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Most Famous Britons
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) -- Queen of England and Ireland. (1558–1603). Brought a period of relative internal stability, and led England to victory over the Spanish Armada during the Anglo-Spanish War. Her reign is known as the Elizabethan era.
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616) -- Poet and playwright. Creator of Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and many more. Thought of by many as the greatest of all English-language writers. An influential figure in theatre, his plays have been performed more often than those of any other playwright. His work is praised for its humanity, diversity, psychological depth and countless new words and expressions which have become part of the English language.
- Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) -- 1st Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653–1658). Served as the commander of the New Model Army during the First and Second English Civil Wars against King Charles I. Though praised by historians for moving the country to a more democratic system of government, Cromwell's nomination was controversial due to his actions during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
- Isaac Newton (1642–1727) -- Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, theologian and natural philosopher. Originator of universal gravitation and laws of classical mechanics and laws of motion. His Principia is one of the most influential works in the history of science.
- Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) -- Naval commander, famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. His victory during the Battle of Trafalgar was significant in preventing Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom.
- Jane Austen (1775-1817) -- Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security.
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882) -- Biologist, geologist and naturalist. Originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection and author of On the Origin of Species.
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
- Queen Victoria (1819-1901) -- Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than any of her predecessors, is known as the Victorian era.
- Winston Churchill (1874–1965) -- Prime Minister (1940–1945, 1951–1955). Historically ranked as one of the greatest British prime ministers. Led the nation during World War II, when the country defended itself against a planned German invasion. He was an important figure in post-war national and international politics. Received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.
- Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) -- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures.
- Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) -- Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC, was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
- Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) -- Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states over the course of her lifetime and remained the monarch of 15 realms by the time of her death.
- Julie Andrews (1935) -- Dame Julie Andrews DBE is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Tony Awards.
- John Lennon (1940–1980) -- Pop/rock singer-songwriter, musician, activist and member of music group The Beatles. One of the most famous, successful, influential, covered and admired pop artists of all time. Hailed for his highly personal and experimental music, rebellious free-spirited attitude and peace activism.
- Paul McCartney (1942) -- Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.
- Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997) -- First wife of Charles III (marriage 1981–1996), and mother of William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Admired for her philanthropic deeds.
Subcategories
This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total.
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- 1720 Savage, William (singer) GBR
- 1869 Booth, Walter R. (director) GBR
- 1874 Garden, Mary (singer, dancer) GBR
- 1876 Henderson-Bland, Robert (actor) GBR
- 1876 Warner, Henry Byron (actor) GBR - USA
- 1878 Gaye, Howard (actor, director) GBR - USA
- 1882 Coates, Albert (conductor) GBR
- 1889 Boult, Adrain (conductor) GBR
- 1889 Chaplin, Charlie (actor, director) GBR
- 1898 * Dyer, Percy (actor) GBR
- 1899 Hitchcock, Alfred (director) GBR
- 1906 Reed, Carol (director) GBR
- 1908 Lean, David (director) GBR
- 1909 Arden, Neal (actor) GBR
- 1910 Niven, David (actor) GBR
- 1911 Lough, Ernest (singer) GBR
- 1913 Firth, Frederick (singer) GBR
- 1915 Welles, Orson (actor, director) GBR
- 1922 Day, Robert (director) GBR
- 1924 Wise, Herbert (director) GBR
- 1927 Russell, Ken (director) GBR
- 1935 Andrews, Julie (actor) GBR
- 1937 Hopkins, Anthony (actor) GBR
- 1950 Chilvers, Phil (director) GBR
- 1960 Grant, Hugh (actor) GBR
- 1967 King, Matthew (composer) GBR
Pages in category "British"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 659 total.
