| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Abbott |
Actor |
5-Jun-1905 |
24-May-1996 |
The Woman in White |
| Tony Abbott |
Head of State |
4-Nov-1957 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 2013-15 |
| Joss Ackland |
Actor |
29-Feb-1928 |
|
White Mischief |
| Peter Ackroyd |
Author |
5-Oct-1949 |
|
The Great Fire of London |
| Louisa Adams |
First Lady |
12-Feb-1775 |
15-May-1852 |
Wife of US President John Quincy Adams |
| Henry Addington |
Head of State |
30-May-1757 |
15-Feb-1844 |
UK Prime Minister, 1801-04 |
| Adele |
Singer |
5-May-1988 |
|
Rolling In The Deep |
| Edgar Adrian |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1889 |
4-Aug-1977 |
Electricity within nerve cells |
| Allan Ahlberg |
Author |
1938 |
|
Juvenile author, The Jolly Postman |
| Riz Ahmed |
Actor |
1-Dec-1982 |
|
Four Lions |
| Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje |
Actor |
22-Aug-1967 |
|
Adebisi in Oz |
| Asma al-Assad |
First Lady |
11-Aug-1975 |
|
First Lady of Syria |
| Terence Alexander |
Actor |
11-Mar-1923 |
28-May-2009 |
Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac |
| Princess Alexandra |
Royalty |
25-Dec-1936 |
|
Granddaughter of King George V |
| Princess Alice |
Royalty |
25-Dec-1901 |
29-Oct-2004 |
Late Duchess of Gloucester |
| Roger Allam |
Actor |
26-Oct-1953 |
|
Privates on Parade |
| Lily Allen |
Singer |
2-May-1985 |
|
Smile |
| Claud Allister |
Actor |
3-Oct-1888 |
26-Jul-1970 |
The Reluctant Dragon |
| Christiane Amanpour |
Journalist |
12-Jan-1958 |
|
Host of ABC's This Week |
| Eric Ambler |
Novelist |
28-Jun-1909 |
22-Oct-1998 |
Topkapi |
| Jon Amiel |
Film Director |
20-May-1948 |
|
Entrapment |
| Hardy Amies |
Fashion Designer |
17-Jul-1909 |
5-Mar-2003 |
Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II |
| Kingsley Amis |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1922 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Lucky Jim |
| Emma Anderson |
Musician |
10-Jun-1967 |
|
Lush guitarist and vocalist |
| Michael Anderson |
Film Director |
30-Jan-1920 |
|
Logan's Run |
| Perry Anderson |
Editor |
11-Sep-1938 |
|
Editor, New Left Review |
| Peter André |
Singer |
27-Feb-1973 |
|
British/Cypriot singer |
| Prince Andrew |
Royalty |
19-Feb-1960 |
|
The Duke of York |
| Anthony Andrews |
Actor |
12-Jan-1948 |
|
Brideshead Revisited |
| Barry Andrews |
Musician |
12-Sep-1956 |
|
Former XTC keyboardist, Shriekback co-founder |
| Kenneth R. Andrews |
Historian |
26-Aug-1921 |
6-Jan-2012 |
Elizabethan Privateering |
| Naveen Andrews |
Actor |
17-Jan-1969 |
|
Sayid on Lost |
| Edmund Andros |
Government |
6-Dec-1637 |
24-Feb-1714 |
American colonial governor |
| Vanessa Angel |
Actor |
10-Nov-1966 |
|
Weird Science |
| Queen Anne |
Royalty |
6-Feb-1665 |
1-Aug-1714 |
Queen of England, 1702-14 |
| Francesca Annis |
Actor |
14-May-1944 |
|
Wives and Daughters |
| Adam Ant |
Musician |
3-Nov-1954 |
|
Goody Two Shoes |
| Lysette Anthony |
Actor |
26-Sep-1963 |
|
Husbands and Wives |
| Kwame Anthony Appiah |
Philosopher |
8-May-1954 |
|
The Ethics of Identity |
| Jeffrey Archer |
Novelist |
15-Apr-1940 |
|
First Among Equals |
| George Arliss |
Actor |
10-Apr-1868 |
5-Feb-1946 |
Disraeli |
| Jane Asher |
Actor |
5-Apr-1946 |
|
Deep End |
| Peter Asher |
Musician |
22-Jun-1944 |
|
Peter of Peter and Gordon |
| Renée Asherson |
Actor |
19-May-1915 |
30-Oct-2014 |
Malta Story |
| Michael Aspel |
TV Personality |
12-Jan-1933 |
|
Antiques Roadshow host |
| Anthony Asquith |
Film Director |
9-Nov-1902 |
20-Feb-1968 |
Pygmalion |
| Michael Atiyah |
Mathematician |
22-Apr-1929 |
|
Atiyah-Singer index theorem |
| Eileen Atkins |
Actor |
16-Jun-1934 |
|
Co-Creator of Upstairs, Downstairs |
| David Attenborough |
Naturalist |
8-May-1926 |
|
Life on Earth |
| Clement Attlee |
Head of State |
3-Jan-1883 |
8-Oct-1967 |
UK Prime Minister, 1945-51 |
| Hayley Atwell |
Actor |
5-Apr-1982 |
|
The Duchess |
| Lionel Atwill |
Actor |
1-Mar-1885 |
22-Apr-1946 |
The Ghost of Frankenstein |
| A. J. Ayer |
Philosopher |
29-Oct-1910 |
27-Jun-1989 |
Language, Truth and Logic |
| Richard Ayoade |
Actor |
12-Jun-1977 |
|
Dean Learner on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace |
| Francis Bacon |
Philosopher |
22-Jan-1561 |
9-Apr-1626 |
Novum Organum |
| Angela Baddeley |
Actor |
4-Jul-1904 |
22-Feb-1976 |
Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Robert Baden-Powell |
Military |
22-Feb-1857 |
8-Jan-1941 |
Founder of the Boy Scout movement |
| William Baffin |
Explorer |
c. 1584 |
23-Jan-1622 |
Tried to find North-West Passage |
| Louise Bagshawe |
Novelist |
28-Jun-1971 |
|
Chick lit novelist, British MP for Corby |
| Paul Bailey |
Novelist |
16-Feb-1937 |
|
At The Jerusalem |
| Colin Baker |
Actor |
8-Jun-1943 |
|
6th Doctor on Doctor Who |
| Roy Ward Baker |
Film Director |
19-Dec-1916 |
5-Oct-2010 |
A Night to Remember |
| Sir Samuel White Baker |
Explorer |
8-Jun-1821 |
30-Dec-1893 |
Travelled to the source of the Nile |
| Jamie Bamber |
Actor |
3-Apr-1973 |
|
Battlestar Galactica |
| Sir Joseph Banks |
Botanist |
13-Feb-1743 |
19-Jun-1820 |
Accompanied James Cook |
| Lynne Reid Banks |
Novelist |
31-Jul-1929 |
|
The Indian in the Cupboard |
| John Barbirolli |
Conductor |
2-Dec-1899 |
29-Jul-1970 |
Conductor at The Hallé, 1943-70 |
| Nigel Barker |
Photographer |
27-Apr-1972 |
|
Judge, America's Next Top Model |
| Ben Barnes |
Actor |
20-Aug-1981 |
|
Prince Caspian |
| Binnie Barnes |
Actor |
25-May-1903 |
27-Jul-1998 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Michael Barrymore |
TV Personality |
4-May-1952 |
|
Barrymore |
| Mischa Barton |
Actor |
24-Jan-1986 |
|
Marissa Cooper on The O.C. |
| Martin Bashir |
Journalist |
19-Jan-1963 |
|
The Living with Michael Jackson special |
| Alfie Bass |
Actor |
8-Apr-1921 |
15-Jul-1987 |
Bootsie and Snudge |
| Nina Bawden |
Novelist |
19-Jan-1925 |
22-Aug-2012 |
Carrie's War |
| Arnold Bax |
Composer |
8-Nov-1883 |
3-Oct-1953 |
Symphonist, Tone Poet |
| Thomas Bayes |
Mathematician |
1701 |
7-Apr-1761 |
Bayes' theorem |
| Jeremy Beadle |
TV Personality |
12-Apr-1948 |
30-Jan-2008 |
You've Been Framed |
| A. C. F. Beales |
Historian |
1905 |
16-Aug-1974 |
The History of Peace |
| Abraham D. Beame |
Politician |
20-Mar-1906 |
10-Feb-2001 |
Mayor of New York City, 1974-77 |
| Thomas Becket |
Religion |
c. 1118 |
29-Dec-1170 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162-70 |
| David Beckham |
Soccer |
2-May-1975 |
|
Los Angeles Galaxy |
| Kate Beckinsale |
Actor |
26-Jul-1973 |
|
Pearl Harbor |
| Max Beerbohm |
Critic |
24-Aug-1872 |
20-May-1956 |
Caricaturist, Seven Men |
| Catherine Bell |
Actor |
14-Aug-1968 |
|
Sarah MacKenzie on JAG |
| Max Beloff |
Historian |
2-Jul-1913 |
22-Mar-1999 |
Founder, University of Buckingham |
| David Benedictus |
Novelist |
16-Sep-1938 |
|
The Fourth of June |
| Peter Benenson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1921 |
25-Feb-2005 |
Founder of Amnesty International |
| Hilary Benn |
Politician |
26-Nov-1953 |
|
British MP, Leeds Central |
| Tony Benn |
Politician |
3-Apr-1925 |
14-Mar-2014 |
Radical left Labour MP |
| Miki Berenyi |
Musician |
18-Mar-1967 |
|
Singer/guitarist for Lush |
| John Berger |
Novelist |
5-Nov-1926 |
2-Jan-2016 |
British novelist, G |
| Steven Berkoff |
Actor |
3-Aug-1937 |
|
London Theatre Group |
| Tim Berners-Lee |
Computer Programmer |
8-Jun-1955 |
|
Inventor of the World Wide Web |
| Elizabeth Berridge |
Novelist |
3-Dec-1919 |
2-Dec-2009 |
Across the Common |
| Marina Berti |
Actor |
29-Sep-1924 |
29-Oct-2002 |
La califfa |
| Annie Besant |
Activist |
1-Oct-1847 |
20-Sep-1933 |
Theosophist & Social Activist |
| Eve Best |
Actor |
31-Jul-1971 |
|
Dr. Eleanor O'Hara on Nurse Jackie |
| Paul Bettany |
Actor |
27-May-1971 |
|
A Knight's Tale |
| John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan |
Aristocrat |
18-Dec-1934 |
3-Feb-2016 |
7th Earl of Lucan, murderer |
| Jesse Birdsall |
Actor |
13-Feb-1963 |
|
Nicholas Beckett on Bugs |
| Jane Birkin |
Actor |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
Sang on Je t'aime ... moi non plus |
| Patrick M. S. Blackett |
Physicist |
18-Nov-1897 |
13-Jul-1974 |
Cosmic radiation, continental drift |
| Honor Blackman |
Actor |
12-Dec-1926 |
|
Cathy Gale on The Avengers |
| Susan Blackmore |
Author |
29-Jul-1951 |
|
The Meme Machine |
| William Blackstone |
Judge |
10-Jul-1723 |
14-Feb-1780 |
Commentaries on the Laws of England |
| William Blake |
Poet |
28-Nov-1757 |
12-Aug-1827 |
English romantic poet and artist |
| Caroline Blakiston |
Actor |
13-Feb-1933 |
|
Lady Patience Hardacre on Brass |
| Tony Blankley |
Pundit |
21-Jan-1948 |
7-Jan-2012 |
McLaughlin Group pundit |
| Melanie Blatt |
Musician |
25-Mar-1975 |
|
All Saints |
| Brebis Bleaney |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1915 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Electron paramagnetic resonance |
| Arthur Bliss |
Composer |
2-Aug-1891 |
28-Mar-1975 |
Morning Heroes |
| Claire Bloom |
Actor |
15-Feb-1931 |
|
Crimes and Misdemeanors |
| Eric Blore |
Actor |
23-Dec-1887 |
2-Mar-1959 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Callum Blue |
Actor |
19-Aug-1977 |
|
Mason on Dead Like Me |
| Heston Blumenthal |
Chef |
17-May-1966 |
|
The Fat Duck |
| Edmund Blunden |
Poet |
1-Nov-1896 |
20-Jan-1974 |
Undertones of War |
| Emily Blunt |
Actor |
23-Feb-1983 |
|
The Devil Wears Prada |
| Dirk Bogarde |
Actor |
28-Mar-1921 |
8-May-1999 |
A Bridge Too Far |
| Alec Boksenberg |
Astronomer |
18-Mar-1936 |
|
Image Photon Counting System |
| Marc Bolan |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Sep-1947 |
16-Sep-1977 |
T-Rex |
| Rolf Boldrewood |
Novelist |
6-Aug-1826 |
11-Mar-1915 |
Robbery Under Arms |
| Edward Bond |
Playwright |
18-Jul-1934 |
|
Saved |
| Hugh Bonneville |
Actor |
10-Nov-1963 |
|
Downton Abbey |
| John Bossy |
Historian |
30-Apr-1933 |
|
Christianity in the West |
| Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
Royalty |
4-Aug-1900 |
30-Mar-2002 |
The Queen Mother |
| David Bowie |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Jan-1947 |
10-Jan-2016 |
Ziggy Stardust |
| Camilla Parker Bowles |
Relative |
17-Jul-1947 |
|
Prince Charles's wife, former mistress |
| Peter Bowles |
Actor |
16-Oct-1936 |
|
British comic actor |
| William Boyce |
Composer |
7-Feb-1710 |
7-Feb-1779 |
Cathedral Music |
| Charles Boyle |
Military |
1676 |
28-Aug-1731 |
4th Earl of Orrery |
| Mary Elizabeth Braddon |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1837 |
4-Feb-1915 |
Lady Audley's Secret |
| Charles Bradlaugh |
Activist |
26-Sep-1833 |
30-Jan-1891 |
Atheistic Iconoclast |
| David Braham |
Composer |
1838 |
11-Apr-1905 |
The Mulligan Guards |
| Julian Bream |
Guitarist |
15-Jul-1933 |
|
Guitarist and lutenist |
| Ashleigh Brilliant |
Cartoonist |
9-Dec-1933 |
|
Creator of Pot-Shots |
| Leon Brittan |
Politician |
25-Sep-1939 |
21-Jan-2015 |
UK Home Secretary, 1983-85 |
| Clive Brook |
Actor |
1-Jun-1887 |
17-Nov-1974 |
Shanghai Express |
| Peter Brook |
Theater Director |
21-Mar-1925 |
|
Lord of the Flies |
| Anita Brookner |
Novelist |
16-Jul-1928 |
10-Mar-2016 |
Hotel Du Lac |
| Brigid Brophy |
Author |
12-Jun-1929 |
7-Aug-1995 |
Black Ship to Hell |
| Martin Broughton |
Business |
15-Apr-1947 |
|
Chairman of British Airways |
| George Brown |
Politician |
2-Sep-1914 |
2-Jun-1985 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68 |
| Georgia Brown |
Actor |
21-Oct-1933 |
5-Jul-1992 |
The Raging Moon |
| Herbert C. Brown |
Chemist |
22-May-1912 |
19-Dec-2004 |
Discovered organoboranes |
| Pamela Brown |
Actor |
8-Jul-1917 |
18-Sep-1975 |
Lust for Life |
| Trevor Brown |
Artist |
? |
|
Baby Art |
| Sir Thomas Browne |
Author |
19-Oct-1605 |
19-Oct-1682 |
Pseudodoxia Epidemica |
| Beau Brummell |
Socialite |
7-Jun-1778 |
30-Mar-1840 |
Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion |
| Henry Thomas Buckle |
Historian |
24-Nov-1821 |
29-May-1862 |
History of Civilisation in England |
| Sir Henry Bulwer |
Diplomat |
13-Feb-1801 |
23-May-1872 |
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty |
| Edward George Bulwer-Lytton |
Novelist |
25-May-1803 |
18-Jan-1873 |
The Last Days of Pompeii |
| Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts |
Philanthropist |
21-Apr-1814 |
30-Dec-1906 |
Victorian philanthropist |
| John Bernard Burke |
Historian |
5-Jan-1814 |
12-Dec-1892 |
Burke's Peerage |
| Kathy Burke |
Actor |
13-Jun-1964 |
|
Nil by Mouth |
| Thomas Burke |
Author |
29-Nov-1886 |
22-Sep-1945 |
Limehouse Nights |
| Michael Burleigh |
Historian |
3-Apr-1955 |
|
The Third Reich: A New History |
| Mark Burnett |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Jul-1960 |
|
Survivor, Eco-Challenge, etc. |
| Alan Burns |
Novelist |
29-Dec-1929 |
|
Europe After the Rain |
| Saffron Burrows |
Actor |
22-Oct-1972 |
|
Deep Blue Sea |
| William Evans Burton |
Actor |
1804 |
9-Feb-1860 |
Popular comic actor |
| Frances Buss |
Educator |
16-Aug-1827 |
24-Dec-1894 |
Girls' school reformer |
| Asa Butterfield |
Actor |
1-Apr-1997 |
|
Ender's Game |
| Kathleen Byron |
Actor |
11-Jan-1921 |
18-Jan-2009 |
Black Narcissus |
| Lord Byron |
Poet |
22-Jan-1788 |
19-Apr-1824 |
English romantic poet |
| Sebastian Cabot |
Actor |
6-Jul-1918 |
22-Aug-1977 |
The Family Jewels |
| Simon Callow |
Actor |
13-Jun-1949 |
|
British theatre actor |
| Phyllis Calvert |
Actor |
18-Feb-1915 |
8-Oct-2002 |
Madonna of the Seven Moons |
| William Camden |
Scholar |
2-May-1551 |
9-Nov-1623 |
Britannia |
| Hamilton Camp |
Actor |
30-Oct-1934 |
2-Oct-2005 |
Voice of GizmoDuck |
| Naomi Campbell |
Model |
22-May-1970 |
|
Black Panther |
| Mrs. Patrick Campbell |
Actor |
9-Feb-1865 |
10-Apr-1940 |
Pygmalion |
| Edmund Campion |
Religion |
24-Jan-1540 |
1-Dec-1581 |
Jesuit martyr, hanged at Tyburn |
| Thomas Campion |
Composer |
12-Feb-1567 |
1-Mar-1620 |
English musical poet, Bookes of Ayres |
| Charles John Canning |
Government |
14-Dec-1812 |
17-Jun-1862 |
Governor-General of India |
| George Canning |
Politician |
11-Apr-1770 |
8-Aug-1827 |
Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain |
| George L. Carey |
Religion |
13-Nov-1935 |
|
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1991-2002 |
| John Carey |
Critic |
5-Apr-1934 |
|
The Intellectuals and the Masses |
| Peter Carington |
Government |
6-Jun-1919 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1979-82 |
| E. H. Carr |
Historian |
28-Jun-1892 |
3-Nov-1982 |
The Twenty Years Crisis, 1919-1939 |
| Jimmy Carr |
Comic |
15-Sep-1972 |
|
The Naked Jape |
| John Paddy Carstairs |
Film Director |
11-May-1910 |
12-Dec-1970 |
The Saint in London |
| Richard D'Oyly Carte |
Impresario |
3-May-1844 |
3-Apr-1901 |
English opera and theatre impresario |
| Chris Carter |
Electronic Musician |
28-Jan-1953 |
|
Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey |
| Helena Bonham Carter |
Actor |
26-May-1966 |
|
Marla in Fight Club |
| Howard Carter |
Archaeologist |
9-May-1874 |
2-Mar-1939 |
Uncovered Tutankhamun's Tomb |
| Jason Carter |
Actor |
23-Sep-1960 |
|
Marcus Cole on Babylon 5 |
| Katrin Cartlidge |
Actor |
15-May-1961 |
7-Sep-2002 |
Claire Dolan |
| Amira Casar |
Actor |
1-Jul-1971 |
|
Anatomy of Hell |
| Peter Cattaneo |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1964 |
|
The Full Monty |
| Lord David Cecil |
Author |
9-Apr-1902 |
1-Jan-1986 |
Melbourne |
| Robert Cecil |
Politician |
14-Sep-1864 |
24-Nov-1958 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| David Cesarani |
Historian |
13-Nov-1956 |
25-Oct-2015 |
Eichmann: His Life and Crimes |
| Joseph Chamberlain |
Politician |
8-Jul-1836 |
3-Jul-1914 |
British pol revered in Birmingham |
| Ben Chaplin |
Actor |
31-Jul-1970 |
|
The Truth About Cats & Dogs |
| Charlie Chaplin |
Actor |
16-Apr-1889 |
25-Dec-1977 |
Silent film comedian |
| Sydney Chaplin |
Actor |
16-Mar-1885 |
16-Apr-1965 |
Actor/brother of Charlie Chaplin |
| Prince Charles |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1948 |
|
Heir to the throne of Britain |
| Tina Charles |
Singer |
10-Mar-1954 |
|
Disco singer |
| James Hadley Chase |
Novelist |
24-Dec-1906 |
6-Feb-1985 |
No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
| Geoffrey Chaucer |
Author |
c. 1343 |
25-Oct-1400 |
Canterbury Tales |
| G. K. Chesterton |
Author |
29-May-1874 |
14-Jun-1936 |
The Man Who Was Thursday |
| Sarita Choudhury |
Actor |
18-Aug-1966 |
|
Mississippi Masala |
| Roger Christian |
Film Director |
25-Feb-1944 |
|
Battlefield Earth |
| Caryl Churchill |
Playwright |
3-Sep-1938 |
|
Having a Wonderful Time |
| Charles Churchill |
Poet |
1731 |
4-Nov-1764 |
Rosciad |
| Randolph Churchill |
Journalist |
28-May-1911 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Son of Winston Churchill |
| Colley Cibber |
Playwright |
6-Nov-1671 |
11-Dec-1757 |
Apology |
| Alan Clark |
Politician |
13-Apr-1928 |
5-Sep-1999 |
Controversial, Conservative MP and minister |
| Colin Clark |
Film/TV Producer |
9-Oct-1932 |
17-Dec-2002 |
My Week with Marilyn |
| Dave Clark |
Musician |
15-Dec-1942 |
|
Lead and drummer, Dave Clark 5 |
| Ernest Clark |
Actor |
12-Feb-1912 |
11-Nov-1994 |
Sir Geoffrey Loftus |
| J. C. D. Clark |
Historian |
28-Feb-1951 |
|
English Society, 1688-1832 |
| Kenneth Clark |
Art Historian |
10-Jul-1903 |
21-May-1983 |
Civilisation |
| Charles Clarke |
Politician |
21-Sep-1950 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2004-06 |
| Emilia Clarke |
Actor |
26-Oct-1986 |
|
Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones |
| Noel Clarke |
Actor |
6-Dec-1975 |
|
Mickey Smith on Doctor Who |
| Vince Clarke |
Electronic Musician |
3-Jul-1960 |
|
Erasure |
| Carol Cleveland |
Actor |
13-Jan-1942 |
|
Monty Python's Flying Circus |
| Alec Clunes |
Actor |
17-May-1912 |
13-Mar-1970 |
Classical theatre actor, stage manager |
| Martin Clunes |
Actor |
28-Nov-1961 |
|
Dr. Martin Ellingham on Doc Martin |
| Sebastian Coe |
Track and Field |
29-Sep-1956 |
|
Won 4 Olympic running medals |
| Alma Cogan |
Singer |
19-May-1932 |
26-Oct-1966 |
The Girl With the Giggle In Her Voice |
| Sacha Baron Cohen |
Comic |
13-Oct-1971 |
|
Boyakasha! Respec |
| Nik Cohn |
Author |
1946 |
|
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom |
| Norman Cohn |
Historian |
25-Jan-1915 |
31-Jul-2007 |
The Pursuit of the Millennium |
| George Cole |
Actor |
22-Apr-1925 |
5-Aug-2015 |
Arthur Daley on Minder |
| Jackie Collins |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1937 |
19-Sep-2015 |
Hollywood Wives |
| Joan Collins |
Actor |
23-May-1933 |
|
Alexis on Dynasty |
| Phil Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jan-1951 |
|
Lead singer of Genesis |
| Alex Comfort |
Doctor |
10-Feb-1920 |
26-Mar-2000 |
The Joy of Sex |
| Jason Connery |
Actor |
11-Jan-1963 |
|
Merlin |
| Kevin Connor |
Film Director |
1937 |
|
Motel Hell |
| Pat Coombs |
Actor |
27-Aug-1926 |
25-May-2002 |
British character actress |
| Dominic Cooper |
Actor |
2-Jun-1978 |
|
The Duchess |
| Gladys Cooper |
Actor |
18-Dec-1888 |
17-Nov-1971 |
My Fair Lady |
| Violet Kemble Cooper |
Actor |
12-Dec-1886 |
17-Aug-1961 |
Our Betters |
| Robert Coote |
Actor |
4-Feb-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
My Fair Lady |
| Miles Copeland |
Business |
2-May-1944 |
|
Founder of IRS Records |
| James Corden |
Talk Show Host |
22-Aug-1978 |
|
Host, The Late Late Show |
| E. J. H. Corner |
Botanist |
12-Jan-1906 |
14-Sep-1996 |
Durian theory |
| Charles Cornwallis |
Military |
31-Dec-1738 |
5-Oct-1805 |
Surrendered at Yorktown |
| Bernard Cornwell |
Novelist |
1944 |
|
Sharpe series |
| Thomas George Cowling |
Mathematician |
17-Jun-1906 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Cowling model |
| Charlie Cox |
Actor |
21-Dec-1982 |
|
Stardust |
| Michael Craton |
Historian |
20-Aug-1931 |
|
History of the Bahamas |
| Bernard Crick |
Political Scientist |
16-Dec-1929 |
19-Dec-2008 |
In Defence of Politics |
| Stafford Cripps |
Politician |
24-Apr-1889 |
21-Apr-1952 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50 |
| Donald Crisp |
Actor |
27-Jul-1880 |
25-May-1974 |
Silent film actor, survived into talkies |
| Thomas Cromwell |
Government |
c. 1485 |
28-Jul-1540 |
Advisor to Henry VIII |
| Sir William Crookes |
Chemist |
17-Jun-1832 |
4-Apr-1919 |
Discovered element Thallium |
| Ben Cross |
Actor |
16-Dec-1947 |
|
Chariots of Fire |
| George Cruikshank |
Artist |
27-Sep-1792 |
1-Feb-1878 |
English caricaturist |
| Taio Cruz |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Apr-1980 |
|
Break Your Heart |
| Michael Culver |
Actor |
16-Jun-1938 |
|
A Passage to India |
| Roland Culver |
