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George V, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India

King George VI (Sandringham)

The king of Great Britain during WWII

King Henry I (Selby)

King of England, 1100-1135

King Henry VI (Windsor Castle)

The English king during the War of the Roses

King Henry VIII (Greenwich)

The king of England who had six wives

King Richard I (Lionheart) (Oxford)

The 'Lion-Hearted' king of England

King Richard III (Northamptonshire)

The historic English king accused of murdering his nephews

Kingsley, Ben (North Yorkshire)

Star of the movie Gandhi

King William IV (London)

King of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Hanover, 1830-37

Kirby, Malachi (London)

Kunta Kinte in the 2016 remake of Roots

Knightley, Keira (London)

Star of the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice

Lansbury, Angela (London)

Multiple Tony winner and star of Murder, She Wrote

Laurel and Hardy (Ulverston)

The iconic fat/skinny comedy team of the early cinema

Laurie, Hugh (Oxford) (Oxfordshire)

The grumpy-but-brilliant doctor in TV's House

Lawford, Peter (London)

British "Rat Pack" member and Kennedy in-law

Law, Jude (London)

The lanky, sexy British star of Cold Mountain

Lawrence, D.H. (Eastwood)

Author of Lady Chatterly's Lover

Leakey, Mary (London)

The archaeologist who discovered early human fossils in Olduvai Gorge, Africa

Lean, David (Croydon)

The director of Lawrence of Arabia

Lear, Edward (London)

The author of The Owl and the Pussycat

Le Carré, John (Dorset) (Poole)

The author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold

Led Zeppelin

Legendary rock performers of "Stairway to Heaven"

Lee, Christopher (London)

Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy

Leigh, Mike (Salford)

The filmmaker who did Secrets and Lies and Vera Drake

Lennon, John (Liverpool)

One of the songwriters from The Beatles

Levertov, Denise (Essex) (Ilford)

The politically-active poet who wrote With Eyes at the Back of our Heads

Lewis, Matthew (Leeds)

Klutzy Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films

Lincoln, Andrew (London)

Rick Grimes in TV's 'The Walking Dead'

Lister, Anne (Halifax)

The 19th century diarist who inspired TV's 'Gentleman Jack'

Lloyd George, David (Manchester)

The British Prime Minister, 1916-22

Locke, John (Wrington)

Author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Lowry, Malcolm (New Brighton)

The author of Under the Volcano

Lupino, Ida (London)

The Hollywood actress who also directed the 1950’s noir film 'The Hitch-Hiker'

Lynne, Jeff (Birmingham)

The main guy from Electric Light Orchestra

Malik, Zayn (Bradford)

The English-Pakistani member of One Direction

Mallory, George

The man who climbed Mount Everest "because it's there."

Mantel, Hilary (Glossop)

The author of Wolf Hall

Markham, Beryl (Leicester)

The author of the memoir West With the Night

Martin, George (London)

The music producer who helped turn the Beatles into the world's biggest band

Mason, James (Huddersfield) (Yorkshire)

The smooth English villain from North by Northwest

Mawson, Douglas (Shipley) (Yorkshire)

Australian explorer of the Antarctic

Mayhew, Peter (Barnes)

Chewbacca in the early Star Wars movies

May, Theresa (Eastbourne) (Sussex)

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2016-2019

McCartney, Paul (Liverpool)

Singer and composer for The Beatles

McCartney, Stella (London)

Paul McCartney's fashion designer daughter

McCourt, James (Sheffield)

Presenter on Studio Disney, 1998-2001

McDonagh, Martin (London)

The playwright who made the film The Banshees of Inisherin

McDowall, Roddy (London)

Cornelius and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes movie series

McKellen, Ian (Burnley)

Gandalf in the film Lord of the Rings

McQueen, Alexander (London)

The avant-garde fashion designer who killed himself in 2010

McQueen, Steven (London)

The director of 12 Years a Slave

McTeer, Janet (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)

The Oscar-nominated star of Tumbleweeds and Albert Nobb

Mendes, Sam (Reading)

The Oscar-winning director of 'American Beauty'

Merrick, Joseph (John) (Leicester)

The man called The Elephant Man

M.I.A (London)

The singer of the hit "Paper Planes"

Michael, George (Bushey (near London))

Singer of "Careless Whisper" and "Faith"

