Listed below are English people of note and of some notable individuals born in England.

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1 Actors and actresses 2 Archaeologists and anthropologists 3 Architects 4 Artists 5 Photographers 6 Businessmen 7 Clergy 8 Economists 9 Engineers 10 Explorers 11 Filmmakers 12 Humourists 13 Inventors / engineers 14 Military: soldiers/sailors/airmen 15 Monarchs 16 Criminals 17 Musicians 18 Chefs 19 Philosophers 20 Politicians 21 Scientists 22 Sportsmen and sportswomen 23 Writers 24 Conspirators 25 Other notables o 25.1 English expatriates 26 References 27 See also

[edit] Actors and actresses

Dame Julie Andrews (born 1935) Vanessa Angel Actress (born-1966) Gabrielle Anwar (born 1970) Rowan Atkinson (born 1955) Gemma Arterton (born 1986) Christian Bale (born 1974) Mischa Barton (born 1986) Tom Baker (born 1934) Eliza Bennett Actress (born-1992) Sean Bean (born 1959) Kate Beckinsale (born 1973) Richard Beckinsale (19471979) Martin Benson (19182010)

Steven Berkoff (born 1937) Brian Blessed (born 1937) Emily Blunt Actress (born 1983) Orlando Bloom (born 1977) Richard Briers (born 1934) Kelly Brook (born 1979) Kathy Burke (born 1964) Saffron Burrows Actress/Model (born 1972) Sebastian Cabot (19181977) Sir Michael Caine (born 1933) Kim Cattrall (born 1956) Helena Bonham Carter Actress (born 1966) Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971) Joan Collins (born 1933) Daniel Craig (born 1968) Michael Crawford (born 1942) Mackenzie Crook (born 1971) Tim Curry (born 1946) Anthony Dawson (19161992) Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957) Roger Delgado (19181973) Dame Judi Dench (born 1934) Sarah Douglas (born 1952) Minnie Driver Actress (born 1970) Tamsin Egerton Actress (born 1988) Idris Elba (born 1972) Jennifer Ellison Actress (born-1983) Jennifer Ehle Actress (born 1969) Alice Eve Actress (born-1982) Rupert Everett (born 1959) Craig Fairbrass (born 1964) Tom Felton (born 1987) Ralph Fiennes (born 1962) Colin Firth (born 1960) Dexter Fletcher (born 1966) Jamie Foreman (born 1958) George Formby (19041961) Claire Forlani Actress (born-1972) Anna Friel (born 1976) Stephen Fry (born 1958) Emilia Fox Actress (born-1974) Sadie Frost Actress (born-1965) Sir Michael Gambon (born 1940) Romola Garai Actress (born-1982) Ricky Gervais Comedian (born 1961) Sir John Gielgud (19042000) Stephen Graham (born 1973) Sienna Guillory Actress (born 1975) Cary Grant (19041986) Hugh Grant (born 1960) Leslie Grantham (born 1947)

John Gregson (19191975) Rupert Grint (born 1988) Sir Alec Guinness (19142000) Brian Hall (19371997) Rebecca Hall Actress (born-1982) Frank Harper (born 1962) Jack Hawkins (19101973) Will Hay (18881949) David Hess Multi-Millionaire Actor (born 1972) Dame Wendy Hiller (19122003) Stanley Holloway (18901982) Bob Hoskins (born 1942) Nicholas Hoult (born 1989) Leslie Howard (actor) Elizabeth Hurley Actress (born-1965) John Hurt (born 1940) Jeremy Irons (born 1948) Sir David Jason (born 1940) Aaron Johnson (born 1990) William Kempe (died 1603) Sir Ben Kingsley (born 1943) Keira Knightley (born 1985) Charles Laughton (18991962) Stan Laurel (18901965) Hugh Laurie (born 1959) Jude Law (born 1972) Vivien Leigh (19131967) Jane Leeves Actress (born-1961) Joanna Lumley (born 1946) Margaret Lockwood (19161990) Roy Marsden (born 1941) Martine McCutcheon Actress (born-1976) Sir Ian McKellen (born 1939) Wentworth Miller (born 1972) Sienna Miller (born 1981) Hayley Mills (born 1946) Sir John Mills (19082005) Dame Helen Mirren (born 1945) Audrey Hepburn Actress/Icon (born 1929) Dominic Monaghan (born 1976) Samantha Morton Actress (born 1977) Sir Roger Moore (born 1927) Nick Moran (born 1969) Kenneth More (19141982) Billy Murray (born 1941) Carey Mulligan Actress (born-1985) Sophia Myles Actress (born-1980) Parminder Nagra (born 1975) Anthony Newley (19311999) Bill Nighy (born 1949) David Niven (19101983)

Merle Oberon (born 19111979) Sophie Okonedo (born 1969) Gary Oldman (born 1958) Sir Laurence Olivier (19071989) Clive Owen (born 1964) Cecil Parker (18971971) Dev Patel (born 1990) Robert Pattinson (born 1986) Simon Pegg (born 1970) Alex Pettyfer (1990) Rosamund Pike Actress (born-1979) Billie Piper Actress (born-1982) Dominic Purcell (born 1970) Daniel Radcliffe (born 1989) Oliver Reed (19381999) Joely Richardson (born 1965) Miranda Richardson (born 1958) Natasha Richardson (19632009) Sir Ralph Richardson (19021983) Alan Rickman (born 1946) Tim Roth (born 1958) Dame Margaret Rutherford (18921972) George Sanders (born 19061972) Peter Sellers (19251980) Jane Seymour Actress (born-1951) Robert Shaw (born 19271978) Nicollette Sheridan Actress (born-1963) Dame Maggie Smith (born 1934) Terence Stamp (born 1939) Patrick Stewart (born 1940) Rachel Stevens Actress/singer (born-1978) Dame Elizabeth Taylor (born 1932) Juno Temple Actress (born-1989) Emma Thompson (born 1959) Kristin Scott Thomas Actress (born-1960) Patrick Troughton (19201987) Sir Peter Ustinov (19212004) Julie Walters (born 1950) Jack Warner (18961981) Naomi Watts Actress (born-1968) Emily Watson (born 1967) Emma Watson (born 1990) Rachel Weisz (born 1971) Dominic West (born 1969) Ed Westwick (born 1987) Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (born 1987) Michael Wilding (19121979) Tom Wilkinson (born 1948) Kate Winslet (born 1975) Ray Winstone (born 1957)

[edit] Archaeologists and anthropologists

George Adamson (19061989) Mick Aston (born 1946) Richard Atkinson (19201994) Churchill Babington (18211889) Howard Carter (18741939) Grahame Clark (19071995) David Clarke (19371976) Barry Cunliffe (born 1939) Glyn Daniel (19141986) John Disney (17791857), barrister and archaeologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard (19021973), social anthropologist Cyril Fox (18821967) Dorothy Garrod (18921968) William Greenwell (18201918) Phil Harding (born 1950) Kathleen Kenyon (19061978) John Leland (15021552), antiquary John Lubbock (18341913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist Francis Pryor (born 1945) John Robert Mortimer (18251911) Colin Renfrew (born 1937), archaeologist Alice Roberts (born 1973), anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and anthropologist E.B. Tylor (18321917), anthropologist Mortimer Wheeler (18901976)

[edit] Architects

Hubert Austin (18451915) Charles Barry (17951860), (Houses of Parliament) George Basevi (17941845) William Burges (18271881), architect and interior designer William Butterfield (18141900), leader in Gothic revival movement William Chambers (17231796), (Kew Gardens Pagoda and Somerset House) John Douglas (18301911) Sir Norman Foster (born 1935) James Harrison (181466) Thomas Harrison (17441829) Nicholas Hawksmoor (16611736) Inigo Jones (15731652) Edmund Kirby (18381920) Denys Lasdun (19142001) Thomas Lockwood (18301900) Edwin Lutyens (18691944) William Morris (18341896), architect and author John Nash (17521835), (Regent's Park, St. James's Park, Trafalgar Square) Henry Paley (18591946) Joseph Paxton (18011865), (The Crystal Palace for The Great Exhibition, London) Thomas Mainwaring Penson (181864)

August Pugin (18121852), (Houses of Parliament) Richard Rogers (born 1933), (Pompidou Centre) Anthony Salvin (17991881) Gilbert Scott (18801960), (Waterloo Bridge, also supervised rebuilding of House of Commons, London) Edmund Sharpe (180977) John William Simpson (18581933) John Vanbrugh (16641726), Baroque architect (Blenheim Palace) Derek Walker (born 1929) Alfred Waterhouse (18301905), (Natural History Museum, London) William Wilkins (17781839), (National Gallery, London) Christopher Wren (16321723)