Actor |
21-Aug-1900 |
29-Feb-1984 |
Dead of Night |
| Benedict Cumberbatch |
Actor |
19-Jul-1976 |
|
BBC's Sherlock Holmes |
| Roland Curram |
Actor |
1932 |
|
Darling |
| Maryam d'Abo |
Actor |
27-Dec-1960 |
|
The Living Daylights |
| Charlotte Dacre |
Novelist |
c. 1771 |
7-Nov-1825 |
Zofloya |
| Sophie Dahl |
Model |
15-Sep-1977 |
|
Notorious Opium advertisement |
| Henry Dale |
Scientist |
9-Jun-1875 |
23-Jul-1968 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Theodore Dalrymple |
Author |
11-Oct-1949 |
|
Life at the Bottom |
| Roger Daltrey |
Singer |
1-Mar-1944 |
|
Vocalist for The Who |
| Henry Daniell |
Actor |
5-Mar-1894 |
31-Oct-1963 |
British-American character actor |
| Roy Daniells |
Poet |
6-Apr-1902 |
13-Apr-1979 |
The Chequered Shade |
| John Nelson Darby |
Religion |
18-Nov-1800 |
29-Apr-1882 |
Father of Dispensationalism |
| James D'Arcy |
Actor |
24-Aug-1975 |
|
Revelation |
| Jim Davidson |
Comic |
13-Dec-1953 |
|
Stand Up Jim Davidson |
| Paul Davies |
Physicist |
22-Apr-1946 |
|
The Mind of God |
| Ray Davies |
Musician |
21-Jun-1944 |
|
Frontman for The Kinks |
| Peter Davison |
Actor |
13-Apr-1951 |
|
5th Doctor on Doctor Who |
| Daniel Day-Lewis |
Actor |
29-Apr-1957 |
|
My Left Foot |
| Aubrey de Grey |
Biologist |
20-Apr-1963 |
|
Researcher of regenerative medicine |
| Henry de la Beche |
Geologist |
1796 |
13-Apr-1855 |
Created first Geologic Survey |
| John Dee |
Mathematician |
13-Jul-1527 |
26-Mar-1609 |
Mathematician and mystic |
| Daniel Defoe |
Author |
Sep-1660 |
24-Apr-1731 |
Robinson Crusoe |
| Len Deighton |
Novelist |
18-Feb-1929 |
|
The Ipcress File |
| Thomas Dekker |
Playwright |
c. 1572 |
c. 1632 |
The Gentle Craft |
| Cara Delevingne |
Model |
12-Aug-1992 |
|
Face of Burberry |
| Dixon Denham |
Explorer |
1-Jan-1786 |
8-May-1828 |
English explorer of Central Africa |
| John Dennis |
Critic |
1657 |
6-Jan-1734 |
The Usefulness of the Stage |
| Martine Dennis |
Journalist |
29-Jan-1961 |
|
BBC World presenter |
| Sandy Denny |
Singer |
6-Jan-1947 |
21-Apr-1978 |
Fairport Convention |
| Michael Des Barres |
Actor |
24-Jan-1948 |
|
Murdoc on MacGyver |
| Dido |
Musician |
25-Dec-1971 |
|
No Angel |
| Stephen Dillane |
Actor |
30-Nov-1956 |
|
Welcome to Sarajevo |
| Benjamin Disraeli |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1804 |
19-Apr-1881 |
UK Prime Minister, 1874-80 |
| Michelle Dockery |
Actor |
15-Dec-1981 |
|
Lady Mary Crawley on Downton Abbey |
| John Donne |
Poet |
1572 |
31-Mar-1631 |
Anniversaries |
| Clive Donner |
Film Director |
21-Jan-1926 |
7-Sep-2010 |
What's New, Pussycat |
| Amanda Donohoe |
Actor |
29-Jun-1962 |
|
Castaway |
| MF Doom |
Rapper |
9-Jan-1971 |
|
Rapper of many masks |
| Alec Douglas-Home |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1903 |
9-Oct-1995 |
UK Prime Minister, 1963-64 |
| Kenneth Dover |
Scholar |
11-Mar-1920 |
7-Mar-2010 |
Greek Homosexuality |
| John Dowland |
Composer |
c. 1562 |
21-Jan-1626 |
Lachrimae, Lutenist |
| Lesley-Anne Down |
Actor |
17-Mar-1954 |
|
The Bold and the Beautiful |
| Minnie Driver |
Actor |
31-Jan-1970 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
| Wheeler Dryden |
Actor |
31-Aug-1892 |
30-Sep-1957 |
Limelight |
| William Duddell |
Physicist |
1872 |
4-Nov-1917 |
Electronic music |
| Anne-Marie Duff |
Actor |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
The Virgin Queen |
| Daphne Du Maurier |
Author |
13-May-1907 |
19-May-1989 |
Rebecca |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody |
Politician |
12-Dec-1930 |
17-Apr-2008 |
British MP, Crewe and Nantwich |
| Leslie Dwyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1906 |
29-Dec-1986 |
Mr Partridge in Hi-de-Hi! |
| Danny Dyer |
Actor |
24-Jul-1977 |
|
Human Traffic |
| Shirley Eaton |
Actor |
12-Jan-1937 |
|
Goldfinger |
| Paul Eddington |
Actor |
18-Jun-1927 |
4-Nov-1995 |
Jim Hacker on Yes, Prime Minister |
| Prince Edward, Duke of Kent |
Royalty |
9-Oct-1935 |
|
Grandson of King George V |
| Prince Edward |
Royalty |
10-Mar-1964 |
|
The Earl of Wessex |
| Augustus Egg |
Painter |
2-May-1816 |
26-Mar-1863 |
Life and Death of Buckingham |
| Samantha Eggar |
Actor |
5-Mar-1939 |
|
The Collector |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor |
Actor |
10-Jul-1974 |
|
Dirty Pretty Things |
| Idris Elba |
Actor |
6-Sep-1972 |
|
The Wire |
| C. C. Eldridge |
Historian |
16-May-1942 |
|
England's Mission |
| Queen Elizabeth II |
Royalty |
21-Apr-1926 |
|
Queen of England |
| Denholm Elliott |
Actor |
31-May-1922 |
6-Oct-1992 |
A Room with a View |
| Stuart Elliott |
Drummer |
5-May-1953 |
|
Drummer for Alan Parsons and Kate Bush |
| Ben Elton |
Comic |
3-May-1959 |
|
Writer, Blackadder |
| Cary Elwes |
Actor |
26-Oct-1962 |
|
The Princess Bride |
| John Entwistle |
Bassist |
9-Oct-1944 |
27-Jun-2002 |
Bassist for The Who |
| Jill Esmond |
Actor |
26-Jan-1908 |
28-Jul-1990 |
The Skin Game |
| Estelle |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Jan-1980 |
|
American Boy |
| Edith Evans |
Actor |
8-Feb-1888 |
14-Oct-1976 |
The Whisperers |
| Alice Eve |
Actor |
6-Feb-1982 |
|
She's Out of My League |
| Adam Faith |
Singer |
23-Jun-1940 |
8-Mar-2003 |
What Do You Want |
| Marianne Faithfull |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Sister Morphine |
| Derek Farr |
Actor |
7-Feb-1912 |
22-Mar-1986 |
The Projected Man |
| David Farrar |
Actor |
21-Aug-1908 |
31-Aug-1995 |
Black Narcissus |
| Marty Feldman |
Comic |
8-Jul-1933 |
2-Dec-1982 |
Eye-gor in Young Frankenstein |
| Tom Felton |
Actor |
22-Sep-1987 |
|
Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter films |
| Rio Ferdinand |
Soccer |
7-Nov-1978 |
|
Manchester United |
| Sarah Ferguson |
Royalty |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Fergie, Duchess of York |
| Felipe Fernández-Armesto |
Historian |
6-Dec-1950 |
|
Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration |
| Virginia Field |
Actor |
4-Nov-1917 |
2-Jan-1992 |
Waterloo Bridge |
| Noel Fielding |
Actor |
21-May-1973 |
|
The Mighty Boosh |
| Orlando Figes |
Historian |
20-Nov-1959 |
|
A People's Tragedy |
| Dani Filth |
Singer |
25-Jul-1973 |
|
Cradle of Filth |
| Samuel E. Finer |
Historian |
22-Sep-1915 |
9-Jun-1993 |
Theory and Practice of Modern Government |
| H. A. L. Fisher |
Historian |
21-Mar-1865 |
18-Apr-1940 |
The Medieval Empire |
| Ronald Fisher |
Mathematician |
17-Feb-1890 |
29-Jul-1962 |
Analysis of variance and covariance |
| Terence Fisher |
Film Director |
23-Feb-1904 |
18-Jun-1980 |
Dracula, Prince of Darkness |
| William J. Fishman |
Historian |
1-Apr-1921 |
22-Dec-2014 |
The Insurrectionists |
| Laura Flanders |
Journalist |
5-Dec-1961 |
|
GRITtv |
| Michael Flanders |
Actor |
1-Mar-1922 |
14-Apr-1975 |
Flanders and Swann |
| Jason Flemyng |
Actor |
25-Sep-1966 |
|
The Quatermass Experiment |
| Dexter Fletcher |
Actor |
31-Jan-1966 |
|
Hotel Babylon |
| Antony Flew |
Philosopher |
11-Feb-1923 |
8-Apr-2010 |
British Libertarian philosopher |
| Lynn Fontanne |
Actor |
6-Dec-1887 |
30-Jul-1983 |
English-American stage actress |
| Bryan Forbes |
Actor |
22-Jul-1926 |
8-May-2013 |
King Rat |
| Mary Forbes |
Actor |
30-Dec-1879 |
22-Jul-1974 |
Character actress |
| Ralph Forbes |
Actor |
30-Sep-1896 |
31-Mar-1951 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Alan Ford |
Actor |
23-Feb-1938 |
|
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
| Lita Ford |
Musician |
23-Sep-1959 |
|
Band member The Runaways |
| E. M. Forster |
Author |
1-Jan-1879 |
7-Jun-1970 |
Howards End |
| Bruce Forsyth |
TV Personality |
22-Feb-1928 |
|
Sunday Night at the Palladium |
| Richard Fortey |
Paleontologist |
1946 |
|
Trilobites and graptolites |
| Harry Fowler |
Actor |
10-Dec-1926 |
4-Jan-2012 |
Cpl. Hoskins on The Army Game |
| Emilia Fox |
Actor |
31-Jul-1974 |
|
Nikki Alexander on Silent Witness |
| James Fox |
Actor |
19-May-1939 |
|
A Passage to India |
| Freddie Francis |
Film Director |
22-Dec-1917 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave |
| Martin E. Franklin |
Business |
31-Oct-1964 |
|
CEO of Jarden |
| Rosalind Franklin |
Chemist |
25-Jul-1920 |
16-Apr-1958 |
Photographed DNA's structure |
| Andy Fraser |
Bassist |
7-Aug-1952 |
16-Mar-2015 |
Free |
| Mad Frankie Fraser |
Criminal |
13-Dec-1923 |
26-Nov-2014 |
Notorious British bank robber |
| Jo Frost |
TV Personality |
27-Jun-1970 |
|
Supernanny |
| Nick Frost |
Actor |
28-Mar-1972 |
|
Shaun of the Dead |
| Sadie Frost |
Actor |
19-Jun-1965 |
|
Dracula |
| Stephen Fry |
Actor |
24-Aug-1957 |
|
Jeeves and Wooster |
| Elyes Gabel |
Actor |
8-May-1983 |
|
Walter O'Brien on Scorpion |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg |
Actor |
21-Jul-1971 |
|
La Bûche |
| Hugh Gaitskell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1906 |
18-Jan-1963 |
Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63 |
| Romola Garai |
Actor |
1-Jul-1982 |
|
Rory O'Shea Was Here |
| Reginald Gardiner |
Actor |
27-Feb-1903 |
7-Jul-1980 |
English-American character actor |
| Edward Garnett |
Editor |
5-Jan-1868 |
19-Feb-1937 |
English critic and editor |
| Greer Garson |
Actor |
29-Sep-1904 |
6-Apr-1996 |
Mrs. Miniver |
| Timothy Garton Ash |
Historian |
12-Jul-1955 |
|
In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell |
Author |
29-Sep-1810 |
12-Nov-1865 |
Cranford |
| Sarah Gavron |
Film Director |
20-Apr-1970 |
|
Brick Lane |
| Peaches Geldof |
Socialite |
16-Mar-1989 |
7-Apr-2014 |
Daughter of Bob Geldof |
| Leo Genn |
Actor |
9-Aug-1905 |
26-Jan-1978 |
Quo Vadis |
| King George III |
Royalty |
4-Jun-1738 |
29-Jan-1820 |
King of England, 1760-1820 |
| Prince George of Cambridge |
Royalty |
22-Jul-2013 |
|
Third in UK line of succession |
| King George V |
Royalty |
3-Jun-1865 |
20-Jan-1936 |
King of England, 1910-1936 |
| Susan George |
Actor |
26-Jul-1950 |
|
Straw Dogs |
| Anthony Giddens |
Sociologist |
18-Jan-1938 |
|
New Rules of Sociological Method |
| John Gielgud |
Actor |
14-Apr-1904 |
21-May-2000 |
Prospero's Books |
| Lewis Gilbert |
Film Director |
6-Mar-1920 |
|
The Spy Who Loved Me |
| Martin Gilbert |
Historian |
25-Oct-1936 |
3-Feb-2015 |
Winston S. Churchill |
| W. S. Gilbert |
Composer |
18-Nov-1836 |
29-May-1911 |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Keir Gilchrist |
Actor |
28-Sep-1992 |
|
United States of Tara |
| Nick Gilder |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Dec-1951 |
|
Hot Child in the City |
| Anton Gill |
Author |
22-Oct-1948 |
|
The Journey Back From Hell |
| Ian Gillan |
Singer |
19-Aug-1945 |
|
Vocalist for Deep Purple |
| John Gilling |
Film Director |
29-May-1912 |
22-Nov-1984 |
The Plague of the Zombies |
| James Gillray |
Artist |
13-Aug-1756 |
1-Jun-1815 |
English caricaturist |
| Hermione Gingold |
Actor |
9-Dec-1897 |
24-May-1987 |
Madame Alvarez in Gigi |
| Philip Glenister |
Actor |
10-Feb-1963 |
|
Gene Hunt on Life on Mars |
| Peter Glenville |
Film Director |
28-Oct-1913 |
3-Jun-1996 |
Becket |
| Julian Glover |
Actor |
27-Mar-1935 |
|
For Your Eyes Only |
| Trevor Goddard |
Actor |
14-Oct-1962 |
7-Jun-2003 |
Lt. Cmdr. Mic Brumby on JAG |
| Trisha Goddard |
TV Personality |
Dec-1957 |
|
Australian talk show host |
| Victor Gollancz |
Publisher |
9-Apr-1893 |
8-Feb-1967 |
Founder of Victor Gollancz, Ltd. |
| Samuel Gompers |
Labor Leader |
27-Jan-1850 |
13-Dec-1924 |
First President of the AFL |
| George Peabody Gooch |
Historian |
21-Oct-1873 |
31-Aug-1968 |
English Democratic Ideas in the 17th Century |
| Jane Goodall |
Naturalist |
3-Apr-1934 |
|
Primate researcher |
| David Goodhart |
Journalist |
12-Sep-1956 |
|
Prospect |
| Len Goodman |
Dancer |
24-Apr-1942 |
|
Judge, Dancing with the Stars |
| Jade Goody |
TV Personality |
5-Jun-1981 |
22-Mar-2009 |
British TV celebrity |
| Eugene Goossens III |
Conductor |
24-May-1893 |
13-Jun-1962 |
Cincinnati Symphony, 1931-46 |
| Ben Gordon |
Basketball |
4-Apr-1983 |
|
Chicago Bulls |
| Sebastian Gorka |
Government |
1970 |
|
Deputy Assistant to Donald Trump |
| Luke Goss |
Drummer |
29-Sep-1968 |
|
Bros |
| Matt Goss |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Sep-1968 |
|
The Key |
| Lawrence Gowing |
Art Historian |
21-Apr-1918 |
5-Feb-1991 |
Biographer of Vermeer |
| Stewart Granger |
Actor |
6-May-1913 |
16-Aug-1993 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Bob Grant |
Actor |
14-Apr-1932 |
8-Nov-2003 |
On the Buses |
| Hugh Grant |
Actor |
9-Sep-1960 |
|
Four Weddings and a Funeral |
| Thomas Gray |
Poet |
26-Dec-1716 |
30-Jul-1771 |
An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard |
| Willoughby Gray |
Actor |
5-Nov-1916 |
13-Feb-1993 |
Sir John Stevens on Howards' Way |
| Kate Greenaway |
Artist |
17-Mar-1846 |
6-Nov-1901 |
British illustrator |
| Susan Greenfield |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1950 |
|
Brain Story |
| Joan Greenwood |
Actor |
4-Mar-1921 |
27-Feb-1987 |
The Importance of Being Earnest |
| Richard Gregory |
Psychologist |
24-Jul-1923 |
17-May-2010 |
Optical illusions and "hands-on" science |
| Sir Thomas Gresham |
Business |
1518 |
21-Nov-1579 |
Founder of Gresham College |
| Joseph Grimaldi |
Performance Artist |
18-Dec-1778 |
31-May-1837 |
Celebrated English clown |
| Val Guest |
Film Director |
11-Dec-1911 |
10-May-2006 |
The Day the Earth Caught Fire |
| John Guillermin |
Film Director |
11-Nov-1925 |
27-Sep-2015 |
The Bridge at Remagen |
| Sienna Guillory |
Actor |
31-May-1975 |
|
Resident Evil: Apocalypse |
| Alec Guinness |
Actor |
2-Apr-1914 |
5-Aug-2000 |
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars |
| John Gummer |
Politician |
26-Nov-1939 |
|
British MP, Suffolk Coastal |
| Barry Guy |
Bassist |
22-Apr-1947 |
|
Free improv acoustic bassist and bandleader |
| Steve Hackett |
Guitarist |
12-Feb-1950 |
|
Guitarist for Genesis, 1970-7 |
| Tony Hadley |
Singer |
2-Jun-1960 |
|
Frontman, Spandau Ballet |
| Garrick Hagon |
Actor |
27-Sep-1939 |
|
Gavin Jones in The Adventurer |
| Richard Hakluyt |
Author |
c. 1552 |
23-Nov-1616 |
Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation |
| John Hale |
Novelist |
5-Feb-1926 |
|
The Whistle Blower |
| Efraim Halevy |
Spy |
1934 |
|
Head of the Mossad, 1998-2003 |
| Edward Hall |
Historian |
c. 1495 |
1547 |
English chronicler |
| Peter Hall |
Educator |
19-Mar-1932 |
|
Cities in Civilization |
| Rebecca Hall |
Actor |
3-May-1982 |
|
Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
| Edmund Halley |
Astronomer |
8-Nov-1656 |
14-Jan-1742 |
Predicted return of Halley's Comet |
| Andrew Smith Hallidie |
Inventor |
16-Mar-1836 |
24-Apr-1900 |
Designed the first cable car system |
| Sarah Jane Hamilton |
Pornstar |
15-Apr-1971 |
|
I Cum From A Land Down Under |
| John Hampden |
Politician |
1594 |
24-Jun-1643 |
English Parliamentarian |
| Susan Hampshire |
Actor |
12-May-1937 |
|
The Forsyte Saga |
| Irene Handl |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
29-Nov-1987 |
Matronly British character actor |
| Paul Hardcastle |
Musician |
10-Dec-1957 |
|
19 |
| Malcolm Hardee |
Comic |
5-Jan-1950 |
31-Jan-2005 |
I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake |
| Edward Hardwicke |
Actor |
7-Aug-1932 |
16-May-2011 |
Capt. Pat Grant on Colditz |
| Tom Hardy |
Actor |
15-Sep-1977 |
|
Layer Cake |
| Kit Harington |
Actor |
26-Dec-1986 |
|
Jon Snow on Game of Thrones |
| Harriet Harman |
Politician |
30-Jul-1950 |
|
Leader, House of Commons |
| Jared Harris |
Actor |
24-Aug-1961 |
|
I Shot Andy Warhol |
| Naomie Harris |
Actor |
6-Sep-1976 |
|
Pirates of the Caribbean |
| Noel Harrison |
Actor |
29-Jan-1934 |
20-Oct-2013 |
The Best of Enemies |
| Roy Harrod |
Economist |
13-Feb-1900 |
9-Mar-1978 |
Towards a Dynamic Economics |
| Prince Harry |
Royalty |
15-Sep-1984 |
|
2nd son of Princess Diana |
| William Hartnell |
Actor |
8-Jan-1908 |
23-Apr-1975 |
1st Doctor on Doctor Who |
| John Harvard |
Religion |
26-Nov-1607 |
14-Sep-1638 |
Bequest to Harvard College |
| Domino Harvey |
Relative |
7-Aug-1969 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Laurence Harvey's daughter |
| Eric A. Havelock |
Scholar |
3-Jun-1903 |
4-Apr-1988 |
Preface to Plato |
| Nigel Havers |
Actor |
6-Nov-1949 |
|
Chariots of Fire |
| Keeley Hawes |
Actor |
10-Feb-1976 |
|
Zoe Reynolds on Spooks |
| Edward Hawke |
Military |
21-Feb-1710 |
17-Oct-1781 |
British admiral, Seven Years' War |
| Jack Hawkins |
Actor |
14-Sep-1910 |
18-Jul-1973 |
Land of the Pharaohs |
| Sir John Hawkins |
Author |
30-Mar-1719 |
21-May-1789 |
History of Music |
| Sally Hawkins |
Actor |
27-Apr-1976 |
|
Happy-Go-Lucky |
| Charles Hawtrey |
Actor |
30-Nov-1914 |
27-Oct-1988 |
Carry On... |
| Richard Haydn |
Actor |
10-Mar-1905 |
25-Apr-1985 |
The Sound of Music |
| Anthony Head |
Actor |
20-Feb-1954 |
|
Rupert Giles on Buffy |
| Murray Head |
Musician |
5-Mar-1946 |
|
One Night in Bangkok |
| Samuel Hearne |
Explorer |
1745 |
Nov-1792 |
Explored the Hudson Bay area |
| Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
Politician |
26-Dec-1899 |
20-Jan-1981 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1958-60 |
| Kieran Hebden |
Drummer |
1980 |
|
Four Tet |
| Jack Hedley |
Actor |
28-Oct-1930 |
|
Lt. Col. John Preston on Colditz |
| Tom Helmore |
Actor |
4-Jan-1904 |
12-Sep-1995 |
Vertigo |
| Ken Hensley |
Musician |
24-Aug-1945 |
|
Former Uriah Heep keyboardist |
| Percy Herbert |
Actor |
31-Jul-1920 |
6-Dec-1992 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Robert Herrick |
Poet |
1591 |
Oct-1674 |
Hesperides |
| Myra Hess |
Pianist |
25-Feb-1890 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Held lunchtime concerts during WWII |
| Gavin Hewitt |
Journalist |
1951 |
|
BBC News Europe Editor |
| John Heywood |
Playwright |
1497 |
c. 1580 |
The Play of Love |
| Anthony Hickox |
Film Director |
1964 |
|
Waxwork |
| Douglas Hickox |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1929 |
25-Jul-1988 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Tom Hiddleston |
Actor |
9-Feb-1981 |
|
Thor |
| Charles Higham |
Author |
18-Feb-1931 |
21-Apr-2012 |
Errol Flynn: The Untold Story |
| Freddie Highmore |
Actor |
14-Feb-1992 |
|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| Aaron Hill |
Playwright |
10-Feb-1685 |
8-Feb-1750 |
The Progress of Wit |
| James Hill |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1919 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Born Free |
| Steve Hillage |
Guitarist |
2-Aug-1951 |
|
Gong guitarist |
| Carole Hillenbrand |
Historian |
1943 |
|
The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives |
| Sir Cyril Hinshelwood |
Chemist |
19-Jun-1897 |
9-Oct-1967 |
The Kinetics of Chemical Change |
| Caspar Hobbs |
Business |
1969 |
|
Mergermarket Group |
| Dennis Hoey |
Actor |
30-Mar-1893 |
25-Jul-1960 |
Inspector Lestrade |
| William Hogarth |
Engraver |
10-Nov-1697 |
26-Oct-1764 |
A Rake's Progress |
| Thomas Holcroft |
Playwright |
10-Dec-1745 |
23-Mar-1809 |
The Road to Ruin |
| Gloria Holden |
Actor |
5-Sep-1908 |
22-Mar-1991 |
Dracula's Daughter |
| Jools Holland |
Musician |
24-Jan-1958 |
|
Former Squeeze keyboardist |
| Stanley Holloway |
Actor |
1-Oct-1890 |
30-Jan-1982 |
Passport to Pimlico |
| Sandrine Holt |
Actor |
19-Nov-1972 |
|
Black Robe |
| Thomas Hood |
Poet |
23-May-1799 |
3-May-1845 |
Odes and Addresses to Great People |
| Tom Hooper |
Film Director |
1972 |
|
The King's Speech |
| Anthony Hope |
Novelist |
9-Feb-1863 |
8-Jul-1933 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| Bob Hope |
Comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
Centenarian comic |
| John Hoppner |
Painter |
4-Apr-1758 |
23-Jan-1810 |
English portrait painter |
| Alistair Horne |
Historian |
9-Nov-1925 |
25-May-2017 |
Seven Ages of Paris |
| Ben Horowitz |
Business |
13-Jun-1966 |
|
Andreessen Horowitz |
| John Callcott Horsley |
Painter |
29-Jan-1817 |
18-Oct-1903 |
Designed first Christmas card |
| William Horsley |
Composer |
15-Nov-1774 |
12-Jun-1858 |
English composer of glees |
| John Hough |
Film Director |
21-Nov-1941 |
|
The Legend of Hell House |
| Catherine Howard |
Royalty |
c. 1520 |
13-Feb-1542 |
Fifth wife of Henry VIII |
| John Howard |
Activist |
2-Sep-1726 |
20-Jan-1790 |
The State of Prisons |
| Leslie Howard |
Actor |
3-Apr-1893 |
1-Jun-1943 |
Pygmalion |
| Richard Howe |
Military |
8-Mar-1726 |
5-Aug-1799 |
First Lord of the Admiralty |
| Steve Howe |
Guitarist |
8-Apr-1947 |
|
Guitarist for Yes |
| David Howell |
Politician |
18-Jan-1936 |
|
Former MP, Guildford |
| Sally Ann Howes |
Actor |
20-Jul-1930 |
|
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| William Huggins |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1824 |
12-May-1910 |
