| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edward P. Abraham |
Chemist |
10-Jun-1913 |
8-May-1999 |
Cephalosporins |
| Peter Ackroyd |
Author |
5-Oct-1949 |
|
The Great Fire of London |
| Roger Adams |
Chemist |
2-Jan-1889 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Organic chemist at Illinois |
| Ove Arup |
Engineer |
16-Apr-1895 |
1988 |
Danish civil engineer |
| Peggy Ashcroft |
Actor |
22-Dec-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
A Passage to India |
| Laura Ashley |
Fashion Designer |
7-Sep-1925 |
17-Sep-1985 |
Welsh designer |
| Arthur Askey |
Comic |
6-Jun-1900 |
16-Nov-1982 |
Horn-rimmed British comic |
| Eileen Atkins |
Actor |
16-Jun-1934 |
|
Co-creator of Upstairs, Downstairs |
| David Attenborough |
Naturalist |
8-May-1926 |
|
Life on Earth |
| Richard Attenborough |
Film Director |
29-Aug-1923 |
|
Gandhi |
| Leslie Banks |
Actor |
9-Jun-1890 |
21-Apr-1952 |
The Most Dangerous Game |
| Pat Barker |
Novelist |
8-May-1943 |
|
Regeneration |
| Vernon Bartlett |
Journalist |
30-Apr-1894 |
18-Jan-1983 |
Journey's End |
| Shirley Bassey |
Singer |
8-Jan-1937 |
|
Singer of James Bond title song Goldfinger |
| Alan Bates |
Actor |
17-Feb-1934 |
27-Dec-2003 |
Basil in Zorba the Greek |
| H. E. Bates |
Novelist |
16-May-1905 |
29-Jan-1974 |
The Jacaranda Tree |
| John Betjeman |
Poet |
28-Aug-1906 |
19-May-1984 |
Summoned By Bells |
| Brebis Bleaney |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1915 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Electron paramagnetic resonance |
| Alec Boksenberg |
Astronomer |
18-Mar-1936 |
|
Image Photon Counting System |
| Robert Bolt |
Playwright |
15-Aug-1924 |
20-Feb-1995 |
A Man for All Seasons |
| John G. Bolton |
Astronomer |
5-Jun-1922 |
6-Jul-1993 |
First Director of Parkes Observatory |
| William Bragg |
Physicist |
2-Jul-1862 |
12-Mar-1942 |
Analyzed crystal structures |
| Richard Briers |
Actor |
14-Jan-1934 |
|
Tom Good on The Good Life |
| Peter Brook |
Theater Director |
21-Mar-1925 |
|
Lord of the Flies |
| Anita Brookner |
Novelist |
16-Jul-1928 |
|
Hotel Du Lac |
| Tina Brown |
Journalist |
21-Nov-1953 |
|
Vanity Fair and The New Yorker |
| Deborah Bull |
Dancer |
22-Mar-1963 |
|
Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet, 1992-2001 |
| A. S. Byatt |
Critic |
24-Aug-1936 |
|
Possession |
| Michael Caine |
Actor |
14-Mar-1933 |
|
The Cider House Rules |
| Simon Callow |
Actor |
13-Jun-1949 |
|
British theatre actor |
| Menzies Campbell |
Politician |
22-May-1941 |
|
Leader, Liberal Democrats |
| Bobby Charlton |
Soccer |
11-Oct-1937 |
|
Manchester United |
| Agatha Christie |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1890 |
12-Jan-1976 |
Mystery novelist |
| Petula Clark |
Singer |
15-Nov-1932 |
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| Billy Connolly |
Comic |
24-Nov-1942 |
|
Scottish comedian |
| Brian Cox |
Actor |
1-Jun-1946 |
|
The original Hannibal Lecter |
| Constance Cummings |
Actor |
15-May-1910 |
23-Nov-2005 |
Blithe Spirit |
| Roger Daltrey |
Singer |
1-Mar-1944 |
|
Vocalist for The Who |
| Ray Davies |
Musician |
21-Jun-1944 |
|
Frontman for The Kinks |
| Margaret Drabble |
Novelist |
5-Jun-1939 |
|
The Millstone |
| Carol Ann Duffy |
Poet |