[edit] Artists

Sophie Gengembre Anderson (18231903), painter Banksy (born c. 1974), graffiti artist Aubrey Beardsley (18721898) illustrator Sir Peter Blake born 1932, pop artist William Blake (17571827), painter, poet Sir Anthony Caro (born 1924) sculptor John Constable (17761837), landscape painter Tracey Emin (born 1963), conceptual artist Thomas Gainsborough (17271788), painter Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor (Land Art) Antony Gormley OBE RA (born 1950) sculptor James Henry Govier (19101974), painter, etcher and engraver Steven Harris (cartoonist) (born 1975) cartoonist Thomas Hazlehurst (c.1740c.1821), miniature painter Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (19031975) sculptor Jamie Hewlett (born 1968), comic book artist and designer Nicholas Hilliard (15471619) miniature painter Damien Hirst (born 1965), sculptor/ conceptual artist David Hockney (born 1937), painter Sir Howard Hodgkin (born 1932) painter William Hogarth (16971764), painter, engraver William Holman Hunt (18271910) Sir Edwin Landseer (18021873), animal painter Richard Long (born 1945) land artist Chris Ofili (born 1968) painter Sir John Everett Millais (18291896) painter Henry Moore (18981986), sculptor William Morris (18341896) George Passmore (born 1942), artist (Gilbert & George) Sir Joshua Reynolds (17231792), portrait painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti (18281882), painter Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter Sir Stanley Spencer (18911959), painter George Stubbs (17241806) Painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (17751851), landscape and marine artist Flora Twort (18931985), painter

Mark Wallinger (born 1959) conceptual artist Rachel Whiteread (born 1963) sculptor Joseph Wright of Derby (17341797), Enlightenment Painter

[edit] Photographers

David Bailey (born 1938) Emma Barton (18721938) Cecil Beaton (19041980) John Blakemore (born 1936) Samuel Bourne (18341912) Larry Burrows (19261971), Photojournalist George Davison (18541930) Terence Donovan (19361996)) Brian Duffy (19332010) Frederick H. Evans (18531943) Roger Fenton (18191869) John French (19071966) Francis Frith (18221898) Bert Hardy (19131995) Don McCullin (1935), Photojournalist Eadweard Muybridge (18301904) Horace Nicholls (18671941) Tony Ray-Jones (19411972) Henry Peach Robinson (18301901) George Rodger (19081995), Photojournalist Francis Meadow Sutcliffe (18531941) William Henry Fox Talbot (18001877), Photographer, inventor of the calotype process

[edit] Businessmen

Sir Richard Branson (born 1950) Sir John Brunner (18421919), chemicals Joseph Crosfield (17921844), soap and chemicals Abraham Darby (c. 16781717), ironmaster William Gossage (17991877), soap Philip Green (born 1952), retail James Hanson, Baron Hanson (19222004), industrialist Thomas Hazlehurst (17791842), soap and alkali Robert Spear Hudson (18121884), soap powder John Hutchinson (182565), alkali Peter Jones (born 1966) Sir Freddie Laker (19222006), pioneer of cheap air travel William Losh (17701861), alkali Alfred Mond (18681930), chemicals Henry Mond (18981949), chemicals Julian Mond (192573), industrialist Stephan Morais (born 1973) William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (18771963) Edmund Knowles Muspratt (18331923), industrialist

Richard Muspratt (182285), industrialist Charles Roe (17151781), silk Titus Salt (18031876), industrialist Sir Ivan Stedeford (18971975), industrialist Sir Alan Sugar (born 1947), electronics Richard Tompkins (19181992), Green Shield trading stamps Josiah Wedgwood (17301795), industrialist

[edit] Clergy

Pope Adrian IV (c. 11001159), only English Pope Thomas Arundel (13531414), Archbishop of Canterbury Richard Bancroft (15441610), Archbishop of Canterbury Richard Barnes (15321587), bishop Archbishop Lawrence Booth, of York (14201480) William Charles Cotton (181379), missionary and beekeeper Gildas (c. 510 c. 570), monk Trevor Huddleston (19131998), anti-Apartheid activist John Leland (16911766), English Presbyterian minister John Henry Newman (18011890), Catholic cardinal Plegmund (died 923), Archbishop of Canterbury William Smyth (c. 14601514), bishop Simon Sudbury (died 1381), Archbishop of Canterbury Joshua Toulmin (17401815), radical Dissenting minister

[edit] Economists

R. G. D. Allen (19061983), economist, mathematician, and statistician Norman Angell (1872 1967) British internationalist and economist William Beveridge (18791963), economist and social reformer Edwin Cannan (18611935), economist and historian Colin Clark (19051989), British and Australian economist Ronald Coase (1910), Nobel Prize winning economist Friedrich Hayek (1899 1992) Nobel Prize winning Economics John Hicks (19041989), Nobel Prize winning economist William Stanley Jevons (18351882), economist and logician John Maynard Keynes (18831946), economist John Neville Keynes (18521949), economist, father of John Maynard Keynes Arthur Lewis (19151991), economist Thomas Malthus (17661834), demographer Alfred Marshall (18421924), economist Mary Paley Marshall (18501944), economist, wife of Alfred Marshall James Meade (19071995), Nobel Prize winning economist John Stuart Mill (18061873), philosopher and economist Arthur Cecil Pigou (18771959), economist Lionel Robbins (18981984), economist Joan Violet Robinson (19031983), economist Richard Stone (19131991), Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Torrens (17801864), army officer and economist Philip Wicksteed (18441927), economist

[edit] Engineers

Sir Benjamin Baker (18401907), civil engineer William Baker (18171878), railway engineer James Beatty (18201856) railway engineer Sir Henry Bessemer (18131898), metallurgy engineer James Brindley (17161772), canal engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (18061859), transport engineer Sir Sydney Camm (18941966), aeronautical engineer Donald Campbell, railway engineer William Tierney Clark (17831852), civil engineer Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (18821965), aeronautical engineer Sir John Ambrose Fleming (18481945), electrical engineer Tommy Flowers (19081998), engineer Eric Laithwaite (19081998), engineer William Mackenzie (17941851), civil engineer and contractor R.J. Mitchell (18951937), aeronautical engineer Sir Henry Royce (18631933), engineer George Stephenson (17811848), railway engineer Nevil Shute (18991960), aeronautical engineer and author Thomas Telford (17571834), engineer Sir Barnes Wallis (18871978), engineer John Webster (18451914), engineer Sir Joseph Whitworth (18031887), engineer

[edit] Explorers

Gertrude Bell (18681926), traveller in Iraq Capt. James Cook (17281779), sailor explorer Charles Montagu Doughty (18431926), explorer in the Middle East Sir Francis Drake (c. 15401596) Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), listed as the "greatest explorer ever" by the Guinness Book of Records Rob Gauntlett (19872009), youngest Briton to summit Everest Michael Palin (born 1943) Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 15521618) Robert Falcon Scott (18681912) Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton (18741921) "Sir Ernest Shackleton's name will for evermore be engraved with letters of fire in the history of Antarctic exploration" Roald Amundsen Freya Stark (18931993), Middle East explorer Wilfred Thesiger (19102003), explorer in East Africa and the Middle East

[edit] Filmmakers

Richard Attenborough (born 1923) John Boorman (born 1933) John and Roy Boulting (19131985 and 19132001) Charlie Chaplin (18891977) Alan Clarke (19351990) Mike Figgis (born 1948)

Lewis Gilbert (born 1920) David Hare (born 1947) Alfred Hitchcock (18991980) Peter Howitt (born 1957) Humphrey Jennings (19071950) Stan Laurel (18901965) David Lean (19081991) Mike Leigh (born 1943) Ken Loach (born 1936) Nick Love (born 1969) Anthony Minghella (19542008) Mike Newell (born 1942) Nick Park (born 1958) Michael Powell (19051990) Guy Ritchie (born 1968) Ken Russell (born 1927) Ridley Scott (born 1942) Tony Scott (born 1948)

[edit] Humourists

Chesney Allen (18931982) Rowan Atkinson (born 1955) Ronnie Barker (19292005) Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971) Roy 'Chubby' Brown (born 1945) Alan Carr (born 1976) Jimmy Carr (born 1972) Jasper Carrott (born 1945) Graham Chapman (19411989) John Cleese (born 1939) Steve Coogan (born 1965) Peter Cook (19371995) Tommy Cooper (19211984) Barry Cryer (born 1935) Jim Davidson (born 1953) Les Dawson (19311993) Angus Deayton (born 1956) Ken Dodd (born 1929) Adrian Edmondson (born 1957) Lee Evans (born 1964) Bud Flanagan (18961968) Dawn French (born 1957) Stephen Fry (born 1958) Ricky Gervais (born 1961) Tony Hancock (19241968) Lenny Henry (born 1958) Lee Hurst (born 1963) Eric Idle (born 1943) Eddie Izzard (born 1962) Jethro (born 1948)

Peter Kay (born 1973) Hugh Laurie (born 1959) Matt Lucas (born 1974) Bernard Manning (19302007) Rik Mayall (born 1958) Rory McGrath (born 1956) Patrick McGuinness (born 1973) Paul Merton (born 1957) Bob Monkhouse (19282003) Eric Morecambe (19261984) Bob Mortimer (born 1959) Frank Muir (19201998) Denis Norden (born 1922) Michael Palin (born 1943) Vic Reeves (born 1959) Mike Reid (19402007) Jennifer Saunders (born 1958) Peter Sellers (19251980) Frank Skinner (born 1957) Arthur Smith (born 1954) Freddie Starr (born 1944) Tracey Ullman (born 1959) David Walliams (born 1971) Norman Wisdom (19152010) Ernie Wise (19251999)