Spectrographic astronomy pioneer |
| David Hughes |
Inventor |
16-May-1831 |
22-Jan-1900 |
Inventor of the microphone |
| Finola Hughes |
Actor |
29-Oct-1960 |
|
General Hospital |
| Gareth Hunt |
Actor |
7-Feb-1942 |
14-Mar-2007 |
The New Avengers |
| Jeremy Hunt |
Politician |
1-Nov-1966 |
|
UK Secretary of State for Health |
| William Holman Hunt |
Painter |
2-Apr-1827 |
7-Sep-1910 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Nick Hurd |
Politician |
13-May-1962 |
|
British MP, Ruislip-Northwood |
| Rachel Hurd-Wood |
Actor |
17-Aug-1990 |
|
Wendy Darling |
| John Hutton |
Politician |
6-May-1955 |
|
British MP, Barrow and Furness |
| Andrew F. Huxley |
Scientist |
22-Nov-1917 |
30-May-2012 |
Electrical impulses in nerves |
| Julian Huxley |
Biologist |
22-Jun-1887 |
14-Feb-1975 |
Evolutionary biologist |
| Martin Indyk |
Diplomat |
c. 1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1995-97, 2000-01 |
| Jill Ireland |
Actor |
24-Apr-1936 |
18-May-1990 |
Love and Bullets |
| Jony Ive |
Designer |
27-Feb-1967 |
|
Apple's Chief Design Officer |
| Derek Jacobi |
Actor |
22-Oct-1938 |
|
Claudius on I, Claudius |
| W. W. Jacobs |
Author |
8-Sep-1863 |
1-Sep-1943 |
The Monkey's Paw |
| Henry Jaglom |
Film Director |
26-Jan-1941 |
|
Déjà Vu |
| E. L. James |
Novelist |
7-Mar-1963 |
|
Fifty Shades of Grey |
| George Payne Rainsford James |
Novelist |
9-Aug-1799 |
9-Jun-1860 |
Richelieu |
| Cornelius Janssen |
Painter |
14-Oct-1593 |
5-Aug-1661 |
Flemish-English painter |
| Charles Jarrott |
Film Director |
16-Jun-1927 |
4-Mar-2011 |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
| David Jason |
Actor |
2-Feb-1940 |
|
Only Fools and Horses |
| Tony Jay |
Actor |
2-Feb-1933 |
13-Aug-2006 |
Voice and character actor |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste |
Actor |
26-Apr-1967 |
|
Without a Trace |
| Isabel Jeans |
Actor |
16-Sep-1891 |
4-Sep-1985 |
Easy Virtue |
| Lionel Jeffries |
Actor |
10-Jun-1926 |
19-Feb-2010 |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Niels K. Jerne |
Scientist |
23-Dec-1911 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Immune theory (anti-antibody) |
| Jessie J |
Singer/Songwriter |
27-Mar-1988 |
|
Who You Are |
| Sally Jewell |
Business |
21-Feb-1956 |
|
US Secretary of the Interior |
| Roland Joffé |
Film Director |
17-Nov-1945 |
|
The Killing Fields |
| Alan Johnson |
Politician |
17-May-1950 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2009-10 |
| Wil Johnson |
Actor |
1965 |
|
Spencer Jordan on Waking the Dead |
| Gemma Jones |
Actor |
4-Dec-1942 |
|
The Duchess of Duke Street |
| Griffith Jones |
Actor |
19-Nov-1909 |
30-Jan-2007 |
I Became a Criminal |
| Inigo Jones |
Architect |
15-Jul-1573 |
5-Jul-1651 |
The English Palladio |
| Mandana Jones |
Actor |
26-Feb-1967 |
|
Nikki Wade on Bad Girls |
| Mick Jones |
Musician |
27-Dec-1944 |
|
Foreigner |
| Mick Jones |
Musician |
26-Jun-1955 |
|
The Clash |
| Steve Jones |
Guitarist |
3-Sep-1955 |
|
The Sex Pistols |
| Ben Jonson |
Playwright |
11-Jun-1572 |
6-Aug-1637 |
Volpone |
| Keith Joseph |
Politician |
17-Jan-1918 |
10-Dec-1994 |
Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence |
| Benjamin Jowett |
Scholar |
15-Apr-1817 |
1-Oct-1893 |
Translator of Plato, etc. |
| Tony Judt |
Historian |
2-Jan-1948 |
6-Aug-2010 |
Postwar |
| James Robertson Justice |
Actor |
15-Jun-1907 |
2-Jul-1975 |
Doctor in the House |
| John Justin |
Actor |
24-Nov-1917 |
29-Nov-2002 |
The Thief of Bagdad |
| Edward Ka-Spel |
Singer |
23-Jan-1954 |
|
Legendary Pink Dots singer |
| Marek Kanievska |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1951 |
|
Less Than Zero |
| Edmund Kean |
Actor |
17-Mar-1789 |
15-May-1833 |
English tragic actor |
| Caron Keating |
TV Personality |
5-Oct-1962 |
13-Apr-2004 |
Host of Blue Peter |
| John Keegan |
Historian |
15-May-1934 |
2-Aug-2012 |
The Face of Battle |
| Gary Kemp |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Oct-1959 |
|
Spandau Ballet |
| Martin Kemp |
Musician |
10-Oct-1961 |
|
Spandau Ballet |
| Margaret Kennedy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1896 |
31-Jul-1967 |
The Constant Nymph |
| Jean Kent |
Actor |
29-Jun-1921 |
30-Nov-2013 |
The Browning Version |
| Graham Kerr |
Chef |
22-Jan-1934 |
|
The Galloping Gourmet |
| Daniel Kessler |
Guitarist |
25-Sep-1974 |
|
Guitarist for Interpol |
| Sadiq Khan |
Politician |
8-Oct-1970 |
|
Mayor of London |
| Johnny Kidd |
Musician |
23-Dec-1939 |
7-Oct-1966 |
Shakin' All Over |
| Thomas Killigrew |
Playwright |
7-Feb-1612 |
19-Mar-1683 |
The Prisoners |
| David Kimche |
Spy |
1928 |
8-Mar-2010 |
Israeli spy, masterminded Iran-Contra |
| Jonathan King |
Musician |
9-Dec-1944 |
|
Pop producer, discovered Genesis |
| Alex Kingston |
Actor |
11-Mar-1963 |
|
River Song on Doctor Who |
| Sophie Kinsella |
Author |
12-Dec-1969 |
|
Shopaholic series |
| Simon Kirke |
Drummer |
28-Jul-1949 |
|
Free and Bad Company |
| Keira Knightley |
Actor |
26-Mar-1985 |
|
Bend It Like Beckham |
| Michael Korda |
Publisher |
8-Oct-1933 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster |
| David Kossoff |
Actor |
24-Nov-1919 |
23-Mar-2005 |
The Mouse That Roared |
| Paul Kossoff |
Guitarist |
14-Sep-1950 |
19-Mar-1976 |
Free |
| Reg Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
1-Oct-2000 |
Kray brothers |
| Ronnie Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Kray brothers |
| Dennis Kux |
Diplomat |
11-Aug-1931 |
|
US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1986-89 |
| Thomas Kyd |
Playwright |
1558 |
Aug-1594 |
The Spanish Tragedy |
| Labrinth |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Mar-1989 |
|
Let the Sun Shine |
| Jhumpa Lahiri |
Author |
11-Jul-1967 |
|
Interpreter of Maladies |
| Charles Lamb |
Author |
10-Feb-1775 |
27-Dec-1834 |
Essays of Elia |
| Constant Lambert |
Composer |
23-Aug-1905 |
21-Aug-1951 |
Rio Grande |
| Lupino Lane |
Actor |
16-Jun-1892 |
10-Nov-1959 |
The Love Parade |
| Ronnie Lane |
Musician |
1-Apr-1946 |
4-Jun-1997 |
Small Faces, The Faces |
| Bonnie Langford |
Actor |
22-Jul-1964 |
|
Melanie Bush on Doctor Who |
| Chris Langham |
Actor |
14-Apr-1949 |
|
The Thick of It |
| Angela Lansbury |
Actor |
16-Oct-1925 |
|
Murder She Wrote |
| Denys Lasdun |
Architect |
8-Sep-1914 |
11-Jan-2001 |
British modernist architect |
| Peter Lawford |
Actor |
7-Sep-1923 |
24-Dec-1984 |
Rat Pack member |
| Gertrude Lawrence |
Actor |
4-Jul-1898 |
6-Sep-1952 |
British and Broadway theatre star |
| Nigel Lawson |
Politician |
11-Mar-1932 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-89 |
| Nigella Lawson |
Chef |
6-Jan-1960 |
|
UK's domestic goddess |
| Frank Lawton |
Actor |
30-Sep-1904 |
10-Jun-1969 |
A Night to Remember |
| Robin Leach |
TV Personality |
29-Aug-1941 |
|
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous |
| Philip Leacock |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1917 |
14-Jul-1990 |
The Spanish Gardener |
| Walter Leaf |
Scholar |
28-Nov-1852 |
8-Mar-1927 |
Classicist, translated Iliad |
| Mary Leakey |
Anthropologist |
6-Feb-1913 |
9-Dec-1996 |
Discovered Proconsul |
| Bernard Lee |
Actor |
10-Jan-1908 |
16-Jan-1981 |
James Bond's M |
| Christopher Lee |
Actor |
27-May-1922 |
7-Jun-2015 |
The Face of Fu Manchu |
| Jane Leeves |
Actor |
18-Apr-1961 |
|
Daphne Crane on Frasier |
| Eva Le Gallienne |
Actor |
11-Jan-1899 |
3-Jun-1991 |
New York Civic Repertory Theater |
| Dave Legeno |
Martial Arts |
12-Oct-1963 |
6-Jul-2014 |
MMA turned actor |
| Walter Legge |
Music Producer |
1-Jun-1906 |
22-Mar-1979 |
Classical music producer at EMI |
| Anthony J. Leggett |
Physicist |
26-Mar-1938 |
|
Particle physicist, explored superfluidity |
| Robert Leighton |
Religion |
1611 |
25-Jun-1684 |
Archbishop of Glasgow |
| Queenie Leonard |
Actor |
7-Apr-1905 |
17-Jan-2002 |
Stage actress, Disney cartoon voice |
| George Henry Lewes |
Philosopher |
18-Apr-1817 |
28-Nov-1878 |
The Problems of Life and Mind |
| Bernard Lewis |
Scholar |
31-May-1916 |
|
Middle East scholar |
| Charlotte Lewis |
Actor |
7-Aug-1967 |
|
The Golden Child |
| Damian Lewis |
Actor |
11-Feb-1971 |
|
Band of Brothers |
| Leona Lewis |
Singer |
3-Apr-1985 |
|
Winner of The X Factor, 2006 |
| Phil Lewis |
Singer |
9-Jan-1957 |
|
Lead singer, LA Guns |
| David K. P. Li |
Business |
13-Mar-1939 |
|
CEO, Bank of East Asia |
| Andrew Lincoln |
Actor |
14-Sep-1973 |
|
Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead |
| Ken Livingstone |
Politician |
17-Jun-1945 |
|
Mayor of London, 2000-08 |
| Richard Llewellyn |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1906 |
30-Nov-1983 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber |
Composer |
22-Mar-1948 |
|
Evita |
| Emily Lloyd |
Actor |
29-Sep-1970 |
|
Wish You Were Here |
| John Loder |
Actor |
3-Jan-1898 |
26-Dec-1988 |
Sabotage |
| David Lodge |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1935 |
|
How Far Can You Go? |
| Elizabeth Longford |
Historian |
30-Aug-1906 |
23-Oct-2002 |
Victoria R. I. |
| Pixie Lott |
Singer |
12-Jan-1991 |
|
Mama Do |
| Ada Lovelace |
Mathematician |
10-Dec-1815 |
27-Nov-1852 |
Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine |
| Richard Lovelace |
Poet |
1618 |
1658 |
To Althea from Prison |
| Eric Lubbock |
Politician |
29-Sep-1928 |
14-Feb-2016 |
4th Baron Avebury |
| Matt Lucas |
Actor |
5-Mar-1974 |
|
Little Britain |
| Ida Lupino |
Actor |
4-Feb-1918 |
3-Aug-1995 |
The Man I Love |
| Edwin Lutyens |
Architect |
29-Mar-1869 |
1-Jan-1944 |
Laid the plan for New Delhi |
| Vera Lynn |
Singer |
20-Mar-1917 |
|
We'll Meet Again |
| Michael Lynton |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO of Sony Entertainment |
| Paul Lytton |
Drummer |
8-Mar-1947 |
|
Free improv drummer, instrument builder |
| Luke Mably |
Actor |
1-Mar-1976 |
|
The Prince & Me |
| Kirsty MacColl |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Oct-1959 |
18-Dec-2000 |
Fairytale of New York |
| Ian MacDonald |
Critic |
3-Oct-1948 |
20-Aug-2003 |
Revolution in the Head |
| Colin MacInnes |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1914 |
22-Apr-1976 |
Absolute Beginners |
| Denis Mackail |
Novelist |
3-Jun-1892 |
1971 |
Greenery Street |
| Donald Maclean |
Spy |
25-May-1913 |
6-Mar-1983 |
Spy for Moscow, Cambridge Five |
| Harold Macmillan |
Head of State |
10-Feb-1894 |
29-Dec-1986 |
UK Prime Minister, 1957-63 |
| Patrick Macnee |
Actor |
6-Feb-1922 |
25-Jun-2015 |
Mr. Steed on The Avengers |
| Jay Macpherson |
Poet |
13-Jun-1931 |
|
O Earth Return |
| Sheila MacRae |
Actor |
24-Sep-1924 |
6-Mar-2014 |
Alice Kramden on The Jackie Gleason Show |
| William Charles Macready |
Actor |
3-Mar-1793 |
27-Apr-1873 |
19th c. English actor and manager |
| F. W. Maitland |
Historian |
28-May-1850 |
19-Dec-1906 |
The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I |
| John Major |
Politician |
29-Mar-1943 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1990-97 |
| Minoru Makihara |
Business |
12-Jan-1930 |
|
President of Mitsubishi, 1992-98 |
| Peter Mandelson |
Politician |
21-Oct-1953 |
|
EU Commissioner for Trade |
| Ethel Mannin |
Novelist |
6-Oct-1900 |
1984 |
Confessions |
| Peter Mansfield |
Physicist |
9-Oct-1933 |
8-Feb-2017 |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Roots Manuva |
Rapper |
9-Sep-1972 |
|
Brand New Second Hand |
| Patrick Marber |
Playwright |
19-Sep-1964 |
|
Closer |
| Jane March |
Actor |
20-Mar-1973 |
|
Color of Night |
| Steve Marriott |
Guitarist |
30-Jan-1947 |
20-Apr-1991 |
The Small Faces, Humble Pie |
| Eddie Marsan |
Actor |
23-Jun-1968 |
|
Lestrade in the 2009 Sherlock Holmes |
| Jean Marsh |
Actor |
1-Jul-1934 |
|
Co-Creator, Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Alfred Marshall |
Economist |
26-Jul-1842 |
13-Jul-1924 |
Principles of Economics |
| Herbert Marshall |
Actor |
23-May-1890 |
22-Jan-1966 |
Foreign Correspondent |
| John Marston |
Playwright |
7-Oct-1576 |
25-Jun-1634 |
The Malcontent |
| Archer J. P. Martin |
Chemist |
1-Mar-1910 |
28-Jul-2002 |
Partition chromatography |
| George Martin |
Music Producer |
3-Jan-1926 |
8-Mar-2016 |
Beatles producer |
| Francis Sydney Marvin |
Educator |
6-Aug-1863 |
1943 |
The Living Past |
| Mary of Teck |
Royalty |
26-May-1867 |
24-Mar-1953 |
Queen Mary, Consort of George V |
| A. E. W. Mason |
Novelist |
7-May-1865 |
22-Nov-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| Daniel Massey |
Actor |
10-Oct-1933 |
25-Mar-1998 |
Star! |
| Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers |
Magician |
8-Jan-1854 |
20-Nov-1918 |
Founder of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn |
| Glen Matlock |
Bassist |
27-Aug-1956 |
|
Original bassist for The Sex Pistols |
| Jessie Matthews |
Actor |
11-Mar-1907 |
19-Aug-1981 |
English stage and radio actress |
| Reginald Maudling |
Politician |
7-Mar-1917 |
14-Feb-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1970-72 |
| Brian Maxwell |
Inventor |
14-Mar-1953 |
19-Mar-2004 |
Inventor of the PowerBar |
| Jodhi May |
Actor |
1-May-1975 |
|
Sister My Sister |
| Henry Mayhew |
Journalist |
1812 |
25-Jul-1887 |
Punch |
| John Maynard Smith |
Biologist |
6-Jan-1920 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Applied game theory to evolutionary biology |
| Richard Mayne |
Author |
2-Apr-1926 |
29-Nov-2009 |
The Community of Europe |
| Stella McCartney |
Fashion Designer |
13-Sep-1971 |
|
Fashion designer, son of Beatle |
| Helen McCrory |
Actor |
17-Aug-1968 |
|
The Queen |
| Roddy McDowall |
Actor |
17-Sep-1928 |
3-Oct-1998 |
Planet of the Apes |
| Natascha McElhone |
Actor |
14-Dec-1971 |
|
The Truman Show |
| Stephen McKenna |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1888 |
26-Sep-1967 |
The Education of Eric Lane |
| Virginia McKenna |
Actor |
7-Jun-1931 |
|
Born Free |
| Andrew V. McLaglen |
Film Director |
28-Jul-1920 |
30-Aug-2014 |
Gunsmoke |
| Malcolm McLaren |
Business |
22-Jan-1946 |
8-Apr-2010 |
Sex Pistols manager |
| Steve McQueen |
Film Director |
9-Oct-1969 |
|
12 Years a Slave |
| John McVie |
Bassist |
26-Nov-1945 |
|
Bassist for Fleetwood Mac |
| Norris McWhirter |
Author |
12-Aug-1925 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records |
| Ross McWhirter |
Author |
12-Aug-1925 |
27-Nov-1975 |
Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records |
| Harry Melling |
Actor |
13-Mar-1989 |
|
Dudley Dursley on Harry Potter |
| George Michael |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Jun-1963 |
25-Dec-2016 |
Wham! |
| Thomas Middleton |
Playwright |
18-Apr-1580 |
4-Jul-1627 |
A Game at Chess |
| Mary Midgley |
Philosopher |
13-Sep-1919 |
|
Beast and Man |
| Bernard Miles |
Actor |
27-Sep-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
Founder of the Mermaid Theatre, London |
| David Miliband |
Politician |
15-Jul-1965 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 2007-10 |
| Ed Miliband |
Politician |
24-Dec-1969 |
|
British MP, Doncaster North |
| Jonathan Miller |
Film Director |
21-Jul-1934 |
|
Beyond the Fringe |
| Hayley Mills |
Actor |
18-Apr-1946 |
|
The Parent Trap |
| Juliet Mills |
Actor |
21-Nov-1941 |
|
The Rare Breed |
| A. A. Milne |
Author |
18-Jan-1882 |
31-Jan-1956 |
Winnie the Pooh |
| Richard Monckton Milnes |
Poet |
19-Jun-1809 |
11-Aug-1885 |
Poetry for the People |
| John Milton |
Poet |
9-Dec-1608 |
8-Nov-1674 |
Paradise Lost |
| Andrew Mitchell |
Politician |
23-Mar-1956 |
|
British MP, Sutton Coldfield |
| Warren Mitchell |
Actor |
14-Jan-1926 |
14-Nov-2015 |
Alf Garnett on Till Death Us Do Part |
| Yvonne Mitchell |
Actor |
7-Jul-1925 |
24-Mar-1979 |
The Queen of Spades |
| Nancy Mitford |
Novelist |
28-Nov-1904 |
30-Jan-1973 |
The Pursuit of Love |
| Rhona Mitra |
Actor |
9-Aug-1976 |
|
Tara on The Practice |
| Alfred Molina |
Actor |
24-May-1953 |
|
Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2 |
| Matt Monro |
Singer |
1-Dec-1930 |
7-Feb-1985 |
Born Free |
| Ashley Montagu |
Anthropologist |
28-Jun-1905 |
26-Nov-1999 |
The Natural Superiority of Women |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu |
Author |
26-May-1689 |
21-Aug-1762 |
Letters |
| Bernard Montgomery |
Military |
17-Nov-1887 |
24-Mar-1976 |
Won Battle of El Alamein during WWII |
| Ron Moody |
Actor |
8-Jan-1924 |
11-Jun-2015 |
Fagin in Oliver Twist |
| Philip Moon |
Physicist |
17-May-1907 |
9-Oct-1994 |
Gamma ray fluorescence |
| Michael Moorcock |
Author |
18-Dec-1939 |
|
Wrote the Elric series |
| Bobby Moore |
Soccer |
12-Apr-1941 |
24-Feb-1993 |
Captain, 1966 World Cup team |
| Dudley Moore |
Comic |
19-Apr-1935 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Arthur |
| G. E. Moore |
Philosopher |
4-Nov-1873 |
24-Oct-1958 |
Principia Ethica |
| Roger Moore |
Actor |
14-Oct-1927 |
23-May-2017 |
James Bond after Sean Connery |
| Christopher Morahan |
Film Director |
9-Jul-1929 |
7-Apr-2017 |
The Jewel in the Crown |
| Nick Moran |
Actor |
23-Dec-1969 |
|
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
| Sir Thomas More |
Philosopher |
7-Feb-1477 |
6-Jul-1535 |
Utopia |
| Evelyn De Morgan |
Painter |
30-Aug-1855 |
1919 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Henry S. Morgan |
Business |
24-Oct-1900 |
8-Feb-1982 |
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley |
| Iris Morley |
Author |
10-May-1910 |
27-Jul-1953 |
A Thousand Lives |
| Herbert Morrison |
Politician |
3-Jan-1888 |
6-Mar-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1940-45 |
| Barry Morse |
Actor |
10-Jun-1918 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Lt. Gerard on The Fugitive |
| Emily Mortimer |
Actor |
1-Dec-1971 |
|
Lovely & Amazing |
| John Mortimer |
Playwright |
21-Apr-1923 |
16-Jan-2009 |
Rumpole of the Bailey |
| Clive Morton |
Actor |
16-Mar-1904 |
24-Sep-1975 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| Max Mosley |
Auto Racing |
13-Apr-1940 |
|
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile |
| Oswald Mosley |
Politician |
16-Nov-1896 |
3-Dec-1980 |
Founder of the British Union of Fascists |
| Kate Moss |
Model |
16-Jan-1974 |
|
Extremely thin supermodel |
| Alan Mowbray |
Actor |
18-Aug-1896 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Founding member, Screen Actors Guild |
| Carey Mulligan |
Actor |
28-May-1985 |
|
An Education |
| Anthony Munday |
Playwright |
c. 1560 |
10-Aug-1633 |
Sir Thomas More |
| Talbot Mundy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1879 |
5-Aug-1940 |
King of the Khyber Rifles |
| James Murdoch |
Business |
13-Dec-1972 |
|
Rupert Murdoch's heir-apparent |
| Lachlan Murdoch |
Business |
8-Sep-1971 |
|
Son of Rupert Murdoch |
| Barbara Murray |
Actor |
27-Sep-1929 |
20-May-2014 |
Passport to Pimlico |
| Dave Murray |
Guitarist |
23-Dec-1956 |
|
Guitarist for Iron Maiden |
| John Middleton Murry |
Critic |
6-Aug-1889 |
13-Mar-1957 |
The Story of D. H. Lawrence |
| Sophia Myles |
Actor |
18-Mar-1980 |
|
Tristan + Isolde |
| Simon Napier-Bell |
Music Producer |
22-Apr-1939 |
|
British music manager |
| John Nash |
Architect |
1752 |
13-May-1835 |
British Regency architect |
| Kunal Nayyar |
Actor |
30-Apr-1981 |
|
Raj Koothrappali on The Big Bang Theory |
| Ronald Neame |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1911 |
16-Jun-2010 |
The Poseidon Adventure |
| Joseph Needham |
Historian |
9-Dec-1900 |
24-Mar-1995 |
Science and Civilization in China |
| John Negroponte |
Diplomat |
21-Jul-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to the UN, 2001-04 |
| E. Nesbit |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1858 |
4-May-1924 |
The Story of the Treasure Seekers |
| John Neville |
Actor |
2-May-1925 |
19-Nov-2011 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
| John Alexander Reina Newlands |
Chemist |
26-Nov-1837 |
29-Jul-1898 |
Periodic Law of Elements |
| Anthony Newley |
Actor |
24-Sep-1931 |
14-Apr-1999 |
Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist |
| John Henry Newman |
Religion |
21-Feb-1801 |
11-Aug-1890 |
Oxford Movement |
| John Newton |
Religion |
4-Aug-1725 |
31-Dec-1807 |
Amazing Grace |
| David Niven |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Pencil-moustachioed actor |
| Louis Nizer |
Attorney |
6-Feb-1902 |
10-Nov-1994 |
My Life in Court |
| Philip Noel-Baker |
Politician |
1-Nov-1889 |
8-Oct-1982 |
Instrumental creating League of Nations and UN |
| Christopher Nolan |
Film Director |
30-Jul-1970 |
|
Memento |
| Charles Nordhoff |
Novelist |
1-Feb-1887 |
10-Apr-1947 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Stephen Norrington |
Film Director |
1964 |
|
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen |
| Emperor Norton |
Royalty |
14-Feb-1819 |