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- William J. Deane (1823-1895), scholar
- Charlotte Mary Yonge (F / Britain, 1823-1901), novelist
- James Talboys Wheeler (1824-1897), novelist
- Alfred Edersheim (1825-1889), scholar
- Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901), scholar
- William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), artist
- Elizabeth Rundle Charles (F / Britain, 1828-1896), novelist
- Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828-1889), scholar
- Gerald Massey (1828-1907), nonfiction writer
- Benjamin Ward Richardson (1828-1896), novelist
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), artist
- George Walter Thornbury (M / Britain, 1828-1876), translator
- Alfred John Church (M / Britain, 1829-1912), novelist
- Edwin Long (1829-1891), artist
- John Everett Millais (1829-1896), artist
- Frederick Sandys (1829-1904), artist
- Alexander Balmain Bruce (1831-1899), scholar
- Frederic William Farrar (1831–1903), scholar
- J. Rawson Lumby (1831-1895), scholar
- George Alfred Henty (1832-1902), novelist
- George Frederick Maclear (1833-1902), scholar
- Sabine Baring-Gould (M / Britain, 1834-1924), novelist
- John James Lias (1834–1923), scholar
- James Drummond (1835-1918), scholar
- Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917), scholar
- Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), artist
- Philip Armes (M / Britain, 1836-1908), composer
- Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), artist
- Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), novelist
- John Naylor (M / Britain, 1838-1897), composer
- Robert Sinker (1838-1913), scholar
- Walter Pater (1839-1894), novelist
- Edward Henry Palmer (1840-1882), scholar
- John Stainer (M / Britain, 1840-1901), composer
- Charles Taylor (1840-1908), scholar
- Charles Warren (1840-1927), scholar
- Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901), poet
- Thomas Kelley Cheyne (1841-1915), scholar
- Handley Carr Glyn Moule (1841-1920), scholar
- Alfred Plummer (1841-1926), scholar
- Edwin Johnson (1842-1901), scholar
- George Matheson (1842-1906), scholar
- William Henry Simcox (1842–1889), scholar
- Agnes Smith Lewis (F / Britain, 1843-1926), scholar
- Thomas M. Lindsay (1843-1914), scholar
- William Sanday (1843-1920), scholar
- Alexander Mackenzie (M / Britain, 1844-1935), composer
- Albert Lister Peace (M / Britain, 1844-1912), composer
- Annesley William Streane (1844-1915), scholar
- Allan Menzies (1845-1916), scholar
- Wilson Barrett (M / Britain, 1846-1904), playwright
- Walter Lock (1846-1933), scholar
- George Barlow (1847-1913), playwright
- Frederick B. Meyer (M / Britain, 1847-1929), scholar
- Solomon Schechter (1847-1915), scholar
- Claude Reignier Conder (1848-1910), scholar
- C. Hubert H. Parry (M / Britain, 1848-1918), composer
- Arthur Richard Shilleto (1848-1894), scholar
- James Stalker (M / Britain, 1848-1927), scholar
- Frank Cowper (1849-1930), novelist
- George G. Findlay (1849-1919), scholar
- John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), artist
- M.E. Bewsher (F / Britain, 19th cent.), novelist
- John Bradshaw (19th cent.), novelist
- Arthur Carr
- James W.T. Hart
- Lewis Andrew Muirhead (19th cent.), scholar
- Hugh Westbury, novelist
- William Haggar (M / Britain, 1851-1924), film director
- William Mitchell Ramsay (1851-1939), scholar
- J. Rendel Harris (1852-1941), scholar
- Charles Kent (M / Britain, United States, 1852-1923), actor
- Henry Pereira Mendes (1852-1937), playwright
- William Douglas Morrison (1852-1943), scholar
- Thomas Alexander Lacey (1853-1931), author
- A. Lukyn Williams (1853-1943), scholar
- Robert Bird (M / Britain, 1854-1929), novelist
- S.L. MacGregor Mathers (1854-1918), occultist
- Frank Markham Skipworth (1854-1929), artist
- William Henry Bennett (1855-1920), scholar
- Robert Henry Charles (1855-1931), scholar
- Marie Corelli (F / Britain, 1855-1924), novelist
- Frederick J. Foakes-Jackson (1855-1941), scholar
- William Fairweather (1856-1942), scholar
- Moses Gaster (1856-1939), scholar
- H. Rider Haggard (M / Britain, 1856-1925), novelist
- Richard Waddy Moss (1856-1935), scholar
- Robert Lawrence Ottley (1856-1933), scholar
- George Adam Smith (1856-1942), scholar
- Francis Henry Colson (1857-1943), scholar
- Edward Elgar (M / Britain, 1857-1934), composer
- George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857-1929), artist
- Israel Abrahams (1858-1924), scholar
- David Samuel Margoliouth (1858-1940), scholar
- Claude G. Montefiore (1858-1938), scholar
- John Owen Farquhar Murray (1858-1944), scholar
- R. St John Parry (1858-1935), scholar
- Reginald St. John Parry (1858-1935), scholar
- W. Emery Barnes (1859-1939), scholar
