List of English people
Listed below are English people of note and some notable individuals born in England.
Actors and actresses
Archaeologists and anthropologists
- George Adamson
- Leslie Alcock
- Mick Aston
- Richard Atkinson
- Edward Russell Ayrton
- Churchill Babington
- Philip Arthur Barker
- Thomas Bateman
- James Theodore Bent
- Geoffrey Bibby
- Howard Carter
- Grahame Clark
- David Clarke
- Barry Cunliffe
- Glyn Daniel
- John Disney, barrister and archaeologist
- E. E. Evans-Pritchard, social anthropologist
- Cyril Fox
- Dorothy Garrod
- William Greenwell
- Phil Harding
- Kathleen Kenyon
- John Leland, antiquary
- John Lubbock, banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist
- John Robert Mortimer
- Francis Pryor
- Colin Renfrew, archaeologist
- Alice Roberts, anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and anthropologist
- Andrew Sherratt
- E.B. Tylor, anthropologist
- Mortimer Wheeler
Architects
- Hubert Austin
- Charles Barry
- George Basevi
- William Burges, architect and designer
- William Butterfield, leader in Gothic revival movement
- Rowland Carter
- William Chambers
- Thomas Edward Collcutt
- James Cubitt
- John Douglas
- Sir Philip Dowson
- Henry Flitcroft
- Sir Norman Foster
- Philip Hardwick
- Thomas Hardwick
- James Harrison
- Thomas Harrison
- Nicholas Hawksmoor
- Horace Jones
- Inigo Jones
- Henry Keene
- William Kent, architect, landscape architect and furniture designer
- Edmund Kirby
- Denys Lasdun
- Thomas Lockwood
- Edwin Lutyens
- Hugh May
- William Morris, architect and author
- John Nash
- Henry Paley
- Sir Joseph Paxton
- Thomas Mainwaring Penson
- August Pugin
- Anthony Salvin
- George Gilbert Scott
- Giles Gilbert Scott
- Edmund Sharpe
- John William Simpson
- George Edmund Street
- John Vanbrugh, Baroque architect
- Derek Walker
- Alfred Waterhouse
- Aston Webb
- Ernest Berry Webber
- William Wilkins
- Sir Christopher Wren
- James Wyatt
Artists
- Sophie Gengembre Anderson, painter
- James Andrews, botanical artist
- Richard Ansdell, painter
- Banksy, graffiti artist
- Walter Daniel Batley, painter
- Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator
- Albanis Beaumont, painter
- Suzzan Blac, painter
- Sir Peter Blake, pop artist
- William Blake, painter, poet
- Henry Charles Bryant, portrait and landscape artist
- Albin R. Burt, portrait painter
- Sir Anthony Caro, sculptor
- Anna Maria Charretie, miniature painter
- John Constable, landscape painter
- Frank Cadogan Cowper, artist
- John Henry Dell, landscape artist and illustrator
- Tracey Emin, conceptual artist
- Thomas Gainsborough, painter
- Andy Goldsworthy, sculptor
- Antony Gormley OBE RA, sculptor
- James Henry Govier, painter, etcher and engraver
- Steven Harris, cartoonist
- Thomas Hazlehurst, miniature painter
- Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE, sculptor
- Jamie Hewlett, comic book artist and designer
- Nicholas Hilliard, miniature painter
- Damien Hirst, sculptor/ conceptual artist
- David Hockney, painter
- Sir Howard Hodgkin, painter
- William Hogarth, painter, engraver
- Master Hugo, illuminated manuscript artist active in Bury St Edmunds
- William Holman Hunt
- Sir Edwin Landseer, animal painter
- Celia Levetus, illustrator
- Richard Long, land artist
- Sir John Everett Millais, painter
- Henry Moore, sculptor
- William Morris
- Lawrence Mynott, illustrator, designer and portrait painter
- Chris Ofili, painter
- George Passmore, artist
- Sir Joshua Reynolds, portrait painter
- Bridget Riley, painter
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, painter
- Sir Stanley Spencer, painter
- George Stubbs, painter
- Joseph Mallord William Turner, landscape and marine artist
- Flora Twort, painter
- Mark Wallinger, conceptual artist
- Rachel Whiteread, sculptor
- Joseph Wright of Derby, Enlightenment painter
Broadcasters
- Michael Aspel
- Sir David Attenborough, naturalist and broadcaster
- Richard Baker, broadcaster and newsreader
- Jeremy Clarkson, TV presenter, broadcaster and writer
- Simon Cowell, TV personality, record producer
- Johnny Kingdom, wildlife TV presenter
- Ray Mears, author, TV presenter and survival expert
- Sir Patrick Moore, writer, TV presenter, astronomer
- Michael Parkinson, presenter of British television chat show Parkinson
- John Peel, disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist
- Jonathan Ross
- Jimmy Savile, disc jockey, TV presenter, writer and media personality
- Mike Smith, TV and radio presenter
- Ed Stewart, radio and TV presenter
Businessmen and businesswomen
- Sir Frederic Bolton, shipping
- Sir Richard Branson
- Sir John Brunner, chemicals
- Frank Bustard, shipping
- Joseph Crosfield, soap and chemicals
- Ron Dennis, McLaren automotive
- William Gossage, soap
- Philip Green, retail
- James Hanson, Baron Hanson, industrialist
- Charles D. Harman, investment banker
- Thomas Hazlehurst, soap and alkali
