| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Abbott |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1821 |
30-Oct-1893 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1891-93 |
| Cornelius Agrippa |
Magician |
14-Sep-1486 |
18-Feb-1535 |
Three Books of Occult Philosophy |
| George Biddell Airy |
Astronomer |
27-Jul-1801 |
2-Jan-1892 |
British Astronomer Royal |
| Lawrence Alma-Tadema |
Painter |
8-Jan-1836 |
25-Jun-1912 |
Classicist painter |
| Hardy Amies |
Fashion Designer |
17-Jul-1909 |
5-Mar-2003 |
Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II |
| Joachim Andersen |
Musician |
29-Apr-1847 |
7-May-1909 |
Danish flautist and composer for flute |
| John Anderson |
Politician |
8-Jul-1882 |
4-Jan-1958 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-45 |
| Edmund Andros |
Government |
6-Dec-1637 |
24-Feb-1714 |
American colonial governor |
| Edward Victor Appleton |
Physicist |
6-Sep-1892 |
21-Apr-1965 |
Ionosphere, shortwave radio |
| Malcolm Arnold |
Composer |
21-Oct-1921 |
23-Sep-2006 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Humphrey Atkins |
Politician |
12-Aug-1922 |
4-Oct-1996 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1979-81 |
| Clement Attlee |
Head of State |
3-Jan-1883 |
8-Oct-1967 |
UK Prime Minister, 1945-51 |
| A. J. Ayer |
Philosopher |
29-Oct-1910 |
27-Jun-1989 |
Language, Truth and Logic |
| Sir Richard Baker |
Historian |
c. 1568 |
18-Feb-1645 |
Chronicle of the Kings of England |
| Sir Samuel White Baker |
Explorer |
8-Jun-1821 |
30-Dec-1893 |
Travelled to the source of the Nile |
| Arthur Balfour |
Head of State |
25-Jul-1848 |
19-Mar-1930 |
UK Prime Minister, 1902-05 |
| John Barbirolli |
Conductor |
2-Dec-1899 |
29-Jul-1970 |
Conductor at The Hallé, 1943-70 |
| Arnold Bax |
Composer |
8-Nov-1883 |
3-Oct-1953 |
Symphonist, Tone Poet |
| William Bayliss |
Doctor |
2-May-1860 |
27-Aug-1924 |
Co-Discovered hormones |
| Thomas Beecham |
Conductor |
29-Apr-1879 |
8-Mar-1961 |
Founder, London and Royal Philharmonics |
| Sir Charles Bell |
Doctor |
Nov-1774 |
28-Apr-1842 |
New Idea of Anatomy of the Brain |
| Richard Rodney Bennett |
Composer |
29-Mar-1936 |
|
The Mines of Sulphur |
| Lennox Berkeley |
Composer |
12-May-1903 |
26-Dec-1989 |
Stabat Mater |
| Isaiah Berlin |
Philosopher |
6-Jun-1909 |
5-Nov-1997 |
The Hedgehog and the Fox |
| William Beveridge |
Economist |
5-Mar-1879 |
16-Mar-1963 |
Social Insurance and Allied Services |
| Rudolf Bing |
Business |
9-Jan-1902 |
2-Sep-1997 |
Manager of the NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72 |
| Winfried Bischoff |
Business |
1941 |
|
Chairman of Citigroup |
| Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
Politician |
13-Jan-1911 |
23-Apr-2005 |
Former Premier of Queensland, Australia |
| William Blackstone |
Judge |
10-Jul-1723 |
14-Feb-1780 |
Commentaries on the Laws of England |
| Arthur Bliss |
Composer |
2-Aug-1891 |
28-Mar-1975 |
Morning Heroes |
| Anthony Blunt |
Historian |
26-Sep-1907 |
26-Mar-1983 |
Art historian, Soviet spy |
| Thomas Bodley |
Scholar |
2-Mar-1545 |
28-Jan-1613 |
Bodleian Library |
| Dirk Bogarde |
Actor |
28-Mar-1921 |
8-May-1999 |
A Bridge Too Far |
| Robert Laird Borden |
Head of State |
26-Jun-1854 |
10-Jun-1937 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-20 |
| J. C. Bose |
Botanist |
30-Nov-1858 |
23-Nov-1937 |
Plant physiology |
| Walther Bothe |
Physicist |
8-Jan-1891 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Coincidence method |
| Adrian Boult |
Conductor |
8-Apr-1889 |
