Flag of England (St George's Cross) Listed below areEnglish people of note and some notable individuals born in England.
Actors and actresses [ edit ] Archaeologists and anthropologists [ edit ] George Adamson (1906–1989)Leslie Alcock (1925–2006)Mick Aston (1946–2013)Richard Atkinson (1920–1994)Edward Russell Ayrton (1882–1914)Churchill Babington (1821–1889)Philip Arthur Barker (1920–2001)Thomas Bateman (1821–1861)James Theodore Bent (1852–1897)Geoffrey Bibby (1917–2001)Howard Carter (1874–1939)Grahame Clark (1907–1995)David Clarke (1937–1976)Barry Cunliffe (born 1939)Glyn Daniel (1914–1986)John Disney (1779–1857), barrister and archaeologistE. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902–1973), social anthropologistCyril Fox (1882–1967)Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968)William Greenwell (1820–1918)Phil Harding (born 1950)Kathleen Kenyon (1906–1978)John Leland (1502–1582), antiquaryJohn Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologistJohn Robert Mortimer (1825–1911)Francis Pryor (born 1945)Colin Renfrew (born 1937), archaeologistAlice Roberts (born 1973), anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and anthropologistAndrew Sherratt (1946–2006)E.B. Tylor (1832–1917), anthropologistMortimer Wheeler (1890–1976)Hubert Austin (1845–1915)Charles Barry (1795–1860) (Houses of Parliament )George Basevi (1794–1845)William Burges (1827–1881), architect and designerWilliam Butterfield (1814–1900), leader inGothic revival movementRowland Carter (1875–1916)William Chambers (1723–1796) (Kew Gardens Pagoda andSomerset House )Thomas Edward Collcutt (1840–1924)James Cubitt (1836–1914)John Douglas (1830–1911)SirPhilip Dowson (1924–2014) Henry Flitcroft (1697–1769)Sir Norman Foster (born 1935)Philip Hardwick (1792–1870)Thomas Hardwick (1752–1829)James Harrison (1814–1866)Thomas Harrison (1744–1829)Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661–1736)Horace Jones (1819–1886) (Tower Bridge )Inigo Jones (1573–1652)Henry Keene (1726–1776)William Kent (c. 1685 – 1748), architect,landscape architect and furniture designerEdmund Kirby (1838–1920)Denys Lasdun (1914–2001)Thomas Lockwood (1830–1900)Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944)Hugh May (1621–1684)William Morris (1834–1896), architect and authorJohn Nash (1752–1835) (Regent's Park ,St. James's Park ,Trafalgar Square )Henry Paley (1859–1946)SirJoseph Paxton (1801–1865) (The Crystal Palace forThe Great Exhibition , London) Thomas Mainwaring Penson (1818–1864)August Pugin (1812–1852) (Palace of Westminster )Anthony Salvin (1799–1881)George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) (Albert Memorial ,St Pancras Station )Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960) (Waterloo Bridge , also supervised rebuilding ofHouse of Commons , London)Edmund Sharpe (1809–1877)John William Simpson (1858–1933)George Edmund Street (1824–1881)John Vanbrugh (1664–1726),Baroque architect (Blenheim Palace )Derek Walker (1929–2015)Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905) (Natural History Museum, London )Aston Webb (1849–1930) (Buckingham Palace andVictoria and Albert Museum )Ernest Berry Webber (1896–1963)William Wilkins (1778–1839) (National Gallery, London )SirChristopher Wren (1632–1723) James Wyatt (1746–1813)Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), painterJames Andrews (1801–1876), botanical artistRichard Ansdell (1815–1885), painterBanksy (born c. 1974),graffiti artistWalter Daniel Batley (1850–1936), painterAubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), illustratorAlbanis Beaumont (ca. 1755–1812), painterSuzzan Blac (born 1960), painterSirPeter Blake (born 1932), pop artist William Blake (1757–1827), painter, poetHenry Charles Bryant (1835–1915), portrait and landscape artistAlbin R. Burt (1783–1842), portrait painterSirAnthony Caro (1924–2013), sculptor Anna Maria Charretie (1819–1875), miniature painterJohn Constable (1776–1837), landscape painterFrank Cadogan Cowper (1877–1958), artistJohn Henry Dell (1830–1888), landscape artist and illustratorTracey Emin (born 1963), conceptual artistThomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), painterAndy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor (land art )Antony Gormley OBE RA (born 1950), sculptorJames Henry Govier (1910–1974), painter, etcher and engraverSteven Harris (born 1975), cartoonistThomas Hazlehurst (c. 1740 – c. 1821), miniature painterDameBarbara Hepworth DBE (1903–1975), sculptor Jamie Hewlett (born 1968), comic book artist and designerNicholas Hilliard (1547–1619), miniature painterDamien Hirst (born 1965), sculptor/ conceptual artistDavid Hockney (born 1937), painterSirHoward Hodgkin (1932–2017), painter William Hogarth (1697–1764), painter, engraverMaster Hugo (fl. c. 1130–c. 1150), illuminated manuscript artist active in Bury St EdmundsWilliam Holman Hunt (1827–1910)SirEdwin Landseer (1802–1873), animal painter Celia Levetus (1874–1936), illustratorRichard Long (born 1945), land artistSirJohn Everett Millais (1829–1896), painter Henry Moore (1898–1986), sculptorWilliam Morris (1834–1896)Lawrence Mynott (born 1954), illustrator, designer and portrait painterChris Ofili (born 1968), painterGeorge Passmore (born 1942), artist (Gilbert & George )SirJoshua Reynolds (1723–1792), portrait painter Bridget Riley (born 1931), painterDante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), painterSirStanley Spencer (1891–1959), painter George Stubbs (1724–1806), painterJoseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), landscape and marine artistFlora Twort (1893–1985), painterMark Wallinger (born 1959), conceptual artistRachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptorJoseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), Enlightenment painterMichael Aspel (born 1933)SirDavid Attenborough (born 1926), naturalist and broadcaster Richard Baker (1925–2018), broadcaster and newsreaderJeremy Clarkson (born 1960), TV presenter, broadcaster and writerSimon Cowell (born 1959), TV personality, record producerJohnny Kingdom (1939–2018), wildlife TV presenterRay Mears (born 1964), author, TV presenter and survival expertSirPatrick Moore (1923–2012), writer, TV presenter, astronomer Michael Parkinson (1935–2023), presenter of British television chat showParkinson John Peel (1939–2004), disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalistJonathan Ross (born 1960)Jimmy Savile (1926–2011), disc jockey, TV presenter, writer and media personalityMike Smith (1955–2014), TV and radio presenterEd Stewart (1941–2016), radio and TV presenterBusinessmen and businesswomen [ edit ] SirFrederic Bolton (1851–1920), shipping SirRichard Branson (born 1950) Sir John Brunner (1842–1919), chemicalsFrank Bustard (1886–1974), shippingJoseph Crosfield (1792–1844), soap and chemicalsRon Dennis (born 1947), McLaren automotiveWilliam Gossage (1799–1877), soapPhilip Green (born 1952), retailJames Hanson, Baron Hanson (1922–2004), industrialistCharles D. Harman , investment bankerThomas Hazlehurst (1779–1842), soap and alkaliPeter Van Herrewege (born 1953), retirement homesRobert Spear Hudson (1812–1884), soap powderJohn Hutchinson (1825–1865), alkaliPeter Jones (born 1966)SirFreddie Laker (1922–2006), pioneer of cheap air travel William Losh (1770–1861), alkaliAlfred Mond (1868–1930), chemicalsHenry Mond (1898–1949), chemicalsJulian Mond (1925–1973), industrialistStephan Morais (born 1973)William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963)Edmund Knowles Muspratt (1833–1923), industrialistRichard Muspratt (1822–1885), industrialistCharles Roe (1715–1781), silk industryTitus Salt (1803–1876), industrialistHarriet Samuel (1836–1908), jewellery[ 1] SirIvan Stedeford (1897–1975), industrialist SirAlan Sugar (born 1947), electronics Richard Tompkins (1918–1992), Green Shield trading stampsJamie Waller (born 1979), entrepreneurJosiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), industrialistPope Adrian IV (c. 1100 – 1159), only English PopeThomas Arundel (1353–1414),Archbishop of Canterbury Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), Archbishop of CanterburyRichard Barnes (1532–1587), bishopArchbishopLawrence Booth , of York (1420–1480) Thomas Cobham (died 1327),Archbishop-elect of Canterbury ,Bishop of Worcester William Charles Cotton (1813–1879), missionary and beekeeperThomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Archbishop of CanterburyWilliam Edington (died 1366),Bishop of Winchester William Howley (1766–1848), Archbishop of CanterburyTrevor Huddleston (1913–1998),anti-Apartheid activistSimon Islip (died 1366), Archbishop of CanterburySimon Langham (1310–1376), Archbishop of CanterburyJohn Leland (1691–1766), Presbyterian ministerHenry Mackenzie (1808–1878),Anglican Bishop of Nottingham Walter Maidstone (died 1317), Bishop of WorcesterSimon Mepeham (died 1333), Archbishop of CanterburyJohn Henry Newman (1801–1890), Catholic cardinalAdam Orleton (died 1345), Bishop of WinchesterPlegmund (died 923), Archbishop of CanterburyWalter Reynolds (died 1327), Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of CanterburyWilliam Smyth (c. 1460 – 1514), bishopCharles Spurgeon (1834–1892), Particular Baptist ministerJohn de Stratford (c. 1275 – 1348), Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of WinchesterSimon Sudbury (died 1381), Archbishop of CanterburyJoshua Toulmin (1740–1815), radical dissenting ministerJohn Wesley (1703–1791), Methodist minister and evangelistWilfrid (633-709/710),Bishop of York William Whittlesey (died 1374),Bishop of Rochester , Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of CanterburyWilliam Williams (1800–1878),Bishop of Waiapu Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu (1905–1960), Theravada Buddhist monk and translator of Pali literatureÑāṇavīra Thera (1920–1965), Theravada Buddhist monk and known as the author ofNotes on Dhamma Ajahn Amaro (born 1956), Abbot ofAmaravati Buddhist Monastery Ajahn Khemadhammo (born 1944), founder and director of "Angulimala, the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy"Ajahn Sucitto (born 1949), former abbot ofChithurst Buddhist Monastery Myra Hindley (1942–2002),Moors murderer Ian Huntley (born 1974),Soham murderer TheKray twins (Ronald 1933–1995, Reginald 1933–2000), east London gangsters Jimmy Moody (1941–1993), armed robber, reputed contract killer and prison escapeeRaymond Morris (1929–2014), murdererHarold Shipman (1946–2004), possibly the most prolific serial killer worldwide; convicted of 15 murders; probably killed over 250[ 3] Peter Sutcliffe (1946–2020), the "Yorkshire Ripper"Fred West (1941–1995) andRosemary West (born 1953), serial killersSteve Wright (born 1958), serial killerGraham Young (1947–1990), the "Teacup Poisoner"Michael McCrea (born 1958), former financial adviser and convicted killer who was jailed 24 years for the culpable homicide of a couple inSingapore .John Martin Scripps (1959–1996), spree killer who was executed for murdering a South African tourist in Singapore.R. G. D. Allen (1906–1983), economist, mathematician, and statisticianNorman Angell (1872–1967), British internationalist and economistWilliam Beveridge (1879–1963), economist and social reformerEdwin Cannan (1861–1935), economist and historianColin Clark (1905–1989), British and Australian economistRonald Coase (1910–2013), Nobel Prize–winning economistMartin Ellison , consultant to the Bank of EnglandFriedrich Hayek (1899–1992), Nobel Prize–winning economistJohn Hicks (1904–1989), Nobel Prize–winning economistJohn Holland (1658–1722), founder of theBank of Scotland in 1695William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882), economist and logicianJohn Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), economistJohn Neville Keynes (1852–1949), economist, father of John Maynard KeynesArthur Lewis (1915–1991), economistThomas Malthus (1766–1834), demographerAlfred Marshall (1842–1924), economistMary Paley Marshall (1850–1944), economist, wife of Alfred MarshallJames Meade (1907–1995), Nobel Prize–winning economistJohn Stuart Mill (1806–1873), philosopher and economistArthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959), economistLionel Robbins (1898–1984), economistJoan Violet Robinson (1903–1983), economistRichard Stone (1913–1991), Nobel Prize–winning economistRobert Torrens (1780–1864), army officer and economistPhilip Wicksteed (1844–1927), economistSirBenjamin Baker (1840–1907), civil engineer, co-designer of theForth Railway Bridge William Baker (1817–1878), railway engineerJoseph Bazalgette (1819–1891), civil engineer, best known for creating the London Sewer System, hence making the city a healthier place to liveJames Beatty (1820–1856), railway engineerSirHenry Bessemer (1813–1898), metallurgy engineer Ronald Eric Bishop (1903–1989), chief designer of thede Havilland Mosquito James Brindley (1716–1772), canal engineerIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), transport engineerSirSydney Camm (1894–1966), aeronautical engineer Donald Campbell , railway engineerWilliam Tierney Clark (1783–1852), civil engineerSirGeoffrey de Havilland (1882–1965), aeronautical engineer Edmund Dummer (1651–1713), naval engineerSirJohn Ambrose Fleming (1848–1945), electrical engineer Tommy Flowers (1908–1998), designer and builder of the first electronic computerSir John Fowler, 1st Baronet , civil engineer most famous as co-designer, alongside Benjamin Baker, of theForth Railway Bridge Jesse Hartley (1780–1860), civil engineerJ. B. Hartley (1814–1869), civil engineerBenjamin Hick (1790–1842), civil and mechanical engineerJohn Hick (1815–1894), civil and mechanical engineerEric Laithwaite (1908–1998), engineerSirWilliam Lyons (1901–1985), engineer, co-founder of the automobile manufacturerJaguar [ 4] William Mackenzie (1794–1851), civil engineer and contractorR.J. Mitchell (1895–1937), aeronautical engineerRobert Rawlinson (1810–1898), engineerSirHenry Royce (1863–1933), engineer[ 5] Nevil Shute (1899–1960), aeronautical engineer and authorGeorge Stephenson (1781–1848), railway engineerCharles Todd (1826–1910), meteorologist, in charge of constructing the Overland Telegraph across AustraliaSirBarnes Wallis (1887–1978), engineer John Webster (1845–1914), engineerSirJoseph Whitworth (1803–1887), engineer Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), traveller in IraqThomas Cavendish (1560–1592), one of the ElizabethanSea Dogs , privateer, navigatorCapt.James Cook (1728–1779), sailor, explorer William Dampier (1651–1715)John Davis (1550–1605), Sea Dog, explorer and navigatorCharles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), explorer in the Middle EastSirFrancis Drake (c. 1540 – 1596) SirRanulph Fiennes (born 1944), listed as the "greatest living explorer" by theGuinness Book of Records Martin Frobisher (1535–1594), navigator, one of the Elizabethan Sea DogsRob Gauntlett (1987–2009), youngest Briton to summitEverest SirRobin Knox-Johnston (born 1939), first person to perform single handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe Michael Palin (born 1943)SirWalter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 1618) Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), Antarctic explorerEd Stafford (born 1975), first person to walk the complete length of theAmazon River Freya Stark (1893–1993), Middle East explorerWilfred Thesiger (1910–2003), explorer in East Africa and the Middle EastHenry Timberlake (1570–1625), merchant and travellerHelen Sharman (born 1963), first British person in space and first woman to visit theMir Space StationMajorTim Peake (born 1972), first British person in space under theEuropean Space Agency and first British Person to visit theInternational Space Station See alsoList of English inventions and discoveries .
Ruth Amos (born 1989), entrepreneur and inventor of StairSteadyRichard Arkwright (1733–1792), revolutionised the cotton industry in England during the Industrial Revolution; once called the "father of the Industrial Revolution"SirTimothy Berners-Lee (born 1955), inventor of theWorld Wide Web Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), inventor of theBessemer Process which was the first way of mass-producing steelHubert Cecil Booth (1871–1955), inventor of thevacuum cleaner Joseph Bramah (1748–1814), inventor of thehydraulic press (beer pump)SirHenry Cavendish (1731–1810), discoverer of hydrogen Christopher Cockerell (1910–1999), inventor of thehovercraft