Middleton, Kate (Reading)

The wife of Prince William, heir to the British throne

Middleton, Pippa (Reading)

The sister of royal bride Kate Middleton

Miller, Wentworth (Chipping Norton) (Oxfordshire)

Michael Scofield on the TV series Prison Break

Mill, John Stuart (London)

The author of 1859's On Liberty

Mills, Hayley (London)

Child star of the 1960s

Mills, Heather

The activist who married Paul McCartney

Milne, A.A. (London)

Creator of Winnie the Pooh

Milton, John (London)

The author of the epic poem Paradise Lost

Mirren, Helen (London)

Oscar-winning star of the 2006 movie The Queen

Mison, Tom

Ichabod Crane in the TV series Sleepy Hollow

Miéville, China (Norwich)

The author The City & The City and Perdido Street Station

Montgomery, Bernard Law (London)

The Brit who beat Rommel in North Africa

Moon, William (Horsmonden) (Kent)

Developer of raised lettering for blind readers

Moore, Alan (Northampton)

Writer of the graphic novel V for Vendetta

Moore, Dudley (London)

Oscar-nominated star of Arthur

Moore, Roger (London)

The actor who played James Bond in 7 films from 1973-85

More, Sir Thomas (London)

The author of Utopia

Morgan, Piers (Guildford) (Surrey)

U.K. tabloid journalist who became a CNN talk show host

Morrissey (Davyhulme)

Lead singer of the 1980s band The Smiths

Morton, Samantha (Nottingham)

The precog Agatha in the movie Minority Report

Moss, Kate (London)

The waif-like star of Calvin Klein ads

Mother Ann Lee (Manchester)

The founder of the American Shaker movement

Mulligan, Carey (London)

The star of 'Promising Young Woman'

Muybridge, Eadweard (Kingston upon Thames)

The guy whose frame-by-frame horse photos started the movies

Nelson, Horatio (Burnham Thorpe)

The hero of the Battle of Trafalgar

Newman, John Henry (London)

The Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism

Newton, Sir Isaac (Woolsthorpe)

The genius who explained gravity

Nighy, Bill (London)

The actor who played the washed-up pop idol in the 2003 film Love Actually

Nolan, Christopher (London)

The Oscar-winning director of Oppenheimer

O'Hare, Sarah (London)

Former Wonderbra model

Oldman, Gary (London)

Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies

Olivier, Sir Laurence (Dorking)

The British acting legend who made the 1944 film Henry V

Orton, Arthur (Wapping)

The impostor who claimed to be a rich British woman's son

Osbourne, Ozzy (Birmingham)

Star of the TV reality show The Osbournes

O'Toole, Peter (Leeds)

Star of the epic film Lawrence of Arabia

Owen, Clive (Coventry)

The star of the movies Closer and Croupier

Owen, Michael (Chester)

English hero of the 1998 World Cup

Owen, Wilfred (Plas Wilmot)

English poet of World War I

Oyelowo, David (Oxford)

Martin Luther King, Jr. in the movie Selma

Oz, Frank (Hereford)

The voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy

Page, Jimmy (London)

Lead guitarist for the rock band Led Zeppelin

Paine, Thomas (Thetford)

The author of Common Sense

Parker, Alan (London)

The director of 'Midnight Express' and 'Angel Heart'

Parker-Bowles, Camilla (London)

Queen Consort to the U.K.'s King Charles III

Park, Nick (Preston)

Creator of Wallace & Gromit

Patel, Dev (London)

The quiz show contestant in Slumdog Millionaire

Pattinson, Robert (London)

Edward Cullen, the hunky vampire in the Twilight movies

Pearce, Guy (Ely)

The Australian star of the movie Memento

Peel, John (Heswall)

Influential British DJ from BBC's Radio 1

Peel, Robert (Bury)

British Prime Minister and "father of modern policing"

Penn, William (London)

The Quaker who founded Philadelphia

Pepys, Samuel (London)

Author of Samuel Pepys' diaries

Pike, Rosamund (London)

The female lead in Gone Girl

Pink Floyd (London)

They did Dark Side of the Moon

Pinter, Harold (London)

The Nobel-winning author of The Homecoming

Plant, Robert (West Bromwich)

Lead singer for the rock band Led Zeppelin

Pooh, Winnie the

Honey-loving stuffed bear of The House at Pooh Corner

Pope, Alexander (London)