23-Feb-1983 |
Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50 |
| Mackenzie Bowell |
Head of State |
27-Dec-1824 |
10-Dec-1917 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1894-96 |
| Sir John Bowring |
Author |
17-Oct-1792 |
23-Nov-1872 |
4th Governor of Hong Kong |
| Malcolm Bradbury |
Critic |
7-Sep-1932 |
27-Nov-2000 |
The History Man |
| Leon Brittan |
Politician |
25-Sep-1939 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1983-85 |
| Arthur Bryant |
Historian |
18-Feb-1899 |
2-Jan-1985 |
Biographer of Samuel Pepys |
| Alan Bullock |
Historian |
13-Dec-1914 |
2-Feb-2004 |
Historian of Hitler, Stalin |
| John Bernard Burke |
Historian |
5-Jan-1814 |
12-Dec-1892 |
Burke's Peerage |
| Rab Butler |
Politician |
9-Dec-1902 |
8-Mar-1982 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64 |
| James Callaghan |
Politician |
27-Mar-1912 |
26-Mar-2005 |
UK Prime Minister, 1976-79 |
| George Cave |
Politician |
23-Feb-1856 |
29-Mar-1928 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1922-28 |
| Peregrine Cavendish |
Aristocrat |
12-Apr-1944 |
|
12th Duke of Devonshire |
| Bob Charles |
Golf |
14-Mar-1936 |
|
Winner, 1963 British Open |
| Bobby Charlton |
Soccer |
11-Oct-1937 |
|
Manchester United |
| John Cockcroft |
Physicist |
27-May-1897 |
18-Sep-1967 |
Split the atom |
| Henry Cotton |
Golf |
26-Jan-1907 |
22-Dec-1987 |
Won the British Open three times |
| Tom Courtenay |
Actor |
25-Feb-1937 |
|
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner |
| Randal Cremer |
Politician |
18-Mar-1828 |
22-Jul-1908 |
Pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Sir William Crookes |
Chemist |
17-Jun-1832 |
4-Apr-1919 |
Discovered element Thallium |
| Sir William Cubitt |
Engineer |
1785 |
13-Oct-1861 |
British civil engineer |
| Sir Samuel Cunard |
Business |
21-Nov-1787 |
28-Apr-1865 |
Founder, Cunard Lines |
| Sir Simonds D'Ewes |
Curator |
18-Dec-1602 |
18-Apr-1650 |
Journals of all the Parliaments |
| Sir William Davenant |
Poet |
1606 |
7-Apr-1668 |
Gondibert |
| Sir John Davies |
Poet |
16-Apr-1569 |
8-Dec-1626 |
Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing |
| Andrew Davis |
Conductor |
2-Feb-1944 |
|
Music Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago |
| Colin Davis |
Conductor |
25-Sep-1927 |
|
Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006 |
| Humphry Davy |
Chemist |
17-Dec-1778 |
29-May-1829 |
Leading early 19th century chemist |
| John William Dawson |
Geologist |
30-Oct-1820 |
20-Nov-1899 |
Air Breathers of the Coal Period |
| Henry de la Beche |
Geologist |
1796 |
13-Apr-1855 |
Created first Geologic Survey |
| Sir John Denham |
Poet |
1615 |
10-Mar-1669 |
Cooper's Hill |
| James Dewar |
Physicist |
20-Sep-1842 |
27-Mar-1923 |
Researcher of low temperatures |
| Sir Thomas Elyot |
Scholar |
c. 1490 |
26-Mar-1546 |
Boke named the Governour |
| Sir Richard Empson |
Government |
? |
17-Aug-1510 |
Taxman for Henry VII of England |
| William Empson |
Critic |
27-Sep-1906 |
15-Apr-1984 |
Seven Types of Ambiguity |
| Jacob Epstein |
Sculptor |
10-Nov-1880 |
21-Aug-1959 |
Strand Statues |
| George Etherege |
Playwright |
c. 1635 |
10-May-1692 |
Love in a Tub |
| Edward Evans-Pritchard |
Anthropologist |
21-Sep-1902 |
11-Sep-1973 |
Theories of Primitive Religion |
| Francis Galton |
Anthropologist |
16-Feb-1822 |
17-Jan-1911 |
Word Association Test |
| W. S. Gilbert |
Composer |
18-Nov-1836 |
29-May-1911 |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Victor Gollancz |
Publisher |
9-Apr-1893 |
8-Feb-1967 |