William Congreve (1772–1828),rocketry pioneerAbraham Darby (c. 1678 – 1717), ironmasterJames Dyson (born 1947), inventorJames Hargreaves (1720–1778), weaver and inventorSir John Harington (1561–1612), poet and inventor of the firstwater closet John Harrison (1693–1776), clockmakerRowland Hill (1795–1879), inventor of the modern postal serviceBenjamin Huntsman (1704–1776), inventor of crucible steelArchibald Low (1888–1956), radio guidanceThomas Newcomen (1664–1729), inventorSirIsaac Newton (1642–1727), founder of modernphysics , inventor of thereflector telescope Sir Clive Sinclair (1940–2021), most commonly known for his work in the consumer electronics sectorJames Starley (1831–1881), bicycle pioneerGeorge Stephenson (1781–1848), engineerJoseph Wilson Swan (1823–1914), inventor of the light bulbCharles Wheatstone (1802–1875), inventorSirFrank Whittle (1907–1996), inventor of thejet engine Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887), inventor, known for standardising the screw threadJohn Adams (1767–1829), last survivor of the Bounty MutineersHarold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969), field marshal, Second World War commanderJeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal (1717–1797), generalGeorge Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762), Admiral of the Fleet, noted naval reformerSirClaude Auchinleck (1884–1981), Second World War commander Reginald Bacon (1863–1947), admiral, pioneer of submarines and torpedoes for the Royal NavyRobert Baden-Powell (1857–1941), soldierSirDouglas Bader (1910–1982), fighter pilot Ralph Bagnold (1896–1990), founder of the Long Range Desert Group; explorerSirAlexander John Ball (1759–1809), admiral, governor ofMalta Samuel Barrington (1729–1800), rear admiralLord Aubrey Beauclerk (1710–1741), Officer of theRoyal Navy John Benbow (1653–1702), admiralGeorge Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800–1888), Commander of cavalry at theBattle of Balaclava William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (1865–1951), general,First World War Robert Blake (1599–1657), reformingRoyal Navy AdmiralWilliam Bligh (1754–1817), best known for the mutiny of theBounty James Henry Robinson Bond (1871–1943), corporal in the Royal Army Medical CorpsSir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet (1753–1822), admiralPhilip Broke (1776–1841), rear admiral, known for his capture of USSChesapeake Thomas Bruce (1738–1797), lieutenant general and politicianJames Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1888), Commander of theLight Brigade Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890), soldier, spy, linguist and explorerFreddie Spencer Chapman (1907–1971), known for his exploits in the jungle during the Second World WarLeonard Cheshire VC (1917–1992), Royal Air Force pilot during Second World War and founder of the Cheshire HomesJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722), soldierSirWinston Churchill (1874–1965), Britishprime minister Charles Clerke (1741–1779), sailed withJames Cook on all three of his expeditions, was the Captain of Discovery at the time of Cook's death he then took command until his own death at sea shortly afterSir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1772–1853), Admiral of the Fleet, admiral in charge at the capture and burning of Washington in 1814Edwin Cole (1895–1984),Squadron Leader Cuthbert Collingwood (1748–1810), vice admiral, Commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean FleetHenry Seymour Conway (1721–1795), generalJohn Cooke (1762–1805), captain ofHMS Bellerophon at theBattle of Trafalgar , where he was subsequently killedCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805), generalChristopher Augustus Cox (1889–1959), privateOliver Cromwell (1599–1658),Lord Protector of EnglandChristopher Augustus Cox (1889–1959), privateMiles Dempsey (1896–1969), commander of the British Second Army During the D-Day landingSirFrancis Drake (1540–1596), sailor Sir John Duckworth (1748–1817), admiral, known for the Battle of San DomingoThomas Farrington (1664–1712), lieutenant generalAlexander Fraser (1824–1898), generalBruce Fraser (1888–1981), Admiral of the Fleet, commander of the British Pacific Fleet during the Second World WarPrince Frederick, Duke of York (1763–1827), son of KingGeorge III ,Commander-in-Chief of the Forces duringFrench Revolutionary andNapoleonic Wars John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852–1925), general, World War I andLord Lieutenant of Ireland Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904),Commander-in-Chief of the Forces Charles George Gordon ("Chinese Gordon") (1833–1885), killed atKhartoum Hubert Gough (1870–1963), generalSir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet (1769–1859), vice-admiral, captainedHMS Victory at theBattle of Trafalgar SirArthur Travers Harris (1892–1984),Marshal of the Royal Air Force , airman Eliab Harvey (1758–1830), admiral, captain ofHMS Temeraire , which played a crucial role at theBattle of Trafalgar Edward Hawke (1705–1781), Admiral of the Fleet, best known as the admiral at the Battle of Quiberon BayJohn Hawkwood (1320–1394), famous medieval mercenarySamuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816), mentor of NelsonBrian Horrocks (1895–1985), highly regarded general during World War IIWilliam Hoste (1780–1828), well-known frigate captain during the Napoleonic WarWilliam Hotham, 1st Baron Hotham (1736–1813), admiralJohn Howard (1912–1999), British Army major who led the coup de main party thatcaptured the Caen canal and Orne river bridges .Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), admiralWilliam Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729–1814), general in theAmerican Revolutionary War John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859–1935), admiral during the First World WarLouis Fleeming Jenkin (1895–1917), captainRoger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (1872–1945), admiralHoratio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850–1916), field marshalLofty Large , SAS soldier, authorFitzRoy Henry Lee (1699–1750), Vice Admiral, Commodore Governor of theColony of Newfoundland John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1680–1770), generalTrafford Leigh-Mallory (1892–1944), air commander of the Allied invasion of NormandyJohn Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721–1770), generalWilliam McMurdo (1819–1894), generalAndy McNab (born 1959), formerSpecial Air Service soldier and commander of the infamousBravo Two Zero mission during the first IraqGulf War Samuel Mitchell (VC) (1841–1894), killed in action during the New Zealand WarsGeorge Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670),English Civil War erageneral in Chief Command Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (c. 1208 – 1265), statesman and soldierBernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("The Desert Rat") (1887–1976), field marshal and hero ofWorld War II Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), statesman, sailorHoratio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile (1758–1805), sailor, admiralAugustus Charles Newman (1904–1972)VC ,The Essex Regiment ,No.2 Commando , SAS, led the raid on St. NazaireJohn Norreys (1547–1597), Tudor soldierHenry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), general, hero of theNapoleonic Wars Sir William Parker (1781–1866), Admiral of the Fleet, was the admiral during the First Opium WarArthur Phillip (1738–1814), admiral, commanded theFirst Fleetinto what is now known as Port Jackson, First Governor of New South WalesBasil Charles Godfrey Place VC (1921–1994), along with Donald Cameron VC and crew crippled the pocket battleshipTirpitz during operation SourceDudley Pound (1877–1943), Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord during the Second World WarHenry Pulleine (1838–1879), lieutenant colonelBertram Ramsay (1883–1945), admiral, commander of operation Neptune during Second World WarBernard Rawlings (1889–1962), admiral, second in command of the British Pacific Fleet during Second World WarFrederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar (1832–1914), field marshal, lastCommander-in-Chief of the Forces Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet (1860–1933), "Wully" Robertson, distinguished soldier; the only man ever in the British Army to rise from the rank of private soldier to field marshal; the head of the Army for much of World War I; a highly influential figure as to strategyFrederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859)George Rooke (1650–1709), Admiral of the FleetWilliam Victor Trevor Rooper (1897–1917), captainChris Ryan (born 1961), formerSpecial Air Service soldier and member of the infamousBravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf WarSiegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), war poetCharles Saunders (1715–1775), admiral, commanded the Fleet at theBattle of the Plains of Abraham Derek Anthony Seagrim (1903–1943), lieutenant colonelSir James Simpson (1792–1868), generalWilliam Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1897–1970), Commander in Burma during Second World War,Governor-General of AustraliaSir Sidney Smith (1764–1840), Napoleon famously said of him "that man made me miss my destiny"SirHorace Smith-Dorrien (1858–1930), general, World War I Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855), British commander in theCrimean War James Somerville (1882–1949), Admiral of the Fleet, Commander at Mers-El-KabirBill Speakman VC (1927–2018), Black Watch, SAS RegimentRichard Strachan (1760–1828), known for his action after the Battle of TrafalgarJames Brian Tait VC (1916–2007), nicknamed" Tirpitz", commander of 617 squadronHenry Tandey VC (1891–1977), most highly decorated private of the First World WarHugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873–1956), "father of the RAF" and firstChief of the Air Staff Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827–1905), generalSir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet (1758–1807), rear admiralReginald Tyrwhitt (1870–1951), Admiral of the Fleet, commander of theHarwich Force during World War IGeorge Vancouver (1757–1798), distinguished Royal Navy captain and explorerEdward Vernon (1684–1757), admiralPhilip Vian (1894–1968), Admiral of the Fleet, distinguished destroyer captain also Commander in Charge of Air Operations, British Pacific Fleet during Second World WarArchibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), World War II general, second to lastViceroy of India Sir William Welsh (1891–1962),air marshal Jane Whorwood (1612–1684), Royalist agent during the English Civil WarPrince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), captain-general, victor ofCulloden James Wolfe (1727–1759), general, hero ofQuebec during theSeven Years' War John Woodhouse (1922–2008), reformed SAS selection and training techniques after World War TwoElizabeth II , (reigned 1952–2022) the longest reigning monarch in the UK historyAlfred the Great (c. 849–899) (reigned 880s–899), King of the Anglo-SaxonsQueen Anne (reigned 1702–1714), also Queen of Scotland, then Queen of Great Britain after 1707Charles I (reigned 1625–1649), also King of Scotland, and IrelandCharles II (reigned 1660–1685), also King of ScotlandCharles III Cnut (reigned 1016–1035)Saint Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–1066)Edward I (reigned 1272–1307), English monarchEdward II (reigned 1307–1327), English monarchEdward III (reigned 1327–1377), English monarchEdward IV (reigned 1461–1470 and 1471–1483), English monarchEdward V (reigned 1483–1483), English monarchEdward VI (reigned 1547–1553), first English Protestant monarchElizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603),Protestant queen and firstSupreme Governor of the Church of England Harold Godwinson (reigned 6 January 1066 – 14 October 1066), died inBattle of Hastings Harold Harefoot (reigned 1035–1040)Harthacnut (reigned 1040–1042)Henry I (reigned 1100–1135)Henry III (reigned 1216–1272), English monarchHenry IV (reigned 1399–1413), English monarchHenry V (reigned 1413–1422)Henry VI (reigned 1422–1461), English monarchHenry VII (reigned 1485–1509) (Henry Tudor, the first