8-Jan-1880 |
Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico |
| Michael Nyman |
Composer |
23-Mar-1944 |
|
Minimalist/soundtrack composer and pianist |
| Paul Oakenfold |
Music Producer |
30-Aug-1963 |
|
Music producer, Perfecto Records |
| Michael Oakeshott |
Philosopher |
11-Dec-1901 |
19-Dec-1990 |
Rationalism in Politics |
| James Edward Oglethorpe |
Government |
22-Dec-1696 |
1-Jul-1785 |
Founder of Georgia colony |
| Sophie Okonedo |
Actor |
1-Jan-1969 |
|
Hotel Rwanda |
| Anne Oldfield |
Actor |
1683 |
23-Oct-1730 |
18th century English actress |
| George Osborne |
Politician |
23-May-1971 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2010-16 |
| John Osborne |
Playwright |
12-Dec-1929 |
24-Dec-1994 |
Look Back in Anger |
| Jack Osbourne |
Relative |
8-Nov-1985 |
|
Son of Ozzy Osbourne |
| Kelly Osbourne |
Relative |
27-Oct-1984 |
|
Ozzy's daughter |
| Sharon Osbourne |
TV Personality |
9-Oct-1952 |
|
Wife of Ozzy Osbourne |
| Lloyd Owen |
Actor |
14-Apr-1966 |
|
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
| Elaine Paige |
Singer |
5-Mar-1948 |
|
Evita |
| Thomas Pakenham |
Historian |
14-Aug-1933 |
|
8th Earl of Longford |
| David Palmer |
Musician |
2-Jul-1937 |
|
Transsexual keyboardist, Jethro Tull |
| Del Palmer |
Musician |
03-Nov-1952 |
|
Engineer and bassist for Kate Bush |
| Geoffrey Palmer |
Actor |
4-Jun-1927 |
|
Lionel Hardcastle on As Time Goes By |
| Samuel Palmer |
Painter |
27-Jan-1805 |
24-May-1881 |
English landscape painter |
| Alan Parker |
Film Director |
14-Feb-1944 |
|
Pink Floyd: The Wall |
| Graham Parker |
Musician |
18-Nov-1950 |
|
Howlin' Wind |
| Nathaniel Parker |
Actor |
18-May-1962 |
|
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries |
| James Parkinson |
Doctor |
11-Apr-1755 |
21-Dec-1824 |
Essay on the Shaking Palsy |
| Alan Parsons |
Musician |
20-Dec-1948 |
|
Studio engineer and Project leader |
| Dev Patel |
Actor |
23-Apr-1990 |
|
Slumdog Millionaire |
| Alex Paterson |
Musician |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Mind behind The Orb |
| Coventry Patmore |
Poet |
23-Jul-1823 |
26-Nov-1896 |
The Unknown Eros |
| Nigel Patrick |
Actor |
2-May-1913 |
21-Sep-1981 |
The Browning Version |
| Robert Pattinson |
Actor |
13-May-1986 |
|
Edward Cullen in Twilight |
| Adrian Paul |
Actor |
29-May-1959 |
|
Highlander |
| Bruce Payne |
Actor |
22-Nov-1960 |
|
Dungeons & Dragons |
| Amanda Pays |
Actor |
6-Jun-1959 |
|
Theora Jones on Max Headroom |
| George Peele |
Playwright |
1558 |
9-Nov-1596 |
The Old Wives Tale |
| William Penn |
Government |
14-Oct-1644 |
30-Jul-1718 |
Founder of Pennsylvania |
| Joe Penny |
Actor |
24-Jun-1956 |
|
Jake and the Fatman |
| Samuel Pepys |
Author |
23-Feb-1633 |
26-May-1703 |
London diarist |
| Spencer Perceval |
Head of State |
1-Nov-1762 |
11-May-1812 |
UK Prime Minister, 1809-12 |
| William Henry Perkin |
Chemist |
12-Mar-1838 |
14-Jul-1907 |
Invented mauve |
| Sean Pertwee |
Actor |
4-Jun-1964 |
|
Equilibrium |
| Flinders Petrie |
Archaeologist |
3-Jun-1853 |
28-Jul-1942 |
Pioneering Egyptologist |
| Joanna Pettet |
Actor |
16-Nov-1942 |
|
Casino Royale |
| Katharine Philips |
Poet |
1-Jan-1631 |
22-Jun-1664 |
Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus |
| Leslie Phillips |
Actor |
20-Apr-1924 |
|
Not Now Darling |
| Justin Pierce |
Actor |
21-Mar-1975 |
10-Jul-2000 |
Kids |
| Rosamund Pike |
Actor |
27-Jan-1979 |
|
Die Another Day |
| Ben Pimlott |
Historian |
4-Jul-1945 |
10-Apr-2004 |
Definitive biography of Elizabeth II |
| Arthur Wing Pinero |
Playwright |
24-May-1855 |
23-Nov-1934 |
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray |
| Harold Pinter |
Playwright |
10-Oct-1930 |
24-Dec-2008 |
The Birthday Party |
| William Pitt the Elder |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1708 |
11-May-1778 |
Seven Years War |
| Nigel Planer |
Actor |
22-Feb-1953 |
|
Neil on The Young Ones |
| Charles Platt |
Author |
1945 |
|
Science fiction novelist |
| J. G. A. Pocock |
Historian |
7-Mar-1924 |
|
The Machiavellian Moment |
| Martyn Poliakoff |
Physicist |
16-Dec-1947 |
|
The Periodic Table of Videos |
| William Pollack |
Scientist |
26-Feb-1926 |
3-Nov-2013 |
Treatment for Rh Disease |
| Alexander Pope |
Poet |
21-May-1688 |
30-May-1744 |
The Dunciad |
| Anna Popplewell |
Actor |
16-Dec-1988 |
|
Chronicles of Narnia |
| Eric Porter |
Actor |
8-Apr-1928 |
15-May-1995 |
The Forsyte Saga |
| Beatrix Potter |
Artist |
28-Jul-1866 |
22-Dec-1943 |
Peter Rabbit |
| Andrew Powell |
Musician |
18-Apr-1949 |
|
Orchestral arranger for Alan Parsons |
| Anthony Powell |
Novelist |
21-Dec-1905 |
28-Mar-2000 |
A Dance to the Music of Time |
| Diana Preston |
Historian |
1952 |
|
Before the Fall-Out |
| Archibald Philip Primrose |
Head of State |
7-May-1847 |
21-May-1929 |
UK Prime Minister 1894-95 |
| Lucy Punch |
Actor |
30-Dec-1977 |
|
Bad Teacher |
| Henry Purcell |
Composer |
c. 1659 |
21-Nov-1695 |
Dido and Aeneas |
| James Purnell |
Politician |
2-Oct-1970 |
|
British MP, Stalybridge and Hyde |
| John A. Quelch |
Educator |
c. 1951 |
|
Professor at HBS |
| Denis Quilley |
Actor |
26-Dec-1927 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Privates on Parade |
| Arthur Rackham |
Artist |
19-Sep-1867 |
6-Sep-1939 |
British Golden Age children's book illustrator |
| Ann Radcliffe |
Novelist |
9-Jul-1764 |
7-Feb-1823 |
The Mysteries of Udolpho |
| Daniel Radcliffe |
Actor |
23-Jul-1989 |
|
Harry Potter |
| Claude Rains |
Actor |
10-Nov-1889 |
30-May-1967 |
The Invisible Man |
| Irving Rapper |
Film Director |
16-Jan-1898 |
20-Dec-1999 |
Now, Voyager |
| Emily Ratajkowski |
Model |
7-Jun-1991 |
|
Topless Jewelry model |
| Terence Rattigan |
Playwright |
10-Jun-1911 |
30-Nov-1977 |
Separate Tables |
| Simon Raymonde |
Bassist |
3-Apr-1962 |
|
Bassist for Cocteau Twins |
| Corin Redgrave |
Actor |
16-Jul-1939 |
6-Apr-2010 |
Not About Nightingales |
| Lynn Redgrave |
Actor |
8-Mar-1943 |
2-May-2010 |
The Happy Hooker |
| Vanessa Redgrave |
Actor |
30-Jan-1937 |
|
Julia |
| Eddie Redmayne |
Actor |
6-Jan-1982 |
|
Red |
| Carol Reed |
Film Director |
30-Dec-1906 |
25-Apr-1976 |
Oliver! |
| Kate Reid |
Actor |
4-Nov-1930 |
27-Mar-1993 |
The Andromeda Strain |
| Mike Reid |
Actor |
19-Jan-1940 |
29-Jul-2007 |
Frank Butcher on EastEnders |
| Kelly Reilly |
Actor |
18-Jul-1977 |
|
Mrs. Henderson Presents |
| Mary Renault |
Novelist |
4-Sep-1905 |
13-Dec-1983 |
The Last of the Wine |
| Harry Revel |
Composer |
21-Dec-1905 |
3-Nov-1958 |
Poor Little Rich Girl |
| Simon Reynolds |
Journalist |
1963 |
|
Rip It Up And Start Again |
| David Ricardo |
Economist |
18-Apr-1772 |
11-Sep-1823 |
Principles of Political Economy |
| Joely Richardson |
Actor |
9-Jan-1965 |
|
Julia McNamara on Nip/Tuck |
| Natasha Richardson |
Actor |
11-May-1963 |
18-Mar-2009 |
Widows' Peak |
| Edwin Richfield |
Actor |
11-Sep-1921 |
2-Aug-1990 |
Interpol Calling |
| Alan Rickman |
Actor |
21-Feb-1946 |
14-Jan-2016 |
Die Hard |
| Daisy Ridley |
Actor |
10-Apr-1992 |
|
Rey in The Force Awakens |
| Elisabeth Risdon |
Actor |
26-Apr-1887 |
20-Dec-1958 |
The Roaring Twenties |
| Michael Robbins |
Actor |
14-Nov-1930 |
11-Dec-1992 |
Arthur Rudge on On the Buses |
| Tony Robinson |
Actor |
15-Aug-1946 |
|
Blackadder |
| Patricia Roc |
Actor |
7-Jun-1915 |
30-Dec-2003 |
When the Bough Breaks |
| Nicolas Roeg |
Film Director |
15-Aug-1928 |
|
The Man Who Fell to Earth |
| Peter Mark Roget |
Author |
18-Jan-1779 |
12-Sep-1869 |
Roget's Thesaurus |
| Frederick Rolfe |
Author |
22-Jul-1860 |
25-Oct-1913 |
Baron Corvo |
| Guy Rolfe |
Actor |
27-Dec-1911 |
19-Oct-2003 |
Mr. Sardonicus |
| Samantha Ronson |
Disc Jockey |
7-Aug-1977 |
|
Girlfriend of Lindsay Lohan |
| Bernard Rose |
Film Director |
4-Aug-1960 |
|
Candyman |
| Gavin Rossdale |
Singer |
30-Oct-1965 |
|
Lead singer of Bush |
| Christina Rossetti |
Poet |
5-Dec-1830 |
29-Dec-1894 |
Goblin Market and Other Poems |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Painter |
12-May-1828 |
9-Apr-1882 |
English pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Carlo Rota |
Actor |
17-Apr-1961 |
|
Little Mosque on the Prairie |
| Tim Roth |
Actor |
14-May-1961 |
|
Pulp Fiction |
| Edmund de Rothschild |
Business |
2-Jan-1916 |
17-Jan-2009 |
British banker |
| Marlon Roudette |
Musician |
5-Jan-1983 |
|
Matter Fixed |
| Patsy Rowlands |
Actor |
19-Jan-1934 |
22-Jan-2005 |
Carry on... |
| Thomas Rowlandson |
Artist |
1756 |
12-Apr-1827 |
English caricaturist |
| William Rowley |
Playwright |
c. 1585 |
c. 1642 |
Collaborator with Thomas Middleton |
| John Ruskin |
Critic |
8-Feb-1819 |
20-Jan-1900 |
Greatest Victorian art critic |
| Margaret Rutherford |
Actor |
11-May-1892 |
22-May-1972 |
The V.I.P.s |
| Oliver Sacks |
Doctor |
9-Jul-1933 |
30-Aug-2015 |
Awakenings |
| Peter Sallis |
Actor |
1-Feb-1921 |
2-Jun-2017 |
Last of the Summer Wine |
| Martin Salter |
Politician |
19-Apr-1954 |
|
British MP, Reading West |
| Emma Samms |
Actor |
28-Aug-1960 |
|
Fallon Carrington on Dynasty |
| Rupert Sanders |
Film Director |
16-Mar-1971 |
|
Snow White and the Huntsman |
| Philippe Sands |
Scholar |
17-Oct-1960 |
|
Lawless World |
| Thomas Sangster |
Actor |
16-May-1990 |
|
Ferb on Phineas and Ferb |
| Vidal Sassoon |
Business |
17-Jan-1928 |
9-May-2012 |
Celebrity hairstylist |
| Richard Savage |
Poet |
c. 1697 |
1-Aug-1743 |
Poet-subject of Life of Savage |
| Julia Sawalha |
Actor |
9-Sep-1968 |
|
Saffron on Absolutely Fabulous |
| Alan Scarfe |
Actor |
8-Jun-1946 |
|
Dr. Bradley Talmadge on Seven Days |
| Simon Schama |
Historian |
13-Feb-1945 |
|
Landscape and Memory |
| John Schlesinger |
Film Director |
16-Feb-1926 |
25-Jul-2003 |
Marathon Man |
| John Walter Scott |
Stamp Collector |
2-Nov-1845 |
4-Jan-1919 |
Father of American Philately |
| Paul Scott |
Novelist |
25-Mar-1920 |
1-Mar-1978 |
The Jewel in the Crown |
| Seal |
Singer |
19-Feb-1963 |
|
Kiss From A Rose |
| Jay Sean |
Singer/Songwriter |
1979 |
|
Eyes on You |
| Will Self |
Novelist |
26-Sep-1961 |
|
The Book of Dave |
| Andy Serkis |
Actor |
20-Apr-1964 |
|
Gollum in LOTR trilogy |
| Vernon Sewell |
Film Director |
4-Jul-1903 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Director of British B movies |
| Anoushka Shankar |
Musician |
9-Jun-1981 |
|
Sitar virtuoso and composer |
| Charles Shaughnessy |
Actor |
9-Feb-1955 |
|
Maxwell Sheffield on The Nanny |
| George Shearing |
Jazz Musician |
13-Aug-1919 |
14-Feb-2011 |
George Shearing Quintet |
| Wilfrid Sheed |
Author |
27-Dec-1930 |
19-Jan-2011 |
Office Politics |
| Barbara Shelley |
Actor |
15-Aug-1933 |
|
Village of the Damned |
| Mary Shelley |
Novelist |
30-Aug-1797 |
1-Feb-1851 |
Frankenstein |
| Mark Sheppard |
Actor |
30-May-1964 |
|
Crowley on Supernatural |
| Dinah Sheridan |
Actor |
17-Sep-1920 |
25-Nov-2012 |
Genevieve |
| Charles Sherrington |
Doctor |
27-Nov-1857 |
4-Mar-1952 |
Neurons and synapses |
| James Shirley |
Playwright |
1596 |
29-Oct-1666 |
Love Tricks |
| William Shockley |
Physicist |
13-Feb-1910 |
12-Aug-1989 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Nevil Shute |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1899 |
12-Jan-1960 |
On the Beach |
| Brian Sibley |
Author |
14-Jul-1949 |
|
Penned dramatizations for LOTR |
| Sir Henry Sidney |
Government |
20-Jul-1529 |
5-May-1586 |
Lord Deputy of Ireland |
| Jean Simmons |
Actor |
31-Jan-1929 |
22-Jan-2010 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Hugh Sinclair |
Actor |
19-May-1903 |
29-Dec-1962 |
The Saint Meets the Tiger |
| Talvin Singh |
Disc Jockey |
1970 |
|
Tabla playing DJ, Ok |
| Siouxsie Sioux |
Musician |
27-May-1957 |
|
Siouxsie and the Banshees |
| Marina Sirtis |
Actor |
29-Mar-1955 |
|
Half-Betazoid Deana Troi on ST:TNG |
| Alison Skipworth |
Actor |
25-Jul-1863 |
5-Jul-1952 |
Broadway and character actress |
| Tony Slattery |
Actor |
9-Nov-1959 |
|
Whose Line Is it Anyway? |
| Fatboy Slim |
Musician |
31-Jul-1962 |
|
Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars |
| C. Aubrey Smith |
Actor |
21-Jul-1863 |
20-Dec-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| Mel Smith |
Actor |
3-Dec-1952 |
20-Jul-2013 |
Alas Smith & Jones |
| Sydney Smith |
Religion |
3-Jun-1771 |
22-Feb-1845 |
Instigated the Edinburgh Review |
| Zadie Smith |
Novelist |
27-Oct-1975 |
|
White Teeth |
| Iain Softley |
Film Director |
30-Oct-1956 |
|
K-PAX |
| Scott Speedman |
Actor |
1-Sep-1975 |
|
Felicity |
| Harold Spencer Jones |
Astronomer |
29-Mar-1890 |
3-Nov-1960 |
10th Royal Astronomer of England |
| Stephen Spender |
Poet |
28-Feb-1909 |
16-Jul-1995 |
The Destructive Element |
| Edmund Spenser |
Poet |
c. 1552 |
13-Jan-1599 |
The Faerie Queene |
| William Archibald Spooner |
Educator |
22-Jul-1844 |
29-Aug-1930 |
Spoonerisms |
| Jerry Springer |
Talk Show Host |
13-Feb-1944 |
|
The Jerry Springer Show |
| Dusty Springfield |
Singer |
16-Apr-1939 |
2-Mar-1999 |
Son of a Preacher Man |
| Norman St. John-Stevas |
Politician |
18-May-1929 |
2-Mar-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81 |
| Terence Stamp |
Actor |
22-Jul-1939 |
|
KNEEL TO ZOD |
| John Standing |
Actor |
16-Aug-1934 |
|
British stage and film actor |
| Frederick Arthur Stanley |
Government |
15-Jan-1841 |
14-Jun-1908 |
Hockey's Stanley Cup |
| Jason Statham |
Actor |
12-Sep-1967 |
|
Snatch |
| Imelda Staunton |
Actor |
9-Jan-1956 |
|
Vera Drake |
| Anthony Steel |
Actor |
21-May-1920 |
21-Mar-2001 |
Where No Vultures Fly |
| Sir Leslie Stephen |
Encyclopaedist |
28-Nov-1832 |
22-Feb-1904 |
Dictionary of National Biography |
| Toby Stephens |
Actor |
21-Apr-1969 |
|
Die Another Day |
| Steve-O |
Daredevil |
13-Jun-1974 |
|
Jackass |
| Cat Stevens |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Jul-1948 |
|
Morning Has Broken |
| Dan Stevens |
Actor |
10-Oct-1982 |
|
Matthew Crawley on Downton Abbey |
| John Stevens |
Drummer |
10-Jun-1940 |
13-Sep-1994 |
Free music drummer and bandleader |
| Rachel Stevens |
Musician |
9-Apr-1978 |
|
In UK pop band S Club 7 |
| Dave Stewart |
Jazz Musician |
30-Dec-1950 |
|
Jazz/prog keyboardist |
| Michael Stewart |
Politician |
6-Nov-1906 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Former UK Foreign Secretary |
| Rod Stewart |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jan-1945 |
|
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? |
| Leopold Stokowski |
Conductor |
18-Apr-1882 |
13-Sep-1977 |
American Symphony Orchestra |
| Nicholas Stoller |
Screenwriter |
19-Mar-1976 |
|
Forgetting Sarah Marshall |
| Richard Stone |
Economist |
30-Aug-1913 |
6-Dec-1991 |
National Income and Expenditure |
| Stephen Storace |
Composer |
4-Apr-1762 |
19-Mar-1796 |
The Haunted Tower |
| Thomas Stothard |
Painter |
17-Aug-1755 |
27-Apr-1834 |
English subject painter |
| John Stow |
Author |
1525 |
6-Apr-1605 |
Antiquary, Survey of London |
| Lytton Strachey |
Author |
1-Mar-1880 |
21-Jan-1932 |
Eminent Victorians |
| P. F. Strawson |
Philosopher |
23-Nov-1919 |
13-Feb-2006 |
Individuals |
| George Edmund Street |
Architect |
20-Jun-1824 |
18-Dec-1881 |
English Gothic revival architect |
| Mark Strong |
Actor |
30-Aug-1963 |
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
| Jim Sturgess |
Actor |
16-May-1981 |
|
Across the Universe |
| Charles Sturridge |
Film Director |
24-Jun-1951 |
|
FairyTale: A True Story |
| Tom Sturridge |
Actor |
21-Dec-1985 |
|
Waiting for Forever |
| Jule Styne |
Songwriter |
31-Dec-1905 |
20-Sep-1994 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| David Suchet |
Actor |
2-May-1946 |
|
Hercule Poirot |
| Eduard Suess |
Geologist |
20-Aug-1831 |
26-Apr-1914 |
Das Antlitz der Erde |
| Gregg Sulkin |
Actor |
29-May-1992 |
|
Mason Greyback on Wizards of Waverly Place |
| Arthur Sullivan |
Composer |
13-May-1842 |
22-Nov-1900 |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Francis L. Sullivan |
Actor |
6-Jan-1903 |
19-Nov-1956 |
Great Expectations |
| Screaming Lord Sutch |
Politician |
10-Nov-1940 |
16-Jun-1999 |
Official Monster Raving Loony Party |
| A. Edward Sutherland |
Film Director |
5-Jan-1895 |
31-Dec-1973 |
The Flying Deuces |
| Kiefer Sutherland |
Actor |
21-Dec-1966 |
|
24 |
| Graham Swift |
Novelist |
4-May-1949 |
|
Last Orders |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne |
Poet |
5-Apr-1837 |
10-Apr-1909 |
Masochist Victorian poet |
| Tilda Swinton |
Actor |
5-Nov-1960 |
|
The Deep End |
| Plum Sykes |
Author |
4-Dec-1969 |
|
Bergdorf Blondes |
| James Joseph Sylvester |
Mathematician |
3-Sep-1814 |
15-Mar-1897 |
Studied finite analysis |
| George James Symons |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1838 |
10-Mar-1900 |
Meteorologist, British Rainfall |
| Sylvia Syms |
Actor |
6-Jan-1934 |
|
The Tamarind Seed |
| Jack W. Szostak |
Scientist |
9-Nov-1952 |
|
First artificial chromosome |
| Sydney Tafler |
Actor |
31-Jul-1916 |
8-Nov-1979 |
The Lavender Hill Mob |
| Jessica Tandy |
Actor |
7-Jun-1909 |
11-Sep-1994 |
Driving Miss Daisy |
| Catherine Tate |
Actor |
12-May-1968 |
|
The Catherine Tate Show |
| John Tavener |
Composer |
28-Jan-1944 |
12-Nov-2013 |
The Whale |
| Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
| Noah Taylor |
Actor |
4-Sep-1969 |
|
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand |
| Norman Tebbit |
Politician |
29-Mar-1931 |
|
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
| Julien Temple |
Film Director |
26-Nov-1953 |
|
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle |
| Juno Temple |
Actor |
21-Jul-1989 |
|
St. Trinian's |
| Sir William Temple |
Diplomat |
25-Apr-1628 |
27-Jan-1699 |
British Ambassador to Netherlands |
| Victoria Tennant |
Actor |
30-Sep-1950 |
|
LA Story |
| Sir John Tenniel |
Artist |
28-Feb-1820 |
25-Feb-1914 |
Illustrator for Punch |
| Terry-Thomas |
Actor |
14-Jul-1911 |
8-Jan-1990 |
Private's Progress |
| Josephine Tewson |
Actor |
26-Feb-1939 |
|
Miss Davenport on Last of the Summer Wine |
| Shashi Tharoor |
Government |
9-Mar-1956 |
|
UN Under Secretary General, 2002-07 |
| Mark Thatcher |
Relative |
15-Aug-1953 |
|
Margaret Thatcher's ne'er-do-well son |
| Ernest Thesiger |
Actor |
15-Jan-1879 |
14-Jan-1961 |
Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein |
| Jameson Thomas |
Actor |
24-Mar-1888 |
10-Jan-1939 |
British stage, minor Hollywood actor |
| Daley Thompson |
Track and Field |
30-Jul-1958 |
|
Olympic decathlete |
| Emma Thompson |
Actor |
15-Apr-1959 |
|
Howard's End |
| Richard Thompson |
Guitarist |
3-Apr-1949 |
|
Fairport Convention |
| Frank Thornton |
Actor |
15-Jan-1921 |
16-Mar-2013 |
Are You Being Served? |
| Richard Thorp |
Actor |
2-Jan-1932 |
22-May-2013 |
Alan Turner on Emmerdale |
| Jeremy Thorpe |
Politician |
29-Apr-1929 |
4-Dec-2014 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1967-76 |
| Zeffie Tilbury |
Actor |
20-Nov-1863 |
24-Jul-1950 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Arnold Toynbee |
Historian |
14-Apr-1889 |
22-Oct-1975 |
A Study of History |
| Doreen Tracey |
Actor |
13-Apr-1943 |
|
Former Mouseketeer |
| David Tree |
Actor |
15-Jul-1915 |
4-Nov-2009 |
Pygmalion |
| Herbert Beerbohm Tree |
Actor |
17-Dec-1853 |
2-Jul-1917 |
Founder, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Les Tremayne |
Radio Personality |
16-Apr-1913 |
19-Dec-2003 |
Veteran of 30,000 radio broadcasts |
| Anthony Trollope |
Novelist |
24-Apr-1815 |
6-Dec-1882 |
Barchester Towers |
| Patrick Troughton |
Actor |
25-Mar-1920 |
28-Mar-1987 |
2nd Doctor on Doctor Who |
| Robin Trower |
Guitarist |
9-Mar-1945 |
|
Guitar hero, Procol Harum |
| Ralph Truman |
Actor |
7-May-1900 |
15-Oct-1977 |
Quo Vadis |
| Margaret Tudor |
Royalty |
29-Nov-1489 |
18-Oct-1541 |
Queen of Scotland, 1503-13 |
| Alan Turing |
Mathematician |
23-Jun-1912 |
7-Jun-1954 |
Computing pioneer |
| J. M. W. Turner |
Painter |
23-Apr-1775 |
19-Dec-1851 |
Romanticist English landscape painter |
| Dorothy Tutin |
Actor |
8-Apr-1930 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Savage Messiah |
| Edward Tylor |
Anthropologist |
2-Oct-1832 |
2-Jan-1917 |
Founder of cultural anthropology |
| Margaret Tyzack |
Actor |
9-Sep-1931 |
25-Jun-2011 |
The Forsyte Saga |
| Jim Unger |
Cartoonist |
21-Jan-1937 |
29-May-2012 |
Herman |
| Peter Ustinov |
Actor |
16-Apr-1921 |
28-Mar-2004 |
British stage actor |
| Steve Valentine |
Actor |
26-Oct-1966 |
|
Nigel Townsend on Crossing Jordan |
| John Vanbrugh |
Playwright |
24-Jan-1664 |
26-Mar-1726 |
The Provok'd Wife |
| Norma Varden |
Actor |
20-Jan-1898 |
19-Jan-1989 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| Reg Varney |
Actor |
11-Jul-1916 |
16-Nov-2008 |
On the Buses |
| Sid Vicious |
Bassist |
10-May-1957 |
2-Feb-1979 |
Sex Pistols bassist |