Founder of Victor Gollancz, Ltd. |
| E. H. Gombrich |
Historian |
30-Mar-1909 |
3-Nov-2001 |
Art and Illusion |
| William C. Gorgas |
Doctor |
3-Oct-1854 |
3-Jul-1920 |
Malaria and yellow fever |
| John Gorton |
Head of State |
9-Sep-1911 |
19-May-2002 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-71 |
| Lawrence Gowing |
Historian |
21-Apr-1918 |
5-Feb-1991 |
Art historian, biographer of Vermeer |
| Sir Richard Grenville |
Military |
c. 1541 |
1591 |
Commander of the Revenge |
| Tyrone Guthrie |
Theater Director |
2-Jul-1900 |
15-May-1971 |
Influential Anglo-Irish theatre director |
| Sir Matthew Hale |
Judge |
1-Nov-1609 |
25-Dec-1676 |
Lord Chief Justice of England |
| Peter Hall |
Theater Director |
22-Nov-1930 |
|
Work Is a 4-Letter Word |
| Sir Charles Hallé |
Pianist |
11-Apr-1819 |
25-Oct-1895 |
Founder, Hallé Orchestra |
| Henry Hardinge |
Military |
30-Mar-1785 |
24-Sep-1856 |
Governor-General of India, 1844-48 |
| Cedric Hardwicke |
Actor |
19-Feb-1893 |
6-Aug-1964 |
Suspicion |
| William Snow Harris |
Physicist |
1-Apr-1791 |
22-Jan-1867 |
Invented a lightning rod for ships |
| Roy Harrod |
Economist |
13-Feb-1900 |
9-Mar-1978 |
Towards a Dynamic Economics |
| Hamilton Harty |
Conductor |
4-Dec-1879 |
19-Feb-1941 |
Principal Conductor, The Hallé, 1920-34 |
| Max Hastings |
Journalist |
28-Dec-1945 |
|
Editor of the Daily Telegraph, 1986-95 |
| Sir Christopher Hatton |
Government |
1540 |
1591 |
Lord Chancellor of England, 1587-91 |
| Sir John Hawkins |
Military |
1532 |
12-Nov-1595 |
British admiral, slave trader |
| Sir John Hawkins |
Author |
30-Mar-1719 |
21-May-1789 |
History of Music |
| Sir Richard Hawkins |
Military |
c. 1562 |
18-Apr-1622 |
Voiage into the South Sea |
| Nigel Hawthorne |
Actor |
5-Apr-1929 |
26-Dec-2001 |
The Madness of King George |
| Herbert of Cherbury |
Philosopher |
3-Mar-1583 |
5-Aug-1648 |
De Veritate |
| John Herschel |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1792 |
11-May-1871 |
Discovered many moons of Saturn |
| John R. Hicks |
Economist |
8-Apr-1904 |
20-May-1989 |
Value and Capital |
| Alfred Hitchcock |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1899 |
29-Apr-1980 |
Master of Suspense |
| Samuel Hoare |
Politician |
24-Feb-1880 |
7-May-1959 |
UK Home Secretary, 1937-39 |
| Sidney Holland |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1893 |
5-Aug-1961 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949-57 |
| Keith Holyoake |
Head of State |
11-Feb-1904 |
8-Dec-1983 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72 |
| Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Botanist |
30-Jun-1817 |
10-Dec-1911 |
Genera Plantarum |
| Anthony Hope |
Novelist |
9-Feb-1863 |
8-Jul-1933 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
| Ralph Hopton |
Military |
1596 |
Sep-1652 |
Royalist commander, English Civil War |
| Michael Hordern |
Actor |
3-Oct-1911 |
2-May-1995 |
The Slipper and the Rose |
| Robert B. Horton |
Business |
18-Aug-1939 |
|
CEO of BP, 1989-92 |
| William Hoste |
Military |
26-Aug-1780 |
6-Dec-1828 |
British naval captain |
| Sir Robert Howard |
Playwright |
1626 |
3-Sep-1698 |
The Committee |
| Geoffrey Howe |
Politician |
20-Dec-1926 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1983-89 |
| Trevor Huddleston |
Religion |
15-Jun-1913 |
20-Apr-1998 |
Anti-Apartheid activist |
| William Huggins |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1824 |
12-May-1910 |
Spectrographic astronomy pioneer |
| Sir James Ivory |
Mathematician |
17-Feb-1765 |
21-Sep-1842 |
