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Here's all 864 authors with nationality analphabetically ordered:

Charles II (1630-1685) - of Great Britain and Ireland (1625-49).
Dido (1971-)
King George II (1683-1760) - English royal
King George V (1865-1936) - English royal
Mistinguett (1951-1956)
Prince Phillip (1921-) - English royal
Princess Margaret (1930-2002) - English royalty
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) - English royal
Queen Elizabeth II (1926-) - English royal
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) - English royal
John Wilmot (2nd Earl of Rochester) (1647-1680)
Queen Mary (consort of George V) (1867-1953)
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845)
John Abernethy (1764-1831) - English physician
Peter Ackroyd (1917-)
Lord Acton (1834-1902) - of Modern History at Cambridge University.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) - English writer
William Adams (1564-1620) - the first Englishman to visit Japan.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) - English writer
James Agate (1877-1947) - English writer
Joan Delano Aiken (1924-2004) - the daughter of Conrad Aiken.
Richard Aldington (1892-1962)
Brian W. Aldiss (1925-) - English writer
James Allen (1864-1942) - Minister of defense (1912-20).
Margery Allingham (1889-1966) - English writer
Peter Alliss (1931-) - English golfer
Eric Ambler (1909-1998)
Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) - English writer
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) - sister of Millicent Fawcett, 1st woman mayor in England (Aldeburgh)
Julie Andrews (1935-) - particularly known for her starring roles in the musical films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965). b.
Francesca Annis (1944-) - English actor
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735) - remembered as the close friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and John Gay.
Jeffrey Archer (1940-) - English politico, jailbird
John Campbell Argyll
George Arliss (1868-1946)
Tommy Armour (1894-1968)
Andrea Arnold (1961-)
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) - of Literacy and Society.
Daisy Ashford (1881-)
Rowan Atkinson (1956-)
Clement Attlee (1803-1857)
John Aubrey (1626-1697) - English writer
W. H. Auden (1907-1973)
W.H. Auden (1907-1973)
Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) - English writer
Jane Austen (1775-1817) - English writer
Alfred Austin (1835-1913)
Berton Averre (1954-)
Alan Ayckbourn (1939-) - English writer
Charles Babbage (1791-1871) - English mathematicia
Sir Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941) - founder of the Boy Scouts.
Walter Bagehot (1826-1877) - one of the most influential journalists of the mid-Victorian period.
Enid Bagnold (1889-1981) - English writer
David Bailey (1938-)
Philip James Bailey (1816-1902) - English writer
Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) - English PM (38)
Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) - English PM (33)
Clive Barker (1952-) - English writer
Ronnie Barker (1929-2005) - English actor
Clive Barnes (1927-) - English critic
Julian Barnes (1946-)
Amelia E. Barr (1831-1919) - English-US writer
James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) - best known as the creator of Peter Pan.
Sir Alan Bates (1934-2003) - English actor
Stephen Bayley (1949-)
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839)
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)
The Beatles
Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)
James Beattie (1735-1803)
E. P. Beauchene
David Beckham (1975-)
Victoria Beckham (1974-)
Kate Beckinsale (1973-)
Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849)
Sir Thomas Beecham (1897-1961) - English conductor
Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) - English writer
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) - best known for the invention of the telephone in 1876.
Catherine Bell (1968-)
Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) - Scottish mathematician
Nigel Benn (1964-)
Tony Benn (1925-) - English politician
Alan Bennett (1934-) - of plays for television. b.
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) - English writer
Arthur Christopher Benson (1862-1925)
Edward Frederick Benson (1867-1940)
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) - English philosopher
John Berger (1926-)
Jeffrey Bernard (1932-1997) - English writer
Tim Berners-Lee (1955-) - of the World Wide Web (WWW). b.
Dave Berry (1941-)
Annie Besant (1847-1933)
Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984) - English writer
Paul Bettany (1971-)
Thomas Betterton (1635-1710) - of the Restoration.
Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960) - Welsh pol
Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) - English foreign minister
Elizabeth Bibesco (1897-1945)
Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) - English politician, scholar
Jacqueline Bissett (1944-)
Honor Blackman (1927-) - English actor
William Blackstone (1723-1780) - English jurist
Robert Blair (1699-1746)
Tony Blair (1953-) - from the Labour Party, b. b.
