| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edgar Adrian |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1889 |
4-Aug-1977 |
Electricity within nerve cells |
| Peter Asher |
Musician |
22-Jun-1944 |
|
Peter of Peter and Gordon |
| Tony Benn |
Politician |
3-Apr-1925 |
|
Radical left Labour MP |
| Jeremy Bentham |
Philosopher |
15-Feb-1748 |
6-Jun-1832 |
Proponent of Utilitarianism |
| Peter Brook |
Theater Director |
21-Mar-1925 |
|
Lord of the Flies |
| Helena Bonham Carter |
Actor |
26-May-1966 |
|
Marla in Fight Club |
| Charles Churchill |
Poet |
1731 |
4-Nov-1764 |
Rosciad |
| Robert Cotton |
Scholar |
22-Jan-1571 |
6-May-1631 |
Cottonian Library |
| Christian Coulson |
Actor |
3-Oct-1978 |
|
Tom Riddle in Harry Potter |
| William Cowper |
Poet |
26-Nov-1731 |
25-Apr-1800 |
The Task |
| John Nelson Darby |
Religion |
18-Nov-1800 |
29-Apr-1882 |
Father of Dispensationalism |
| Dido |
Musician |
25-Dec-1971 |
|
No Angel |
| John Dryden |
Poet |
19-Aug-1631 |
1-May-1700 |
Absalom and Achitophel |
| Edward Gibbon |
Historian |
8-May-1737 |
16-Jan-1794 |
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| John Gielgud |
Actor |
14-Apr-1904 |
21-May-2000 |
Prospero's Books |
| Richard Hakluyt |
Author |
c. 1552 |
23-Nov-1616 |
Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation |
| Patrick Hamilton |
Playwright |
17-Mar-1904 |
23-Sep-1962 |
Gaslight |
| George Herbert |
Poet |
3-Apr-1593 |
1-Mar-1633 |
The Temple |
| Robert Herrick |
Poet |
1591 |
Oct-1674 |
Hesperides |
| Aaron Hill |
Playwright |
10-Feb-1685 |
8-Feb-1750 |
The Progress of Wit |
| Robert Hooke |
Scientist |
18-Jul-1635 |
3-Mar-1703 |
Law of Elasticity, microscopist |
| William Hotham |
Military |
1736 |
1813 |
British Admiral |
| Andrew F. Huxley |
Scientist |
22-Nov-1917 |
|
Electrical impulses in nerves |
| Ben Jonson |
Playwright |
11-Jun-1572 |
6-Aug-1637 |
Volpone |
| Ruth Kelly |
Politician |
9-May-1968 |
|
UK Minister of Transport |
| Nigel Lawson |
Politician |
11-Mar-1932 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-89 |
| Francis Lewis |
Politician |
21-Mar-1713 |
30-Dec-1802 |
Signatory to Declaration of Independence |
| John Locke |
Philosopher |
29-Aug-1632 |
28-Oct-1704 |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
| Shane MacGowan |
Musician |
25-Dec-1957 |
|
The Pogues |
| Henry Mayhew |
Journalist |
1812 |
25-Jul-1887 |
Punch |
| Mika |
Singer |
18-Aug-1983 |
|
Lebanese Britpop singer |
| A. A. Milne |
Author |
18-Jan-1882 |
31-Jan-1956 |
Winnie the Pooh |
| Kim Philby |
Spy |
1-Jan-1912 |
11-May-1988 |
One of the Cambridge Five in MI6 |
| Thomas Pinckney |
Politician |
23-Oct-1750 |
2-Nov-1828 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1787-89 |
| Nigel Planer |
Actor |
22-Feb-1953 |
|
Neil on The Young Ones |
| Gavin Rossdale |
Musician |
30-Oct-1965 |
|
Lead singer of Bush |
| Nicholas Rowe |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1674 |
6-Dec-1718 |
Editor of William Shakespeare |
| Robert Southey |
Poet |
12-Aug-1774 |
21-Mar-1843 |
A Vision of Judgment |
| Richard Stone |
Economist |
30-Aug-1913 |
6-Dec-1991 |
National Income and Expenditure |
| Louis Theroux |
TV Personality |
20-May-1970 |
|
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends |
| Edward Gibbon Wakefield |
Government |
20-Mar-1796 |
16-May-1862 |
Colonizer of Australia, New Zealand |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Composer |
22-Mar-1948 |
|
Responsible for various musicals |
| Angus Wilson |
Novelist |
11-Aug-1913 |
31-May-1991 |
Hemlock and After |