Tudor monarch)Henry VIII (reigned 1509–1547), separated English Catholicism from link with theRoman Catholic ChurchJames II (reigned 1685–1689)Lady Jane Grey (de facto 10 July 1553 – 19 July 1553) ("the nine days queen"), beheaded 1554, aged 16King John (reigned 1199–1216)Mary I (reigned 1553–1558),Roman Catholic queenMary II (reigned 1689–1694), reigned jointly with her husband William IIIRichard of Cornwall (reigned 1257–1272),King of the Romans Richard the Lionheart (reigned 1189–1199), Richard I, English monarch, leader and hero of theThird Crusade Richard II (reigned 1377–1399)Richard III (reigned 1483–1485), lastPlantagenet King, and last British monarch to die in BattleWilliam I (reigned 1066–1087), "William the Conqueror", William of NormandyWilliam II (reigned 1087–1100)William III (reigned 1689–1702), "William of Orange", born 1650 at The Hague in Holland, married an English princess, reigned jointly with his wife Mary II, until her deathAdele (born 1988), singerThomas Adès (born 1971), composerDamon Albarn (born 1968), singer-songwriterJohn Alldis (1929–2010), chorus master and conductorLily Allen (born 1985)Marsha Ambrosius (born 1977), singer-songwriterJon Anderson (born 1944), singer-songwriter, co-founder ofYes David Arnold (born 1962), composer, musician and film scorer (notably fourJames Bond films)Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), composerQuenton Ashlyn , society entertainerRick Astley (born 1966)Alexander Baillie (born 1956), cellistBryan Balkwill (1922–2007), conductorJohn Barbirolli (1899–1970), conductorGary Barlow (born 1971), singer-songwriter and member ofTake That Syd Barrett (1946–2006), 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Wilkinson (1919–1986), mathematicianWilliam Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828), chemistThomas Young (1773–1829), scientistSportsmen and sportswomen [ edit ] Hannah Aldworth (died 1778), philanthropistMargery Arnold (fl. mid 14th century), landownerRachel Ashwell (born 1959), author, designer and entrepreneurEdward Betts (1815–1872), civil engineering contractorJohn Brasbrigg or Bracebrigge (fl. 1428), English book collectorThomas Brassey (1805–1870), civil engineering contractorCapability Brown (1715–1783), landscape gardenerDonald Campbell (1921–1967), world land and water speed record holderSirMalcolm Campbell (1885–1949), automobile and speedboat racer William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491), printerSir John Chesshyre (1662–1738), lawyerGrace Darling (1815–1842), heroineWilliam Emes (c. 1729 – 1803), landscape gardenerElizabeth Fry (1780–1845), prison reformerThomas Grissell (1801–1874), public works contractorAlice la Haubergere (fl. 1271–1310 ), earliest known female blacksmith in England Natasha Hausdorff (born 1989), barrister, international news commentator, and Israel advocateHilda Hewlett (1864–1943), pioneer aviator and aviation entrepreneurEbenezer Howard (1850–1928), urban plannerDaniel Howell (born 1991), YouTube personality and radio hostEdward Kemp (1817–1891), garden designerGideon Lester (born 1972), dramaturg, adaptator, theatre artistic directorPhilip Lester (born 1987), YouTube personality and radio hostPeter Molyneux (born 1959), video game designerSirSamuel Morton Peto (1809–1889), civil engineering contractor Joshua A. Norton (1811–1880), Emperor of the United States and Protector of MexicoWat Tyler (died 1381), leader of the Peasants' Revolt (1381)William Wakefield (1801–1848), founder ofWellington , New ZealandRichard Walker (1918–1985), writer and pioneer of modern-day angling in BritainJeremy Wade (born 23 March 1956), television presenter, angler and a biologist.Sarah Elizabeth Wardroper (1814–1892), Matron of St Thomas's Hospital from 1854 to 1887Harriet Shaw Weaver (1876–1961), political activist and suffragistJoseph Williamson (1769–1840), philanthropist, merchant and tunnelerPhilip Yates (1913–1998), coal miner awarded theEdward Medal English expatriates [ edit ] The following were born English, but changed nationality later in their life.
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