Ivory's Theorem |
| Peter Jackson |
Film Director |
31-Oct-1961 |
|
The Lord of the Rings trilogy |
| David Jason |
Actor |
2-Feb-1940 |
|
Only Fools and Horses |
| Michael Jay |
Diplomat |
Jun-1946 |
|
UK Ambassador to France, 1996-2001 |
| John Scarlett |
Spy |
18-Aug-1948 |
|
Head of MI6 |
| Elton John |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Mar-1947 |
|
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
| Archibald Johnston |
Religion |
1611 |
22-Jul-1663 |
Scottish presbyterian patriot |
| Russell Johnston |
Politician |
28-Jul-1932 |
27-Jul-2008 |
Liberal MP from Inverness, 1964-97 |
| Alfred Kastler |
Physicist |
3-May-1902 |
7-Jan-1984 |
Optical pumping |
| John Keegan |
Historian |
15-May-1934 |
|
The Face of Battle |
| Frank Kermode |
Critic |
29-Nov-1919 |
17-Aug-2010 |
The Sense of an Ending |
| Ben Kingsley |
Actor |
31-Dec-1943 |
|
Gandhi |
| Alexander Korda |
Film Director |
16-Sep-1893 |
23-Jan-1956 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Freddie Laker |
Business |
6-Aug-1922 |
9-Feb-2006 |
Founder of Laker Airlines |
| Harry Lauder |
Singer |
4-Aug-1870 |
26-Feb-1950 |
Roamin' in the Gloamin' |
| Max von Laue |
Physicist |
9-Oct-1879 |
23-Apr-1960 |
X-ray crystallography |
| Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Painter |
13-Apr-1769 |
7-Jan-1830 |
English portrait painter |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Composer |
22-Mar-1948 |
|
Evita |
| Sir Hudson Lowe |
Military |
28-Jul-1769 |
10-Jan-1844 |
Governor of St. Helena over Napoleon |
| Sir Thomas Lucy |
Aristocrat |
24-Apr-1532 |
7-Jul-1600 |
Caricatured by Shakespeare |
| Edwin Lutyens |
Architect |
29-Mar-1869 |
1-Jan-1944 |
Laid the plan for New Delhi |
| Compton MacKenzie |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1883 |
30-Nov-1972 |
Carnival |
| Fitzroy Maclean |
Politician |
11-Mar-1911 |
15-Jun-1996 |
Eastern Approaches |
| Sir Thomas Malory |
Author |
c. 1410 |
14-Mar-1471 |
Le Morte d'Arthur |
| Jack Marshall |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1912 |
30-Aug-1988 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972 |
| Sir Hiram Maxim |
Inventor |
5-Feb-1840 |
24-Nov-1916 |
Maxim machine gun |
| Patrick Mayhew |
Politician |
11-Sep-1929 |
|
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1992-97 |
| John McEwen |
Head of State |
29-Mar-1900 |
20-Nov-1980 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1967-68 |
| William McMahon |
Head of State |
23-Feb-1908 |
31-Mar-1988 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1971-72 |
| Edward Mellanby |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1884 |
30-Jan-1955 |
Rickets |
| Bernard Miles |
Actor |
27-Sep-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
Founder of the Mermaid Theatre, London |
| John Mills |
Actor |
22-Feb-1908 |
23-Apr-2005 |
Ryan's Daughter |
| John Mortimer |
Playwright |
21-Apr-1923 |
16-Jan-2009 |
Rumpole of the Bailey |
| Robert Muldoon |
Head of State |
25-Sep-1921 |
5-Aug-1992 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1975-84 |
| Arne Naess |
Philosopher |
27-Jan-1912 |
12-Jan-2009 |
Ecological philosopher |
| V. S. Naipaul |
Author |
17-Aug-1932 |
|
A House for Mr. Biswas |
| Walter Nash |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1882 |
4-Jun-1968 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1957-60 |
| Louis Néel |
Physicist |
22-Nov-1904 |
17-Nov-2000 |
Magnetic properties of solids |
| Walther Nernst |
Chemist |
25-Jun-1864 |
18-Nov-1941 |
Third Law of Thermodynamics |