William Blake (1757-1827) - English writer
Lady Marguerite Blessington (1789-1849) - English writer
Orlando Bloom (1977-) - English actor
Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) - English writer
Dirk Bogarde (1920-1999)
Henry George Bohn (1796-1884)
Edward Bond (1934-)
William Booth (1829-1916) - English religious leader
George Borrow (1803-1881) - English linguist
James Boswell (1740-1795) - English biographer
Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921)
Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825)
Charles Bowen (1855-1894)
David Bowie (1947-)
Lord Brabazon (1884-1964)
Sir Malcolm Bradbury (1932-2000) - English writer
Francis Herbert Bradley (1846-1924)
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) - English-US writer
Billy Bragg (1957-)
Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) -
Celia Brayfield
Gerald Brenan (1894-1987) - English writer
Robert Bridges (1844-1930) - English writer
John Bright (1811-1889) - English writer
Ashleigh Brilliant (1933-)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) - English composer
Eleanor Bron (1934-)
Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974) - Polish-UK mathematician
Anne Bronte (1820-1849) - English writer
Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) - English writer
Emily Bronte (1818-1848) - of 'Wuthering Heights'.
Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) - English writer
Anita Brookner (1928-)
Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) - English writer
Andrew Brown
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) - English writer
Robert Browning (1812-1889) - of the Victorian age, noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue and psychological portraiture.
James Bryce (1838-1922) - Irish writer, diplomat
John Buchan (1875-1940) - best known for his swift-paced adventure stories.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Basil Bunting (1900-1985) - English writer
Emma Bunton (1976-)
John Bunyan (1628-1688) - English writer
Julie Burchill (1959-)
Eric Burdon (1941-) - English singer
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) - English writer
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) - English statesman
Fanny Burney (1752-1840)
Robert Burns (1759-1796) - of Scotland, who wrote lyrics and songs in the Scottish dialect of English.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950) - English writer
Richard Burton (1925-1984) - from the late 1940s through the 1980s.
Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Robert Burton (1577-1640) - English writer
Kate Bush (1958-) - English music singer
Samuel Butler (1835-1902) - English writer
Charles Buxton
David Byrne (1952-) - US singer
John Byrom (1692-1763) - hymnist, and inventor of a system of shorthand.
Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Michael Caine (1933-) - English actor
James Callaghan (1927-) - English PM (47)
C. S. Calverley (1831-1884)
William Camden (1551-1623) - of Britannia, the first topographical survey of England.
Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865-1940)
Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
George Canning (1770-1827) - English PM (19)
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) - leading figure in the Victorian era.
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) - Scottish-US industrial, philanth
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) - especially remembered for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Angela Carter (1940-1992) - English writer
Dame Barbara Cartland (1901-2000) - English writer
Joyce Cary (1888-1957) - English writer
Kim Cattrall (1956-)
William Caxton (1422-1491) - who exerted an important influence on English literature.
David Cecil
Robert Cecil (1830-1903) - English PM (37)
Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) - English politician
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) - English PM (40)
Robert Chambers (1802-1871) - Scottish writer
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) - and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen and one of the most important figures in motion picture history.
George Chapman (1559-1634) - English writer
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) - of the 18th century Gothic literary revival and precursor of the Romantic Movement.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400) - English writer
Earl Of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773)
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) - English writer
Albert Chevalier (1861-1923) - and music-hall entertainer known as the ?costers' laureate?
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) - English writer
Charlotte Church (1986-)
Charles Churchill (1731-1764)
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - during World War II.
Colley Cibber (1671-1757) - English writer actor
Eric Clapton (1945-) - English music singer
John Clare (1793-1864) - of the Romantic school.
Petula Clark (1932-)
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-) - of science fiction, b.
John Cleese (1939-) - (Monty Python), b.
Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) - English writer
Brian Clough (1935-2004)
Richard Cobden (1804-1865) - English politician
Edward Coke (1552-1634)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) - English writer
Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) - English bishop
Robin G. Collingwood (1889-1943)
Jackie Collins (1941-) - English? writer
Joan Collins (1933-) - English actor
Mortimer Collins (1827-1876)
Phil Collins (1951-) - English music singer actor
Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884-1969) - English writer
William Congreve (1670-1729) - English writer
Sean Conlon (1981-)
Sean Connery (1930-)
Billy Connolly (1942-)
Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) - English writer
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) - Polish-Ukrai writer
John Constable (1776-1837)
Peter Cook (1937-1995) - English comic
Jilly Cooper (1937-) - English writer
Tommy Cooper (1922-1984) - Welsh comic
Wendy Cope (1945-) - English writer
Marie Corelli (1855-1924) - English writer
Alan Coren (1938-) - British writer
William Johnson Cory (1823-1892)
Elvis Costello (1954-)
Sir Henry Cotton (1907-1987) - in the decades following World War I.