- Colin Campbell (M / Britain, United States, 1859-1928), film director
- Edward Stott (1859-1918), artist
- William St. Clair Tisdall (1859-1928), scholar
- John D. Batten (1860-1932), artist
- John Henry Bernard (1860-1927), scholar
- R. Travers Herford (1860-1950), scholar
- James Mackinnon (1860-1945), scholar
- George Milligan (1860-1934), scholar
- T. Herbert Bindley (1861-1931), scholar
- George Wilfrid Blenkin (1861-1924), scholar
- Alfred Ernest Garvie (1861-1945), scholar
- Herbert Booth (M / Britain, Australia, 1862-1926), film director
- Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), scholar
- J. Vernon Bartlet (1863-1940), scholar
- George R.S. Mead (1863-1933), scholar
- G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945), scholar
- James Hope Moulton (1863-1917), scholar
- Joseph H. Perry (M / Britain, Australia, 1863-1943), film director
- Herbert Tom Andrews (1864-1928), scholar
- ~ F. Crawford Burkitt (1864-1935), British scholar
- Stephen Phillips (M / Britain, 1864-1915), playwright
- Lawrence Housman (M / Britain, 1865-1959), playwright
- Arthur S. Peake (1865-1929), scholar
- H.A.A. Kennedy (1866-1934), scholar
- William O.E. Oesterley (1866-1950), scholar
- Willoughby C. Allen (1867-1953), scholar
- Adolf Büchler (1867-1939), scholar
- Charles Joseph Finger (1869-1941), novelist
- Robert W. Paul (M / Britain, 1869-1943), film director
- Edmund J. Sullivan (1869-1933), artist
- Henry St. John Thackeray (1869-1930), scholar
- Edwyn R. Bevan (1870-1943), scholar
- Harrington Clare Lees (1870-1929), scholar
- T. Sturge Moore (M / Britain, 1870-1944), poet
- Henry Byatt
- John R. Carling, novelist
- Gerald Friedlander (1871-1923), scholar
- Alfred Tresidder Sheppard (1871-1947), novelist
- Kirsopp Lake (1872-1946), scholar
- Edith Olivier (M / Britain, 1872-1948), novelist
- Sidney Newman Sedgwick (1872-1941), scholar
- Maurice Baring (1874-1945), novelist
- Gustav Holst (M / Britain, 1874-1934), composer
- Burnett Hillman Streeter (1874-1937), scholar
- J. Stuart Blackton (M / Britain, United States, 1875-1941), film director
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (M / Britain, 1875-1912), composer
- Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), occultist
- Marmaduke William Pickthall (1875-1936), scholar
- Richard Bell (1876-1952), scholar
- Paul P. Levertoff (1878-1954), scholar & translator
- John Masefield (1878-1967), playwright
- Alphonse Mingana (1878-1937), scholar
- Ernest Sutherland Bates (1879-1939), novelist
- James Black (1879-1949), novelist
- Charles Bryant (M / Britain, United States, 1879-1948), film director
- Constance Crawley (F / Britain, 1879–1919), actor
- Harold Monro (1879-1932), poet
- Ernest Temple Thurston (1879-1933), playwright
- Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), artist
- Arthur Maude (M / Britain, 1880-1950), actor, film director
- Frank Chenhalls Williams (1880-1965), novelist
- Cecily Spencer-Smith Phillimore
- Herbert Cutner (1881-1969), nonfiction writer
- Frank Morison (Albert Henry Ross; 1881-1950), nonfiction writer
- Theodore H. Robinson (1881-1964), scholar
- Thomas Walker (b.1881), scholar
- Eric Gill (1882-1940), artist
- Norman Bentwich (1883-1971), scholar
- George Dyson (M / Britain, 1883-1964), composer
- Robert Henry Lightfoot (1883-1953), scholar
- Charles Harold Dodd (1884-1973), scholar
- David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930), novelist
- Wilfred L. Knox (1886-1950), scholar
- Abraham Cohen (1887-1957), scholar
- Maurice Elvey (M / Britain, 1887-1967), film director
- Victor MacClure (1887-1963), novelist
- Bertram Brooker (M / Britain, Canada, 1888-1955), novelist
- Ronald A. Knox (1888-1957), novelist
- Nahum Levison (b.1888), scholar
- Emile Burns (1889-1972), translator
- Herbert Danby (1889-1953), scholar
- Gerald Heard (1889-1971), novelist
- Claude Rains (M / Britain, United States, 1889-1967), actor
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975), scholar
- Harold Henry Rowley (1890-1969), scholar
- Douglas J. Boyle
- Salomon A. Birnbaum (1891-1990), scholar
- Izak Goller (1891-1939), playwright
- Ursula Bloom (F / Britain, 1892-1984), novelist
- George Arthur Buttrick (1892-1980), scholar
- Godfrey Rolles Driver (1892-1975), scholar
- George H.C. Macgregor (1892-1963), scholar
- Henry Vollam Morton (1892-1979), nonfiction writer
- Thomas Walter Manson (1893-1958), scholar
- Dorothy L. Sayers (F / Britain, 1893-1957), playwright
- Robert Graves (1895-1985), novelist
- Victor Saville (M / Britain, 1895-1979), film director
- Geoffrey Arthur Williamson (1895-1982), scholar
- James Parkes (1896-1981), scholar
- Norman Porteous (1898-2003), scholar
- Irvin Rapper (M / Britain, United States, 1898-1999), film director