| Philip Noel-Baker |
Politician |
1-Nov-1889 |
8-Oct-1982 |
Instrumental creating League of Nations and UN |
| Trevor Nunn |
Theater Director |
14-Jan-1940 |
|
Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968-86 |
| Sir Richard Owen |
Naturalist |
20-Jul-1804 |
18-Dec-1892 |
A History of British Fossil Reptiles |
| Earle Page |
Head of State |
8-Aug-1880 |
20-Dec-1961 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1939 |
| Geoffrey Palmer |
Head of State |
21-Apr-1942 |
|
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1989-90 |
| Sir Anthony Panizzi |
Curator |
16-Sep-1797 |
8-Apr-1879 |
Librarian of the British Museum |
| Rudolf Peierls |
Physicist |
5-Jun-1907 |
19-Sep-1995 |
Frisch-Peierls Memorandum |
| Roger Penrose |
Mathematician |
8-Aug-1931 |
|
Theory of cosmic censorship |
| William Henry Perkin |
Chemist |
12-Mar-1838 |
14-Jul-1907 |
Invented mauve |
| Sir Isaac Pitman |
Inventor |
4-Jan-1813 |
12-Jan-1897 |
Stenographic Soundhand |
| J. H. Plumb |
Historian |
20-Aug-1911 |
21-Oct-2001 |
England in the Eighteenth Century |
| John A. Pople |
Chemist |
31-Oct-1925 |
15-Mar-2004 |
Quantum mechanics of molecules |
| Karl Popper |
Philosopher |
28-Jul-1902 |
17-Sep-1994 |
Critical Rationalist |
| George Porter |
Chemist |
6-Dec-1920 |
31-Aug-2002 |
Rapid chemical and biological processes |
| Charles Powell |
Business |
6-Jun-1941 |
|
Private Secretary to Thatcher, 1983-90 |
| Sir Edward Poynter |
Painter |
20-Mar-1836 |
26-Jul-1919 |
British Neo-Classical painter |
| Ilya Prigogine |
Chemist |
25-Jan-1917 |
28-May-2003 |
Theory of dissipative structures |
| V. S. Pritchett |
Author |
16-Dec-1900 |
20-Mar-1997 |
Midnight Oil |
| Anthony Quayle |
Actor |
7-Sep-1913 |
20-Oct-1989 |
Ice-Cold in Alex |
| Sir William Ramsay |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1852 |
23-Jul-1916 |
Discovered noble gases |
| Terence Rattigan |
Playwright |
10-Jun-1911 |
30-Nov-1977 |
Separate Tables |
| Michael Redgrave |
Actor |
20-Mar-1908 |
21-Mar-1985 |
Mourning Becomes Electra |
| Joshua Reynolds |
Painter |
16-Jul-1723 |
23-Feb-1792 |
English portraitist |
| Ralph Richardson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1902 |
10-Oct-1983 |
Things To Come |
| Malcolm Rifkind |
Politician |
21-Jun-1946 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1995-97 |
| Adam Roberts |
Historian |
29-Aug-1940 |
|
President of the British Academy |
| Sir Charles G. D. Roberts |
Poet |
10-Jan-1860 |
26-Nov-1943 |
Earth's Enigmas |
| Bobby Robson |
Soccer |
18-Feb-1933 |
31-Jul-2009 |
English soccer manager |
| Ronald Ross |
Scientist |
13-May-1857 |
16-Sep-1932 |
Discovered malaria parasite in mosquitoes |
| Joseph Rotblat |
Physicist |
4-Nov-1908 |
31-Aug-2005 |
Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist |
| Bill Rowling |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1927 |
31-Oct-1995 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75 |
| Benjamin Count Rumford |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1753 |
21-Aug-1814 |
Established the Rumford Medal |
| Ernest Rutherford |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1871 |
19-Oct-1937 |
Father of nuclear physics |
| Martin Ryle |
Astronomer |
27-Sep-1918 |
14-Oct-1984 |
Radio astronomer |
| Granville Ryrie |
Military |
1-Jul-1865 |
2-Oct-1937 |
Soldier, High Commissioner to the UK |
| Herbert Samuel |
Politician |
6-Nov-1870 |
2-Feb-1963 |
High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25 |
| Malcolm Sargent |
Conductor |
29-Apr-1895 |
3-Oct-1967 |