Author of 1733's Essay on Man

Potter, Beatrix (London)

Creator of the Peter Rabbit children's books

Price, Katie (Brighton) (Sussex)

The U.K. tabloid model known as "Jordan"

Prince Andrew (London)

Queen Elizabeth II's second son, the one who married Fergie

Prince of Cornwall and Cambridge, The (London)

The son of Prince William and the Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge

Prince William (London)

The elder son of King Charles III

Proctor, John

The first man executed in the Salem witch hunts

Prowse, David (Bristol)

The actor who played Darth Vader in Star Wars

Pugh, Florence (Oxfordshire)

Star of the movie 'Midsommar'

Pullman, Philip (Norwich)

The author of the His Dark Materials trilogy

Queen Anne (London)

Queen of England, 1702-1714

Queen Elizabeth I (Greenwich)

"The Virgin Queen" of England, 1558-1603

Queen Elizabeth II (London)

The British queen who reigned from 1952-2022

Queen Jane Seymour

The 3rd wife of King Henry VIII

Queen Mary I (London)

The queen of England, 1553-1558

Queen Mother, The (London)

The mother of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Victoria (London)

The queen who ruled the British Empire for 63+ years

Radcliffe, Daniel (London)

The actor who played Harry Potter in the movies

Radiohead (Oxford)

Guitar band who did the song "Creep"

Raleigh, Sir Walter (Devonshire)

The man who (maybe) laid his cloak over a mudpuddle for the queen

Rampling, Charlotte (Sturmer)

The slinky star of Zardoz and 45 Years

Raven, Simon (London)

The author of the Alms for Oblivion novels

Redmayne, Eddie (London)

The actor who won an Oscar for The Theory of Everything

Rhodes, Cecil (Bishop's Stortford) (Hertfordshire)

The English diamond magnate and South African politician

Richards, Keith (Dartford) (Kent)

The weatherbeaten guitarist for the Rolling Stones

Richardson, Natasha (London)

Tony-winning star of the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret

Rickman, Alan (Acton)

Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films

Ridley, Daisy (London)

The star of the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Rigg, Diana (Doncaster) (Yorkshire)

Mrs. Emma Peel on TV's The Avengers

Ritchie, Guy (Hatfield) (Hertfordshire)

The director of Snatch and Madonna's ex-husband

Robin Hood

Legendary medieval good-guy robber and expert archer

Roeg, Nicolas (London)

The director of the 1973 psycho-drama Don't Look Now

Roget, Peter Mark (London)

Creator of Roget's Thesaurus

Rooney, Wayne (Liverpool)

Young superstar forward for Manchester United, 2004-

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (London)

Romantic poet and painter of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Rowlandson, Mary (Somerset)

Early American colonist and captive whose memoir was a 17th century hit

Rowling, J.K. (Chipping Sodbury)

The creator of the fictional wizard Harry Potter

Rylance, Mark (Kent)

The Shakespearean actor who won an Oscar for the 2015 film Bridge of Spies

Sacks, Oliver (London)

The author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Sayers, Dorothy (Oxford)

The creator of Lord Peter Wimsey

Scott, Ridley (South Shields)

The director of the sci-fi classic Blade Runner

Scott, Robert Falcon (Devonport)

The second man to reach the South Pole

Scott Thomas, Kristin

The beautiful, brooding star of The English Patient

Scott, Tony (North Shields)

The director of the action hit Top Gun

Sellers, Peter (Southsea)

Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther comedies

Service, Robert W. (Preston)

The England-born, Scotland-raised poet who wrote "The Cremation of Sam McGee"

Seymour, Jane (Hillingdon)

TV's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Shakespeare, William (Stratford-upon-Avon)

The famed author of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet

Sheeran, Ed (Hebden Bridge)

The redheaded singer-songwriter who did of "The Shape of You"

Shelley, Mary (London)

The author of Frankenstein

Shelley, Percy Bysshe (Near Sussex)

19th century romantic poet

Sirtis, Marina (London)

Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation

Sitwell, Edith (Scarborough)

The eccentric poet who wrote 1941's "Still Falls the Rain"

Smith, Dodie (Whitefield)

The author of The Hundred and One Dalmations

Smith, Maggie (Essex) (Ilford)

The star of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Smith, Sam (London)