Noël Coward (1899-1973) - best known for highly polished comedies of manners.
Abraham Cowley (1618-1667)
William Cowper (1731-1800) - One of the most widely read English poets of his day.
Alex Cox (1954-) - English actor director write
George Crabbe (1754-1832) - of poems and verse tales memorable for their realistic details of everyday life.
Richard Crashaw (1613-1649) - known for religious verse of vibrant stylistic ornamentation and ardent faith.
Quentin Crisp (1908-1999) - English writer
Richmal Crompton (1890-1969) - English writer
Lord Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) - English Lord Protector
Aleister Crowley (1875-)
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)
Sophie Dahl (1979-)
John Dalton (1766-1844) - a pioneer in the development of modern atomic theory.
Roger Daltrey (1944-) - English singer (the Who)
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) - of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Howard John Davies (1973-)
Ray Davies (1944-)
Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) - English chemist
Les Dawson (1931-1993) - English comic
Marie Louise De La Ramee (1839-1908)
Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859) - English wrtiter
Cat Deeley (1976-)
Daniel DeFoe (1660-1731) - English writer
Len Deighton (1929-) - US writer
Shelagh Delaney (1939-) - English writer
Frederick Delius (1862-1934) - one of the most distinctive figures in the revival of English music at the end of the 19th century.
Charles Dibdin (1765-1814) - whose sea songs and operas made him one of the most popular English composers of the late 18th century.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) - English writer
Paul Dirac (1902-1984)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) - English PM (29)
Austin Dobson (1840-1921) - English writer
John Donne (1572-1631) - English writer
Diana Dors (1931-1984) - Engtlish actor
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. (1859-1930)
Margaret Drabble (1939-) - English writer
John Drinkwater (1882-1937) - remembered as a typical man of letters of the Georgian age of the 1910s and 1920s.
William Drummond (1585-1649)
John Dryden (1631-1700) - of Literacy.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-) - husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, b.
Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) - English
Ian Dury (1942-2000) - English singer
John Dyer (1699-1757)
Freeman Dyson (1923-)
Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1536-1608)
Sir Arthur Eddington (1882-1944) - English physicist
Anthony Eden (1897-1977) - (1955-1957).
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1834-1902)
John Eldon (1751-1838) - English chancellor
George Eliot (1819-1880) - Pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans.
Henry Havelock Ellis (1859-1939) - English psychologist
Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1979-)
Jennifer Ellison (1983-)
Ben Elton (1959-)
William Empson (1906-1984) - known for his immense influence on 20th-century literary criticism and for his rational, metaphysical poetry.
John Entwistle (1944-2002) - English music Who
Susan Ertz (1907-)
Abel Evans (1679-1737) - and divine.
Dame Edith Evans (1888-1976) - English writer?
John Evelyn (1620-1706) - whose diary is considered an invaluable source of information on the social, cultural, religious and political life of 17th century England.
Richard Fairbrass (1953-)
Marianne Faithfull (1946-)
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) - who contributed greatly to the understanding of electromagnetism.
Joanna Field
Henry Fielding (1707-1754) - English writer
Peter Finch (1916-1977)
Albert Finney (1936-)
Ronald Firbank (1886-1926) - English writer
James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915) - English writer
Ian Fleming (1908-1964) - Scottish writer
John Fletcher (1579-1625) - English writer
John Florio (1553-1625)
Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) - and outstanding ballerina of the English stage.
Samuel Foote (1720-1777) - English actor, writer
B. C. Forbes (1880-1954)
Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) - English writer
Lita Ford (1958-)
Claire Forlani (1972-)
E. M. Forster (1879-1970) - English writer
Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970)
John Fowles (1926-) - English writer
Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) - of The Golden Bough.
Dawn French (1957-)
John Hookham Frere
Edgar Z. Friedenberg (1921-)
Robert Fripp (1945-) - English music guitarist
David Frost (1939-) - English TV person
James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) - English historian
Christopher Fry (1907-2005)
Stephen Fry (1957-) - English writer, actor
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) - one of the most prolific authors of the 17th century.
Dennis Gabor (1900-1979)
Peter Gabriel (1950-) - English singer (Genesis)
Neil Gaiman (1960-)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) - English artist
Noel Gallagher (1967-) - English guitarist (Oasis)
John Galsworthy (1867-1933) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932.
Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) - English scientist
David Garrick (1717-1779) - English actor, writer
Greer Garson (1908-1996) - Oscar for Best Actress in 1942.
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) - English writer
John Gay (1685-1732) - English writer
Sir Bob Geldof (1954-) - English singer
David Lloyd George (1863-1945) - English PM (36)
Andy Gibb (1958-1988) - (brother of Maurice Gibb).
Maurice Gibb (1949-2003) - (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever) (brother of Andy Gibb).
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) - English historian
Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) - English actor
Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583)
William S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
Eric Gill (1882-1940) - English artist
Penelope Gilliatt (1932-1993) - English writer
Spice Girls
William E. Gladstone (1809-1898) - (1868-1894), and the most prominent man in politics of his time.
Victoria Glendinning (1937-) - English biographer
Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) - English writer
William G. Golding (1911-1993) - Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983.
Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) - of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Charles Gordon (1833-1885)
Edmund Gosse (1849-1928)
Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) - Scottish writer
Hugh Grant (1960-)
George Granville (1821-1903) - English politico
Robert Graves (1895-1985) - English writer
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) - English writer
Jimmy Greaves (1940-) - English footballer
Graham Greene (1904-1991) - English writer
Sydney Greenstreet (1879-1954)
George Grenville (1712-1770) - whose policy of taxing the American colonies started the train of events leading to the American Revolution.
George Grossmith (1847-1912) - English comic actor
Philip Guedalla (1889-1944)
Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) - whose sentimental verses were widely read.
Sienna Guillory (1975-)
Alec Guinness (1914-)
Nubar Gulbenkian (1896-1972)
Rev. R. H. Barham (1788-1845)
Lord Hailsham (1872-1950)
Lord Edward F. Halifax (1881-1959) - He was viceroy to India, 1926-31 and ambassador to U.S..
Charles Albert Hall
Joseph Hall (1574-1656) - English bishop
William Hamilton (1788-1856)
Christopher Hampton (1946-) - English writer
Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947) - English mathematician
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) - who set much of his work in Wessex, an imaginary county in southwestern England.
Sir David Hare (1947-) - English playwright
David Harkins (1958-)
James Harrington (1611-1677) - English philosopher
George Harrison (1943-2001) - English music singer
Leslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972)
William Harvey (1578-1657) - English physician
H. R. Haweis (1838-1901)
Stephen Hawking (1942-)
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933) - English writer
Benjamin Haydon (1786-1846)
William Hazlitt (1778-1830) - best known for his humanistic essays.
Denis Healey (1917-) - English Labour pol
Edward Heath (1916-) - English PM (47)
Bishop Heber (1783-1826)
Sir Arthur Helps (1813-1875) - English writer
William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) - English writer
Alan Herbert (1890-)
George Herbert (1593-1633)
Sir Alan P. Herbert (1890-1971) - English writer
James Herriot (1916-1995)
William Herschel
John Heywood (1497-1575) - English playwright
Sir Seymour Hicks (1871-1949) - English actor
Benny Hill (1924-1992) - English comic actor
Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879) - known for the development of the modern postal service, adopted throughout the world.
James Hilton (1900-1954) - whose popular works were made into highly succesful motion pictures.
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) - English director
Robyn Hitchcock (1953-) - English singer songwriter
Christopher Hitchens (1949-)
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) - English philosopher
David Hockney (1937-) - English artist
William Hogarth (1697-1764) - English artist
Rupert Holmes (1947-) - English songwriter
Thomas Hood (1799-1845) - wrote poem Eugene Aram's Dream 1829, b.
Bob Hope (1903-2003) - English-US comic actor
Anthony Hopkins (1937-)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
Nick Hornby
Jane Horrocks (1964-) - English actor, singer
A. E. Housman (1859-1936)
Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936) - English scholar
James Howell (1594-1666) - Welsh writer
Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) - English astronomer
Richard Hughes (1950-1976) - Welsh writer
Thomas Hughes (1823-1896) - English writer
David Hume (1711-1776) - Scottish philosopher
Leigh Hunt (1784-1859)
Ian Hunter (1946-) - English singer Mott the Hoop
Elizabeth Hurley (1965-)
John Hurt (1940-) - English actor
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) - English writer
Sir Julian Huxley (1887-1975) - English writer
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) - English biologist
Charles I (1600-1649)
Queen Mary I of England (1496-1533)
Eric Idle (1943-) - English comic actor
Billy Idol (1955-)
William Ralph Inge (1860-1954) - English writer
Richard Ingrams (1937-)
Jeremy Irons (1948-)
Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) - English writer
Eddie Izzard (1962-)
Glenda Jackson (1936-) - English actor
Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948)
Mick Jagger (1943-) - English music singer
P. D. James (1920-) - English writer
Derek Jarman (1942-1994) - English filmmaker
Antony Jay (1930-)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967-)
James Jeans (1877-1946)
Edward Jenner (1749-1823) - and discoverer of vaccination for smallpox.
Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859-1927) - English writer
Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857)
Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) - English writer
Elton John (1947-) - English singer
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) - English writer
Stewart B. Johnson
Brian Jones (1943-1969) - English music
Catherine Zeta Jones (1969-)
Davy Jones (1945-)
Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929) - English writer
John Paul Jones (1747-1792) - in the U.S. War of Independence.
Ben Jonson (1572-1637) - English writer
Michael Joseph (1887-1958)
Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) - English educator, scholar
John Kane (1860-1934)
Boris Karloff (1887-1969)
John Keats (1795-1821)
John Keble (1792-1886)
Rachel Kelsey (1969-)
Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
Dame Margaret Kendal (1849-1935) - English actor
Felicity Kendall (1946-) - English actor
Sidney Keyes
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) - English economist
Lemmy Kilmister (1945-) - English musician
Ben Kingsley (1943-)
Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) - whose novels, widely read in the Victorian era, influenced social developments in Britain.
Neil Kinnock (1942-) - English politician
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) - English writer
Mark Knopfler (1949-) - English guitarist (Dire Stra
Ronald Knox (1888-1957)
Arthur Koestler (1905-1938) - Hungarian writer
R. D. Laing (1927-1989) - noted for his alternative approach to the treatment of schizophrenia.
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) - English writer
Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) - best remembered for Imaginary Conversations, prose dialogues between historical personages.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) - Scottish writer
Philip Larkin (1922-1985) -
Doug Larson
Charles Laughton (1899-1962) - who defied the Hollywood typecasting system to emerge as one of most versatile performers of his generation.
Hugh Laurie (1959-)
James Laver (1899-1975) - fashion designer
Jude Law (1972-)
D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
David Herbert Lawrence (1885-)
T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935) - English writer
T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935)
Edward Lear (1812-1888) - of an original kind of nonsense verse. The popularizer of the limerick.
Simon LeBon (1958-)
John LeCarre (1931-)
Christopher Lee (1922-) - English actor
John Lennon (1940-1980) - English singer songwriter
Julian Lennon (1963-) - English singer
Denise Levertov (1923-1997) - US US-English poet
Bernard Levin (1928-2004) - English journalist
G. H. Lewes (1817-1878)
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) - English artist
B. H. Liddell Hart (1895-1970)
David Lindsay (1876-1945)
Eric Linklater (1899-1974)
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) - English botanist/zoo
Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Dr. David Livingstone (1813-1874) - Scottish explorer
Sir Richard Livingstone (1880-1960)
Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999) - Welsh actor
John Locke (1632-1704) - who made great contributions in studies of politics, government and psychology.
Francis Lockier (1667-1740)
David Lodge (1935-) - English writer
Thomas Lodge (1558-1625)
Sir David Low (1891-1963) - English cartoonist
Nick Lowe (1949-) - English songwriter
E. V. Lucas (1868-1938) - writer
Joanna Lumley (1946-) - English actor
John (Johnny Rotten) Lydon (1956-)
John Lyly (1554-1606) - English writer
Jeff Lynne (1947-)
Lord Lyttelton (1709-1773)
Dame Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) - English writer
Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) - English historian
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)
Fiona Macleod
Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) - English PM (44)
Sir Thomas Malory (1470-)
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834)
Lord Mancroft (1914-)
Shirley Manson (1966-) - Scottish singer (Garbage)
Tommy Manville (1894-1967) - English heir
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) - who is noted especially for his establishment of dramatic blank verse.
Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848)
Alfred Marshall (1842-1924)
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) - English journalist
Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)
John Masefield (1878-1967) - English writer
William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) - English writer
Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) - English writer
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) - best known for his formulation of electromagnetic theory.
John Maxwell (1512-1583) - leading supporter of Mary Stuart, queen of Scots.
Sir Paul McCartney (1942-) - and songwriter, b.