| Henry Victor |
Actor |
2-Oct-1892 |
15-Mar-1945 |
Freaks |
| Frederick Vine |
Geologist |
17-Jun-1939 |
|
Plate tectonics |
| Louis Wain |
Painter |
5-Aug-1860 |
4-Jul-1939 |
The Man Who Drew Cats |
| Edward Gibbon Wakefield |
Government |
20-Mar-1796 |
16-May-1862 |
Colonizer of Australia, New Zealand |
| Sonya Walger |
Actor |
6-Jun-1974 |
|
The Mind of the Married Man |
| Eamonn Walker |
Actor |
30-Nov-1959 |
|
Kareem Said on Oz |
| Edgar Wallace |
Novelist |
1-Apr-1875 |
10-Feb-1932 |
Highly prolific English novelist |
| Sir Richard Wallace |
Aristocrat |
26-Jul-1818 |
20-Jul-1890 |
The Wallace Collection |
| Horace Walpole |
Author |
24-Sep-1717 |
2-Mar-1797 |
Wrote the first Gothic novel |
| Kay Walsh |
Actor |
27-Aug-1911 |
16-Apr-2005 |
The Horse's Mouth |
| Lalla Ward |
Actor |
28-Jun-1951 |
|
Romana #2 from Doctor Who |
| Simon Ward |
Actor |
19-Oct-1941 |
20-Jul-2012 |
Sir Monty Everard on Judge John Deed |
| Sophie Ward |
Actor |
30-Dec-1964 |
|
Dr. Helen Trent on Heartbeat |
| H. B. Warner |
Actor |
26-Oct-1875 |
21-Dec-1958 |
The King of Kings |
| Bernard Wasserstein |
Historian |
22-Jan-1948 |
|
Vanishing Diaspora |
| Dennis Waterman |
Actor |
24-Feb-1948 |
|
Terry McCann on Minder |
| Thomas Watson |
Poet |
c. 1557 |
26-Sep-1592 |
The Tears of Fancie |
| Alan Watts |
Philosopher |
6-Jan-1915 |
16-Nov-1973 |
Zen beat counterculture sage |
| Alec Waugh |
Author |
8-Jul-1898 |
3-Sep-1981 |
The Loom of Youth |
| Evelyn Waugh |
Novelist |
28-Oct-1903 |
10-Apr-1966 |
Brideshead Revisited |
| Dennis Weatherstone |
Business |
29-Nov-1930 |
13-Jun-2008 |
CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94 |
| Jake Weber |
Actor |
19-Mar-1964 |
|
Joe Dubois on Medium |
| John Webster |
Playwright |
c. 1580 |
1634 |
The Duchess of Malfy |
| Rachel Weisz |
Actor |
7-Mar-1971 |
|
The Constant Gardener |
| Florence Welch |
Singer |
28-Aug-1986 |
|
Florence and the Machine |
| Arnold Wesker |
Playwright |
24-May-1932 |
12-Apr-2016 |
The Kitchen |
| Rebecca West |
Author |
21-Dec-1892 |
15-Mar-1983 |
Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials |
| Patrick White |
Novelist |
28-May-1912 |
30-Sep-1990 |
Riders in the Chariot |
| Jack Whitehall |
Comic |
7-Jul-1988 |
|
Jack Whitehall Gets Around |
| June Whitfield |
Actor |
11-Nov-1925 |
|
Terry and June |
| Leonard Whiting |
Actor |
30-Jun-1950 |
|
Romeo and Juliet |
| Edward Whymper |
Explorer |
27-Apr-1840 |
16-Sep-1911 |
Scrambles among the Alps |
| Kim Wilde |
Musician |
18-Nov-1960 |
|
Kids in America |
| Alan Wilder |
Musician |
1-Jun-1959 |
|
Depeche Mode |
| John Wilkes |
Politician |
17-Oct-1725 |
26-Dec-1797 |
Colorful London radical |
| Prince William |
Royalty |
21-Jun-1982 |
|
Charles and Diana's first-born son |
| Darnell Williams |
Actor |
3-Mar-1955 |
|
Jesse Hubbard on All My Children |
| Frank Williams |
Actor |
2-Jul-1931 |
|
Vicar on Dad's Army |
| Kenneth Williams |
Actor |
22-Feb-1926 |
15-Apr-1988 |
Carry on... |
| Olivia Williams |
Actor |
26-Jul-1968 |
|
The Sixth Sense |
| Roger Williams |
Religion |
c. 1604 |
1684 |
Founder of Rhode Island Colony |
| Douglas Wilmer |
Actor |
8-Jan-1920 |
31-Mar-2016 |
Sherlock Holmes |
| Simon Winchester |
Journalist |
28-Sep-1944 |
|
The Professor and the Madman |
| Barbara Windsor |
Actor |
6-Aug-1937 |
|
EastEnders |
| Amy Winehouse |
Singer |
14-Sep-1983 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Rehab |
| Sophie Winkleman |
Actor |
5-Aug-1980 |
|
The Trial of Tony Blair |
| Michael Winner |
Film Director |
30-Oct-1935 |
20-Jan-2013 |
Death Wish |
| Ray Winstone |
Actor |
19-Feb-1957 |
|
Vincent |
| Alex Winter |
Actor |
17-Jul-1965 |
|
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure |
| Anna Wintour |
Journalist |
3-Nov-1949 |
|
Vogue Editor in Chief |
| Norman Wisdom |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
4-Oct-2010 |
The Great British Clown |
| Stephen Wolfram |
Mathematician |
29-Aug-1959 |
|
Creator of Mathematica |
| Ron Wood |
Guitarist |
1-Jun-1947 |
|
Guitarist for The Rolling Stones |
| Leonard Woolf |
Author |
25-Nov-1880 |
14-Aug-1969 |
British memoirist, husband of Virginia |
| Virginia Woolf |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1882 |
28-Mar-1941 |
Suicidal English novelist |
| Bonnie Wright |
Actor |
17-Feb-1991 |
|
Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter |
| Rick Wright |
Musician |
28-Jul-1943 |
15-Sep-2008 |
Keyboardist for Pink Floyd |
| Margaret Wycherly |
Actor |
26-Oct-1881 |
6-Jun-1956 |
Sergeant York |
| Diana Wynyard |
Actor |
16-Jan-1906 |
13-May-1964 |
Gaslight |
| Frances Yates |
Historian |
28-Nov-1899 |
29-Sep-1981 |
The Art of Memory |
| Susannah York |
Actor |
9-Jan-1941 |
14-Jan-2011 |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| Young MC |
Musician |
10-May-1967 |
|
"Bust a Move" |
| Roland Young |
Actor |
11-Nov-1887 |
5-Jun-1953 |
Cosmo Topper |
| Henny Youngman |
Comic |
16-Mar-1906 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Take my wife, please |
| Israel Zangwill |
Playwright |
14-Feb-1864 |
1-Aug-1926 |
Children of the Ghetto |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edwin Abbey |
Painter |
1-Apr-1852 |
1-Aug-1911 |
American artist in London |
| Edwin A. Abbott |
Author |
20-Dec-1838 |
12-Oct-1926 |
Flatland |
| Leo Abse |
Politician |
22-Apr-1917 |
19-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Torfaen, 1983-87 |
| Robert Adam |
Architect |
3-Jul-1728 |
3-Mar-1792 |
Scottish Neoclassical architect |
| Dawn Addams |
Actor |
21-Sep-1930 |
7-May-1985 |
A King in New York |
| Joseph Addison |
Author |
1-May-1672 |
17-Jun-1719 |
The Spectator |
| Larry Adler |
Musician |
10-Feb-1914 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Mouth organ virtuoso |
| Edgar Adrian |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1889 |
4-Aug-1977 |
Electricity within nerve cells |
| George Biddell Airy |
Astronomer |
27-Jul-1801 |
2-Jan-1892 |
British Astronomer Royal |
| Mark Akenside |
Poet |
9-Nov-1721 |
23-Jun-1770 |
The Pleasures of the Imagination |
| James Aldridge |
Novelist |
10-Jul-1918 |
23-Feb-2015 |
The True Story of Lilli Stubeck |
| Michael Aldridge |
Actor |
9-Sep-1920 |
10-Jan-1994 |
Seymour on Last of the Summer Wine |
| Terence Alexander |
Actor |
11-Mar-1923 |
28-May-2009 |
Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac |
| Princess Alice |
Royalty |
25-Dec-1901 |
29-Oct-2004 |
Late Duchess of Gloucester |
| Dorothy Alison |
Actor |
4-Apr-1925 |
17-Jan-1992 |
See No Evil |
| Dave Allen |
Comic |
6-Jul-1936 |
10-Mar-2005 |
Dave Allen at Large |
| Walter Allen |
Novelist |
23-Feb-1911 |
28-Feb-1995 |
All in a Lifetime |
| Edmund Allenby |
Military |
23-Apr-1861 |
14-May-1936 |
Defeated the Turks in WWI |
| William Allingham |
Poet |
19-Mar-1824 |
18-Nov-1889 |
Day and Night Songs |
| Eric Ambler |
Novelist |
28-Jun-1909 |
22-Oct-1998 |
Topkapi |
| Kingsley Amis |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1922 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Lucky Jim |
| Edmund Andros |
Government |
6-Dec-1637 |
24-Feb-1714 |
American colonial governor |
| Queen Anne |
Royalty |
6-Feb-1665 |
1-Aug-1714 |
Queen of England, 1702-14 |
| John Arbuthnot |
Doctor |
1667 |
27-Feb-1735 |
Scriblerus Club |
| George Arliss |
Actor |
10-Apr-1868 |
5-Feb-1946 |
Disraeli |
| Benedict Arnold |
Military |
14-Jan-1741 |
14-Jun-1801 |
Betrayed colonists to British |
| Ove Arup |
Engineer |
16-Apr-1895 |
5-Feb-1988 |
Danish civil engineer |
| Sholem Asch |
Author |
1-Nov-1880 |
1-Aug-1957 |
Yiddish novelist |
| Roger Ascham |
Scholar |
1515 |
30-Dec-1568 |
The Scholemaster |
| Peggy Ashcroft |
Actor |
22-Dec-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
A Passage to India |
| Renée Asherson |
Actor |
19-May-1915 |
30-Oct-2014 |
Malta Story |
| Arthur Askey |
Comic |
6-Jun-1900 |
16-Nov-1982 |
Horn-rimmed British comic |
| Anthony Asquith |
Film Director |
9-Nov-1902 |
20-Feb-1968 |
Pygmalion |
| Margot Asquith |
Socialite |
2-Feb-1864 |
28-Jul-1945 |
Wife of Herbert Henry Asquith |
| Richard Attenborough |
Film Director |
29-Aug-1923 |
24-Aug-2014 |
Gandhi |
| 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 |
| Charles Babbage |
Mathematician |
26-Dec-1791 |
18-Oct-1871 |
Inventor of the Difference Engine |
| Anthony Babington |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1561 |
20-Sep-1586 |
Plotted to overthrow Elizabeth I |
| Francis Bacon |
Philosopher |
22-Jan-1561 |
9-Apr-1626 |
Novum Organum |
| Angela Baddeley |
Actor |
4-Jul-1904 |
22-Feb-1976 |
Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Leo Baeck |
Religion |
23-May-1873 |
2-Nov-1956 |
Progressive Jewish Rabbi |
| Enid Bagnold |
Novelist |
27-Oct-1889 |
31-Mar-1981 |
National Velvet |
| Joanna Baillie |
Playwright |
11-Sep-1762 |
23-Feb-1851 |
Family Legend |
| Francis Baily |
Astronomer |
28-Apr-1774 |
30-Aug-1844 |
First to observe Baily's Beads |
| Beryl Bainbridge |
Novelist |
21-Nov-1934 |
2-Jul-2010 |
Master Georgie |
| Sir Richard Baker |
Historian |
c. 1568 |
18-Feb-1645 |
Chronicle of the Kings of England |
| Roy Ward Baker |
Film Director |
19-Dec-1916 |
5-Oct-2010 |
A Night to Remember |
| John Ball |
Naturalist |
20-Aug-1818 |
21-Oct-1889 |
Irish Alpinist |
| Sir Joseph Banks |
Botanist |
13-Feb-1743 |
19-Jun-1820 |
Accompanied James Cook |
| Leslie Banks |
Actor |
9-Jun-1890 |
21-Apr-1952 |
The Most Dangerous Game |
| Peter Banks |
Guitarist |
15-Jul-1947 |
8-Mar-2013 |
Original guitarist for Yes |
| John Barbirolli |
Conductor |
2-Dec-1899 |
29-Jul-1970 |
Conductor at The Hallé, 1943-70 |
| Ronnie Barker |
Comic |
25-Sep-1929 |
3-Oct-2005 |
The Two Ronnies |
| Robert Barnes |
Religion |
1495 |
30-Jul-1540 |
English reformer and martyr |
| J. M. Barrie |
Author |
9-May-1860 |
19-Jun-1937 |
Peter Pan |
| Eva Bartok |
Actor |
18-Jun-1927 |
1-Aug-1998 |
The Crimson Pirate |
| Alfie Bass |
Actor |
8-Apr-1921 |
15-Jul-1987 |
Bootsie and Snudge |
| Alan Bates |
Actor |
17-Feb-1934 |
27-Dec-2003 |
Basil in Zorba the Greek |
| William Bateson |
Biologist |
8-Aug-1861 |
8-Feb-1926 |
Founder of genetics |
| Nina Bawden |
Novelist |
19-Jan-1925 |
22-Aug-2012 |
Carrie's War |
| William Bayliss |
Doctor |
2-May-1860 |
27-Aug-1924 |
Co-Discovered hormones |
| Jeremy Beadle |
TV Personality |
12-Apr-1948 |
30-Jan-2008 |
You've Been Framed |
| A. C. F. Beales |
Historian |
1905 |
16-Aug-1974 |
The History of Peace |
| Robert Beatty |
Actor |
19-Oct-1909 |
3-Mar-1992 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Francis Beaumont |
Playwright |
1584 |
6-Mar-1616 |
Collaborator with John Fletcher |
| Sybille Bedford |
Novelist |
16-Mar-1911 |
17-Feb-2006 |
A Favourite of the Gods |
| Thomas Beecham |
Conductor |
29-Apr-1879 |
8-Mar-1961 |
Founder, London and Royal Philharmonics |
| Aphra Behn |
Playwright |
10-Jul-1640 |
16-Apr-1689 |
Oroonoko, the History of the Royal Slave |
| Max Beloff |
Historian |
2-Jul-1913 |
22-Mar-1999 |
Founder, University of Buckingham |
| Tony Benn |
Politician |
3-Apr-1925 |
14-Mar-2014 |
Radical left Labour MP |
| Arnold Bennett |
Novelist |
27-May-1867 |
27-Mar-1931 |
Five Towns novels |
| Jill Bennett |
Actor |
24-Dec-1931 |
4-Oct-1990 |
The Sheltering Sky |
| Jeremy Bentham |
Philosopher |
15-Feb-1748 |
6-Jun-1832 |
Proponent of Utilitarianism |
| Boris Berezovsky |
Business |
23-Jan-1946 |
23-Mar-2013 |
Russian oligarch, Putin critic |
| Ingrid Bergman |
Actor |
29-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1982 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
| Elisabeth Bergner |
Actor |
22-Aug-1897 |
12-May-1986 |
Escape Me Never |
| Lennox Berkeley |
Composer |
12-May-1903 |
26-Dec-1989 |
Stabat Mater |
| J. D. Bernal |
Physicist |
10-May-1901 |
15-Sep-1971 |
X-ray crystallography |
| Henry Bessemer |
Inventor |
19-Jan-1813 |
15-Mar-1898 |
Bessemer process to manufacture steel |
| George Best |
Soccer |
22-May-1946 |
25-Nov-2005 |
Manchester United |
| Ernest Bevin |
Politician |
9-Mar-1881 |
14-Apr-1951 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51 |
| John Biddle |
Religion |
1615 |
22-Sep-1662 |
Father of English Unitarianism |
| Ronnie Biggs |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1929 |
18-Dec-2013 |
UK Great Train Robber |
| Thomas Bilney |
Religion |
c. 1495 |
19-Aug-1531 |
English martyr, influenced Latimer |
| Ed Bishop |
Actor |
11-Jun-1932 |
8-Jun-2005 |
Cmdr. Straker on UFO |
| Patrick M. S. Blackett |
Physicist |
18-Nov-1897 |
13-Jul-1974 |
Cosmic radiation, continental drift |
| Betsy Blair |
Actor |
11-Dec-1923 |
13-Mar-2009 |
Marty |
| William Blake |
Poet |
28-Nov-1757 |
12-Aug-1827 |
English romantic poet and artist |
| Colin Blakely |
Actor |
23-Sep-1930 |
7-May-1987 |
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes |
| H. P. Blavatsky |
Author |
12-Aug-1831 |
8-May-1891 |
Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine |
| William Bligh |
Military |
9-Sep-1754 |
6-Dec-1817 |
Captain of the Bounty |
| Arthur Bliss |
Composer |
2-Aug-1891 |
28-Mar-1975 |
Morning Heroes |
| John Blow |
Composer |
23-Feb-1649 |
1-Oct-1708 |
Venus and Adonis |
| Anthony Blunt |
Art 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 |
| David Bohm |
Physicist |
20-Dec-1917 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Particle physicist |
| Marc Bolan |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Sep-1947 |
16-Sep-1977 |
T-Rex |
| Anne Boleyn |
Royalty |
c. 1507 |
19-May-1536 |
Wife of English King Henry VIII |
| Edmund Bolton |
Historian |
c. 1575 |
c. 1633 |
Hypercritica |
| Derek Bond |
Actor |
26-Jan-1919 |
15-Oct-2006 |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
| Gary Bond |
Actor |
7-Feb-1940 |
12-Oct-1995 |
English theatre actor |
| Graham Bond |
Musician |
28-Oct-1937 |
8-May-1974 |
Influential blues keyboardist |
| James Boswell |
Author |
29-Oct-1740 |
19-May-1795 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson |
| Kenneth Bourne |
Historian |
17-Mar-1930 |
13-Dec-1992 |
Britain and the Balance of Power |
| William Boyce |
Composer |
7-Feb-1710 |
7-Feb-1779 |
Cathedral Music |
| Robert Boyle |
Chemist |
25-Jan-1627 |
30-Dec-1691 |
Pioneer of modern chemistry |
| Anne Bracegirdle |
Actor |
1663 |
1748 |
Actress in Congreve's plays |
| Charles Bradlaugh |
Activist |
26-Sep-1833 |
30-Jan-1891 |
Atheistic Iconoclast |
| John Bradshaw |
Government |
1602 |
31-Oct-1659 |
Tried King Charles I |
| William Bragg |
Physicist |
2-Jul-1862 |
12-Mar-1942 |
Analyzed crystal structures |
| John Braine |
Novelist |
13-Apr-1922 |
28-Oct-1986 |
Room at the Top |
| Joseph Bramah |
Inventor |
13-Apr-1748 |
9-Dec-1814 |
Inventor of the hydraulic press |
| John Brand |
Historian |
19-Aug-1744 |
11-Sep-1806 |
Observations on Popular Antiquities |
| George Brayton |
Inventor |
3-Oct-1830 |
17-Dec-1892 |
Brayton cycle engine |
| Jeremy Brett |
Actor |
3-Nov-1933 |
12-Sep-1995 |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| Richard Briers |
Actor |
14-Jan-1934 |
17-Feb-2013 |
Tom Good on The Good Life |
| Harry Brittain |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1873 |
9-Jul-1974 |
Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society |
| Leon Brittan |
Politician |
25-Sep-1939 |
21-Jan-2015 |
UK Home Secretary, 1983-85 |
| J. Edward Bromberg |
Actor |
25-Dec-1903 |
6-Dec-1951 |
The Mark of Zorro |
| Clive Brook |
Actor |
1-Jun-1887 |
17-Nov-1974 |
Shanghai Express |
| Lyndon Brook |
Actor |
10-Apr-1926 |
9-Jan-2004 |
Reach for the Sky |
| Anita Brookner |
Novelist |
16-Jul-1928 |
10-Mar-2016 |
Hotel Du Lac |
| Capability Brown |
Landscape Architect |
1716 |
6-Feb-1783 |
Britain's finest designer of gardens |
| Ford Madox Brown |
Painter |
16-Apr-1821 |
6-Oct-1893 |
English historical painter |
| Georgia Brown |
Actor |
21-Oct-1933 |
5-Jul-1992 |
The Raging Moon |
| Robert Brown |
Botanist |
21-Dec-1773 |
10-Jun-1858 |
Brownian motion |
| Stanley Bruce |
Head of State |
15-Apr-1883 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1923-29 |
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
Engineer |
9-Apr-1806 |
15-Sep-1859 |
Chief engineer of the Great Western Railway |
| Jack Buchanan |
Actor |
2-Apr-1891 |
20-Oct-1957 |
The Band Wagon |
| William Buckland |
Geologist |
12-Mar-1784 |
15-Aug-1856 |
Reliquiae Diluvianae |
| John Bunyan |
Author |
Nov-1628 |
31-Aug-1688 |
Pilgrim's Progress |
| Hugh Burden |
Actor |
3-Apr-1913 |
17-May-1985 |
Funeral in Berlin |
| Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts |
Philanthropist |
21-Apr-1814 |
30-Dec-1906 |
Victorian philanthropist |
| Anthony Burgess |
Novelist |
25-Feb-1917 |
25-Nov-1993 |
A Clockwork Orange |
| Thomas Burke |
Author |
29-Nov-1886 |
22-Sep-1945 |
Limehouse Nights |
| Charles Burney |
Musicologist |
7-Apr-1726 |
12-Apr-1814 |
History of Music |
| Fanny Burney |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1752 |
6-Jan-1840 |
Camilla |
| Pete Burns |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Aug-1959 |
23-Oct-2016 |
Dead or Alive |
| Fritz Busch |
Conductor |
13-Mar-1890 |
14-Sep-1951 |
Conductor, Danish National Symphony, 1934-51 |
| George Busk |
Doctor |
12-Aug-1807 |
10-Aug-1886 |
British surgeon and zoologist |
| Frances Buss |
Educator |
16-Aug-1827 |
24-Dec-1894 |
Girls' school reformer |
| John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute |
Head of State |
25-May-1713 |
10-Mar-1792 |
UK Prime Minister, 1762-63 |
| Samuel Butler |
Author |
4-Dec-1835 |
18-Jun-1902 |
Erewheon |
| Samuel Butler |
Poet |
8-Feb-1612 |
25-Feb-1680 |
Hudibras |
| John Caius |
Doctor |
6-Oct-1510 |
29-Jul-1573 |
Second founder of Gonville and Caius College |
| Guy Stewart Callendar |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1898 |
3-Oct-1964 |
Callendar Effect |
| Phyllis Calvert |
Actor |
18-Feb-1915 |
8-Oct-2002 |
Madonna of the Seven Moons |
| William Camden |
Scholar |
2-May-1551 |
9-Nov-1623 |
Britannia |
| Beatrice Campbell |
Actor |
31-Jul-1922 |
10-May-1979 |
Last Holiday |
| Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1836 |
22-Apr-1908 |
UK Prime Minister, 1905-08 |
| Edmund Campion |
Religion |
24-Jan-1540 |
1-Dec-1581 |
Jesuit martyr, hanged at Tyburn |
| Thomas Campion |
Composer |
12-Feb-1567 |
1-Mar-1620 |
English musical poet, Bookes of Ayres |
| Charles John Canning |
Government |
14-Dec-1812 |
17-Jun-1862 |
Governor-General of India |
| Jim Capaldi |
Drummer |
24-Apr-1944 |
28-Jan-2005 |
Drummer/Songwriter for Traffic |
| Thomas Carew |
Poet |
1595 |
22-Mar-1639 |
A Rapture |
| Thomas Carlyle |
Historian |
4-Dec-1795 |
5-Feb-1881 |
The French Revolution |
| Anthony Caro |
Sculptor |
8-Mar-1924 |
23-Oct-2013 |
Twenty Four Hours |
| John Paddy Carstairs |
Film Director |
11-May-1910 |
12-Dec-1970 |
The Saint in London |
| Richard D'Oyly Carte |
Impresario |
3-May-1844 |
3-Apr-1901 |
English opera and theatre impresario |
| Angela Carter |
Author |
7-May-1940 |
16-Feb-1992 |
Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman |
| Howard Carter |
Archaeologist |
9-May-1874 |
2-Mar-1939 |
Uncovered Tutankhamun's Tomb |
| Barbara Cartland |
Author |
9-Jul-1901 |
21-May-2000 |
Wrote way too many romance novels |
| Katrin Cartlidge |
Actor |
15-May-1961 |
7-Sep-2002 |
Claire Dolan |
| Isaac Casaubon |
Scholar |
18-Feb-1559 |
1-Jul-1614 |
Leading classical scholar |
| Roger Casement |
Activist |
1-Sep-1864 |
3-Aug-1916 |
Irish revolutionary, gay diarist |
| William Caslon |
Typographer |
1692 |
23-Jan-1766 |
English type designer |
| Mama Cass |
Singer |
19-Sep-1941 |
29-Jul-1974 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
| John Cassell |
Publisher |
23-Jan-1817 |
2-Apr-1865 |
Cassell's Magazine |
| Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh |
Politician |
18-Jun-1769 |
12-Aug-1822 |
Architected Napoleon's defeat |
| Catherine of Valois |
Royalty |
27-Oct-1401 |
3-Jan-1437 |
Consort of Henry V of England |
| Paul Cavanagh |
Actor |
8-Dec-1888 |
15-Mar-1964 |
The Scarlet Claw |
| William Caxton |
Publisher |
1422 |
1491 |
First printer in England |
| Christopher Cazenove |
Actor |
17-Dec-1945 |
7-Apr-2010 |
English character actor |
| William Cecil |
Government |
13-Sep-1520 |
5-Aug-1598 |
Closest advisor to Elizabeth I |
| David Cesarani |
Historian |
13-Nov-1956 |
25-Oct-2015 |
Eichmann: His Life and Crimes |
| Austen Chamberlain |
Politician |
16-Oct-1863 |
16-Mar-1937 |
British pol, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Joseph Chamberlain |
Politician |
8-Jul-1836 |
3-Jul-1914 |
British pol revered in Birmingham |
| Ephraim Chambers |
Encyclopaedist |
c. 1680 |
15-May-1740 |
Chambers Cyclopaedia |
| Sir William Chambers |
Architect |
1723 |
8-Mar-1796 |
Treatise of Civil Architecture |