[edit] Inventors / engineers

Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (born 1955), inventor of the World Wide Web Hubert Cecil Booth (18711955), inventor of the vacuum cleaner Joseph Bramah (17481814), inventor of the hydraulic press (beer pump) Christopher Cockerell (19101999), inventor of the hovercraft William Congreve (17721828), rocketry pioneer Abraham Darby (c. 16781717), ironmaster James Dyson (born 1947), inventor James Hargreaves (17201778), weaver and inventor Sir John Harington (15611612), poet and inventor of the first water closet John Harrison (16931776), clockmaker Rowland Hill (17951879), inventor of the modern postal service Archibald Low (18881956), radio guidance Thomas Newcomen (16641729), inventor Sir Isaac Newton (16421727), founder of modern physics, inventor of the reflector telescope James Starley (18311881), bicycle pioneer George Stephenson (17811848), engineer Joseph Wilson Swan (18231914), inventor of the light bulb Charles Wheatstone (18021875), inventor Sir Frank Whittle (19071996), inventor of the jet engine Sir Henry Cavendish (17311810), discoverer of hydrogen

[edit] Military: soldiers/sailors/airmen

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (18911969), Field Marshal, World War II hero Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal (17171797), General Sir Claude Auchinleck (18841981), World War II Commander Robert Baden-Powell (18571941), soldier Sir Douglas Bader (19101982), fighter pilot Sir Alexander John Ball (17591809), Admiral, governor of Malta George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (18001888), Commander of cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (18651951), General, World War I Robert Blake (15991657), reforming Royal Navy Admiral Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (18831963), Field Marshal, Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (17971888), Commander of the Light Brigade John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (16501722), soldier Sir Winston Churchill (18741965), British Prime Minister Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (17381805), General Henry Seymour Conway (17211795), General Oliver Cromwell (15991658), Lord Protector of England Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (c. 12081265), English statesman and soldier. Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (18821970), RAF Commander in World War II Sir Francis Drake (15401596), sailor Prince Frederick, Duke of York (17631827), son of King George III, Commander-inChief of the Forces during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (18521925), General, World War I and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (18191904), Commander-in-Chief of the Forces Charles George Gordon ("Chinese Gordon") (18331885), killed at Khartoum Sir Arthur Travers Harris (18921984), Marshal of the Royal Air Force, airman Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (17261799), Admiral William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (17291814), General in American Revolutionary War John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (18591935), Admiral, World War I Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (18501916), Field Marshal John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (16801770), General John Manners, Marquess of Granby (17211770), General William McMurdo (18191894), General Andy McNab (born 1959), former Special Air Service soldier and commander of the infamous Bravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf War George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (16081670), Civil War era General in Chief Command Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("The Desert Rat") (18871976), Field Marshal and hero of World War II Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (19001979), statesman, sailor Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile (17581805), sailor, Admiral Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17681854), General, hero of the Napoleonic Wars

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar (18321914), Field Marshal, last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (17821859) Chris Ryan (born 1961), Former Special Air Service soldier and member of the infamous Bravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf War Siegfried Sassoon (18861967), war poet William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (18971970), Commander in Burma during World War II, Governor-General of Australia. Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien (18581930), General, World War I Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (17881855), British commander in the Crimean War Sir David Stirling, founder of the SAS Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (18731956), "Father of the RAF" and first Chief of the Air Staff Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (18831950), World War II general, second to last Viceroy of India Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (17691852), Field Marshal, victor of Waterloo, politician Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (17211765), Captain-General, victor of Culloden James Wolfe (17271759), General, hero of Quebec during the Seven Years' War

[edit] Monarchs
The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. (December 2007) Further information: List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England Alfred the Great (c. 849 899), King of the Anglo-Saxons. Queen Anne (16651714), also Queen of Scotland, then Queen of Great Britain after 1707 Charles II (16601685), also King of Scotland Edward I (12721307), English monarch Edward II (13071327), English monarch Edward III (13271377), English monarch Edward IV (14611470 and 14711483), English monarch Edward V (1470 c. 1483), English monarch Edward VI (15471553), first English Protestant monarch. Elizabeth I (15581603), Protestant queen and first Supreme Governor of the Church of England Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926), English-born British monarch Henry III (12071272), English monarch Henry IV (13671413), English monarch Henry VI (14211471), English monarch Henry VIII (14911547), separated English Catholicism from link with the Roman Catholic Church Mary I (15531558), Roman Catholic queen Mary II (16621694) Richard the Lionheart (11571199), English monarch, leader and hero of the Third Crusade Richard III (14831485), last Plantagenet King, and last British monarch to die in Battle William the Conqueror (10661087)

William IV (17651837)

[edit] Criminals

Myra Hindley (19422002) and Ian Brady (born 1938), Moors murderers Ian Huntley (born 1974), Soham murderer The Kray twins (Ronald 19331995, Reginald 19332000), east London gangsters Harold Shipman (19462004), possibly the most prolific serial killer worldwide convicted of 15 probably killed over 250 [1] Peter Sutcliffe (born 1946), Yorkshire Ripper Fred West (19411995) and Rosemary West (1953), serial killers Steve Wright (born 1958), serial killer Graham Young (19471990), The Teacup Poisoner Jack the Ripper (serial killer)

[edit] Musicians

Stuart Adamson, lead singer of Big Country Thomas Ads (born 1971), composer Damon Albarn (born 1968), singer-songwriter John Alldis (born 1929), chorus master and conductor Lily Allen (born 1985) David Arnold (born 1962), composer, musician and film scorer (notably four James Bond films) Malcolm Arnold (19212006), composer Rick Astley (born 1966), singer-songwriter Alexander Baillie (born 1956), cellist Bryan Balkwill (19222007), conductor John Barbirolli (18991970), conductor Victoria Beckham (born 1974), singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, author, businesswoman, actress and model David Bedford (born 1937), composer and musician Natasha Bedingfield (born 1981), singer Thomas Beecham (18791961), conductor Lisa Beznosiuk (1956), flautist Roger Birnstingl, bassoonist Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934), composer James Blunt (born 1977) Tim Booth (1960) Singer-songwriter and actor Adrian Boult (18891983), conductor James Bourne, member of the former rock group Busted, singer and song-writer David Bowie (born 1947) William Boyce (17111779), composer Havergal Brian (18761972), composer Sarah Brightman (born 1960), singer, actress, songwriter and dancer Benjamin Britten (19131976), composer and pianist Justin Broadrick (born 1969), vocalist and guitarrist, member of Godflesh and Jesu Kate Bush (born 1958), singer, songwriter, musician and record producer William Byrd (15431623), composer Justin Chancellor (born 1971), bassist, member of Tool

Eric Clapton (born 1945) Adam Clayton born 1960, bassist, member of U2 Imogen Cooper (born 1949), pianist Cheryl Cole Singer (born 1983) Roger Daltrey (born 1944) singer, lead of The Who Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934), composer Andrew Davis (born 1944), conductor Colin Davis (born 1927), conductor Norman Del Mar (19191994), conductor Frederick Delius (18621934), composer Dido (Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong) (born 1971), singer and songwriter Pete Doherty former co-lead singer of The Libertines and current lead singer of Babyshambles and solo artist Peter Donohoe (born 1953), pianist John Dowland (c. 1563 c. 1626), composer of songs John Dunstaple (c. 13831453), composer Ian Dury (19422000), lyricist and vocalist for The Blockheads Edward Elgar (18571934), composer Gerald Finzi (19011956), composer Lita Ford Noel Gallagher (born 1967), singer-songwriter Orlando Gibbons (15831625), composer Ron Goodwin (19252003) composer and conductor Bella Hardy folk musician, singer, songwriter Dhani Harrison (born 1978) guitarist, son of George Harrison George Harrison (19432001), composer, member of The Beatles Anthony Hewitt (born 1971), pianist Gustav Holst (18741934), composer Saul Hudson aka 'Slash', (born 1965), guitarist, member of Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver John Ireland (18791962), composer Robert Irving (19131991), conductor Sir Elton John (born 1947), pop star and composer Brian Johnson (born 1947), rock singer Davy Jones (born 1945), singer/percussionist, member of The Monkees Nigel Kennedy (born 1956), violinist Thea King (19252007), clarinetist Adrian Lambert (born 1976), bassist Albert Lee (born 1945), guitarist John Lennon (19401980), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles Leona Lewis (born 1985), singer and songwriter Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer of musicals Pixie Lott (born 1991), singer Chris Lowe (born 1959), keyboardist and composer, member of Pet Shop Boys (Duo) Sir Paul McCartney (born 1942), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles Steve Marsden (born 1965), bassoonist Chris Martin (born 1977) singer-songwriter, lead of Coldplay Thomas Morley (c. 15571602), consort composer Gareth Morris (19202007), flautist Morrissey (born 1959), composer, member of The Smiths Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), pop star

