician 17 1950
Peter Hall Director 2 1930
Peter Knights, Tiny Peter Knights Activist 11 1961
Peter Mandelson Politician 27 1953
Peter Mayhew Actor 22 1944
Peter Wright Celebrity 13 1916 - 1995
Philip Gibbs Journalist 14 1877 - 1962
Philip Green Businessman 6 1952
Philip Massinger Poet 12 1908 - 1908
Philip Pullman Writer 18 1946
Philip Stanhope Statesman 12 1694 - 1773
Piers Corbyn, Tiny Piers Corbyn Scientist 5 1947
Pink Floyd, Tiny Pink Floyd Musician 9
Prince Andrew Royalty 9 1960
Prince Charles, Tiny Prince Charles Royalty 14 1948
Prince Harry, Tiny Prince Harry Royalty 20 1984
Prince Philip Royalty 4 1921 - 2021
Prince William, Tiny Prince William Royalty 17 1982
Princess Anne Royalty 4 1950
Princess Diana, Tiny Princess Diana Royalty 36 1961 - 1997
Princess Margaret Royalty 5 1930 - 2002
Queen Marie of Romania Royalty 1 1875 - 1938
Queen Victoria, Tiny Queen Victoria Royalty 15 1819 - 1901
R. A. Butler Politician 2 1902 - 1982
Rachel Weisz Actress 22 1971
Ralph Allen Politician 7
Ralph Cudworth Theologian 4
Ralph Fiennes Actor 38 1962
Ralph Richardson Actor 6 1902 - 1983
Ralph Steadman Cartoonist 24 1936
Ranulph Fiennes Explorer 1 1944
Reginald Maudling Politician 2 1917 - 1978
Renee Vivien Poet 4 1877 - 1909
Rhona Mitra Actress 14 1976
Richard Branson Businessman 30 1950
Richard Cobden Businessman 26 1804 - 1865
Richard E. Grant Actor 8 1957
Richard Fleeshman, Tiny Richard Fleeshman Actor 9 1989
Richard Hughes Writer 3 1900 - 1976
Richard Murdoch Comedian 2 1907 - 1990
Richard Rogers, Tiny Richard Rogers Architect 15 1933 - 2021
Richard Steele, Tiny Richard Steele Dramatist 15 1672 - 1729
Richard Thompson Musician 25 1949
Richard Wall Writer 2
Richard Wilson Actor 4 1936
Rick Wakeman Musician 19 1949
Rick Wright, Tiny Rick Wright Musician 5 1943 - 2008
Ridley Scott Director 30 1937
Roald Dahl Novelist 27 1916 - 1990
Robbie Williams Musician 25 1974
Robert Bolt Playwright 5 1924 - 1995
Robert Cecil, Tiny Robert Cecil Public Servant 6 1563 - 1612
Robert Clive Musician 1 1725 - 1774
Robert Conquest Historian 2 1917
Robert Falcon Scott Explorer 21 1868 - 1912
Robert Fisk Journalist 7 1946
Robert Fripp, Tiny Robert Fripp Musician 22 1945
Robert Hamer Director 2 1911 - 1963
Robert Hewison Historian 3 1943
Robert Palmer, Tiny Robert Palmer Musician 4 1949 - 2003
Robert Pattinson, Tiny Robert Pattinson Actor 21 1986
Robert Plant, Tiny Robert Plant Musician 17 1948
Robert Powell Actor 5 1944
Robert Walpole Statesman 27 1676 - 1745
Robert Williams Buchanan Poet 1 1841 - 1901
Robert Winston Scientist 1 1940
Robin Cousins Athlete 7 1957
Robin Day, Tiny Robin Day Journalist 18 1923 - 2000
Roddy McDowall Actor 7 1928 - 1998
Rodney Robert Porter Scientist 1 1917 - 1985
Roger Bannister, Tiny Roger Bannister Athlete 30 1929
Roger McGough, Tiny Roger McGough Poet 10 1937
Roger Waters Musician 9 1943