Roddy McDowall (1928-1998) - English actor
Ian Mcewan (1948-)
Malcolm McLaren (1946-) - English entrepreneur
William Lamb Melbourne (1779-1848) - English PM (23)
George Meredith (1828-1909) - whose novels are noted for their wit, brilliant dialogue, and aphoristic quality of language.
Owen Meredith (1831-1891)
George Michael (1963-) - English singer (Wham)
Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) - English playwright
George Mikes (1912-) - English writer
Sarah Miles (1941-) - English actor
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) - English economist
Jonathan Miller (1934-) - medical doctor, and man of letters. b.
Wentworth Miller (1972-)
A. A. Milne (1882-1956) - creator of Winnie-the-Pooh.
John Milton (1608-1674) - Ranks second, only to Shakespeare, among English poets.
Esther Mitchell (1947-) - English drummer
Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999) - Scottish writer
Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) - English writer
Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855) - born in Alresford, Hampshire, S England.
Nancy Mitford (1904-1973) - sister Jessica Mitford.
John Moffat (1841-1918)
Bob Monkhouse (1928-2003) - English comic writer
Ashley Montagu (1905-1999) - English anthropologist
Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) - English Field Marshall
James Montgomery (1771-1854) - Scottish writer
Susanna Strickland Moodie (1803-1885) - Eng-Canadian pioneer,writer
Keith Moon (1946-1978) - English drummer (Who)
Dudley Moore (1935-2002) - English comic actor
George Moore (1873-1958) - one of the fathers of the analytic philosophy.
Henry Moore (1898-1986) - English sculptor
Roger Moore (1927-)
Hannah More (1745-1833) - English writer
Sir Thomas More (1477-1535) - of England.
Eric Morecambe (1926-1984)
Charles Morgan (1894-1958) - writer
John Morley (1838-1923)
Robert Morley (1908-1992) - English writer
Desmond Morris (1928-) - English zoologist, writer
Jan Morris (1926-) - English writer
William Morris (1834-1896) - whose designs generated the Arts and Crafts Movement in England.
Thomas Morton
Jon Moss (1957-) - English drummer (Culture Clu
Kate Moss (1974-)
Stirling Moss (1929-) - English racer
Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990) - English writer
Frank Muir (1920-)
John Muir (1838-1914) - Scottish writer
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826-1887)
Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) (1870-1916) - Scottish writer
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) - Irish writer
Graham Nash (1942-) - English singer
Thomas Nashe (1567-1601) - English writer
Lord (George Nathaniel) Curzon (1859-1925)
Sam Neill (1947-) - English actor
Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) - English military
Dorothy Nevill
John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
John Newton (1725-1807)
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) - "father of the modern science".
Beverley Nichols (1898-)
Sir Harold Nicolson (1886-1968) - Iran-born UK writer
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) - US nurse
David Niven (1910-1983) - English actor writer
Louis B. Nizer (1902-1994) - English lawyer
Dennis Norden (1922-)
Mary Norton (1903-1992) - and creator of the Borrowers.
Alfred Noyes (1880-1958) - remembered chiefly for his lyrical verse.
Queen Marie of Romania (1875-1938) - of Romania (1922-38).
David Ogilvy (1911-1999) - English ad exec
Bruce Oldfield (1950-)
Gary Oldman (1958-) - English actor
Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) - Scottish writer
Joe Orton (1933-1967) - noted for his outrageous and macabre farces.
George Orwell (1903-1950) - English writer
John Osborne (1929-1994) - English playwright
Kelly Osbourne (1984-) - English daughter of musician
Ozzy Osbourne (1948-) - English singer
Thomas Otway (1652-1685) - English writer
Denise Van Outen (1973-)
Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613) - English writer
Richard Owen (1804-1892)
Robert Owen (1771-1858)
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
Frank Oz (1944-)
A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990) - noted for his lectures on history and for his prose style.
Jimmy Page (1944-) - former guitarist for Led Zeppelin b.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) - and political pamphleteer, whose 'Common Sense' and 'Crisis' papers were important influences on the American Revolution.
Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) - and etcher of visionary landscapes who was a disciple of William Blake.
Lord Palmerston (1784-1865) - English statesman
Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) - English suffragist
Alan Parker (1944-) -
Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993) - English writer
Michael Parkinson (1935-) - English writer, broadcaster
Andy Partridge (1953-)
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) - English writer
Hesketh Pearson (1887-1964) - English actor
William Penn (1644-1718) - of Pennsylvania.
