| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Henry Addington |
Head of State |
30-May-1757 |
15-Feb-1844 |
UK Prime Minister, 1801-04 |
| Saif Ali Khan |
Actor |
16-Aug-1970 |
|
Dil Chahta Hai |
| Aqualung |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Jan-1972 |
|
Brighter Than Sunshine |
| Gerald Aylmer |
Historian |
30-Apr-1926 |
17-Dec-2000 |
The King's Servants |
| Sir Thomas Browne |
Author |
19-Oct-1605 |
19-Oct-1682 |
Pseudodoxia Epidemica |
| Kenneth Clark |
Art Historian |
10-Jul-1903 |
21-May-1983 |
Civilisation |
| Stafford Cripps |
Politician |
24-Apr-1889 |
21-Apr-1952 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50 |
| Richard Crossman |
Politician |
15-Dec-1907 |
5-Apr-1974 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68 |
| Sir John Davies |
Poet |
16-Apr-1569 |
8-Dec-1626 |
Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing |
| Freeman Dyson |
Physicist |
15-Dec-1923 |
|
Theoretical physicist at Institute for Advanced Study |
| William Empson |
Critic |
27-Sep-1906 |
15-Apr-1984 |
Seven Types of Ambiguity |
| Michael Evans |
Actor |
27-Jul-1920 |
4-Sep-2007 |
The Young and the Restless |
| Edward Evans-Pritchard |
Anthropologist |
21-Sep-1902 |
11-Sep-1973 |
Theories of Primitive Religion |
| H. A. L. Fisher |
Historian |
21-Mar-1865 |
18-Apr-1940 |
The Medieval Empire |
| Peter Fowler |
Physicist |
27-Feb-1923 |
8-Nov-1996 |
Cosmic radiation |
| Hugh Gaitskell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1906 |
18-Jan-1963 |
Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63 |
| G. H. Hardy |
Mathematician |
7-Feb-1877 |
1-Dec-1947 |
A Mathematician's Apology |
| Geoffrey Howe |
Politician |
20-Dec-1926 |
9-Oct-2015 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1983-89 |
| Michael Jay |
Diplomat |
Jun-1946 |
|
UK Ambassador to France, 1996-2001 |
| Oswald Mosley |
Politician |
16-Nov-1896 |
3-Dec-1980 |
Founder of the British Union of Fascists |
| Thomas Otway |
Playwright |
3-Mar-1652 |
14-Apr-1685 |
Venice Preserved |
| Jonathan D. Spence |
Historian |
11-Aug-1936 |
|
The Search for Modern China |
| Tom Sturridge |
Actor |
21-Dec-1985 |
|
Waiting for Forever |
| Richard L. M. Synge |
Chemist |
28-Oct-1914 |
18-Aug-1994 |
Partition chromatography |
| Anthony Trollope |
Novelist |
24-Apr-1815 |
6-Dec-1882 |
Barchester Towers |
| William Warham |
Religion |
c. 1450 |
22-Aug-1532 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1504-32 |
| Thomas Warton |
Poet |
9-Jan-1728 |
21-May-1790 |
English Poet Laureate, 1785-90 |
| Archibald Wavell |
Military |
5-May-1883 |
24-May-1950 |
British Field Marshal in WWII |
| Joss Whedon |
Film/TV Producer |
23-Jun-1964 |
|
Creator of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly |
| William Whitelaw |
Politician |
28-Jun-1918 |
1-Jul-1999 |
UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-88 |
| Edward Young |
Poet |
1683 |
5-Apr-1765 |
Night Thoughts |
| George Younger |
Politician |
22-Sep-1931 |
26-Jan-2003 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1986-89 |