John Ogdon (19371989), pianist Mike Oldfield (born 1953), composer and instrumentalist Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948) Jimmy Page (born 1944), guitarist Hubert Parry (18481918), composer Peter Pears (19101986), tenor Gervase de Peyer (born 1926), clarinetist and conductor Robert Plant (born 1948), singer, member of Led Zeppelin Anthony Pleeth (born 1948), cellist Jacqueline du Pr (19451987), cellist Stephen Preston, flautist Henry Purcell (16591695), composer Simon Rattle (born 1955), conductor Martin Roscoe (born 1952), pianist Malcolm Sargent (18951967), conductor Ringo Starr (born 1940), composer, member of The Beatles Crispin Steele-Perkins (born 1944), trumpeter Rod Stewart (born 1945) Joss Stone (born 1987) Joe Strummer (19522002), singer, member of The Clash Bernard Sumner, lead singer of New Order Connie Talbot (born 2000), child singer and reality star Thomas Tallis (c. 15051585), composer Neil Tennant (born 1954), vocalist, member of Pet Shop Boys (Duo) Lionel Tertis (18761975), violist Frederick Thurston (190153), clarinetist Michael Tippett (19051998), composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (18721958), composer Ricky Walters (born 1965), aka rapper Slick Rick William Walton (19021983), composer Roger Waters (born 1943), founder of Pink Floyd Thomas Weelkes (c. 15751623), composer John Wilbye (15741638), composer Steven Wilson (1967), musician, producer, composer and founder of Porcupine Tree Cliff Williams (born 1949), bassist Robbie Williams (born 1974) Amy Winehouse (born 1983) Henry Wood (18691944), conductor Marvin Young (born 1967), aka rapper Young MC Thom Yorke (born 1968), singer-songwriter, musician, member of Radiohead

[edit] Chefs

Jamie Oliver (born 1975) Delia Smith (born 1941) Rick Stein (born 1947) Keith Floyd (1943-2009) Nigella Lawson (born 1960) James Martin (born 1972) Antony Worrall Thompson (born 1951) Marco Pierre White (born 1961)

Heston Blumenthal (born 1966)

[edit] Philosophers

Donald Adamson (born 1939) G.E.M. Anscombe (19192001), philosopher A.J. Ayer (19101989), philosopher Francis Bacon (15611626), philosopher and essayist Roger Bacon (12141294), medieval philosopher, alchemist, and theologian Jeremy Bentham (17481832), philosopher R.M. Hare (19072002), philosopher H.L.A. Hart (19071992), legal philosopher Thomas Hobbes (15881679), philosopher William Godwin (17561836), political philosopher John Locke (16321704), philosopher John Stuart Mill (18061873), economist, philosopher G.E. Moore (18731958), philosopher Herbert Spencer (18201903) William of Ockham (c. 12851349), philosopher, theologian Thomas Paine (17371809), theorist Derek Parfit (born 1942), philosopher Gilbert Ryle (19001976), philosopher Bertrand Russell (18721970), philosopher Henry Sidgwick (18381900), philosopher Peter Strawson (19192006), philosopher William Whewell (17941866), philosopher Alfred North Whitehead (18611947), mathematician Bernard Williams (19292003), philosopher

[edit] Politicians

H. H. Asquith (18521928), British prime minister Clement Attlee (18831967), British prime minister Stanley Baldwin (18671947), British prime minister Ernest Bevin (18811951), Labour politician Tony Benn (born 1925), Labour politician Tony Blair (born 1953), British prime minister Margaret Bondfield (18731953), Labour politician & first female Cabinet Minister John Bright (18111889), liberal politician George Canning (17701827), politician Barbara Castle (19102002), politician Sir Austen Chamberlain (18631937) Joseph Chamberlain (18361914) Neville Chamberlain (18691940), British prime minister Lord Randolph Churchill (18491895) Winston Churchill (18741965), British prime minister Kenneth Clarke (born 1940), Conservative politician Sir Stafford Cripps (18891952), Labour politician George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (18591925), Viceroy of India

Archibald Dalzel (17401811), Governor of the Gold Coast William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (c. 17201764) Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (18331908) Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (17991869) Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (18261893) Benjamin Disraeli (18041881), British prime minister Alec Douglas-Home (19031995), British prime minister Anthony Eden (18971977), British prime minister Hugh Gaitskell (19061963), Labour politician William Ewart Gladstone (18091898), British prime minister Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (17351811) Michael Foot (born 1913), Labour leader Sir Henry Bartle Frere (18151884), Colonial administrator Hugh Gaitskell (19061963), Labour leader Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (18151891) George Grenville (17121770), British prime minister William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville (17591834) Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (17641845) William Hague, (1961)Conservative politician Denis Healey (born 1917), Labour politician Edward Heath (19162005), British prime minister Boris Johnson(1964), Conservative politician John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (18261902) George Lansbury (18591940) Nigel Lawson (born 1932), Conservative politician John Leland (?1808), English Member of Parliament for Stamford, 17961808 Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (17701828) John Lubbock (18341913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist Harold Macmillan (18941986), British prime minister John Major (born 1943), British prime minister Reginald Maudling (19171979), Conservative politician Herbert Morrison (18881965), Labour politician William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (17791848) Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (16931768) Frederick North, Lord North (17321792) Sir Robert Peel (17881850), British prime minister Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (17841865), British prime minister Henry Pelham (16941754) Spencer Perceval (17621812), British Prime Minister William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham (17081778) William Pitt the Younger (17591806), British prime minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (17381809) Enoch Powell (19121998) Cecil Rhodes (18531902), imperialist Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (17821859), politician Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (17301782) John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (17921878) Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (18371916) Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (18301903), British Prime Minister Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (17571844)

John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (18731954) Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw (18641937) Margaret Thatcher (born 1925), British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole (16761745), British prime minister William Wilberforce (17591833), abolitionist Shirley Williams (born 1930), SDP founder Henry Willink (18941973), politician Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (c. 16741743) Harold Wilson (19161995), British prime minister

[edit] Scientists

Arthur Aikin (17731854), chemist and mineralogist Nathan Alcock (17071779), doctor Charles Babbage (17911871), mathematician Joseph Banks (17431820), naturalist Isaac Barrow (16301677), mathematician Thomas Bayes (c. 17021761), mathematician Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), computer scientist inventor of the WorldWideWeb Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (18971974), physicist George Boole (18151864), mathematician Robert Boyle (16271691), natural philosopher Richard Bright (16301677), doctor, founder of Bright's Disease (form of kidney disease) Henry Brunner (18381916), chemist Henry Cavendish (17311810), scientist Sir George Cayley (17731857), polymath and aviator Francis Crick (19162004), molecular biologist John Dalton (17661844), chemist and physicist Charles Darwin (18091882), Founder of The Theory of Evolution Richard Dawkins (born 1941), evolutionary theorist Henry Deacon (182276), chemist Paul Dirac (19021984), physicist Horace Donisthorpe (18701951), entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist Arthur Eddington (18821944), physicist Michael Faraday (17911867), scientist Ronald Fisher (18901962), geneticist and statistician Rosalind Franklin (19201958), chemist and x-ray crystallographer J. B. S. Haldane (18921964), geneticist James Hargreaves (18341915), chemist Stephen Hawking (born 1942), cosmologist Oliver Heaviside (18501925), physicist John Herschel (17921871), mathematician and astronomer C. A. R. Hoare (born 1934), computer scientist Robert Hooke (16351703), scientist Edward Jenner (17491823), doctor R. V. Jones (19111997), physicist James Prescott Joule (18181889), physicist Joseph Lister (18271912), surgeon Bernard Lovell (born 1913), astronomer James Lovelock (born 1919), scientist Martin Lowry (18741936), chemist

John William Lubbock (18031865), banker, mathematician and astronomer Sir Charles Lyell (17971875), geologist John Maynard Smith (19202004), geneticist John McClellan (181081), chemist Robert Mond (18671938), chemist Desmond Morris (born 1928), zoologist Roger Needham (19352003), computer scientist Sir Isaac Newton (16421727), founder of modern physics, last of the alchemists Roger Penrose (born 1931), cosmologist Joseph Prestwich (18121896), geologist Joseph Priestley (17331804), chemist Adam Sedgwick (17851873), geologist John Snow (18131858), epidemiologist Joseph Wilson Swan (18281914), physicist and chemist George Paget Thomson (18921975), physicist J. J. Thomson (18561940), physicist Henry Tizard (18851959), chemist and inventor Alan Turing (19121954), mathematician Alfred Russel Wallace (18231913), naturalist Alfred North Whitehead (18611947), mathematician Maurice Vincent Wilkes (born 1913), computer scientist James H. Wilkinson (19191986), mathematician William Hyde Wollaston (17661828), chemist Thomas Young (17731829), scientist

[edit] Sportsmen and sportswomen

Barney Aaron (Young) (18001850), lightweight boxer, Hall of Fame[2] Harold Abrahams (18991978), athlete, Olympic champion (100 metre sprint) and silver (4x100-m relay), one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire Sir Sidney Abrahams (18851957), Olympic long jumper Chris Adams (19552001), pro wrestler and judoka Neil Adams (born 1958), judoka and two-time silver medalist in Judo (1980 and 1984), younger brother of Chris Adams Tony Adams (born 1966), football player Jo Ankier (born 1982), Britain, record holder (1,500-m & 3,000-m steeplechase) Alan Ball (19452007), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team Gordon Banks (born 1937), goalkeeper of 1966 World Cup winning team Sir Roger Bannister (born 1929), first sub-four-minute miler Viktor Barna (born "Gyz Braun") (19111972), 22-time table tennis world champion, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame ("ITTFHoF") Lord Frederick Beauclerk (17731850), cricket player and administrator David Beckham (born 1975), football player Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman) (19091991), world champion junior welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame Richard Bergmann (19191970), 7-time table tennis world champion, ITTFHoF Chris Bonington (born 1934), mountaineer Sir Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer Mark Bott, cricketer[3] Geoffrey Boycott (born 1940), cricketer Eric Bristow (born 1957), world champion darts player