23-Dec-1955 |
|
Mean Time |
| James Dyson |
Inventor |
2-May-1947 |
|
Dyson vacuum cleaner |
| Paul Eddington |
Actor |
18-Jun-1927 |
4-Nov-1995 |
Jim Hacker on Yes, Prime Minister |
| Denholm Elliott |
Actor |
31-May-1922 |
6-Oct-1992 |
A Room with a View |
| Bryan Forbes |
Actor |
22-Jul-1926 |
|
King Rat |
| Frederick Forsyth |
Author |
25-Aug-1938 |
|
The Day of the Jackal |
| Alfred Fowler |
Astronomer |
22-Mar-1868 |
24-Jun-1940 |
Celestial spectroscopy |
| Dick Francis |
Novelist |
31-Oct-1920 |
|
Dead Cert |
| Dennis Gabor |
Physicist |
5-Jun-1900 |
8-Feb-1979 |
Inventor of holography |
| Michael Gambon |
Actor |
19-Oct-1940 |
|
The Singing Detective |
| Barry Gibb |
Musician |
1-Sep-1946 |
|
Guitarist and vocalist for the Bee Gees |
| Maurice Gibb |
Bassist |
22-Dec-1949 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees |
| E. H. Gombrich |
Historian |
30-Mar-1909 |
3-Nov-2001 |
Art and Illusion |
| Marius Goring |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
30-Sep-1998 |
The Red Shoes |
| Susan Greenfield |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1950 |
|
Brain Story |
| Richard Gregory |
Psychologist |
24-Jul-1923 |
|
Optical illusions and "hands-on" science |
| Alec Guinness |
Actor |
2-Apr-1914 |
5-Aug-2000 |
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars |
| Peter Hall |
Theater Director |
22-Nov-1930 |
|
Work Is a 4-Letter Word |
| Robert Hardy |
Actor |
29-Oct-1925 |
|
All Creatures Great and Small |
| L. P. Hartley |
Novelist |
30-Dec-1895 |
13-Dec-1972 |
The Boat |
| Stephen Hawking |
Physicist |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Wheelchair-bound physicist |
| Nigel Hawthorne |
Actor |
5-Apr-1929 |
26-Dec-2001 |
The Madness of King George |
| Antony Head |
Politician |
1906 |
1983 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1956-57 |
| Lenny Henry |
Comic |
29-Aug-1958 |
|
The Lenny Henry Show |
| Raymond Hide |
Geologist |
17-May-1929 |
|
Earth's rotation |
| Ian Holm |
Actor |
12-Sep-1931 |
|
Time Bandits, Alien |
| Julius C. Holmes |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1899 |
15-Jul-1968 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65 |
| Bob Hope |
Comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
Centenarian comic |
| Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
| Trevor Howard |
Actor |
29-Sep-1913 |
7-Jan-1988 |
Sons and Lovers |
| John Hurt |
Actor |
22-Jan-1940 |
|
Alien |
| Lord Inge |
Military |
5-Aug-1935 |
|
British Field Marshal |
| Glenda Jackson |
Actor |
9-May-1936 |
|
British MP won Oscar for A Touch of Class |
| Derek Jacobi |
Actor |
22-Oct-1938 |
|
Claudius on I, Claudius |
| Elizabeth Jennings |
Poet |
18-Jul-1926 |
26-Oct-2001 |
Song for a Birth or a Death |
| Elton John |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Mar-1947 |
|
Bennie and the Jets |
| DeAnne S. Julius |
Economist |
14-Apr-1949 |
|
Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs |
| Pierre H. Jungels |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Enterprise Oil, 1997-2001 |
| Felicity Kendal |
Actor |
25-Sep-1946 |
|
The Good Life |
| John C. Kendrew |
Chemist |
24-Mar-1917 |
23-Aug-1997 |
Determined structure of myoglobin |
| Deborah Kerr |
Actor |
30-Sep-1921 |