- Peter Van Herrewege, retirement homes
- Robert Spear Hudson, soap powder
- John Hutchinson, alkali
- Peter Jones
- Sir Freddie Laker, pioneer of cheap air travel
- William Losh, alkali
- Alfred Mond, chemicals
- Henry Mond, chemicals
- Julian Mond, industrialist
- Stephan Morais
- William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield
- Edmund Knowles Muspratt, industrialist
- Richard Muspratt, industrialist
- Charles Roe, silk industry
- Titus Salt, industrialist
- Harriet Samuel, jewellery
- Sir Ivan Stedeford, industrialist
- Sir Alan Sugar, electronics
- Richard Tompkins, Green Shield trading stamps
- Jamie Waller, entrepreneur
- Josiah Wedgwood, industrialist
Chefs
- Lisa Allen
- Frances Atkins
- April Bloomfield
- Heston Blumenthal
- Avis Crocombe
- Tamasin Day-Lewis
- Fuchsia Dunlop
- Keith Floyd
- Rose Gray
- Sophie Grigson
- Fiona Hamilton-Fairley
- Angela Hartnett
- Rosemary Hume
- Robert Irvine
- Rachel Khoo
- Diana Kennedy
- Nigella Lawson
- Rosa Lewis
- Elizabeth Marshall
- James Martin
- Allegra McEvedy
- Mary-Ellen McTague
- Jamie Oliver
- Merrilees Parker
- Jennifer Paterson
- Marguerite Patten
- Gordon Ramsay
- Rosemary Shrager
- Delia Smith
- Rick Stein
- Emily Watkins
- Marco Pierre White
- Anne Willan
- Sophie Wright
- Antony Worrall Thompson
Clergy
- Pope Adrian IV, only English Pope
- Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Richard Barnes, bishop
- Archbishop Lawrence Booth, of York
- Thomas Cobham, Archbishop-elect of Canterbury, Bishop of Worcester
- William Charles Cotton, missionary and beekeeper
- Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
- William Edington, Bishop of Winchester
- William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Trevor Huddleston, anti-Apartheid activist
- Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Simon Langham, Archbishop of Canterbury
- John Leland, Presbyterian minister
- Henry Mackenzie, Anglican Bishop of Nottingham
- Walter Maidstone, Bishop of Worcester
- Simon Mepeham, Archbishop of Canterbury
- John Henry Newman, Catholic cardinal
- Adam Orleton, Bishop of Winchester
- Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Walter Reynolds, Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of Canterbury
- William Smyth, bishop
- Charles Spurgeon, Particular Baptist minister
- John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Winchester
- Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Joshua Toulmin, radical dissenting minister
- John Wesley, Methodist minister and evangelist
- Wilfrid, Bishop of York
- William Whittlesey, Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Worcester, Archbishop of Canterbury
- William Williams, Bishop of Waiapu
- Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu, Theravada Buddhist monk and translator of Pali literature
- Ñāṇavīra Thera, Theravada Buddhist monk and known as the author of Notes on Dhamma
- Ajahn Amaro, Abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
- Ajahn Khemadhammo, founder and director of "Angulimala, the Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy"
- Ajahn Sucitto, former abbot of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery
Comedians
- James Acaster
- Chris Addison
- Chesney Allen
- Stephen K. Amos
- Rowan Atkinson
- Richard Ayoade
- Bill Bailey
- Ronnie Barker
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Julian Barratt
- Rob Beckett
- Matt Berry
- John Bird
- Jo Brand
- Russell Brand
- Charlie Brooker
- Roy 'Chubby' Brown
- Adam Buxton
- Alan Carr
- Jimmy Carr
- Jasper Carrott
- Charlie Chaplin
- Graham Chapman
- John Cleese
- Steve Coogan
- Peter Cook
- Tommy Cooper
- James Corden
- Barry Cryer
- Jon Culshaw
- Jim Davidson
- Les Dawson
- Angus Deayton
- Hugh Dennis
- Ken Dodd
- Ade Edmondson
- Jo Enright
- Lee Evans
- Noel Fielding
- Bud Flanagan
- Micky Flanagan
- John Fortune
- Dawn French
- Stephen Fry
- Ed Gamble
- Ricky Gervais
- Dave Gorman
- Tony Hancock
- Jeremy Hardy
- Miranda Hart
- Lenny Henry
- Richard Herring
- Benny Hill
- Matthew Holness
- Alex Horne
- Russell Howard
- Lee Hurst
- Eric Idle
- Robin Ince
- Eddie Izzard
- Jethro
- Russell Kane
- Peter Kay
- Hugh Laurie
- Stewart Lee
- Alice Lowe
- Matt Lucas
- Joe Lycett
- Lee Mack
- Stephen Mangan
- Bernard Manning
- Rik Mayall
- Alistair McGowan
- Rory McGrath
- Paddy McGuinness
- Michael McIntyre
- Stephen Merchant
- Paul Merton
- Sarah Millican
- David Mitchell
- Bob Monkhouse
- Eric Morecambe
- Chris Morris
- Bob Mortimer
- Frank Muir
- Al Murray
- Denis Norden
- Paul O'Grady
- John Oliver
- Michael Palin
- Karl Pilkington
- Andy Parsons
- Sue Perkins
- Lucy Porter
- Jan Ravens
- Romesh Ranganathan
- Vic Reeves
- Mike Reid
- Jennifer Saunders
- Peter Sellers
- Frank Skinner
- Arthur Smith
- Freddie Starr
- Tracey Ullman
- Johnny Vegas
- Tim Vine
- David Walliams
- Holly Walsh
- Robert Webb
- Jack Whitehall
- Josh Widdicombe
- Norman Wisdom
- Ernie Wise