Jenson Button (born 1980), F1 World Champion Angela Buxton (born 1934), won 1956 French Women's Doubles (w/Althea Gibson) and 1956 Wimbledon Women's Doubles (w/Gibson), highest world ranking # 9 Sir Bobby Charlton (born 1937), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team Jack Charlton (born 1935), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team Sir Francis Chichester (19011972), yachtsman Don Cockell (19281983), heavyweight boxer George Cohen (born 1939), association football right back, World Cup champion Paul Collingwood (born 1976), cricketer Sir Henry Cooper (born 1934), heavyweight boxer Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer Tom Daley (born 1994), youngest olympian diver ever to compete in olympics (participated in Beijing 2008) Laura Davies (born 1963), golfer Steve Davis (born 1957), six times World Snooker Champion Matt Dawson (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer John Deacon (19622001), motorcycle endurance racer Christopher Dean (born 1958), figure skater Percy Down (1883?), rugby union player, represented England and Great Britain. Jonathan Edwards (born 1966), triple jump Godfrey Evans (19201999), cricketer (wicket-keeper) Percy Fender, cricketer James Figg (16951734), first English bare-knuckle boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons (18631917), boxing's first World Champion in three divisions Andrew Flintoff (born 1977), cricketer C B Fry (18721956), cricketer and all-round athlete Paul Gascoigne (born 1967), football player Steven Gerrard (born 1980), football player Graham Gooch (born 1953), cricketer Pete Goss (born 1961), around-the-world yachtsman W G Grace (18481915), cricketer Will Greenwood (born 1972), rugby footballer Naseem Hamed (born 1974), featherweight boxer Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), F1 World Champion Ricky Hatton (born 1978), world champion boxer David Haye (born 1980), world champion boxer Ben Helfgott (born 1930), 3-time British weightlifting champion (lightweight), 3-time Maccabiah champion Damon Hill (born 1960), F1 World Champion Graham Hill (19291975), two times F1 World Champion Jack Hobbs (18821963), cricketer Glenn Hoddle (born 1957), footballer Sir Geoff Hurst (born 1941), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team Nasser Hussain (born 1968), cricketer Len Hutton (19161990), cricketer E.J. 'John' Jackett, rugby union player, represented England and Great Britain. Joe Jacobson (born 1986), association football left back (Oldham Athletic & U21 national team) Peter Jaffe, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class) Allan Jay (born 1931), pe & foil fencer, Olympic 2-time silver, world champion Martin Johnson (born 1970), World Cup winning rugby union footballer

Trish Johnson (born 1966), golfer Amir Khan (born 1986), lightweight boxer Frank Lampard (born 1978), footballer Dougie Lampkin (born 1976), Motorcycle Trials World Champion Mark Lazarus, footballer, right winger Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff) (18931970), world champion welterweight boxer, Hall of Fame Lennox Lewis (born 1965), world champion heavyweight boxer Josh Lewsey (born 1976), rugby footballer Gary Lineker (born 1960), footballer Dar Lyon, cricketer Dame Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), sailor who holds the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe George Mallory (18861924), mountaineer Nigel Mansell (born 1953), racing driver, F1 and CART champion Terry Marsh (born 1958), world champion boxer

Darren Matthews (professional wrestler) (born 1968)

Daniel Mendoza (17641836), world heavyweight champion boxer, Hall of Fame Alan Minter (born 1951), world champion boxer Bobby Moore (19411993), captain of the 1966 World Cup winning team Alfred Mynn (18071861), cricketer Gary Neville (born 1975), footballer Phil Neville (born 1977), footballer Alison Nicholas (born 1962), golfer Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975), three times World Snooker Champion Fred Oberlander (19111996), world champion wrestler (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion Michael Owen (born 1979), football player Rachel Parish (born 1981), markswoman and fencer John Parrott (born 1964), World Snooker Champion Fred Perry (19091995), Wimbledon champion tennis player Martin Peters (born 1943), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team Kevin Pietersen (born 1980), cricketer Daniel Prenn (19041991), tennis player, highest world ranking # 6 Samuel Rabin (19031991, Olympic bronze wrestler (freestyle middleweight) Paula Radcliffe (born 1973), distance runner John Raphael, cricket and rugby union Sir Steve Redgrave (born 1962), rower, winner of gold medal in five consecutive Olympics Sir Gordon Richards (19041988), jockey, holder of several records Sir Bobby Robson (19332009), Football Manager Wayne Rooney (born 1985), footballer Paul Scholes (born 1974), footballer Edgar Seligman (18671958), pe, foil, and sabre fencer, Olympic 2-time silver (pe), 2-time British champion in each weapon Alan Shearer (born 1970), footballer, all-time leading goal scorer in the premiership Teddy Sheringham (born 1966), football player Nobby Stiles (born 1942), football World Cup winner Andrew Stoddart (18631915), rugby and cricket player

Karen Stupples (born 1973), golfer Phil Taylor (born 1960), multi world champion darts player John Terry (born 1980), footballer Jayne Torvill (born 1957), figure skater Marcus Trescothick (born 1975), cricketer Fred Trueman, fast bowler Phil Tufnell (born 1966), cricketer Randolph Turpin (19281966), middleweight boxer Michael Vaughan (born 1974), cricketer Virginia Wade (born 1945), tennis player Frank Warren (born 1952), boxing promoter Dan Wheldon (born 1978), 2005 Indy 500 Winner, 2005 Indycar Series Champion Jimmy White (born 1962), snooker player Sir William Wavell Wakefield (18981983), rugby footballer and politician Jonny Wilkinson (born 1979), world cup winning rugby footballer Justin Wilson (born 1978), Champ Car race

[edit] Writers
See List of English writers

[edit] Conspirators

Guy Fawkes(15701606)

[edit] Other notables

Douglas Adams (19522001), author, comic and radio dramatist Rachel Ashwell (born 1959), author, designer and entrepreneur David Attenborough (born 1926), naturalist and broadcaster Edward Betts (18151872), civil engineering contractor Thomas Brassey (18051870), civil engineering contractor Capability Brown (17151783), landscape gardener William Camden (15511623), historian William Caxton (c. 1422 c. 1491), printer Sir Malcolm Campbell (18851949), automobile and speedboat racer. Sir John Chesshyre (16621738), lawyer Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960), T.V. Presenter, broadcaster and writer. James Cook (17281779), British explorer Simon Cowell (born 1959), T.V. personality, record producer Grace Darling (18151842), heroine William Emes (c. 17291803), landscape gardener Elizabeth Fry (17801845), prison reformer Edward Gibbon (17371794), historian Peter Molyneux (1959), Video game designer Thomas Grissell (18011874), public works contractor Hilda Hewlett (18641943), pioneer aviator and aviation entrepreneur Ebenezer Howard (18501928), urban planner Edward Kemp (181791), garden designer Gideon Lester (b. 1972), dramaturg, adaptator, theatre artistic director

Sir Peter Leycester (161478), historian and antiquarian Ray Mears (born 1964), Author, T.V. presenter and survival expert Sir Patrick Moore (born 1923), Writer, TV Presenter, Astronomer. Joshua A. Norton (18111880), Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico George Ormerod (17851873), historian and antiquary Michael Parkinson (born 1935), Presenter of British television chat show Parkinson Sir Samuel Morton Peto (18091889), civil engineering contractor John Speed (15421629), historian and cartographer Wat Tyler (died 1381), leader of the Peasants' Revolt (1381) William Wakefield (18011848), founder of Wellington, New Zealand Harriet Shaw Weaver (18761961), political activist and suffragist Joseph Williamson (17691840), philanthropist, merchant and tunneler

[edit] English expatriates

The following were born English, but changed nationality later in their life.