| Ian Charleson |
Actor |
11-Aug-1949 |
6-Jan-1990 |
Chariots of Fire |
| Thomas Chatterton |
Poet |
20-Nov-1752 |
24-Aug-1770 |
Fabricated as Thomas Rowley |
| Geoffrey Chaucer |
Author |
c. 1343 |
25-Oct-1400 |
Canterbury Tales |
| Lord Randolph Churchill |
Politician |
13-Feb-1849 |
24-Jan-1895 |
Father of Winston Churchill |
| Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
| Winston S. Churchill |
Politician |
10-Oct-1940 |
2-Mar-2010 |
British MP, Manchester, 1970-97 |
| Colley Cibber |
Playwright |
6-Nov-1671 |
11-Dec-1757 |
Apology |
| Colin Clark |
Film/TV Producer |
9-Oct-1932 |
17-Dec-2002 |
My Week with Marilyn |
| Alan Clarke |
Film Director |
28-Oct-1935 |
24-Jul-1990 |
Scum |
| John Cleland |
Novelist |
24-Sep-1709 |
23-Jan-1789 |
Fanny Hill |
| Robert Clive |
Military |
29-Sep-1725 |
22-Nov-1774 |
Conquered India for Britain |
| Alec Clunes |
Actor |
17-May-1912 |
13-Mar-1970 |
Classical theatre actor, stage manager |
| Thomas Cochrane |
Military |
14-Dec-1775 |
31-Oct-1860 |
Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen |
| Alma Cogan |
Singer |
19-May-1932 |
26-Oct-1966 |
The Girl With the Giggle In Her Voice |
| George Douglas Howard Cole |
Economist |
25-Sep-1889 |
14-Jan-1959 |
British Labour theorist |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
Poet |
21-Oct-1772 |
25-Jul-1834 |
Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| Anthony Collins |
Philosopher |
21-Jun-1676 |
13-Dec-1729 |
A Discourse on Freethinking |
| Ivy Compton-Burnett |
Novelist |
5-Jun-1884 |
27-Aug-1969 |
Pastors and Masters |
| William Congreve |
Playwright |
24-Jan-1670 |
19-Jan-1729 |
The Way of the World |
| Cyril Connolly |
Critic |
10-Sep-1903 |
26-Nov-1974 |
Enemies of Promise |
| John Constable |
Painter |
11-Jun-1776 |
31-Mar-1837 |
English landscape painter |
| Pat Coombs |
Actor |
27-Aug-1926 |
25-May-2002 |
British character actress |
| John Singleton Copley |
Painter |
3-Jul-1738 |
9-Sep-1815 |
Boy with a Squirrel |
| Ronnie Corbett |
Comic |
4-Dec-1930 |
31-Mar-2016 |
The Two Ronnies |
| Adrienne Corri |
Actor |
13-Nov-1931 |
13-Mar-2016 |
A Clockwork Orange |
| Charles Cotton |
Poet |
28-Apr-1630 |
16-Feb-1687 |
Translator of Montaigne |
| Henry Cotton |
Golf |
26-Jan-1907 |
22-Dec-1987 |
Won the British Open three times |
| Robert Cotton |
Scholar |
22-Jan-1571 |
6-May-1631 |
Cottonian Library |
| George Coulouris |
Actor |
1-Oct-1903 |
25-Apr-1989 |
Watch on the Rhine |
| Cicely Courtneidge |
Actor |
1-Apr-1893 |
26-Apr-1980 |
The Ghost Train |
| Vincent Crane |
Musician |
21-May-1943 |
14-Feb-1989 |
Atomic Rooster and Arthur Brown keyboardist |
| Walter Crane |
Artist |
15-Aug-1845 |
17-Mar-1915 |
British children's illustrator |
| Charles Crichton |
Film Director |
6-Aug-1910 |
15-Sep-1999 |
A Fish Called Wanda |
| Henry Page Croft |
Politician |
22-Jun-1881 |
7-Dec-1947 |
British Under-Secretary of War, 1940-45 |
| Oliver Cromwell |
Government |
25-Apr-1599 |
3-Sep-1658 |
Lord Protector of England 1653-58 |
| Thomas Cromwell |
Government |
c. 1485 |
28-Jul-1540 |
Advisor to Henry VIII |
| Sir William Crookes |
Chemist |
17-Jun-1832 |
4-Apr-1919 |
Discovered element Thallium |
| Alexander Cruden |
Religion |
1699 |
1-Nov-1770 |
Concordance to the Bible |
| George Cruikshank |
Artist |
27-Sep-1792 |
1-Feb-1878 |
English caricaturist |
| Sir William Cubitt |
Engineer |
1785 |
13-Oct-1861 |
British civil engineer |
| Sir Samuel Cunard |
Business |
21-Nov-1787 |
28-Apr-1865 |
Founder, Cunard Lines |
| Edmund Curll |
Publisher |
1683 |
11-Dec-1747 |
Notorious London bookseller |
| George Nathaniel Curzon |
Government |
11-Jan-1859 |
20-Mar-1925 |
Created the Kingdom of Jordan |
| Cyril Cusack |
Actor |
26-Nov-1910 |
7-Oct-1993 |
Gone to Earth |
| Ivor Cutler |
Poet |
15-Jan-1923 |
3-Mar-2006 |
Glasgow Dreamer |
| Charlotte Dacre |
Novelist |
c. 1771 |
7-Nov-1825 |
Zofloya |
| William Dampier |
Explorer |
1651 |
1715 |
New Voyage Round the World |
| Thomas Dangerfield |
Criminal |
1650 |
1685 |
English conspirator |
| Bebe Daniels |
Actor |
14-Jan-1901 |
16-Mar-1971 |
42nd Street |
| George Darley |
Poet |
1795 |
23-Nov-1846 |
Nepenthe |
| Sir William Davenant |
Poet |
1606 |
7-Apr-1668 |
Gondibert |
| Clement Davies |
Politician |
19-Feb-1884 |
23-Mar-1962 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1945-56 |
| Rupert Davies |
Actor |
22-May-1916 |
22-Nov-1976 |
Inspector Maigret |
| Colin Davis |
Conductor |
25-Sep-1927 |
14-Apr-2013 |
Principal Conductor, LSO, 1995-2006 |
| William Davison |
Government |
c. 1541 |
21-Dec-1608 |
Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I |
| Henry de la Beche |
Geologist |
1796 |
13-Apr-1855 |
Created first Geologic Survey |
| Augustus De Morgan |
Mathematician |
27-Jun-1806 |
18-Mar-1871 |
De Morgan's Laws |
| John Dee |
Mathematician |
13-Jul-1527 |
26-Mar-1609 |
Mathematician and mystic |
| Daniel Defoe |
Author |
Sep-1660 |
24-Apr-1731 |
Robinson Crusoe |
| Desmond Dekker |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Jul-1941 |
25-May-2006 |
Israelites |
| Thomas Dekker |
Playwright |
c. 1572 |
c. 1632 |
The Gentle Craft |
| Sir John Denham |
Poet |
1615 |
10-Mar-1669 |
Cooper's Hill |
| John Dennis |
Critic |
1657 |
6-Jan-1734 |
The Usefulness of the Stage |
| Sandy Denny |
Singer |
6-Jan-1947 |
21-Apr-1978 |
Fairport Convention |
| James Dewar |
Physicist |
20-Sep-1842 |
27-Mar-1923 |
Researcher of low temperatures |
| Charles Dibdin |
Songwriter |
4-Mar-1745 |
25-Jul-1814 |
The Comic Mirror |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin |
Author |
1776 |
18-Nov-1847 |
English bibliographer |
| Thorold Dickinson |
Film Director |
16-Nov-1903 |
14-Apr-1984 |
Gaslight |
| Everard Digby |
Criminal |
16-May-1578 |
30-Jan-1606 |
Gunpowder Plot |
| Kenelm Digby |
Scientist |
11-Jul-1603 |
11-Jun-1665 |
Founding member of the Royal Society |
| Benjamin Disraeli |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1804 |
19-Apr-1881 |
UK Prime Minister, 1874-80 |
| E. C. Dodds |
Scientist |
13-Oct-1899 |
16-Dec-1973 |
Diethylstilbestrol |
| John Dollond |
Physicist |
10-Jun-1706 |
30-Nov-1761 |
Invented achromatic lenses |
| Robert Donat |
Actor |
18-Mar-1905 |
9-Jun-1958 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| John Donne |
Poet |
1572 |
31-Mar-1631 |
Anniversaries |
| Clive Donner |
Film Director |
21-Jan-1926 |
7-Sep-2010 |
What's New, Pussycat |
| George Douglas |
Novelist |
26-Jan-1869 |
28-Aug-1902 |
The House With the Green Shutters |
| John Dowland |
Composer |
c. 1562 |
21-Jan-1626 |
Lachrimae, Lutenist |
| Ernest Dowson |
Poet |
2-Aug-1867 |
23-Feb-1900 |
English Decadent poet |
| Betsy Drake |
Actor |
11-Sep-1923 |
27-Oct-2015 |
Every Girl Should Be Married |
| Michael Drayton |
Poet |
1563 |
23-Dec-1631 |
Poly-Olbion |
| John Dryden |
Poet |
19-Aug-1631 |
1-May-1700 |
Absalom and Achitophel |
| Jacqueline du Pré |
Cellist |
26-Jan-1945 |
19-Oct-1987 |
Cellist |
| Michael Dunn |
Actor |
20-Oct-1934 |
30-Aug-1973 |
Dr. Miguelito Loveless |
| June Duprez |
Actor |
14-May-1918 |
30-Oct-1984 |
The Thief of Bagdad |
| Ronald Dworkin |
Philosopher |
11-Dec-1931 |
14-Feb-2013 |
Taking Rights Seriously |
| Paul Eddington |
Actor |
18-Jun-1927 |
4-Nov-1995 |
Jim Hacker on Yes, Prime Minister |
| Edward the Confessor |
Royalty |
c. 1004 |
4-Jan-1066 |
King of England, 1042-66 |
| King Edward VII |
Royalty |
9-Nov-1841 |
6-May-1910 |
King of England, 1901-1910 |
| George Eliot |
Novelist |
22-Nov-1819 |
22-Dec-1880 |
Silas Marner |
| T. S. Eliot |
Poet |
26-Sep-1888 |
4-Jan-1965 |
Author of "The Waste Land" |
| Ruth Ellis |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1925 |
13-Jul-1955 |
Last woman hanged in England |
| 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 |
| Friedrich Engels |
Economist |
28-Nov-1820 |
5-Aug-1895 |
Communist Manifesto |
| Arthur English |
Actor |
9-May-1919 |
16-Apr-1995 |
Mr. Harman on Are You Being Served? |
| Brian Epstein |
Business |
19-Sep-1934 |
27-Aug-1967 |
Manager of The Beatles |
| Jacob Epstein |
Sculptor |
10-Nov-1880 |
21-Aug-1959 |
Strand Statues |
| Jill Esmond |
Actor |
26-Jan-1908 |
28-Jul-1990 |
The Skin Game |
| King Ethelred II |
Royalty |
c. 968 AD |
23-Apr-1016 |
King of England 978-1013 & 1014-16 |
| Hans Eysenck |
Psychologist |
4-Mar-1916 |
4-Sep-1997 |
Intelligence and personality |
| George Farquhar |
Playwright |
1678 |
29-Apr-1707 |
The Beaux Stratagem |
| Derek Farr |
Actor |
7-Feb-1912 |
22-Mar-1986 |
The Projected Man |
| Marjorie Fielding |
Actor |
17-Feb-1892 |
28-Dec-1956 |
English stage actress |
| George Finch |
Chemist |
4-Aug-1888 |
22-Nov-1970 |
Oxygen for mountain climbing |
| Sir Raymond Firth |
Anthropologist |
25-Mar-1901 |
22-Feb-2002 |
Economic Anthropology |
| Andrew Fisher |
Head of State |
29-Aug-1862 |
22-Oct-1928 |
Former Prime Minister of Australia |
| John Fisher |
Religion |
19-Oct-1469 |
22-Jun-1535 |
Saint John Fisher, executed by Henry VIII |
| Terence Fisher |
Film Director |
23-Feb-1904 |
18-Jun-1980 |
Dracula, Prince of Darkness |
| John Flamsteed |
Astronomer |
19-Aug-1646 |
31-Dec-1719 |
Founder of Greenwich Observatory |
| Alexander Fleming |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1881 |
11-Mar-1955 |
Discovered penicillin |
| John Fletcher |
Playwright |
1579 |
29-Aug-1625 |
Collaborator with Francis Beaumont |
| Robert Fludd |
Scientist |
1574 |
8-Sep-1637 |
Cosmologist and hermetic philosopher |
| John Forster |
Author |
2-Apr-1812 |
2-Feb-1876 |
Life of Charles Dickens |
| William Edward Forster |
Politician |
11-Jul-1818 |
5-Apr-1886 |
Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1880-82 |
| Ugo Foscolo |
Playwright |
6-Feb-1778 |
10-Sep-1827 |
The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis |
| Harry Fowler |
Actor |
10-Dec-1926 |
4-Jan-2012 |
Cpl. Hoskins on The Army Game |
| Charles James Fox |
Politician |
24-Jan-1749 |
13-Sep-1806 |
U.K.'s first Foreign Secretary |
| Henry Richard Vassall Fox |
Politician |
21-Nov-1773 |
22-Oct-1840 |
3rd Baron Holland |
| John Foxe |
Religion |
1516 |
18-Apr-1587 |
Foxe's Book of Martyrs |
| Rosalind Franklin |
Chemist |
25-Jul-1920 |
16-Apr-1958 |
Photographed DNA's structure |
| Mad Frankie Fraser |
Criminal |
13-Dec-1923 |
26-Nov-2014 |
Notorious British bank robber |
| John Freind |
Doctor |
1675 |
26-Jul-1728 |
The History of Physic |
| Anna Freud |
Relative |
3-Dec-1895 |
9-Oct-1982 |
Daughter of Sigmund Freud |
| Sigmund Freud |
Psychiatrist |
6-May-1856 |
23-Sep-1939 |
Die Traumdeutung |
| Billy Fury |
Musician |
17-Apr-1941 |
28-Jan-1983 |
The Sound of Fury |
| Dennis Gabor |
Physicist |
5-Jun-1900 |
8-Feb-1979 |
Inventor of holography |
| Slim Gaillard |
Jazz Musician |
4-Jan-1916 |
26-Feb-1991 |
Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti |
| Thomas Gainsborough |
Painter |
14-May-1727 |
2-Aug-1788 |
Portrait and landscape painter |
| Hugh Gaitskell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1906 |
18-Jan-1963 |
Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63 |
| Rory Gallagher |
Guitarist |
2-Mar-1948 |
14-Jun-1995 |
Irish blues rock guitarist |
| Stephen Gardiner |
Religion |
c. 1493 |
12-Nov-1555 |
English bishop, statesman |
| Ava Gardner |
Actor |
24-Dec-1922 |
25-Jan-1990 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
| Edward Garnett |
Editor |
5-Jan-1868 |
19-Feb-1937 |
English critic and editor |
| David Garrick |
Actor |
19-Feb-1717 |
20-Jan-1779 |
Manager of Drury Lane Theatre |
| John Gay |
Poet |
30-Jun-1685 |
4-Dec-1732 |
The Beggar's Opera |
| Martha Gellhorn |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1908 |
15-Feb-1998 |
War correspondent |
| Leo Genn |
Actor |
9-Aug-1905 |
26-Jan-1978 |
Quo Vadis |
| Orazio Gentileschi |
Painter |
1562 |
c. 1639 |
Italian Baroque painter |
| Alberico Gentili |
Legal Scholar |
14-Jan-1552 |
19-Jun-1608 |
Scholar of international law |
| King George II |
Royalty |
10-Nov-1683 |
25-Oct-1760 |
King of Britain, 1727-60 |
| David Gest |
Film/TV Producer |
11-May-1953 |
12-Apr-2016 |
Ex-Husband of Liza Minnelli |
| J. Paul Getty, Jr. |
Business |
7-Sep-1932 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Heir to the Getty Oil fortune |
| J. Paul Getty, Sr. |
Business |
15-Dec-1892 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Getty Oil Company |
| Robin Gibb |
Singer |
22-Dec-1949 |
20-May-2012 |
Vocalist for the Bee Gees |
| Edward Gibbon |
Historian |
8-May-1737 |
16-Jan-1794 |
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Grinling Gibbons |
Sculptor |
4-Apr-1648 |
3-Aug-1721 |
English wood carver |
| Martin Gilbert |
Historian |
25-Oct-1936 |
3-Feb-2015 |
Winston S. Churchill |
| William Gilbert |
Physicist |
24-May-1544 |
10-Dec-1603 |
De Magnete |
| James Gillray |
Artist |
13-Aug-1756 |
1-Jun-1815 |
English caricaturist |
| Ian Gilmour |
Politician |
8-Jul-1926 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar |
| Brian Glover |
Actor |
2-Apr-1934 |
24-Jul-1997 |
Lugg on Campion |
| Willoughby Goddard |
Actor |
4-Jul-1926 |
11-Apr-2008 |
Gessler on William Tell |
| William Godwin |
Philosopher |
3-Mar-1756 |
30-Apr-1836 |
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice |
| John Golding |
Critic |
10-Sep-1929 |
9-Apr-2012 |
Cubism: A History and an Analysis |
| Oliver Goldsmith |
Author |
10-Nov-1730 |
4-Apr-1774 |
The Vicar of Wakefield |
| 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 |
| George Peabody Gooch |
Historian |
21-Oct-1873 |
31-Aug-1968 |
English Democratic Ideas in the 17th Century |
| Michael Goodliffe |
Actor |
1-Oct-1914 |
20-Mar-1976 |
A Night to Remember |
| William C. Gorgas |
Doctor |
3-Oct-1854 |
3-Jul-1920 |
Malaria and yellow fever |
| Walter Gotell |
Actor |
15-Mar-1924 |
5-May-1997 |
Gen. Gogol in James Bond films |
| Alan Gowen |
Jazz Musician |
19-Aug-1947 |
17-May-1981 |
Jazz-rock keyboardist |
| Lawrence Gowing |
Art Historian |
21-Apr-1918 |
5-Feb-1991 |
Biographer of Vermeer |
| Margot Grahame |
Actor |
20-Feb-1911 |
1-Jan-1982 |
The Informer |
| Henry Grattan |
Politician |
3-Jul-1746 |
6-Jun-1820 |
Legislative independence for Ireland |
| Charles Gray |
Actor |
29-Aug-1928 |
7-Mar-2000 |
Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
| William H. Gray |
Politician |
20-Aug-1941 |
1-Jul-2013 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-91 |
| Henry Green |
Novelist |
29-Oct-1905 |
13-Dec-1973 |
Loving |
| Kate Greenaway |
Artist |
17-Mar-1846 |
6-Nov-1901 |
British illustrator |
| Robert Greene |
Playwright |
Jul-1558 |
3-Sep-1592 |
Friar Bacon |
| Joan Greenwood |
Actor |
4-Mar-1921 |
27-Feb-1987 |
The Importance of Being Earnest |
| George Grenville |
Politician |
14-Oct-1712 |
13-Nov-1770 |
UK Prime Minister, 1763-65 |
| J. A. S. Grenville |
Historian |
11-Jan-1928 |
7-Mar-2011 |
Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy |
| Sir Thomas Gresham |
Business |
1518 |
21-Nov-1579 |
Founder of Gresham College |
| Nehemiah Grew |
Botanist |
26-Sep-1641 |
25-Mar-1712 |
Anatomy of Plants |
| Lady Jane Grey |
Royalty |
12-Oct-1537 |
12-Feb-1554 |
Queen of England for nine days |
| Frederick Griffith |
Biologist |
c. 1877 |
16-Apr-1941 |
Discovered the transforming principle |
| Hugh Griffith |
Actor |
30-May-1912 |
14-May-1980 |
Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur |
| Joseph Grimaldi |
Performance Artist |
18-Dec-1778 |
31-May-1837 |
Celebrated English clown |
| Stephen Groombridge |
Astronomer |
7-Jan-1755 |
30-Mar-1832 |
A Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars |
| Ivor Gurney |
Poet |
28-Aug-1890 |
26-Dec-1937 |
War's Embers |
| Greta Gynt |
Actor |
15-Nov-1916 |
2-Apr-2000 |
The Dark Eyes of London |
| H. Rider Haggard |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1856 |
14-May-1925 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Douglas Haig |
Military |
19-Jun-1861 |
29-Jan-1928 |
British Field Marshall in WWI |
| Richard Hakluyt |
Author |
c. 1552 |
23-Nov-1616 |
Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation |
| Henry Hallam |
Historian |
9-Jul-1777 |
21-Jan-1859 |
View of the Middle Ages |
| Edmund Halley |
Astronomer |
8-Nov-1656 |
14-Jan-1742 |
Predicted return of Halley's Comet |
| Robert Hamer |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1911 |
4-Dec-1963 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| George Frideric Handel |
Composer |
23-Feb-1685 |
14-Apr-1759 |
Messiah |
| Irene Handl |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
29-Nov-1987 |
Matronly British character actor |
| Mary Hansen |
Musician |
1-Nov-1966 |
9-Dec-2002 |
Stereolab multi-instrumentalist |
| Joseph Aloysius Hansom |
Architect |
26-Oct-1803 |
29-Jun-1882 |
Invented the Hansom Cab |
| Malcolm Hardee |
Comic |
5-Jan-1950 |
31-Jan-2005 |
I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake |
| James Harrington |
Philosopher |
7-Jan-1611 |
11-Sep-1677 |
Oceana |
| Richard Harris |
Actor |
1-Oct-1930 |
25-Oct-2002 |
English Bob in Unforgiven |
| John Harrison |
Inventor |
Mar-1693 |
24-Mar-1776 |
Inventor of a marine clock |
| Ray Harryhausen |
Artist |
29-Jun-1920 |
7-May-2013 |
Stop-motion genius |
| Josephine Hart |
Author |
1-Mar-1942 |
2-Jun-2011 |
Damage |
| Bret Harte |
Author |
25-Aug-1836 |
5-May-1902 |
Master of the western short story |
| L. P. Hartley |
Novelist |
30-Dec-1895 |
13-Dec-1972 |
The Boat |
| Laurence Harvey |
Actor |
1-Oct-1928 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Manchurian Candidate |
| William Harvey |
Doctor |
1-Apr-1578 |
3-Jun-1657 |
Discovered circulation of blood |
| Sir Christopher Hatton |
Government |
1540 |
1591 |
Lord Chancellor of England, 1587-91 |
| Lord Haw-Haw |
Radio Personality |
24-Apr-1906 |
3-Jan-1946 |
WWII propagandist hanged in England |
| John Hawkesworth |
Author |
c. 1715 |
16-Nov-1773 |
Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere |
| Jack Hawkins |
Actor |
14-Sep-1910 |
18-Jul-1973 |
Land of the Pharaohs |
| 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 |
| Nicholas Hawksmoor |
Architect |
c. 1661 |
25-Mar-1736 |
Worked with Wren and Vanbrugh |
| Will Hay |
Actor |
6-Dec-1888 |
18-Apr-1949 |
Ask a Policeman |
| Eliza Haywood |
Novelist |
c. 1693 |
25-Feb-1756 |
Secret Histories, Novels and Poems |
| James Hazeldine |
Actor |
4-Apr-1947 |
17-Dec-2002 |
Mike "Bayleaf" Wilson on London's Burning |
| William Hazlitt |
Essayist |
10-Apr-1778 |
18-Sep-1830 |
English literary critic, essayist |
| Arthur Henderson |
Politician |
13-Sep-1863 |
20-Oct-1935 |
Disarmament proponent, Nobel Prize winner |
| Jimi Hendrix |
Guitarist |
27-Nov-1942 |
18-Sep-1970 |
Purple Haze |
| Ian Hendry |
Actor |
13-Jan-1931 |
24-Dec-1984 |
Get Carter |
| King Henry III |
Royalty |
1-Oct-1207 |
16-Nov-1272 |
King of England, 1216-72 |
| King Henry IV |
Royalty |
3-Apr-1367 |
20-Mar-1413 |
King of England, 1399-1413 |
| Philip Henslowe |
Impresario |
c. 1550 |
6-Jan-1616 |
Elizabethan theatrical manager |
| Herbert of Cherbury |
Philosopher |
3-Mar-1583 |
5-Aug-1648 |
De Veritate |
| Myra Hess |
Pianist |
25-Feb-1890 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Held lunchtime concerts during WWII |
| Gordon Hessler |
Film Director |
12-Dec-1930 |
19-Jan-2014 |
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad |
| Thomas Heywood |
Playwright |
c. 1575 |
16-Aug-1641 |
A Woman kilde with kindnesse |
| Douglas Hickox |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1929 |
25-Jul-1988 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Aaron Hill |
Playwright |
10-Feb-1685 |
8-Feb-1750 |
The Progress of Wit |
| Benny Hill |
Comic |
21-Jan-1924 |
19-Apr-1992 |
The Benny Hill Show |
| James Hill |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1919 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Born Free |
| Rowland Hill |
Inventor |
3-Dec-1795 |
27-Aug-1879 |
Invented the postage stamp |
| Sir Cyril Hinshelwood |
Chemist |
19-Jun-1897 |
9-Oct-1967 |
The Kinetics of Chemical Change |
| Benjamin Hoadly |
Religion |
14-Nov-1676 |
17-Apr-1761 |
Anglican Bishop and controversialist |
| Eric Hobsbawm |
Historian |
9-Jun-1917 |
1-Oct-2012 |
The Age of Revolution |
| Valerie Hobson |
Actor |
14-Apr-1917 |
13-Nov-1998 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| William Hogarth |
Engraver |
10-Nov-1697 |
26-Oct-1764 |
A Rake's Progress |
| Hans Holbein the Younger |
Painter |
c. 1497 |
1543 |
Northern Renaissance portraitist |
| Thomas Holcroft |
Playwright |
10-Dec-1745 |
23-Mar-1809 |
The Road to Ruin |
| Wenzel Hollar |
Engraver |
13-Jul-1607 |
28-Mar-1677 |
Bohemian-English etcher |
| Arthur Holmes |
Geologist |
14-Jan-1890 |
20-Sep-1965 |
Father of the geological timescale |
| T. Rice Holmes |