Barrie Pepper - of books on beer
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) - English writer
Thomas Percy (1729-1811)
Baron Henry Peter Brougham
Mike Peters (1958-) - Welsh musician (Alarm)
Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) - English writer
Albert Pine
Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)
Harold Pinter (1930-)
Robert Plant (1948-) - English singer (Led Zepellin
David Pleat (1945-)
George Plimpton (1927-2003) - English writer actor
Joan Plowright (1929-)
Christopher Plummer (1929-)
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) - English writer
George Porter (1920-)
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) - of children's books.
Dennis Potter (1935-1994) - British writer
Mark Potter (1937-)
Stephen Potter (1900-1969) - English humorist
Anthony Powell (1905-2000) - English writer
J. Enoch Powell (1912-)
Terry Pratchett (1948-) - English writer
Anthony Price (1928-) - English? writer
Katie Price (1978-)
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
Joseph Priestly (1733-1804) - English chemist
Matthew Prior (1664-1721) - British writer
Victor Sawdon Pritchett (1900-1997)
Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-1864) - English writer
David Prowse (1935-)
Mary Quant (1934-) - English fashion
Francis Quarles (1592-1644) - English writer
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002)
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) - English writer
Daniel Radcliffe (1989-)
John Ray (1627-1705) - English naturalist
Charles Reade (1814-1884) - English writer
Vanessa Redgrave (1937-)
Henry Reed (1914-1986) - English writer
Linda Reid (1940-)
Mary Renault (1905-1972) - English writer
James Reston (1909-1995) - Scottish-US journalist
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) - English artist
Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) - English statesman
Nick Rhodes (1962-) - English keyboards (Duran D)
Tim Rice-Oxley (1976-)
Sir Cliff Richard (1940-)
Keith Richards (1943-) - (Rolling Stones), b.
Dorothy Miller Richardson (1873-1957) - English writer
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-1983) - English actor
Diana Rigg (1938-)
Lord Thomas Robert Dewar (1864-1930)
Frederick W. Robertson (1816-)
Anita Roddick (1942-) - English businesswoman
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) - English writer
Calum Ross (1973-)
Christina G. Rossetti (1830-1894)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) - English artist poet
Tim Roth (1961-) - English actor
Joanne Kathleen Rowling (1965-) - author of Harry Potter, b. b.
Willy Rushton (1937-1996) - English comic
John Ruskin (1819-1900) - of art, architecture, and society.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
David Russell (1942-)
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)
Patrick M. S. Blackett (1897-1974) - Nobel Prize for Physics in 1948.
J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964)
Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) - English writer
George Saintsbury (1845-1933)
George Savile (1633-)
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) - English writer
Bob Schneider
Charles Prestwich Scott (1846-1932)
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) - English explorer
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Peter Sellers (1925-1980) - English comic actor
Captain Sensible (1955-) - English Damned
Robert Service (1874-1958)
Anna Sewell (1820-1878) - US writer
Jane Seymour (1951-) - English actor
Thomas Shadwell (1642-1692) - English writer
Peter Shaffer (1926-)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) - English writer
Bill Shankly (1914-1981) -
Tom Sharpe (1928-) - English writer
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) - remembered primarily for her classic Gothic novel Frankenstein, that gave birth to one of the best-known monsters.
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) - whose passionate search for personal love and social justice was gradually channeled from overt actions into poems that rank with the greatest in the English language.
William Shenstone (1714-1763) - Scottish poet
R. C. Sherriff (1896-1975) - English writer
William Shockley (1910-1989)
Clare Short (1946-)
Algernon Sidney (1622-1683)
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) - English statesman
Sir John Simon (1816-1904)
Laurence Olivier, Sir (1907-1989)
Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) - brother of Sir Osbert Sitwell.
Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969) - brother of Dame Edith Sitwell.
Christopher Smart (1722-1771) - English religious writer
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)
Adam Smith (1723-1790) - Scottish economist
Alexander Smith (1830-1867) - Scottish writer
Sydney Smith (1771-1845) - English theologian
Sydney Smith (1771-)
Donald Soper (1903-1998) - English religion
Bishop Robert South (1634-1716)
Robert Southey (1774-1843) - of prose.
Muriel Spark (1918-) - English writer
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) - English philosopher
Princess Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997) - of Wales.
Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) - English painter
Sir Stephen Spender (1909-1995) - English writer
Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Sir J. C. Squire (1882-1958) - English journalist
Francis Bacon, Sr. (1561-1626)
Henry Wotton, Sr. (1568-1639)
Hugh Walpole, Sr. (1884-1941)
Philip Sidney, Sr. (1554-1586)
Walter Raleigh, Sr.
Ringo Starr (1940-) - English music drummer
David Steel (1938-)
Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)
Leslie Stephen
G. B. Stern
Cat Stevens (1947-)
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) - of fiction and travel books.
Mary Stewart (1916-) - English writer
Rod Stewart (1945-)
Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) - known for his influence as a popularizer of classical music.
Tom Stoppard (1937-)
David Storey (1933-)
Rex Stout (1886-1975) - English writer
Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) - English writer biographer
Joe Strummer (1952-2002) - English singer (Clash)
Queen of Scots Mary Stuart (1542-1587)
Charles William Stubbs (1860-1946)
Edith Clara Summerskill (1901-1960) - English pol, physician
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) - English writer
Jessica Tandy (1909-1994) - US actor
Ann Taylor (1782-1866) - English writer
Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)
Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1866)
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) - English writer
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
Ellen Terry (1848-1928) - English actor
Margaret Thatcher (1925-)
William Pitt the elder (1708-1778) - 1st Earl of Chatham, Viscount Pitt of Burton-Pynsent , byname The Great Commoner.
George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836) - of scurrilous satiric verse, and theatre manager whose comic operas, farces, melodramas, and sentimental comedies.
William Pitt the younger (1759-1806) - (1783-1801, 1804-06) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
Gwyn Thomas (1914-1981) - Welsh writer
Francis Thompson (1859-1907) - English writer
Richard Thompson (1949-) - English music
James Thomson (1700-1748)
Abi Titmuss (1976-)
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) - of richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings.
Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975) - and social reformer.
Thomas Traherne (1637-1674)
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) - English writer actor
G. M. Trevelyan (1876-1962) - English historian
Tommy Trinder (1909-1989) - English writer
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) - English writer
Mary Tudor (1495-1533) - the third wife of King Louis XII of France and sister of England's King Henry VIII.
Alan Turing (1912-1954) - Considered to be one of the fathers of modern computer science.
Thomas Tusser (1524-1580)
Cheryl Tweedy (1983-)
Bonnie Tyler (1953-)
Kenneth Tynan (1927-1980) - English critic
Tracey Ullman (1959-)
Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)
Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)
Harry Vardon (1870-1937)
Sid Vicious (1957-1979)
Edmund Waller (1606-1687) - English writer
Horace Walpole (1717-1797) - English writer
Izaak Walton (1593-1683) - English writer, angler
William Warburton (1698-1779) - English bishop, lit crit
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) - English writer
Emily Watson (1967-)
Emma Watson (1990-)
William Watson (1858-1935) - wrote lyrical and political verse. He is known especially for his brief, epigrammatic poems.
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Naomi Watts (1968-)
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) - English writer
Beatrice Potter Webb (1858-1943) - English writer
John Webster (1580-1632) - English writer
Duke Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) - English PM (21)
H. G. Wells (1866-1946) - Best known for his science fiction books.
John Wesley (1703-1791) - English religious leader
Samuel Wesley (1766-1837)
Rebecca West (1892-1983)
Richard Whately (1787-1863) - English archbishop
Theodore H. White (1915-1986)
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) - English mathematician
Katherine Whitehorn (1926-) - English writer
Lord William Whitelaw (1918-1999) - Scottish pol conservative
Kim Wilde (1960-)
John Wilkes (1725-1797) - English statesman
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - of the nationalist movement in English music.
John Wilmot (1647-1680) - English Earl of Rochester
Colin Wilson (1931-) - English writer
Sir Harold Wilson (1916-1995) - English PM (46)
Duke of Edward VIII Windsor (1894-1972) - of the United Kingdom from January 20 to December 10, 1936, who abdicated voluntarily.
Michael Winner (1935-)
Kate Winslet (1975-)
Alex Winter (1965-)
Jeanette Winterson (1959-) - English writer
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) - Aust-English philosopher
Ronnie Wood (1947-) - English Faces, Stones
Victoria Wood (1953-) - English comic
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) - English writer
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) - English writer
William Wycherley (1640-1716) - English writer
Thom Yorke (1968-) - (Radiohead), b.
Angus Young (1959-) - Australian music AC/DC
Edward Young (1683-1765) - English writer
Henry Youngman (1906-1998)
Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) - English writer

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