16-Oct-2007 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Jeremy R. Knowles |
Business |
1935 |
|
Chemistry Professor, Harvard University |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Angela Lansbury |
Actor |
16-Oct-1925 |
|
Murder She Wrote |
| Philip Larkin |
Poet |
9-Aug-1922 |
2-Dec-1985 |
The Whitsun Weddings |
| Denys Lasdun |
Architect |
8-Sep-1914 |
11-Jan-2001 |
British modernist architect |
| Christopher Lee |
Actor |
27-May-1922 |
|
The Face of Fu Manchu |
| Maureen Lipman |
Actor |
10-May-1946 |
|
Agony |
| Penelope Lively |
Novelist |
17-Mar-1933 |
|
Moon Tiger |
| Selwyn Lloyd |
Politician |
28-Jul-1904 |
18-May-1978 |
Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76 |
| Margaret Lockwood |
Actor |
15-Sep-1916 |
15-Jul-1990 |
Cast a Dark Shadow |
| David Lodge |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1935 |
|
How Far Can You Go? |
| Archer J. P. Martin |
Chemist |
1-Mar-1910 |
28-Jul-2002 |
Partition chromatography |
| Ian McEwan |
Novelist |
21-Jun-1948 |
|
Amsterdam |
| Norris McWhirter |
Author |
12-Aug-1925 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records |
| Sam Mendes |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1965 |
|
American Beauty |
| John Mills |
Actor |
22-Feb-1908 |
23-Apr-2005 |
Ryan's Daughter |
| Anthony Minghella |
Film Director |
6-Jan-1954 |
18-Mar-2008 |
The English Patient |
| Nancy Mitford |
Novelist |
28-Nov-1904 |
30-Jan-1973 |
The Pursuit of Love |
| Dudley Moore |
Actor |
19-Apr-1935 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Arthur |
| Patrick Moore |
TV Personality |
4-Mar-1923 |
|
BBC's The Sky At Night |
| Roger Moore |
Actor |
14-Oct-1927 |
|
James Bond after Sean Connery |
| Robert Morley |
Actor |
26-May-1908 |
3-Jun-1992 |
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? |
| Jan Morris |
Journalist |
1926 |
|
Transsexual travel writer |
| Ronald Neame |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1911 |
|
The Poseidon Adventure |
| Trevor Nunn |
Theater Director |
14-Jan-1940 |
|
Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968-86 |
| Patrick O'Brian |
Novelist |
12-Dec-1914 |
2-Jan-2000 |
The Aubreyad series |
| Lindsay Owen-Jones |
Business |
17-Mar-1946 |
|
CEO of L'Oreal, 1988-2006 |
| Eduardo Paolozzi |
Sculptor |
7-Mar-1924 |
22-Apr-2005 |
Surrealist sculptor |
| Nick Park |
Film Director |
6-Dec-1958 |
|
Creator of Wallace and Gromit |
| Alan Parker |
Film Director |
14-Feb-1944 |
|
Directed Pink Floyd: The Wall |
| Rudolf Peierls |
Physicist |
5-Jun-1907 |
19-Sep-1995 |
Frisch-Peierls Memorandum |
| Max F. Perutz |
Chemist |
19-May-1914 |
6-Feb-2002 |
X-Ray analysis of hemoglobin |
| Siân Phillips |
Actor |
14-May-1934 |
|
I, Claudius |
| Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. |
Business |
20-Oct-1918 |
|
CEO of Goodyear, 1974-83 |
| Harold Pinter |
Playwright |
10-Oct-1930 |
|
The Birthday Party |
| Joan Plowright |
Actor |
28-Oct-1929 |
|
Enchanted April |
| George H. Poste |
Biologist |
c. 1944 |
|
Health Technology Networks |
| V. S. Pritchett |
Author |
16-Dec-1900 |
20-Mar-1997 |
Midnight Oil |
| John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
| Philip Pullman |
Novelist |
19-Oct-1946 |
|
His Dark Materials |