Scholar |
24-May-1855 |
4-Aug-1933 |
Caesar's Conquest of Gaul |
| Gustav Holst |
Composer |
21-Sep-1874 |
25-May-1934 |
The Planets |
| Seth Holt |
Film Director |
1923 |
14-Feb-1971 |
The Nanny |
| William Hone |
Author |
3-Jun-1780 |
6-Nov-1842 |
The Every-Day Book |
| Samuel Hood |
Military |
12-Dec-1724 |
27-Jan-1816 |
British Admiral |
| Thomas Hood |
Poet |
23-May-1799 |
3-May-1845 |
Odes and Addresses to Great People |
| Robert Hooke |
Scientist |
18-Jul-1635 |
3-Mar-1703 |
Law of Elasticity, microscopist |
| William Jackson Hooker |
Botanist |
6-Jul-1785 |
12-Aug-1865 |
British Jungermanniae |
| Thomas Hope |
Designer |
30-Aug-1769 |
3-Feb-1830 |
Anastasius |
| John Hoppner |
Painter |
4-Apr-1758 |
23-Jan-1810 |
English portrait painter |
| Leonard Horner |
Geologist |
17-Jan-1785 |
5-Mar-1864 |
Scottish geologist, educator |
| John Horrocks |
Business |
1768 |
1-Mar-1804 |
British cotton manufacturer |
| John Callcott Horsley |
Painter |
29-Jan-1817 |
18-Oct-1903 |
Designed first Christmas card |
| William Horsley |
Composer |
15-Nov-1774 |
12-Jun-1858 |
English composer of glees |
| Bob Hoskins |
Actor |
26-Oct-1942 |
29-Apr-2014 |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? |
| William Hoste |
Military |
26-Aug-1780 |
6-Dec-1828 |
British naval captain |
| Sir John Hotham |
Politician |
? |
3-Jan-1645 |
English parliamentarian |
| Catherine Howard |
Royalty |
c. 1520 |
13-Feb-1542 |
Fifth wife of Henry VIII |
| Ronald Howard |
Actor |
7-Apr-1918 |
19-Dec-1996 |
Sherlock Holmes |
| John Howe |
Religion |
17-May-1630 |
2-Apr-1706 |
The Living Temple |
| Frankie Howerd |
Actor |
6-Mar-1917 |
19-Apr-1992 |
Up Pompeii |
| Edmond Hoyle |
Author |
1672 |
29-Aug-1769 |
According to Hoyle |
| W. H. Hudson |
Author |
4-Aug-1841 |
18-Aug-1922 |
Green Mansions |
| William Huggins |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1824 |
12-May-1910 |
Spectrographic astronomy pioneer |
| David Hughes |
Inventor |
16-May-1831 |
22-Jan-1900 |
Inventor of the microphone |
| Basil Cardinal Hume |
Religion |
2-Mar-1923 |
17-Jun-1999 |
Archbishop of Westminster, 1976-99 |
| Leigh Hunt |
Poet |
19-Oct-1784 |
28-Aug-1859 |
Story of Rimini |
| Martita Hunt |
Actor |
30-Jan-1899 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Great Expectations |
| William Holman Hunt |
Painter |
2-Apr-1827 |
7-Sep-1910 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Ian Hunter |
Actor |
13-Jun-1900 |
23-Sep-1975 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| John Hunter |
Doctor |
13-Feb-1728 |
16-Oct-1793 |
English pathologist |
| William Hunter |
Doctor |
23-May-1718 |
30-Mar-1783 |
English anatomist and obstetrician |
| Raymond Huntley |
Actor |
23-Apr-1904 |
19-Oct-1990 |
Passport to Pimlico |
| John Hurt |
Actor |
22-Jan-1940 |
27-Jan-2017 |
Alien |
| Julian Huxley |
Biologist |
22-Jun-1887 |
14-Feb-1975 |
Evolutionary biologist |
| Peter Illing |
Actor |
4-Mar-1899 |
29-Oct-1966 |
Against the Wind |
| Guillermo Cabrera Infante |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1929 |
21-Feb-2005 |
Tres Tristes Tigres |
| John Inman |
Actor |
28-Jun-1935 |
8-Mar-2007 |
Are You Being Served? |
| Sir James Ivory |
Mathematician |
17-Feb-1765 |
21-Sep-1842 |
Ivory's Theorem |
| Gordon Jackson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1923 |
15-Jan-1990 |
Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs |
| J. Hughlings Jackson |
Doctor |
4-Apr-1835 |
7-Oct-1911 |
Father of British neurology |
| Alaric Jacob |
Journalist |
8-Jun-1909 |
26-Jan-1995 |
A Window in Moscow |
| W. W. Jacobs |
Author |
8-Sep-1863 |
1-Sep-1943 |
The Monkey's Paw |
| Hattie Jacques |
Actor |
7-Feb-1922 |
6-Oct-1980 |
Carry on... |
| Rona Jaffe |
Author |
12-Jun-1932 |
30-Dec-2005 |
Mazes & Monsters |
| Saeed Jaffrey |
Actor |
8-Jan-1929 |
15-Nov-2015 |
My Beautiful Laundrette |
| Leander Starr Jameson |
Head of State |
9-Feb-1853 |
26-Nov-1917 |
Last Prime Minister of Capetown |
| Bert Jansch |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Nov-1943 |
5-Oct-2011 |
Pentangle |
| Derek Jarman |
Film Director |
31-Jan-1942 |
19-Feb-1994 |
The Last of England |
| Jennifer Jayne |
Actor |
14-Nov-1931 |
23-Apr-2006 |
The Crawling Eye |
| Jean II |
Royalty |
16-Apr-1319 |
8-Apr-1364 |
King of France, 1350-64 |
| Isabel Jeans |
Actor |
16-Sep-1891 |
4-Sep-1985 |
Easy Virtue |
| Ursula Jeans |
Actor |
5-May-1906 |
21-Apr-1973 |
The Dam Busters |
| John of Gaunt |
Royalty |
Mar-1340 |
3-Feb-1399 |
Duke of Lancaster |
| Mervyn Johns |
Actor |
18-Feb-1899 |
6-Sep-1992 |
Dead of Night |
| Richard Johnson |
Actor |
30-Jul-1927 |
6-Jun-2015 |
Treasure Island |
| Samuel Johnson |
Lexicographer |
18-Sep-1709 |
13-Dec-1784 |
A Dictionary of the English Language |
| Griffith Jones |
Actor |
19-Nov-1909 |
30-Jan-2007 |
I Became a Criminal |
| Inigo Jones |
Architect |
15-Jul-1573 |
5-Jul-1651 |
The English Palladio |
| Ben Jonson |
Playwright |
11-Jun-1572 |
6-Aug-1637 |
Volpone |
| Keith Joseph |
Politician |
17-Jan-1918 |
10-Dec-1994 |
Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence |
| John Justin |
Actor |
24-Nov-1917 |
29-Nov-2002 |
The Thief of Bagdad |
| Michael Kamen |
Composer |
15-Apr-1948 |
18-Nov-2003 |
Prolific film composer and conductor |
| Bernard Katz |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1911 |
20-Apr-2003 |
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland |
| Edmund Kean |
Actor |
17-Mar-1789 |
15-May-1833 |
English tragic actor |
| Andrew Keir |
Actor |
3-Apr-1926 |
5-Oct-1997 |
Quatermass and the Pit |
| Kay Kendall |
Actor |
21-May-1926 |
6-Sep-1959 |
Les Girls |
| William Kent |
Landscape Architect |
1685 |
12-Apr-1748 |
Influential landscape gardener |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
Musician |
13-Oct-1948 |
16-Aug-1997 |
World-renowned Qawwali vocalist |
| Adnan Khashoggi |
Business |
25-Jul-1935 |
6-Jun-2017 |
Saudi billionaire, arms merchant |
| Benjamin Kidd |
Sociologist |
9-Sep-1858 |
2-Oct-1916 |
Social Evolution |
| Thomas Killigrew |
Playwright |
7-Feb-1612 |
19-Mar-1683 |
The Prisoners |
| Rudyard Kipling |
Author |
30-Dec-1865 |
18-Jan-1936 |
The Jungle Book |
| Melanie Klein |
Psychologist |
30-Mar-1882 |
22-Sep-1960 |
The Psychoanalysis of Children |
| Esmond Knight |
Actor |
4-May-1906 |
23-Feb-1987 |
The River |
| Richard Koebner |
Historian |
29-Aug-1885 |
28-Apr-1958 |
Empire |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Alexander Korda |
Film Director |
16-Sep-1893 |
23-Jan-1956 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Alexis Korner |
Musician |
19-Apr-1928 |
1-Jan-1984 |
Pivotal British blues performer |
| Franz Kotzwara |
Composer |
1730 |
2-Feb-1793 |
The Battle of Prague |
| Thomas Kyd |
Playwright |
1558 |
Aug-1594 |
The Spanish Tragedy |
| Imre Lakatos |
Philosopher |
9-Nov-1922 |
2-Feb-1974 |
Philosopher of Science and Mathematics |
| Greg Lake |
Musician |
10-Nov-1947 |
7-Dec-2016 |
Emerson, Lake and Palmer |
| Constant Lambert |
Composer |
23-Aug-1905 |
21-Aug-1951 |
Rio Grande |
| Lupino Lane |
Actor |
16-Jun-1892 |
10-Nov-1959 |
The Love Parade |
| Denys Lasdun |
Architect |
8-Sep-1914 |
11-Jan-2001 |
British modernist architect |
| Harold Laski |
Economist |
30-Jun-1893 |
24-Mar-1950 |
A Grammar of Politics |
| Frank Latimore |
Actor |
28-Sep-1925 |
29-Nov-1998 |
Shock |
| William Laud |
Religion |
7-Oct-1573 |
10-Jan-1645 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 |
| Andrew Bonar Law |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1858 |
30-Oct-1923 |
UK Prime Minister, 1922-23 |
| Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Painter |
13-Apr-1769 |
7-Jan-1830 |
English portrait painter |
| Wilfrid Lawson |
Actor |
14-Jan-1900 |
10-Oct-1966 |
Pygmalion |
| Frank Lawton |
Actor |
30-Sep-1904 |
10-Jun-1969 |
A Night to Remember |
| Philip Leacock |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1917 |
14-Jul-1990 |
The Spanish Gardener |
| Louis Leakey |
Anthropologist |
7-Aug-1903 |
1-Oct-1972 |
Discovered Homo Habilis |
| David Lean |
Film Director |
25-Mar-1908 |
16-Apr-1991 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| Bernard Lee |
Actor |
10-Jan-1908 |
16-Jan-1981 |
James Bond's M |
| Christopher Lee |
Actor |
27-May-1922 |
7-Jun-2015 |
The Face of Fu Manchu |
| Nathaniel Lee |
Playwright |
c. 1653 |
6-May-1692 |
The Rival Queens |
| John Lehmann |
Poet |
2-Jun-1907 |
7-Apr-1987 |
Thrown to the Woolfs |
| Vivien Leigh |
Actor |
5-Nov-1913 |
8-Jul-1967 |
Gone With The Wind |
| Frederick Leighton |
Painter |
31-Dec-1830 |
25-Jan-1896 |
Classical Victorian English painter |
| Robert Leighton |
Religion |
1611 |
25-Jun-1684 |
Archbishop of Glasgow |
| Doris Lessing |
Novelist |
22-Oct-1919 |
17-Nov-2013 |
Children of Violence series |
| George Henry Lewes |
Philosopher |
18-Apr-1817 |
28-Nov-1878 |
The Problems of Life and Mind |
| Wyndham Lewis |
Painter |
18-Nov-1882 |
7-Mar-1957 |
Vorticist movement |
| Thomas Linacre |
Doctor |
c. 1460 |
20-Oct-1524 |
Established the Royal Academy of Physicians |
| Bernard Lintot |
Publisher |
1-Dec-1675 |
3-Feb-1736 |
18th century English publisher |
| Margaret Lockwood |
Actor |
15-Sep-1916 |
15-Jul-1990 |
Cast a Dark Shadow |
| Herbert Lom |
Actor |
11-Sep-1917 |
27-Sep-2012 |
Chief Inspector Dreyfus |
| John Longden |
Actor |
11-Nov-1900 |
26-May-1971 |
Quatermass 2 |
| Elizabeth Longford |
Historian |
30-Aug-1906 |
23-Oct-2002 |
Victoria R. I. |
| Frederick Lonsdale |
Playwright |
5-Feb-1881 |
4-Apr-1954 |
The King of Cadonia |
| Jon Lord |
Musician |
9-Jun-1941 |
16-Jul-2012 |
Founder of Deep Purple |
| Joseph Losey |
Film Director |
14-Jan-1909 |
22-Jun-1984 |
The Go-Between |
| Bessie Love |
Actor |
10-Sep-1898 |
26-Apr-1986 |
The Broadway Melody |
| Ada Lovelace |
Mathematician |
10-Dec-1815 |
27-Nov-1852 |
Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine |
| Richard Lovelace |
Poet |
1618 |
1658 |
To Althea from Prison |
| Sir Hudson Lowe |
Military |
28-Jul-1769 |
10-Jan-1844 |
Governor of St. Helena over Napoleon |
| Eric Lubbock |
Politician |
29-Sep-1928 |
14-Feb-2016 |
4th Baron Avebury |
| Edwin Lutyens |
Architect |
29-Mar-1869 |
1-Jan-1944 |
Laid the plan for New Delhi |
| Charles Lyell |
Geologist |
14-Nov-1797 |
22-Feb-1875 |
Principles of Geology |
| John Lyly |
Playwright |
1554 |
18-Nov-1606 |
Euphues |
| Edmund C. Lynch |
Business |
19-May-1885 |
12-May-1938 |
The Lynch of Merrill-Lynch |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Historian |
25-Oct-1800 |
28-Dec-1859 |
History of England |
| Simon MacCorkindale |
Actor |
12-Feb-1952 |
14-Oct-2010 |
Harry Harper on Casualty |
| John Mack |
Psychiatrist |
4-Oct-1929 |
27-Sep-2004 |
A Prince of Our Disorder |
| John Mackenzie |
Film Director |
16-Aug-1932 |
8-Jun-2011 |
The Long Good Friday |
| Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
Architect |
7-Jun-1868 |
10-Dec-1928 |
Glasgow Style designer |
| Iain Macleod |
Politician |
11-Nov-1913 |
20-Jul-1970 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61 |
| Louis MacNeice |
Poet |
12-Sep-1907 |
3-Sep-1963 |
Autumn Journal |
| Patrick Magee |
Actor |
31-Mar-1922 |
14-Aug-1982 |
Mr. Alexander in A Clockwork Orange |
| Edmond Malone |
Scholar |
4-Oct-1741 |
25-Apr-1812 |
Irish Shakespearian scholar |
| Bernard de Mandeville |
Author |
Nov-1670 |
21-Jan-1733 |
The Fable of the Bees |
| Karl Mannheim |
Sociologist |
27-Mar-1893 |
9-Jan-1947 |
Ideology and Utopia |
| Frederic Manning |
Poet |
1887 |
22-Feb-1935 |
The Middle Parts of Fortune |
| Peter Mansfield |
Physicist |
9-Oct-1933 |
8-Feb-2017 |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Gideon Mantell |
Geologist |
3-Feb-1790 |
10-Nov-1852 |
English paleontologist and geologist |
| Princess Margaret |
Royalty |
21-Aug-1930 |
9-Feb-2002 |
QEII's sister, the Countess of Snowdon |
| Howard Marion-Crawford |
Actor |
17-Jan-1914 |
24-Nov-1969 |
Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes |
| Georgi Markov |
Victim |
1-Mar-1929 |
11-Sep-1978 |
Killed with a ricin-tipped umbrella |
| Christopher Marlowe |
Playwright |
6-Feb-1564 |
30-May-1593 |
Doctor Faustus |
| Neville Marriner |
Conductor |
15-Apr-1924 |
2-Oct-2016 |
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields |
| John Marston |
Playwright |
7-Oct-1576 |
25-Jun-1634 |
The Malcontent |
| George Martin |
Music Producer |
3-Jan-1926 |
8-Mar-2016 |
Beatles producer |
| Andrew Marvell |
Poet |
31-Mar-1621 |
18-Aug-1678 |
English poet and member of Parliament |
| Karl Marx |
Economist |
5-May-1818 |
14-Mar-1883 |
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto |
| Mary of Teck |
Royalty |
26-May-1867 |
24-Mar-1953 |
Queen Mary, Consort of George V |
| A. E. W. Mason |
Novelist |
7-May-1865 |
22-Nov-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| Daniel Massey |
Actor |
10-Oct-1933 |
25-Mar-1998 |
Star! |
| Vincent Massey |
Government |
20-Feb-1887 |
30-Dec-1967 |
Governor-General of Canada, 1952-59 |
| Philip Massinger |
Playwright |
1583 |
1639 |
The Virgin Martyr |
| Reginald Maudling |
Politician |
7-Mar-1917 |
14-Feb-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1970-72 |
| Frederick Denison Maurice |
Religion |
29-Aug-1805 |
1-Apr-1872 |
19th c. Anglican theologian |
| George du Maurier |
Artist |
6-Mar-1834 |
6-Oct-1896 |
British caricaturist, Punch |
| Sir Hiram Maxim |
Inventor |
5-Feb-1840 |
24-Nov-1916 |
Maxim machine gun |
| Thomas May |
Poet |
1595 |
13-Nov-1650 |
The History of the Long Parliament |
| Rik Mayall |
Actor |
7-Mar-1958 |
9-Jun-2014 |
Rick on The Young Ones |
| Henry Mayhew |
Journalist |
1812 |
25-Jul-1887 |
Punch |
| Richard Mayne |
Author |
2-Apr-1926 |
29-Nov-2009 |
The Community of Europe |
| Alec McCowen |
Actor |
26-May-1925 |
6-Feb-2017 |
English Shakespearean actor |
| Hugh McDermott |
Actor |
20-Mar-1906 |
29-Jan-1972 |
The Seventh Veil |
| Geraldine McEwan |
Actor |
9-May-1932 |
30-Jan-2015 |
Mapp & Lucia |
| Robert B. McGehee |
Business |
c. 1943 |
9-Oct-2007 |
CEO of Progress Energy, 2004-07 |
| Peter Medawar |
Biologist |
28-Feb-1915 |
2-Oct-1987 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| Joe Meek |
Music Producer |
5-Apr-1929 |
3-Feb-1967 |
Innovative record producer |
| Edward Mellanby |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1884 |
30-Jan-1955 |
Rickets |
| Ismail Merchant |
Film/TV Producer |
25-Dec-1936 |
25-May-2005 |
Co-Founder, Merchant Ivory Productions |
| Freddie Mercury |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Sep-1946 |
24-Nov-1991 |
Lead singer, Queen |
| John Merivale |
Actor |
1-Dec-1917 |
6-Feb-1990 |
The List of Adrian Messenger |
| David Merrick |
Theatre Producer |
27-Nov-1911 |
25-Apr-2000 |
Hello, Dolly! |
| Joseph Merrick |
Oddity |
5-Aug-1862 |
11-Apr-1890 |
The Elephant Man |
| Keith Michell |
Actor |
1-Dec-1928 |
20-Nov-2015 |
The Six Wives of Henry VIII |
| Thomas Middleton |
Playwright |
18-Apr-1580 |
4-Jul-1627 |
A Game at Chess |
| Ralph Miliband |
Scholar |
7-Jan-1924 |
21-May-1994 |
Parliamentary Socialism |
| John Everett Millais |
Painter |
8-Jun-1829 |
13-Aug-1896 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Stephen Milligan |
Politician |
12-May-1948 |
7-Feb-1994 |
British MP and autoerotic asphyxiate |
| Nathan Milstein |
Violinist |
13-Jan-1904 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach |
| Anthony Minghella |
Film Director |
6-Jan-1954 |
18-Mar-2008 |
The English Patient |
| Yvonne Mitchell |
Actor |
7-Jul-1925 |
24-Mar-1979 |
The Queen of Spades |
| Abraham de Moivre |
Mathematician |
26-May-1667 |
27-Nov-1754 |
Doctrine of Chances |
| Matt Monro |
Singer |
1-Dec-1930 |
7-Feb-1985 |
Born Free |
| Elizabeth Montagu |
Socialite |
2-Oct-1720 |
25-Aug-1800 |
English leader of society |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu |
Author |
26-May-1689 |
21-Aug-1762 |
Letters |
| Ron Moody |
Actor |
8-Jan-1924 |
11-Jun-2015 |
Fagin in Oliver Twist |
| Albert Moore |
Painter |
4-Sep-1841 |
25-Sep-1893 |
English classicist painter |
| Bobby Moore |
Soccer |
12-Apr-1941 |
24-Feb-1993 |
Captain, 1966 World Cup team |
| George Moore |
Novelist |
23-Feb-1852 |
21-Jan-1933 |
Esther Waters |
| Kenneth More |
Actor |
20-Sep-1914 |
12-Jul-1982 |
The Admirable Crichton |
| Sir Thomas More |
Philosopher |
7-Feb-1477 |
6-Jul-1535 |
Utopia |
| Garfield Morgan |
Actor |
19-Apr-1931 |
5-Dec-2009 |
Chief Haskins on The Sweeney |
| Stanley Morison |
Typographer |
6-May-1889 |
11-Oct-1967 |
Times New Roman |
| Iris Morley |
Author |
10-May-1910 |
27-Jul-1953 |
A Thousand Lives |
| Thomas Morley |
Composer |
c. 1557 |
Oct-1602 |
Laboravi in Gemitu Meo |
| Herbert Morrison |
Politician |
3-Jan-1888 |
6-Mar-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1940-45 |
| Barry Morse |
Actor |
10-Jun-1918 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Lt. Gerard on The Fugitive |
| Clive Morton |
Actor |
16-Mar-1904 |
24-Sep-1975 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| Peggy Mount |
Actor |
2-May-1916 |
13-Nov-2001 |
George and the Dragon |
| Janet Munro |
Actor |
28-Sep-1934 |
6-Dec-1972 |
Swiss Family Robinson |
| Lewis Namier |
Historian |
27-Jun-1888 |
19-Aug-1960 |
England in the Age of the American Revolution |
| Napoleon III |
Royalty |
20-Apr-1808 |
9-Jan-1873 |
Emperor of France, 1852-70 |
| Joseph E. Nathan |
Business |
2-Mar-1835 |
2-May-1912 |
Founder of Glaxo |
| Roy William Neill |
Film Director |
4-Sep-1887 |
14-Dec-1946 |
Pursuit to Algiers |
| Thomas Newcomen |
Inventor |
28-Feb-1663 |
5-Aug-1729 |
Atmospheric steam engine |
| John Alexander Reina Newlands |
Chemist |
26-Nov-1837 |
29-Jul-1898 |
Periodic Law of Elements |
| Edwin Newman |
Journalist |
25-Jan-1919 |
13-Aug-2010 |
Journalist and commentator for NBC News |
| Isaac Newton |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1643 |
31-Mar-1727 |
Father of the clockwork universe |
| John Newton |
Religion |
4-Aug-1725 |
31-Dec-1807 |
Amazing Grace |
| Florence Nightingale |
Activist |
12-May-1820 |
13-Aug-1910 |
Established nursing as a profession |
| Derek Nimmo |
Actor |
19-Sep-1930 |
24-Feb-1999 |
All Gas and Gaiters |
| Philip Noel-Baker |
Politician |
1-Nov-1889 |
8-Oct-1982 |
Instrumental creating League of Nations and UN |
| Ivor Novello |
Composer |
15-Jan-1893 |
6-Mar-1951 |
Keep the Home Fires Burning |
| Peter O'Toole |
Actor |
2-Aug-1932 |
14-Dec-2013 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| Titus Oates |
Criminal |
15-Sep-1649 |
12-Jul-1705 |
Popish Plot |
| John Ogilby |
Publisher |
1600 |
4-Sep-1676 |
Royal Cosmographer, printer |
| Sir John Oldcastle |
Military |
c. 1378 |
14-Dec-1417 |
Lollard rebel leader |
| Anne Oldfield |
Actor |
1683 |
23-Oct-1730 |
18th century English actress |
| Isaac Oliver |
Painter |
c. 1556 |
2-Oct-1617 |
English miniature painter |
| John Opie |
Painter |
May-1761 |
9-Apr-1807 |
English portrait painter |
| William of Orange |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1650 |
8-Mar-1702 |
Conquered England, Scotland, Ireland |
| Joe Orton |
Playwright |
1-Jan-1933 |
9-Aug-1967 |
Prick Up Your Ears |
| George Orwell |
Author |
25-Jun-1903 |
21-Jan-1950 |
1984 and Animal Farm |
| Thomas Otway |
Playwright |
3-Mar-1652 |
14-Apr-1685 |
Venice Preserved |
| Peter D. Ouspensky |
Philosopher |
5-Mar-1878 |
2-Oct-1947 |
Esoteric philosopher, Tertium Organum |
| Sir Thomas Overbury |
Poet |
18-Jun-1581 |
15-Sep-1613 |
The Wife |
| Bill Owen |
Actor |
14-Mar-1914 |
12-Jul-1999 |
Last of the Summer Wine |
| Sir Richard Owen |
Naturalist |
20-Jul-1804 |
18-Dec-1892 |
A History of British Fossil Reptiles |
| Sir James Paget |
Doctor |
11-Jan-1814 |
20-Dec-1899 |
Father of modern pathology |
| Francis Turner Palgrave |
Critic |
28-Sep-1824 |
24-Oct-1897 |
Golden Treasury |
| Sir Anthony Panizzi |
Curator |
16-Sep-1797 |
8-Apr-1879 |
Librarian of the British Museum |
| Emmeline Pankhurst |
Activist |
14-Jul-1857 |
14-Jun-1928 |
Militant suffragette |
| Pasquale Paoli |
Military |
26-Apr-1725 |
5-Feb-1807 |
Corsican patriot |
| Eduardo Paolozzi |
Sculptor |
7-Mar-1924 |
22-Apr-2005 |
Surrealist sculptor |
| Denis Papin |
Inventor |
22-Aug-1647 |
c. 1712 |
Steam engine innovator |
| Matthew Parker |
Religion |
6-Aug-1504 |
15-May-1575 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1559-75 |
| James Parkinson |
Doctor |
11-Apr-1755 |
21-Dec-1824 |
Essay on the Shaking Palsy |
| Thomas Parr |
Oddity |
c. 1483 |
14-Nov-1635 |
Purported English centenarian |
| Nigel Patrick |
Actor |
2-May-1913 |
21-Sep-1981 |
The Browning Version |
| George Peabody |
Business |
18-Feb-1795 |
4-Nov-1869 |
American businessman, philanthropist |
| Robert Peel |
Head of State |
5-Feb-1788 |
2-Jul-1850 |
U.K. Prime Minister |