John Alden (c. 15991687), one of the leaders of the Pilgrims to North America[4] John F. Allen (18291900), inventor of Porter-Allen engine and two pneumatic riveting systems[4] George Alsop, noted author[4] James Anderson, noted nineteenth century, especially remembered for his performance as Othello[4] Anthony Aston (died 1731), noted actor and dramatist[4] Charlie Chaplin (18891977) Cary Grant (19041986), film actor. Alistair Cooke (19082004) Bob Hope (19032003)

Stephen Hough (born 1961), concert pianist, became Australian citizen Thomas Paine (17371809)

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FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM CANADA Canada has many faomous people, many of whom we don't even know they are Canadians. Here are some of them: Famous Canadians include: [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] A

Brian Adams (singer) Dan Akroyd (comic and actor) Pamela Anderson Lee (Baywatch actor) Richard Dean Anderson (Macgyver) Paul Anka (singer) April Wine (band) Jan Arden (musician) Arrogant Worms (music group) Margaret Atwood [(1939- ), author]

Bachman-Turner Overdrive (band) Donavan Bailey (track and field) Carroll Baker (country singer) Frederick Banting/Charles Best (Nobel Prize for discovering insulin in 1922) Bass is Base (music group) Bare Naked Ladies (music group) Myriam Bedard (biathalon, 2 gold medals in 1994 olympics) Jean Beliveau (hockey player) Alexander Graham Bell [(1847-1922), invented the telephone in Brantford, Ontario, in 1874] Billy Bishop [(1894-1956), WWI flying ace - shot down 72 enemy planes] Blue Rodeo (band) J. Armand Bombardier [(1907-1964), invented the "Ski-Doo" (i.e. snowmobile)]

Roberta Bondar (astronaut) Raymond Bourque (hockey player) Martin Brodeur (hockey player) Kurt Browning (figure skater) Michael Budman (co-founded 'Roots' clothing chain) Sandra Bullock (actress) Raymond Burr (actor, "Perry Mason") Pierre Burton [(1920- ), journalist, author, director]

James Cameron (director of "Aliens", "Terminator", "True Lies" & "Titanic") Rod Cameron (actor) Neve Campbell (actress) John Candy (comic and actor) Jim Carrey (actor) Emily Carr [(1871-1945), painter and writer] Kim Cattrall (actress, Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) Sarah Chalke (actress) Thomas Chong (comedian, 1/2 of Cheech & Chong) William Christie [(1829-1900) founded the Christie biscuit company] Paul Coffey (hockey player) Leonard Cohen [(1934- ), poet and singer] Crash Test Dummies (band) David Cronenberg (director)

Robertson Davies (author) Celine Dion (singer) James Doohan (actor, Scotty of Star Trek)

Timothy Eaton [(1834-1907), founded Eaton Co. 1867] Econoline Crush (music group) David Elliot (actor on Melrose Place) Rik Emmett (musician, of the band Triumph) Robert Esmie (sprinter, gold in Atlanta)

Ivan Ferguson (developed IMAX and OMNIMAX film systems) Maynard Ferguson (jazz trumpeter) Dave Foley (actor) Glenn Ford (movie Actor) David Foster (composer) Michael J. Fox ([1961- ) actor] Terry Fox ("Marathon of Hope" 1981) Matt Frewer (actor, Max Headroom) Fruit de la passion (singer)

John Kenneth Galbraith (US economist and diplomat) Marc Garneau (astronaut) Glenroy Gilbert (sprinter, gold in Atlanta) Samuel Goldwyn (of MGM) Robert Goulet (actor) Great Big Sea (band) Don Green (co-founded 'Roots'clothing chain) Lorne Greene (actor) Wayne Gretzky [(1961- ), hockey player] Paul Gross (actor) Bruce Greenwood, (actor, Nowhere Man on UPN) Guess Who (band) Peter Gzowski (author, broadcaster)

Monty Hall (game show host) Rick Hansen (wheelchair athlete "Man in Motion" tour) Lawren Harris [(1885-1970), painter] Cory Hart (singer) Phil Hartman (actor, comedian) Bret the Hitman Hart Headstones (music group]) Jeff Healey (musician) Tim Horton (hockey player, donut mogul) Gordie Howe [(1928- ), hockey player] Henry Hudson (explorer; Hudson Bay) in 1611 Bobby Hull (NHL Hall of Famer) Brett Hull (hockey player)

I Mother Earth (band) Michael Ironside (actor)

Ferguson Jenkins (hall of fame pitcher) Peter Jennings (newscaster) Ben Johnson (track and field) Lynn Johnson (cartoonist - For Better or For Worse)

Margot Kidder (Psycho\actress) The Killjoys (music group) The Kids in the Hall (comics-actors-geniuses)

K.D. Lang (punk-country and pop singer, composer) Margaret Laurence (author) Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) (humorist) Geddy Lee (singer) Mario Lemieux (hockey player, NHL's leading scorer) Alex Lifeson (guitarist for RUSH) Gordon Lightfoot (singer Eric Lindros (hockey player) Rich Little (comedian) Guy Lombardo [(1902-1977), bandleader The Royal Canadians] Lowinger, Tessa (and Wiebe, Jennifer) (behind the first unionization of a McDonald's)

Cluny MacPherson [(1879-1966), invented the gas mask] Howie Mandel (comedian) Elizabeth Manley (figure skater) Amanda Marshall (singer) John McCrae [(1872-1918), doctor, wrote "In Flanders Field" 1915] Sarah McLachlan (Singer) Mark Messier (hockey player) Joni Mitchell [(1943- ), singer-composer] Kim Mitchell (musician) Moist (Music group) Lucy Maud Montgomery [(1874-1942), author of Anne of Green Gables] The Moffatts: Dave, Bob, Scott & Clint (band) Greg Moore (indycar driver) Rob Moore (very big in the computer industry) Rick Moranis (actor) Alanis Morrisette (singer) Barry Morse (actor, from the original Fugitive) Farley Mowat (author) Anne Murray (singer-composer) Mike Myers (Saturday Night Live actor)

Dr. Naismith [(1861-1939),invented basketball in1891] Cam Neely (hockey player) John Neville (director) Leslie Nielsen (actor)

Odds (band) Catherine O'Hara (actress) Brian Orser (figure skater) Our Lady Peace (band)

Lester B. Pearson (Canadian prime minister, Nobel Prize for Peace 1957) Neil Peart (of RUSH) Matthew Perry (actor, Friends) Stone Phillips (newscaster) Gordon Pinsent (actor) Sarah Polley (actress) Jason Priestly (90210 actor) Christopher Plummer (actor, Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

Paul Quarrington (author)

Mark Recchi (hockey player) Keanu Reeves (actor) Ivan Reitman (director) Manon Rheaume (first lady of professional hockey) Maurice "Rocket" Richard (hockey player) Mordecai Richler (author) John Roberts (news anchor) Spider Robinson (writer) Patrick Roy (hockey player) Royal Canadian Air Farce (comedy group) Tommy Ryan [(1882-1961), invented 5-pin bowling] Rymes With Orange (Music group)

Morley Safer (60 minutes journalist) Joe Sakic (hockey player) Devon Sawa (actor) Paul Schaffer Barbara Ann Scott (figure skater - gold medal 1948) Laura Secord (confectioner/stool pigeon) Mack Sennett (Michael Sinnott) [(1880-1960) launched Charlie Chaplin's career, creator of the Keystone Kops] Brendan Shanahan (hockey player) William Shatner (actor and author) Martin Short (actor) Joe Shuster [(1914-1992) co-creator of Superman] Jay Silverheels [(1919-1980),Tonto in The Lone Ranger] Sloan (Band) Spirit of the West (music group) Steppenwolf (rock band) Emily Stowe [(1831-1903), first Canadian woman to practice medicine] Elvis Stoyko (figure skater) Alfred Sung (designer) Bruny Surin (sprinter) Donald Sutherland [(1935- ), actor]

Keifer Sutherland (actor - Donald's son) David Suzuki (environmentalist, geneticist, writer)

Ken Taylor (Canadian ambassador smuggled Americans out of Iran, 1980 - called The Canadian Caper) The Tea Party (music group) Allan Thicke (actor) Dave Thomas (actor, comedian) The Tragically Hip (music band) Paul Tracy (indycar driver) Alex Trebek (Jeopardy host) Shania Twain (singer)

Gary Unger (hockey player)

Gilles Villeneuve (F1 racing driver) Jacques Villeneuve (F1 racing driver)

What famous people are there in Britain? Woodlands Junior School is in the south-east corner of England

Top Tip: Press Ctrl + F to search this page. Famous writers William Shakespeare - arguably the most famous writer in the world. Bront sisters (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne), Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Dickens. Famous Poets Lord Byron, Robert Burns, and Thomas Hardy.

Famous Composers William Byrd , Thomas Tallis , John Taverner , Henry Purcell , Edward Elgar, Arthur Sullivan , Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Benjamin Britten. The Greatest Britons of all Time chosen by the people of Britain. In November 2002, the British public voted to find the Greatest Briton of all time. Over a million people voted. NB. The list contains a few non British entrants includinding two Irish nationals (Bono and Bob Geldof) and Freddie Mercury, who was born in Zanzibar to Indian Parsi parents. Here are the results: 1. Sir Winston Churchill Winston Churchill was a politician, a soldier, an artist, and the 20th century's most famous and celebrated Prime Minister. 2. Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel was an extraordinary Victorian engineer. He designed and built amongst other structures bridges, ships, railways and viaducts 3. Diana, Princess of Wales From the time of her marriage to the Prince of Wales in 1981 until her death in a car accident in Paris in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales was one of the world's most highprofile, most photographed, and most iconic celebrities. 4. Charles Darwin Charles Darwin was a British naturalist of the nineteenth century. He and others developed the theory of evolution. This theory forms the basis for the modern life sciences. Darwin's most famous books are 'The Origin of Species' and 'The Descent of Man'. 5. William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was a playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in English literature. He wrote dozens of plays which continue to dominate world theater 400 years later. 6. Sir Isaac Newton Isaac Newton was a mathematician and scientist who invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about the nature of light, and three laws of motion. 7. Queen Elizabeth I The daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth 1 reigned England from 15581603. Her reign was marked by several plots to overthrow her, the execution of Mary Queen of Scots (1587), the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588), and domestic prosperity and literary achievement. Find out more about Elizabeth 1 8. John Lennon John Lennon was a musician and composer who was a member of the Beatles, the biggest rock band of the 1960s.

9. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Nelson is the greatest hero in British naval history, an honour he earned by defeating Napoleon's fleet in the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar. 10. Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell was a military, political, and religious figure who led the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War (16421649) and called for the execution of Charles I. He was Lord Protector of England for much of the 1650s, ruling in place of the country's traditional monarchy. 11. Ernest Shackleton Ernest Shackleton was a British explorer of the South Pole who is best remembered for leading his crew to safety after the failed expedition of the Endurance (1914-16). 12. Captain James Cook James Cook was an explorer of the eighteenth century, known for his voyages to the Pacific Ocean. Cook visited New Zealand, established the first European colony in Australia, and was the first European to visit Hawaii. He also approached Antarctica and explored much of the western coast of North America. 13. Robert Baden-Powell British soldier who founded the Boy Scouts (1908) and with his sister Agnes (18581945) the Girl Guides (1910). 14. King Alfred the Great King of the West Saxons (871899), scholar, and lawmaker who repelled the Danes and helped consolidate England into a unified kingdom. 15. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington British general and politician. Commander of British troops during the Peninsular War (18081814), he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo (1815), thus ending the Napoleonic Wars. As prime minister (18281830) he passed the Catholic Emancipation Act (1829). 16. Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher Margaret Thatcher was the United Kingdom's first woman prime minister, and she held the office of PM for longer than anyone in the 20th century. 17. Michael Crawford -Actor 18. Queen Victoria Victoria's nearly 64-year reign was the longest in British history. Find out more about Victoria 19. Sir Paul McCartney McCartney was a singer, songwriter and guitarist for The Beatles, the biggest rock band of the 1960s. 20. Sir Alexander Fleming British bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1928, for which he shared a Nobel Prize in 1945. 21. Alan Turing English mathematician whose works explored the possibility of computers and raised fundamental questions about artificial intelligence. During World War II he contributed to the allied victory by helping to decipher the German Enigma codes. 22. Michael Faraday British physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1831) and proposed the field theory later developed by Maxwell and Einstein. 23. Owain Glyndwr The last Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales. 24. Queen Elizabeth II Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), is the Queen regnant and Head of State of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and fifteen other Commonwealth countries.

25. Professor Stephen Hawking British theoretical physicist noted for his research into the origin of the universe. His work influenced the development of the big bang and black hole theories. 26. William Tyndale English religious reformer and martyr whose translation of the New Testament was the basis of the King James Bible. 27. Emmeline Pankhurst 28. William Wilberforce British politician. As a member of Parliament (17801825) he campaigned for the British abolition of slavery. 29. David Bowie David Bowie, is a British rock and roll musician, actor, and artist who has had a profound influence on rock and roll from the 1960s to the present. 30. Guy Fawkes English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606) Find out more 31. Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire of Woodall 32. Eric Morecambe - comic 33. David Beckham Beckham is a leading English footballer and a former star of the legendary team Manchester United. 34. Thomas Paine British-born American writer and Revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (1776) arguing for American independence from Britain. In England he published The Rights of Man (1791 1792), a defence of the French Revolution. 35. Boudicca Queen of ancient Britain who led a temporarily successful revolt against the Roman army that had claimed her deceased husband's kingdom. 36. Sir Steve Redgrave A British rower who won a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, as well as an additional bronze medal in 1988. As the only Briton ever to achieve this feat, he is widely considered to be Britain's greatest Olympian. 37. Sir Thomas More English politician, humanist scholar, and writer who refused to comply with the Act of Supremacy, by which English subjects were enjoined to recognize Henry VIII's authority over the pope, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London and beheaded for treason. 38. William Blake British poet and artist whose paintings and poetic works, such as Songs of Innocence (1789) and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (c. 1790), have a mystical, visionary quality. 39. John Harrison An English clock designer, who developed and built the world's first successful maritime clock, one whose accuracy was great enough to allow the determination of longitude over long distances. 40. King Henry VIII Henry VIII is one of the most famous and controversial kings of England. His divorce from Catherine of Aragon, his first wife, compelled him to break from the Catholic Church by the Act of Supremacy (1534).

41. Charles Dickens - writer Charles Dickens wrote some of the most popular and widely read novels of the 19th century, from Oliver Twist to A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. 42. Sir Frank Whittle English aeronautical engineer. Whittle was one of the first men to associate the gas turbine with jet propulsion. 43. John Peel John Peel was a disc jockey on BBC's Radio 1 whose 37 years of broadcasting out-ofthe-mainstream acts helped popularise reggae, punk and hip-hop in Britain. 44. John Logie Baird A Scottish inventor, who in 1926 gave the first demonstration of true television 45. Aneurin Bevan Welsh-born British politician who as minister of health (19451951) was the chief architect of the National Health Service. 46. Boy George - singer 47. Sir Douglas Bader 48. Sir William Wallace Scottish patriot who led resistance against the English and briefly gained control of Scotland in 1298. 49. Sir Francis Drake English naval hero and explorer who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (15771580) and was vice admiral of the fleet that destroyed the Spanish Armada (1588). 50. John Wesley British religious leader who founded Methodism (1738). His brother Charles (1707 1788) wrote thousands of hymns, including Hark, the Herald Angels Sing. 51. King Arthur A legendary British hero, said to have been king of the Britons in the sixth century A.D. and to have held court at Camelot. 52. Florence Nightingale British nurse who organized (1854) and directed a unit of field nurses during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing. (Although Florence was born in Italy, her parents were British and from the age of one, Florence lived in Britain). 53. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) Welsh-born British soldier, adventurer, and writer who led the Arab revolt against the Turks (19161918) and later wrote an account of his adventures, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926). 54. Sir Robert Falcon Scott British explorer who reached the South Pole (January 1912) only to find that Roald Amundsen had discovered the spot one month before. 55. Enoch Powell 56. Sir Cliff Richard One of the UK's most popular singers of all time 57. Sir Alexander Graham Bell Scottish-born American inventor of the telephone. 58. Freddie Mercury 59. Dame Julie Andrews A British actress, singer, and author, best known for her starring roles in the musical films Mary Poppins (1964) and The Sound of Music (1965). 60. Sir Edward Elgar 61. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 62. George Harrison

63. Sir David Attenborough 64. James Connolly 65. George Stephenson 66. Sir Charlie Chaplin 67. Tony Blair 68. William Caxton 69. Bobby Moore 70. Jane Austen 71. William Booth 72. King Henry V 73. Aleister Crowley 74. King Robert the Bruce 75. Bob Geldof 76. The Unknown Warrior 77. Robbie Williams 78. Edward Jenner 79. David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George 80. Charles Babbage 81. Geoffrey Chaucer 82. King Richard III 83. J.K. Rowling 84. James Watt 85. Sir Richard Branson 86. Bono (Born in Ireland) 87. John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) 88. Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 89. Donald Campbell 90. King Henry II 91. James Clerk Maxwell 92. J.R.R. Tolkien 93. Sir Walter Raleigh 94. King Edward I 95. Sir Barnes Wallis 96. Richard Burton 97. Tony Benn 98. David Livingstone 99. Sir Tim Berners-Lee 100. Marie Stopes

List of famous Australia people

Art

Howard Arkley, painter Charles Blackman, painter Sir William Dobell, painter Ken Done, painter

Sir Russell Drysdale, painter Donald Friend, painter Joy Hester, painter Sir Hans Heysen, painter Nora Heysen (died 2003), painter Robert Hughes, art critic Norman Lindsay, painter Tracey Moffatt, film and video maker, photographer Reg Mombassa Albert Namatjira (1902-1959), painter Sir Sidney Nolan - painter Margaret Preston (1875-1963), modernist painter and woodblock artist Tom Roberts, painter Martin Sharp, pop artist Jeffrey Smart, painter Stelarc, performance artist Sir Arthur Streeton - painter Albert Tucker, painter Brett Whiteley, painter

Literature

Wilfred Burchett, (1911-1983), journalist Peter Carey, novelist, twice winner of the Booker Prize James Clavell, (1924-1994), British author of Shogun fame Nick Earls, novelist Dame Mary Gilmore, poet A D Hope, poet Paul Jennings, children's author Henry Lawson - prose and poetry Kathy Lette, novelist ('Puberty Blues') John Marsden - most popular Australian author for young adults, and writer of the Tomorrow series. Sally Morgan Oodgeroo Noonuccal (aka Kath Walker) Banjo Paterson, (1864-1941), writer, author of Waltzing Matilda and The Man from Snowy River Christina Stead, novelist ('The Man Who Loved Children') Patrick White, (1912-1990), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Tim Winton - Western Australian author of books such as Cloudstreet Judith Wright, poet ('South of My Days')