Roland Gift Actor 5 1962
Ron Atkinson Athlete 7 1939
Ron Moody, Tiny Ron Moody Actor 9 1924
Ron Wood Musician 32 1947
Ronald Biggs, Tiny Ronald Biggs Celebrity 13 1929
Rory Bremner Comedian 20 1961
Rosamund Pike Actress 14 1979
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tiny Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Model 12 1987
Roy Hattersley Statesman 5 1932
Roy Jenkins Politician 7 1920 - 2003
Rupert Grint, Tiny Rupert Grint Actor 32 1988
Rupert Sheldrake Scientist 8 1942
Russell Brand Comedian 6 1975
Ruth Pitter Musician 8 1897 - 1992
Ruth Rendell Writer 7 1930
Sam Mendes Director 32 1965
Samuel Butler, Tiny Samuel Butler Poet 123 1835 - 1902
Samuel West Actor 8 1966
Sandy Wilson Composer 1 1924
Sarah Ferguson Author 11 1959
Sarah Sutton Actress 31 1961
Sean Booth, Tiny Sean Booth Musician 26 1970
Sebastian Coe Politician 9 1956
Shirley Williams Politician 7 1930
Sid Waddell Entertainer 15 1940
Siegfried Sassoon, Tiny Siegfried Sassoon Poet 9 1886 - 1967
Simon Conway Morris Scientist 5
Simon Cowell Entertainer 21 1959
Simon Hoggart Journalist 5 1946
Simon Pegg Comedian 29 1970
Siobhan Fahey Musician 36 1957
Siouxsie Sioux Musician 3 1957
Slash, Tiny Slash Musician 19 1965
Sophie Ellis Bextor, Tiny Sophie Ellis Bextor Musician 8 1979
Stafford Cripps Politician 12 1889 - 1952
Stan Laurel, Tiny Stan Laurel Actor 5 1890 - 1965
Stanley Baldwin, Tiny Stanley Baldwin Statesman 12 1867 - 1947
Stella McCartney Designer 4 1971
Stephen Fry Comedian 35 1957
Stephen Gardiner Architect 37 1924 - 2007
Stephen Hawking, Tiny Stephen Hawking Physicist 18 1942 - 2018
Steve Coogan Comedian 15 1965
Steven Berkoff, Tiny Steven Berkoff Actor 6 1937
Steven Runciman Historian 1 1903 - 2000
Stevie Smith Poet 6 1902 - 1971
Sting, Tiny Sting Musician 49 1951
Stirling Moss Celebrity 5 1929
Stuart Rose Businessman 3 1949
Sue Sanders Activist 1 1947
Susan Boyle Musician 5
Susanna Moodie Author 6 1803 - 1885
Susannah York Actress 9 1939 - 2011
Sydney Brenner Scientist 15 1927
T. E. Lawrence Archaeologist 14 1888 - 1935
Tanith Lee Writer 22 1947
Terence Fisher, Tiny Terence Fisher Director 9 1904 - 1980
Terence Rattigan Dramatist 2 1911 - 1977
Terence Stamp Actor 27 1939
Terence Young Director 4 1915 - 1994
Terry Jones Comedian 5 1942
Terry Pratchett, Tiny Terry Pratchett Author 23 1948 - 2015
Terry Waite Author 4 1939
Theresa May Politician 11 1956
Thom Gunn Poet 28 1929 - 2004
Thomas Babington Poet 10 1800 - 1859
Thomas Browne Scientist 21 1605 - 1682
Thomas Day Author 8 1748 - 1789
Thomas Edward Brown Poet 7 1830 - 1897
Thomas Hughes, Tiny Thomas Hughes Lawyer 5 1822 - 1896
Thomas Monaghan Soldier 3 1937
Thomas Traherne Clergyman 12
Tilda Swinton, Tiny Tilda Swinton Actress 9 1960
Tim Berners-Lee, Tiny Tim Berners-Lee Inventor 33 1955
Tim Curry Actor 5 1946

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