List of English people

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