| Anthony Quayle |
Actor |
7-Sep-1913 |
20-Oct-1989 |
Ice-Cold in Alex |
| Terence Rattigan |
Playwright |
10-Jun-1911 |
30-Nov-1977 |
Separate Tables |
| Michael Redgrave |
Actor |
20-Mar-1908 |
21-Mar-1985 |
Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Vanessa Redgrave |
Actor |
30-Jan-1937 |
|
Julia |
| Jean Rhys |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1890 |
14-May-1979 |
Wide Sargasso Sea |
| Ian Richardson |
Actor |
7-Apr-1934 |
9-Feb-2007 |
House of Cards |
| Diana Rigg |
Actor |
20-Jul-1938 |
|
Mrs. Peel |
| Flora Robson |
Actor |
28-Mar-1902 |
7-Jul-1984 |
Fire Over England |
| Joseph Rotblat |
Physicist |
4-Nov-1908 |
31-Aug-2005 |
Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist |
| Patricia Routledge |
Actor |
17-Feb-1929 |
|
Hetty Wainthropp |
| Frederick Sanger |
Chemist |
13-Aug-1918 |
|
Determined sequencing of Insulin |
| John Schlesinger |
Film Director |
16-Feb-1926 |
25-Jul-2003 |
Marathon Man |
| David G. Scholey |
Business |
28-Jun-1935 |
|
Former CEO of SG Warburg |
| Paul Scofield |
Actor |
21-Jan-1922 |
19-Mar-2008 |
A Man For All Seaons |
| Peter Sellers |
Actor |
8-Sep-1925 |
24-Jul-1980 |
Inspector Clouseau |
| Fiona Shaw |
Actor |
10-Jul-1958 |
|
British theatre actress |
| Alastair Sim |
Actor |
9-Oct-1900 |
19-Aug-1976 |
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
| Donald Sinden |
Actor |
9-Oct-1923 |
|
Two's Company |
| Maggie Smith |
Actor |
28-Dec-1934 |
|
Prof. McGonagall in Harry Potter |
| C. P. Snow |
Author |
15-Oct-1905 |
1-Jul-1980 |
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution |
| Stephen Spender |
Poet |
28-Feb-1909 |
16-Jul-1995 |
The Destructive Element |
| Dennis Stevenson |
Business |
19-Jul-1945 |
|
Chairman of HBOS |
| Juliet Stevenson |
Actor |
30-Oct-1956 |
|
Truly Madly Deeply |
| Tom Stoppard |
Playwright |
3-Jul-1937 |
|
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead |
| Joan Sutherland |
Singer |
7-Nov-1926 |
|
Operatic soprano |
| Eric Sykes |
Actor |
4-May-1923 |
|
The Plank |
| John Thaw |
Actor |
3-Jan-1942 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Inspector Morse |
| Ernest Thesiger |
Actor |
15-Jan-1879 |
14-Jan-1961 |
Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein |
| J. R. R. Tolkien |
Author |
3-Jan-1892 |
2-Sep-1973 |
Lord of the Rings |
| William Trevor |
Novelist |
24-May-1928 |
|
The Old Boys |
| Dorothy Tutin |
Actor |
8-Apr-1930 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Savage Messiah |
| Peter Ustinov |
Actor |
16-Apr-1921 |
28-Mar-2004 |
British stage actor |
| Terry Waite |
Victim |
31-May-1939 |
|
Hostage negotiator held hostage |
| Zoë Wanamaker |
Actor |
13-May-1949 |
|
Susan Harper on My Family |
| Roger Wheeler |
Military |
1943 |
|
Head of the British Army, 1997-2000 |
| Mary Whitehouse |
Activist |
13-Jun-1910 |
23-Nov-2001 |
British anti-pornography crusader |
| Billie Whitelaw |
Actor |
6-Jun-1932 |
|
The Krays |
| Googie Withers |
Actor |
12-Mar-1917 |
|
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing |
| John Wood |
Actor |
1930 |
|
Dr. Falken in WarGames |
| Cecil Woodham-Smith |
Historian |
29-Apr-1896 |
16-Mar-1977 |
Florence Nightingale |
| Irene Worth |
Actor |
23-Jun-1916 |
10-Mar-2002 |
Lost in Yonkers |