Medical

Dr Victor Chang - heart surgeon Rev John Flynn - founder of the Royal Flying Doctor's Service Dr Fred Hollows - (born NZ) eye doctor

Military

Sir Henry George Chauvel, (1865-1945), WWI general Sir John Monash, (1865-1931), WWI general Nancy Wake (born NZ 1912), operative with WWII French resistance

Movies and TV

Eric Bana - actor Bruce Beresford - filmmaker (Barry McKenzie, Don's Party, Breaker Morant, The Fringe Dwellers, Driving Miss Daisy) Cate Blanchett - actor Bille Brown - actor Bryan Brown - actor John Clarke, (born NZ), actor, comedian Paul Cox - (born Netherlands) filmmaker Russell Crowe, (born NZ 1964), actor Judy Davis - actor Portia De Rossi - actor Ernie Dingo - actor Errol Flynn - (1909-1959) actor Colin Friels - actor Mel Gibson - (born 1956) - actor American born, Australian raised Rachel Griffiths - actor David Gulpilil - actor & dancer Scott Hicks - filmmaker ('Shine', 'Snow Falling on Cedars') Paul Hogan - (born 1939) actor P J Hogan - film director ('Muriel's Wedding', 'My Best Friend's Wedding', 'Peter Pan') Barry Humphries - actor/comedian Steve Irwin - (born 1962) The Crocodile Hunter Hugh Jackman - actor Nicole Kidman - (1967-) actor American born, Australian raised Baz Luhrmann - filmmaker Phillip Noyce - filmmaker Guy Pearce, (born 1967), actor Gina Riley - comedian Geoffrey Rush - actor (won 1997 Best Actor Oscar for "Shine") Fred Schepisi - filmmaker Yahoo Serious - comedian, filmmaker Jack Thompson - (born 1940)actor Sigrid Thornton - actor Peter Weir, (born 1944), filmmaker David Wenham - actor

Music
A-H

Christine Anu - singer Tina Arena - singer Chris Bailey - frontman for punk rock band The Saints Jimmy Barnes - singer

Betty Beath - composer Richard Bonynge - conductor, pianist, husband of Dame Joan Sutherland Philip Bracanin - composer Daryl Braithwaite - singer Joan Carden - soprano Stuart Challender - conductor Peter Dawson - baritone Ross Edwards - composer Peter Garrett - former lead singer and songwriter of Midnight Oil, currently a political activist Lisa Gerrard, (1961?- ) - former Dead Can Dance(1981-1998) member, solo artist and movie score composer Andy Gibb, (1958-1988), pop singer Percy Grainger, pianist, composer (later became an American citizen) Dame Joan Hammond - New Zealand born soprano Sir Bernard Heinze - conductor Matthew Hindson - composer Michael Hutchence, (1960-1997), frontman for INXS

I-U

Natalie Imbruglia - singer Daniel Johns, (born 1978), singer of Silverchair Kamahl, (born Malaysia, Sri Lankan descent), singer, actor Elena Kats-Chernin - Russian-born composer Jeff Lang - guitar virtuoso Jimmy Little - singer Sir Charles Mackerras - conductor Dame Nellie Melba - opera singer Kylie Minogue, (born 1968), singer Olivia Newton-John, (born UK 1948), singer Shannon Noll - singer, runner-up to Guy Sebastian in 2003 Australian Idol Johnny O'Keefe - singer 'The Wild One' Joseph Post - conductor Helen Reddy - singer Bon Scott, Malcolm & Angus Young - members of hard rock band AC/DC Peter Sculthorpe - composer Guy Sebastian - singer, winner of 2003 Australian Idol Mark Seymour - lead singer of the Hunters & Collectors Dame Joan Sutherland - soprano, known as 'La Stupenda' Deniz Tek - of the punk rock band Radio Birdman Keith Urban, (born NZ 1967), country musician

V-Y

Carl Vine - composer Gerard Willems - Dutch-born pianist Simone Young - conductor Mandawuy Yunupingu - singer & political activist

Politics

Tony Abbott, Liberal Minister in John Howard's government Lance Barnard, Deputy PM to Gough Whitlam Sir Edmund Barton, (1849-1920), first Prime Minister of Australia Peter Beattie, Premier of Queensland Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland Neville Bonner - politician Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria Bob Brown - Green leader and Senator Brian Burke - WA premier, later Ambassador to the Holy See - jailed for corruption Jim Cairns, Treaurer and Deputy PM to Gough Whitlam Bob Carr, Premier of NSW Ben Chifley, Labour Prime Minister 1945-49 Peter Costello, Treasurer in John Hiward's government since 1996 Simon Crean, Opposition Leader to John Howard 2001-03 Bob Collins - NT politician, Federal Senator, Minister of Hawke government Don Dunstan - SA premier Herbert Evatt, Labour politician, Opposition Leader to Menzies Paul Everingham - first Chief Minister of the Northern Territory; later Federal politician Sir Arthur Fadden, record-breaking Treasurer under Menzies Tim Fischer, Deputy Prime Minister 1996-1999 Germaine Greer, (born 1939), feminist, writer, academic (moved to U.K.) Nick Greiner, Premier of NSW Pauline Hanson - former Senator, controversial founder of the One Nation Party Bob Hawke, ALP Prime Minister 1983-91 Harold Holt, (1908-1967), Prime Minister John Howard, (born 1939), Prime Minister Paul Keating, ALP Prime Minister 1991-96 Cheryl Kernot, Leader of the Australian Democrats, defected to ALP and lost seat in 2001 Mark Latham, Leader of the Opposition (Australian Labor Party) (2003- ) Sir John McEwen, Country Party leader, briefly Prime Minister after Holt's drowning Sir William McMahon, Liberal Prime Minister 1971-72 Eddie Mabo - political activist Clare Martin - first female and first ALP Chief Minister of the NT Sir Robert Menzies, (1894-1978), Prime Minister Sir Henry Parkes - "father of Federation" Peter Reith, Liberal Minister under John Howard Wilson Tuckey, controversial Liberal politician Gough Whitlam, (1916-), Prime Minister Neville Wran, Premier of NSW

Science

Sir William Lawrence Bragg - physicist, Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty - immunologist, Nobel Prize winner Sir John Eccles (born 1903) - Nobel prize physiologist Tim Flannery - zoologist and author Lord Howard Florey - co-discoverer of penicillin

James Harrison - pioneer of mechanical refrigeration, (1816 - 1893) Sir Gustav Nossal - immunologist Professor Fiona Stanley - epidemiologist

Sport
B-K

Darren Bennett, (born 1965), Australian rules football player turned American football star Raelene Boyle, athlete Sir Donald Bradman, (1908-2001), cricketer Betty Cuthbert, (born 1938), athlete Herb Elliott - middle distance runner Roy Emerson - tennis player Brett Emerton - soccer Johnny Famechon - world boxing champion Jeff Fenech - (born 1964), world boxing champion Dawn Fraser - swimmer Cathy Freeman, (born 1973) - athlete Evonne Goolagong - tennis player Shane Gould, swimmer Grant Hackett, swimmer Matthew Hayden, cricketer Lleyton Hewitt, (born 1981) - tennis player Kim Hughes, cricketer Marjorie Jackson, athlete, later Governor of South Australia Harry Kewell, (born 1978) - soccer Michael Klim, swimmer

L-S

John Landy, athlete, second person to run a mile in under 4 minutes; later Governor of Victoria Rod Laver, (born 1938) - tennis player Brett Lee, cricketer (fast bowler) Ray Lindwall - cricketer Luc Longley - basketball player, many NBA teams. Lew Hoad - tennis player Mal Meninga, Rugby League icon Keith Miller - cricketer Anthony Mundine - Rugby League, then boxer Tony Mundine - boxer John Newcombe - tennis player Greg Norman, (born 1955), golfer Kieren Perkins, swimmer Mark Philippoussis, tenis player Patrick Rafter - tennis player Frank Sedgeman, tennis player Matt Shirvington, athlete

Margaret Smith Court - tennis player Shirley Strickland (1925-2004), athlete

T-W

Ian Thorpe, (born 1982) - swimmer Michele Timms, (born 1965) - basketball player, Phoenix Mercury WNBA Kostya Tszyu, (born 1969) - world boxing champion, Russian born but Australian citizen. Mark Viduka, (born 1975) - soccer Shane Warne - cricketer Mark Waugh - cricketer Steve Waugh - cricketer Karrie Webb, (born 1974) - golfer

Other

Daisy Bates - self-proclaimed anthropologist Mary Elizabeth Donaldson - future wife of HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark Megan Gale - model and actress Eve van Grafhorst, AIDS patient and activist (moved to New Zealand) Rolf Harris - artist, singer and TV personality Harry Hawker, (1889-1921) aviation pioneer Frank Hurley - photographer on Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctica expedition Ned Kelly, (c. 1854-1880), bushranger Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, (1897-1935), aviator Elle MacPherson - model Michael Mansell - Aboriginal activist Sir Douglas Mawson - explorer Peter Singer - philosopher, major influence on animal rights movement. Trugernanna or Truganini- called last of the Tasmanian Aborigines