The British singer who won a Grammy for "Stay With Me"

Smith, Zadie (London)

The author of White Teeth

Spice Girls, The (London)

The 1990s girl group who sang "Wannabe"

Springer, Jerry (London)

Host of The Jerry Springer Show

Springfield, Dusty (London)

Husky-voiced soul singer of the 1960s

Starmer, Keir (London)

Prime Minister of the UK, 2024-present

Starr, Ringo (Liverpool)

The drummer for The Beatles

Staunton, Imelda (London)

The star of the film Vera Drake

Stewart, Patrick (Mirfield) (Yorkshire)

Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Stewart, Rod (London)

Raspy-voiced singer of "Maggie May"

Stewart-Whyte, Heather

Victoria's Secret model of the 1990s

Sting (Wallsend)

The bass-playing former frontman for The Police

Stubbs, Imogen (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)

TV detective Anna Lee

Sunak, Rishi (Southampton)

The prime minister of the United Kingdom, 2022-2024

Sutherland, Kiefer (London)

Star of the TV series 24

Swinton, Tilda (London)

The quirky star of Orlando and Michael Clayton

Taylor, Elizabeth (London)

The much-married star of Cleopatra

Taylor, Mick (Welwyn Garden City)

Guitarist for The Rolling Stones, 1969-74

Teach, Edward

The pirate known as "Blackbeard"

Tennsyon, Lord Alfred (Somersby)

The Victorian poet who wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade"

Thatcher, Margaret (Grantham)

The first woman to be prime minister of the United Kingdom

The Clash (London)

The punk band who did "London Calling"

Thompson, David (London)

The explorer who mapped Western Canada in the 18th century

Thompson, Emma (London)

The writer and star of 1995's Sense and Sensibility

Townshend, Pete (London)

Guitarist and songwriter for The Who

Tricky (Bristol)

Gravel-voiced producer of trip-hop records

Trundle, Guy (York)

The secret lover of Wallis Simpson

Truss, Liz (Oxford)

The shortest-serving prime minister in the United Kingdom's history

Turing, Alan (London)

The famous British pioneer of computers and artificial intelligence

Ullman, Tracey

Creator of The Tracey Ullman Show

Waters, Roger (Surrey)

Bass-playing lyricist for Pink Floyd

Watson, Emily (Islington)

Star of the movie Punch-Drunk Love

Watts, Alan (Chislehurst) (Kent)

The author of 'The Way of Zen'

Watts, Charlie (London)

The drummer for The Rolling Stones

Watts, Naomi (Shoreham)

The star of The Ring films and The Impossible

Weisz, Rachel (London)

The Oscar-winning star of The Constant Gardener

Wells, H. G. (Bromley)

Author of The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds

West, Rebecca (London)

Critic, journalist, novelist and literary celebrity

Whitehead, Alfred North (Kent) (Ramsgate)

Mathematician who turned to metaphysics and religion

Whittaker, Jodie (Skelmanthorpe)

The first woman to play Doctor Who on TV

Who, The (London)

The British band that sang "My Generation"

Wild, Jack (Manchester)

The Artful Dodger in the 1968 film Oliver!

Wilkinson, Jonny (Frimley) (Surrey)

Star fly-half for England Rugby Union

Wilkinson, Tom (Leeds)

The Oscar-nominated Brit from In The Bedroom and Michael Clayton

William of Ockham (Ockham)

Medieval thinker responsible for the principle of Ockham's Razor

Winehouse, Amy (London)

The talented, boozy and short-lived singer of the song "Rehab"

Winslet, Kate (Reading)

The ingenue star of Titanic

Wollstonecraft, Mary (London)

The author of 'A Vindication for the Rights of Woman'

Woolf, Virginia (London)

Author of A Room Of One's Own

Wordsworth, William (Cockermouth)

The author of the poem "Tintern Abbey"

Worthington, Sam (Godalming)

Jake Sully in the movie Avatar

Wright, Edgar (Poole)

The maker of 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz'

Wycliffe, John (Hipswell)

Church reformer who translated the Bible into English

Wyman, Bill (London)

The bass player for the Rolling Stones, 1962-93

Young, Alan (North Shields)

Wilbur on TV's Mr. Ed

Youngman, Henny (Liverpool)

The comedian who said "Take my wife -- please!"

Famous People from England

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