| George Peele |
Playwright |
1558 |
9-Nov-1596 |
The Old Wives Tale |
| Henry Pelham |
Head of State |
25-Sep-1694 |
6-Mar-1754 |
UK Prime Minister, 1743-54 |
| Samuel Pepys |
Author |
23-Feb-1633 |
26-May-1703 |
London diarist |
| Spencer Perceval |
Head of State |
1-Nov-1762 |
11-May-1812 |
UK Prime Minister, 1809-12 |
| William Henry Perkin |
Chemist |
12-Mar-1838 |
14-Jul-1907 |
Invented mauve |
| Ambrose Philips |
Poet |
c. 1675 |
18-Jun-1749 |
Pastorals |
| Katharine Philips |
Poet |
1-Jan-1631 |
22-Jun-1664 |
Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus |
| Ben Pimlott |
Historian |
4-Jul-1945 |
10-Apr-2004 |
Definitive biography of Elizabeth II |
| Arthur Wing Pinero |
Playwright |
24-May-1855 |
23-Nov-1934 |
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray |
| Harold Pinter |
Playwright |
10-Oct-1930 |
24-Dec-2008 |
The Birthday Party |
| Ingrid Pitt |
Actor |
21-Nov-1937 |
23-Nov-2010 |
Countess Dracula |
| William Pitt the Younger |
Head of State |
28-May-1759 |
23-Jan-1806 |
UK Prime Minister |
| Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
| Reginald Pole |
Religion |
3-Mar-1500 |
17-Nov-1558 |
Opponent of King Henry VIII |
| Karl Popper |
Philosopher |
28-Jul-1902 |
17-Sep-1994 |
Critical Rationalist |
| Eric Porter |
Actor |
8-Apr-1928 |
15-May-1995 |
The Forsyte Saga |
| Nyree Dawn Porter |
Actor |
22-Jan-1936 |
10-Apr-2001 |
The Forsyte Saga |
| Enoch Powell |
Politician |
16-Jun-1912 |
8-Feb-1998 |
British demagogue |
| Sir Edward Poynter |
Painter |
20-Mar-1836 |
26-Jul-1919 |
British Neo-Classical painter |
| Samuel Lowell Price |
Business |
12-Jan-1821 |
19-May-1887 |
The Price of Price Waterhouse Coopers |
| 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 |
| Henry Purcell |
Composer |
c. 1659 |
21-Nov-1695 |
Dido and Aeneas |
| George Puttenham |
Author |
c. 1529 |
1590 |
The Arte of English Poesie |
| Anthony Quayle |
Actor |
7-Sep-1913 |
20-Oct-1989 |
Ice-Cold in Alex |
| Denis Quilley |
Actor |
26-Dec-1927 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Privates on Parade |
| Ann Radcliffe |
Novelist |
9-Jul-1764 |
7-Feb-1823 |
The Mysteries of Udolpho |
| A. R. Radcliffe-Brown |
Anthropologist |
17-Jan-1881 |
24-Oct-1955 |
Father of modern social anthropology |
| Sir Stamford Raffles |
Government |
6-Jul-1781 |
5-Jul-1826 |
Founder of Singapore |
| Kathleen Raine |
Poet |
14-Jun-1908 |
6-Jul-2003 |
Cambridge poet, scholar of Blake |
| Luise Rainer |
Actor |
12-Jan-1910 |
30-Dec-2014 |
German film actress |
| Charles Reade |
Novelist |
8-Jun-1814 |
11-Apr-1884 |
The Cloister and the Hearth |
| Corin Redgrave |
Actor |
16-Jul-1939 |
6-Apr-2010 |
Not About Nightingales |
| Carol Reed |
Film Director |
30-Dec-1906 |
25-Apr-1976 |
Oliver! |
| Merlyn Rees |
Politician |
18-Dec-1920 |
5-Jan-2006 |
UK Home Secretary, 1976-79 |
| George Reid |
Head of State |
25-Feb-1845 |
12-Sep-1918 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1904-05 |
| Whitelaw Reid |
Journalist |
27-Oct-1837 |
15-Dec-1912 |
Editor of the New York Tribune, 1872-1905 |
| Humphry Repton |
Landscape Architect |
21-Apr-1752 |
24-Mar-1818 |
Successor to Capability Brown |
| Joshua Reynolds |
Painter |
16-Jul-1723 |
23-Feb-1792 |
English portraitist |
| Sir Robert Rich |
Government |
1587 |
19-Apr-1658 |
2nd Earl of Warwick |
| Wendy Richard |
Actor |
20-Jul-1943 |
26-Feb-2009 |
Are You Being Served? |
| Ian Richardson |
Actor |
7-Apr-1934 |
9-Feb-2007 |
House of Cards |
| Ralph Richardson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1902 |
10-Oct-1983 |
Things To Come |
| Alan Rickman |
Actor |
21-Feb-1946 |
14-Jan-2016 |
Die Hard |
| Mark Robson |
Film Director |
4-Dec-1913 |
20-Jun-1978 |
Valley of the Dolls |
| Paul Rogers |
Actor |
22-Mar-1917 |
8-Oct-2013 |
British stage actor |
| Guy Rolfe |
Actor |
27-Dec-1911 |
19-Oct-2003 |
Mr. Sardonicus |
| Mick Ronson |
Guitarist |
26-May-1946 |
29-Apr-1993 |
Bowie/Spiders from Mars guitarist |
| Ronald Ross |
Scientist |
13-May-1857 |
16-Sep-1932 |
Discovered malaria parasite in mosquitoes |
| Christina Rossetti |
Poet |
5-Dec-1830 |
29-Dec-1894 |
Goblin Market and Other Poems |
| Leonard Rossiter |
Actor |
21-Oct-1926 |
5-Oct-1984 |
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin |
| Joseph Rotblat |
Physicist |
4-Nov-1908 |
31-Aug-2005 |
Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist |
| Vere Rothermere |
Publisher |
27-Apr-1925 |
1-Sep-1998 |
Proprietor of the Daily Mail, 1971-98 |
| Nicholas Rowe |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1674 |
6-Dec-1718 |
Editor of William Shakespeare |
| Thomas Rowlandson |
Artist |
1756 |
12-Apr-1827 |
English caricaturist |
| William Rowley |
Playwright |
c. 1585 |
c. 1642 |
Collaborator with Thomas Middleton |
| Conrad Russell |
Historian |
15-Apr-1937 |
14-Oct-2004 |
Fall of the British monarchies, 1637-1642 |
| Andrew Sachs |
Actor |
7-Apr-1930 |
23-Nov-2016 |
Manuel on Fawlty Towers |
| Thomas Sackville |
Aristocrat |
1536 |
19-Apr-1608 |
Earl of Dorset |
| Peter Sallis |
Actor |
1-Feb-1921 |
2-Jun-2017 |
Last of the Summer Wine |
| Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys |
Painter |
1-May-1829 |
25-Jun-1904 |
Pre-Raphaelite British painter |
| John Singer Sargent |
Painter |
12-Jan-1856 |
15-Apr-1925 |
American portraitist |
| Malcolm Sargent |
Conductor |
29-Apr-1895 |
3-Oct-1967 |
Conductor, BBC Symphony, 1950-57 |
| Victor Saville |
Film Director |
25-Sep-1895 |
8-May-1979 |
Kim |
| Bon Scott |
Musician |
9-Jul-1946 |
19-Feb-1980 |
Lead Singer for AC/DC |
| Paul Scott |
Novelist |
25-Mar-1920 |
1-Mar-1978 |
The Jewel in the Crown |
| Erich Segal |
Novelist |
16-Jun-1937 |
17-Jan-2010 |
Love Story |
| John Selden |
Scholar |
16-Dec-1584 |
30-Nov-1654 |
English orientalist and jurist |
| Peter Sellers |
Actor |
8-Sep-1925 |
24-Jul-1980 |
Inspector Clouseau |
| Brian Sewell |
Critic |
15-Jun-1931 |
19-Sep-2015 |
Outsider: Always Almost, Never Quite |
| Thomas Shadwell |
Playwright |
c. 1642 |
19-Nov-1692 |
Epsom Wells |
| Anthony Shaffer |
Screenwriter |
15-May-1926 |
6-Nov-2001 |
The Wicker Man, Sleuth |
| Granville Sharp |
Activist |
21-Nov-1735 |
6-Jul-1813 |
English abolitionist |
| Richard Norman Shaw |
Architect |
7-May-1831 |
17-Nov-1912 |
Late 19th c. British architect |
| Mary Shelley |
Novelist |
30-Aug-1797 |
1-Feb-1851 |
Frankenstein |
| Jack Sheppard |
Criminal |
4-Mar-1702 |
16-Nov-1724 |
English scoundrel, escapee |
| Thomas Sheraton |
Designer |
1751 |
22-Oct-1806 |
Neoclassic English furniture designer |
| Dinah Sheridan |
Actor |
17-Sep-1920 |
25-Nov-2012 |
Genevieve |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
Playwright |
30-Oct-1751 |
7-Jul-1816 |
The School for Scandal |
| Robert B. Sherman |
Songwriter |
19-Dec-1925 |
5-Mar-2012 |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| James Shirley |
Playwright |
1596 |
29-Oct-1666 |
Love Tricks |
| Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff |
Educator |
3-Nov-1814 |
20-Mar-1897 |
Women's education reformer |
| Isaac Shoenberg |
Engineer |
1-Mar-1880 |
25-Jan-1963 |
405-line format television |
| Sarah Siddons |
Actor |
5-Jul-1755 |
8-Jun-1831 |
18th c. English tragic actress |
| Algernon Sidney |
Politician |
1622 |
7-Dec-1683 |
Dangerous English parliamentarian |
| Alan Sillitoe |
Novelist |
4-Mar-1928 |
25-Apr-2010 |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner |
| Alastair Sim |
Actor |
9-Oct-1900 |
19-Aug-1976 |
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
| Simon of Sudbury |
Religion |
1317 |
14-Jun-1381 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1375-81 |
| Joan Sims |
Actor |
9-May-1930 |
28-Jun-2001 |
Carry On... |
| Edith Sitwell |
Poet |
7-Sep-1887 |
9-Dec-1964 |
Façade |
| John Skelton |
Poet |
c. 1460 |
21-Jun-1529 |
Why come ye nat to courte |
| Sir Hans Sloane |
Curator |
16-Apr-1660 |
11-Jan-1753 |
Milk chocolate and the British Museum |
| John Smith |
Explorer |
1580 |
21-Jun-1631 |
Founder of Jamestown Colony |
| Mel Smith |
Actor |
3-Dec-1952 |
20-Jul-2013 |
Alas Smith & Jones |
| Sydney Smith |
Religion |
3-Jun-1771 |
22-Feb-1845 |
Instigated the Edinburgh Review |
| Alison Smithson |
Architect |
22-Jun-1928 |
14-Aug-1993 |
New Brutalist |
| Peter Denham Smithson |
Architect |
18-Sep-1923 |
3-Mar-2003 |
New Brutalist |
| C. P. Snow |
Author |
15-Oct-1905 |
1-Jul-1980 |
The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution |
| Nahum Sokolow |
Activist |
3-Feb-1859 |
17-May-1936 |
World Zionist Organization |
| Thomas Southerne |
Playwright |
1660 |
26-May-1746 |
The Persian Prince |
| Robert Southwell |
Religion |
c. 1561 |
21-Feb-1595 |
Catholic martyr, hanged at Tyburn |
| Albert Speer |
Architect |
19-Mar-1905 |
1-Sep-1981 |
Hitler's architect |
| Henry Spelman |
Scholar |
c. 1564 |
Oct-1641 |
English antiquary |
| Harold Spencer Jones |
Astronomer |
29-Mar-1890 |
3-Nov-1960 |
10th Royal Astronomer of England |
| Stephen Spender |
Poet |
28-Feb-1909 |
16-Jul-1995 |
The Destructive Element |
| Edmund Spenser |
Poet |
c. 1552 |
13-Jan-1599 |
The Faerie Queene |
| Norman St. John-Stevas |
Politician |
18-May-1929 |
2-Mar-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81 |
| Jock Stallard |
Politician |
5-Nov-1921 |
29-Mar-2008 |
British MP, St. Pancras North, 1970-83 |
| Henry Morton Stanley |
Explorer |
28-Jan-1841 |
10-May-1904 |
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? |
| Graham Stark |
Actor |
20-Jan-1922 |
29-Oct-2013 |
The Return of the Pink Panther |
| Anthony Steel |
Actor |
21-May-1920 |
21-Mar-2001 |
Where No Vultures Fly |
| Karel Stepanek |
Actor |
29-Oct-1899 |
25-Dec-1980 |
Czech-English actor, played Germans |
| Sir Leslie Stephen |
Encyclopaedist |
28-Nov-1832 |
22-Feb-1904 |
Dictionary of National Biography |
| Robert Stephens |
Actor |
14-Jul-1931 |
12-Nov-1995 |
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes |
| Robert Stephenson |
Engineer |
16-Oct-1803 |
12-Oct-1859 |
Builder of railroad bridges |
| Laurence Sterne |
Novelist |
24-Nov-1713 |
18-Mar-1768 |
Tristram Shandy |
| Alfred Stevens |
Sculptor |
28-Jan-1818 |
1-May-1875 |
Monument to Wellington |
| John Stevens |
Drummer |
10-Jun-1940 |
13-Sep-1994 |
Free music drummer and bandleader |
| Adlai Stevenson |
Politician |
5-Feb-1900 |
14-Jul-1965 |
Governor of Illinois, 1949-53 |
| Donald Ogden Stewart |
Author |
30-Nov-1894 |
2-Aug-1980 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| James Stirling |
Architect |
22-Apr-1926 |
25-Jun-1992 |
Pritzker-winning architect |
| Nigel Stock |
Actor |
21-Sep-1919 |
22-Jun-1986 |
Dr. Watson in BBC's Sherlock Holmes |
| Bram Stoker |
Author |
8-Nov-1847 |
20-Apr-1912 |
Dracula |
| Stephen Storace |
Composer |
4-Apr-1762 |
19-Mar-1796 |
The Haunted Tower |
| David Storey |
Novelist |
13-Jul-1933 |
27-Mar-2017 |
Saville |
| Thomas Stothard |
Painter |
17-Aug-1755 |
27-Apr-1834 |
English subject painter |
| John Stow |
Author |
1525 |
6-Apr-1605 |
Antiquary, Survey of London |
| Sir Robert Strange |
Engraver |
14-Jul-1721 |
5-Jul-1792 |
Scottish line engraver |
| George Edmund Street |
Architect |
20-Jun-1824 |
18-Dec-1881 |
English Gothic revival architect |
| William Strode |
Politician |
1598 |
9-Sep-1645 |
Opponent of King Charles I |
| Arabella Stuart |
Aristocrat |
1575 |
25-Sep-1615 |
Intriguer for the throne of England |
| John McDouall Stuart |
Explorer |
7-Sep-1815 |
5-Jun-1866 |
Explorer of South Australia |
| William Stukeley |
Historian |
7-Nov-1687 |
3-Mar-1765 |
Stonehenge, a Temple Restored |
| Arthur Sullivan |
Composer |
13-May-1842 |
22-Nov-1900 |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Screaming Lord Sutch |
Politician |
10-Nov-1940 |
16-Jun-1999 |
Official Monster Raving Loony Party |
| Emanuel Swedenborg |
Philosopher |
29-Jan-1688 |
29-Mar-1772 |
Swedish scientist turned Christian mystic |
| Nora Swinburne |
Actor |
24-Jul-1902 |
1-May-2000 |
British character actress |
| Thomas Sydenham |
Doctor |
13-Sep-1624 |
29-Dec-1689 |
The English Hippocrates |
| Basil Sydney |
Actor |
23-Apr-1894 |
10-Jan-1968 |
English stage actor |
| James Joseph Sylvester |
Mathematician |
3-Sep-1814 |
15-Mar-1897 |
Studied finite analysis |
| George James Symons |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1838 |
10-Mar-1900 |
Meteorologist, British Rainfall |
| Sydney Tafler |
Actor |
31-Jul-1916 |
8-Nov-1979 |
The Lavender Hill Mob |
| Thomas Tallis |
Composer |
c. 1510 |
23-Nov-1585 |
Miserere Nostri |
| Mary Tamm |
Actor |
22-Mar-1950 |
26-Jul-2012 |
Romana #1 from Doctor Who |
| Sir Henry Tate |
Philanthropist |
1819 |
5-Dec-1899 |
Bequeathed the Tate Gallery |
| Nahum Tate |
Poet |
1652 |
30-Jul-1715 |
Imitative British playwright |
| R. H. Tawney |
Scholar |
30-Nov-1880 |
16-Jan-1962 |
The Acquisitive Society |
| A. J. P. Taylor |
Historian |
25-Mar-1906 |
7-Sep-1990 |
The Origins of the Second World War |
| Brook Taylor |
Mathematician |
18-Aug-1685 |
29-Dec-1731 |
Calculus of Finite Differences |
| John Taylor |
Poet |
24-Aug-1580 |
Dec-1653 |
The Water-Poet |
| Godfrey Tearle |
Actor |
12-Oct-1884 |
8-Jun-1953 |
The 39 Steps |
| Thomas Telford |
Engineer |
9-Aug-1757 |
2-Sep-1834 |
Scottish canal, bridge, and road builder |
| Frederick Temple |
Religion |
30-Nov-1821 |
23-Dec-1902 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1896-1902 |
| Sir John Tenniel |
Artist |
28-Feb-1820 |
25-Feb-1914 |
Illustrator for Punch |
| Lionel Tertis |
Violist |
29-Dec-1876 |
22-Feb-1975 |
First prominent violist |
| Josephine Tey |
Novelist |
1897 |
13-Feb-1952 |
Richard of Bordeaux |
| William Makepeace Thackeray |
Novelist |
18-Jul-1811 |
24-Dec-1863 |
Vanity Fair |
| Margaret Thatcher |
Head of State |
13-Oct-1925 |
8-Apr-2013 |
UK Prime Minister, 1979-90 |
| Ernest Thesiger |
Actor |
15-Jan-1879 |
14-Jan-1961 |
Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein |
| Ralph Thomas |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1915 |
17-Mar-2001 |
Deadlier Than the Male |
| Sybil Thorndike |
Actor |
24-Oct-1882 |
9-Jun-1976 |
English stage actress |
| Frank Thornton |
Actor |
15-Jan-1921 |
16-Mar-2013 |
Are You Being Served? |
| Jeremy Thorpe |
Politician |
29-Apr-1929 |
4-Dec-2014 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1967-76 |
| Dimitri Tiomkin |
Composer |
10-May-1894 |
11-Nov-1979 |
Wild Is the Wind |
| Ann Todd |
Actor |
24-Jan-1909 |
6-May-1993 |
The Sound Barrier |
| Harry Towb |
Actor |
27-Jul-1925 |
24-Jul-2009 |
Northern Irish stage and film actor |
| Herbert Beerbohm Tree |
Actor |
17-Dec-1853 |
2-Jul-1917 |
Founder, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Anthony Trollope |
Novelist |
24-Apr-1815 |
6-Dec-1882 |
Barchester Towers |
| Edward Troughton |
Inventor |
Oct-1753 |
12-Jun-1835 |
Early scientific instruments |
| J. M. W. Turner |
Painter |
23-Apr-1775 |
19-Dec-1851 |
Romanticist English landscape painter |
| Madame Tussaud |
Sculptor |
1-Dec-1761 |
16-Apr-1850 |
Wax sculptor |
| Wat Tyler |
Military |
? |
15-Jun-1381 |
Wat Tyler's Rebellion |
| Margaret Tyzack |
Actor |
9-Sep-1931 |
25-Jun-2011 |
The Forsyte Saga |
| Mary Ure |
Actor |
18-Feb-1933 |
3-Apr-1975 |
Sons and Lovers |
| Laurens van der Post |
Author |
13-Dec-1906 |
15-Dec-1996 |
The Lost World of the Kalahari |
| Anthony Van Dyck |
Painter |
22-Mar-1599 |
9-Dec-1641 |
Flemish portraitist and English court painter |
| John Vanbrugh |
Playwright |
24-Jan-1664 |
26-Mar-1726 |
The Provok'd Wife |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Composer |
12-Oct-1872 |
26-Aug-1958 |
Sinfonia Antarctica |
| Richard Vernon |
Actor |
7-Mar-1925 |
4-Dec-1997 |
Oldenshaw on The Man in Room 17 |
| Helen Waddell |
Author |
31-May-1889 |
5-Mar-1965 |
The Wandering Scholars |
| Patrick Gordon Walker |
Politician |
7-Apr-1907 |
2-Dec-1980 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66 |
| Robert Walpole |
Head of State |
26-Aug-1676 |
18-Mar-1745 |
UK's first Prime Minister |
| Eric Walrond |
Author |
18-Dec-1898 |
8-Aug-1966 |
Tropic Death |
| Kay Walsh |
Actor |
27-Aug-1911 |
16-Apr-2005 |
The Horse's Mouth |
| Sir Francis Walsingham |
Government |
c. 1532 |
6-Apr-1590 |
Secretary to Elizabeth I |
| Sam Wanamaker |
Actor |
14-Jun-1919 |
19-Dec-1993 |
Rebuilt Globe Theatre |
| Perkin Warbeck |
Hoaxer |
c. 1474 |
23-Nov-1499 |
Pretender to English throne |
| John William Waterhouse |
Painter |
6-Apr-1849 |
10-Feb-1917 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Keith Waterhouse |
Novelist |
6-Feb-1929 |
4-Sep-2009 |
Billy Liar |
| Thomas Watson |
Poet |
c. 1557 |
26-Sep-1592 |
The Tears of Fancie |
| Richard Wattis |
Actor |
25-Feb-1912 |
1-Feb-1975 |
English comic actor |
| Archibald Wavell |
Military |
5-May-1883 |
24-May-1950 |
British Field Marshal in WWII |
| Bernard Weatherill |
Politician |
25-Nov-1920 |
6-May-2007 |
Speaker of the House of Commons, 1983-92 |
| Carl Maria von Weber |
Composer |
18-Nov-1786 |
5-Jun-1826 |
Oberon |
| Georg Rudolf Weckherlin |
Poet |
15-Sep-1584 |
13-Feb-1653 |
Geistliche und weltliche Gedichte |
| George Weidenfeld |
Publisher |
13-Sep-1919 |
20-Jan-2016 |
Co-Founder, Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| H. G. Wells |
Author |
21-Sep-1866 |
13-Aug-1946 |
The War of the Worlds |
| John Wesley |
Religion |
17-Jun-1703 |
2-Mar-1791 |
Founder of Methodism |
| Benjamin West |
Painter |
10-Oct-1738 |
10-Mar-1820 |
British-American portrait, scene painter |
| Rebecca West |
Author |
21-Dec-1892 |
15-Mar-1983 |
Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials |
| Mortimer Wheeler |
Archaeologist |
10-Sep-1890 |
22-Jul-1976 |
Archaeology from the Earth |
| James Whistler |
Painter |
14-Jul-1834 |
17-Jul-1903 |
Whistler's Mother |
| Billie Whitelaw |
Actor |
6-Jun-1932 |
21-Dec-2014 |
The Krays |
| Dick Whittington |
Politician |
? |
1423 |
Mayor of London |
| William Wilberforce |
Activist |
24-Aug-1759 |
29-Jul-1833 |
Abolitionist activist and author |
| Herbert Wilcox |
Film/TV Producer |
19-Apr-1892 |
15-May-1977 |
Forever and a Day |
| Michael Wilding |
Actor |
23-Jul-1912 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Torch Song |
| John Wilkes |
Politician |
17-Oct-1725 |
26-Dec-1797 |
Colorful London radical |
| John Wilkins |
Author |
1614 |
19-Nov-1672 |
Essay towards a Real Character |
| Maurice Wilkins |
Biologist |
15-Dec-1916 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Took X-ray pictures of DNA |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson |
Chemist |
14-Jul-1921 |
26-Sep-1996 |
Organometallic "sandwich" compounds |
| David Williams |
Philosopher |
1738 |
29-Jun-1816 |
Founder, Royal Literary Fund |
| Emlyn Williams |
Playwright |
26-Nov-1905 |
25-Sep-1987 |
Night Must Fall |
| Hugh Williams |
Actor |
6-Mar-1904 |
7-Dec-1969 |
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing |
| Kenneth Williams |
Actor |
22-Feb-1926 |
15-Apr-1988 |
Carry on... |
| Michael Williams |
Actor |
9-Jul-1935 |
11-Jan-2001 |
Educating Rita |
| Harold Wilson |
Head of State |
11-Mar-1916 |
24-May-1995 |
Two-time Prime Minister of Britain |
| Amy Winehouse |
Singer |
14-Sep-1983 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Rehab |
| Michael Winner |
Film Director |
30-Oct-1935 |
20-Jan-2013 |
Death Wish |
| Donald Wolfit |
Actor |
20-Apr-1902 |
17-Feb-1968 |
Svengali |
| William Wollaston |
Philosopher |
26-Mar-1659 |
29-Oct-1724 |
The Religion of Nature Delineated |
| William Hyde Wollaston |
Chemist |
6-Aug-1766 |
22-Dec-1828 |
Discovered palladium, rhodium |
| Mary Wollstonecraft |
Author |
27-Apr-1759 |
10-Sep-1797 |
Vindication of the Rights of Women |
| Cecil Woodham-Smith |
Historian |
29-Apr-1896 |
16-Mar-1977 |
Florence Nightingale |
| Eric Woolfson |
Musician |
18-Mar-1945 |
1-Dec-2009 |
Former Alan Parsons Project collaborator |
| Christopher Wren |
Architect |
20-Oct-1632 |
25-Feb-1723 |
Designed St. Paul's Cathedral |
| William Wycherley |
Playwright |
1640 |
1-Jan-1716 |
The Plain Dealer |
| John Wyndham |
Author |
10-Jul-1903 |
11-Mar-1969 |
The Day of the Triffids |
| Diana Wynyard |
Actor |
16-Jan-1906 |
13-May-1964 |
Gaslight |
| Paula Yates |
TV Personality |
24-Apr-1960 |
17-Sep-2000 |
Rock Stars in Their Underpants |
| Pauline Yates |
Actor |
16-Jun-1929 |
21-Jan-2015 |
Harriet's Back in Town |
| Peter Yates |
Film Director |
24-Jul-1929 |
9-Jan-2011 |
Breaking Away |
| Susannah York |
Actor |
9-Jan-1941 |
14-Jan-2011 |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| Thomas Young |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1773 |
10-May-1829 |
Wave Theory of Light |
| Mai Zetterling |
Actor |
24-May-1925 |
17-Mar-1994 |
The Witches |
| Fred Zinnemann |
Film Director |
29-Apr-1907 |
14-Mar-1997 |
From Here to Eternity |