Conductor, BBC Symphony, 1950-57 |
| John Sawers |
Diplomat |
26-Jul-1955 |
|
Director-General Designate, MI6 |
| George Shearing |
Jazz Musician |
13-Aug-1919 |
14-Feb-2011 |
George Shearing Quintet |
| Sir Robert Sibbald |
Doctor |
15-Apr-1641 |
Aug-1722 |
Scottish physician and antiquary |
| Sir Philip Sidney |
Author |
30-Nov-1554 |
17-Oct-1586 |
The Defence of Poesie |
| Donald Sinden |
Actor |
9-Oct-1923 |
|
Two's Company |
| C. Aubrey Smith |
Actor |
21-Jul-1863 |
20-Dec-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| 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 |
| Sir Leslie Stephen |
Encyclopaedist |
28-Nov-1832 |
22-Feb-1904 |
Dictionary of National Biography |
| Jackie Stewart |
Auto Racing |
11-Jun-1939 |
|
Three time Formula-1 world champion |
| Sir Robert Strange |
Engraver |
14-Jul-1721 |
5-Jul-1792 |
Scottish line engraver |
| P. F. Strawson |
Philosopher |
23-Nov-1919 |
13-Feb-2006 |
Individuals |
| Sir John Suckling |
Poet |
1609 |
1642 |
Fragmenta Aurea |
| Arthur Sullivan |
Composer |
13-May-1842 |
22-Nov-1900 |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Sir Joseph Wilson Swan |
Physicist |
31-Oct-1828 |
27-May-1914 |
Light bulb, photographic printing |
| Rabindranath Tagore |
Poet |
7-May-1861 |
7-Aug-1941 |
Gitanjali |
| Godfrey Tearle |
Actor |
12-Oct-1884 |
8-Jun-1953 |
The 39 Steps |
| D'Arcy Thompson |
Biologist |
2-May-1860 |
21-Jun-1948 |
On Growth and Form |
| J. J. Thomson |
Physicist |
18-Dec-1856 |
30-Aug-1940 |
Discovered the electron |
| Herbert Beerbohm Tree |
Actor |
17-Dec-1853 |
2-Jul-1917 |
Founder, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| William Trevor |
Novelist |
24-May-1928 |
|
The Old Boys |
| Edward Tylor |
Anthropologist |
2-Oct-1832 |
2-Jan-1917 |
Founder of cultural anthropology |
| Thomas Urquhart |
Author |
1611 |
1660 |
Translator of Rabelais |
| Anthony Van Dyck |
Painter |
22-Mar-1599 |
9-Dec-1641 |
Flemish portraitist and English court painter |
| Robert Walmsley |
Military |
1-Feb-1941 |
|
Retired Royal Navy Admiral |
| Sir Spencer Walpole |
Historian |
7-Feb-1839 |
7-Jul-1907 |
History of England from 1815 |
| Sir Francis Walsingham |
Government |
c. 1532 |
6-Apr-1590 |
Secretary to Elizabeth I |
| William Walton |
Composer |
29-Mar-1902 |
8-Mar-1983 |
Troilus and Cressida |
| Joseph Ward |
Head of State |
26-Apr-1856 |
8-Jul-1930 |
Twice Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| Archibald Wavell |
Military |
5-May-1883 |
24-May-1950 |
British Field Marshal in WWII |
| Roy Welensky |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1907 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1956-63 |
| Arnold Wesker |
Playwright |
24-May-1932 |
|
The Kitchen |
| Peter Westmacott |
Diplomat |
c. 1950 |
|
UK Ambassador to France |
| Charles Wheatstone |
Physicist |
6-Feb-1802 |
19-Oct-1875 |
Inventor of the telegraph |
| Mortimer Wheeler |
Archaeologist |
10-Sep-1890 |
22-Jul-1976 |
Archaeology from the Earth |
| William Whitelaw |
Politician |
28-Jun-1918 |
1-Jul-1999 |
UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-88 |
| Bernard Williams |
Philosopher |
21-Sep-1929 |
10-Jun-2003 |
Leading moral philosopher |
| Angus Wilson |
Novelist |
11-Aug-1913 |
31-May-1991 |
Hemlock and After |
| Norman Wisdom |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
4-Oct-2010 |
The Great British Clown |
| Christopher Wren |
Architect |
20-Oct-1632 |
25-Feb-1723 |
Designed St. Paul's Cathedral |
| Sir Thomas Wyat |
Poet |
1503 |
6-Oct-1542 |
Introduced sonnet to England |
