Listed below are English people of note and of some notable individuals born in England. Contents [hide] • 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 (1947–1979) • Martin Benson (1918–2010) • 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 (1918–1977) • 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 (1916–1992) • Daniel Day-Lewis (born 1957) • Roger Delgado (1918–1973) • 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 (1904–1961) • 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 (1904–2000) • Stephen Graham (born 1973) • Sienna Guillory Actress (born 1975) • Cary Grant (1904–1986) • Hugh Grant (born 1960) • Leslie Grantham (born 1947) • John Gregson (1919–1975) • Rupert Grint (born 1988) • Sir Alec Guinness (1914–2000) • Brian Hall (1937–1997) • Rebecca Hall Actress (born-1982) • Frank Harper (born 1962) • Jack Hawkins (1910–1973) • Will Hay (1888–1949) • David Hess Multi-Millionaire Actor (born 1972) • Dame Wendy Hiller (1912–2003) • Stanley Holloway (1890–1982) • 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 (1899–1962) • Stan Laurel (1890–1965) • Hugh Laurie (born 1959) • Jude Law (born 1972) • Vivien Leigh (1913–1967) • Jane Leeves Actress (born-1961) • Joanna Lumley (born 1946) • Margaret Lockwood (1916–1990) • 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 (1908–2005) • 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 (1914–1982) • Billy Murray (born 1941) • Carey Mulligan Actress (born-1985) • Sophia Myles Actress (born-1980) • Parminder Nagra (born 1975) • Anthony Newley (1931–1999) • Bill Nighy (born 1949) • David Niven (1910–1983) • Merle Oberon (born 1911–1979) • Sophie Okonedo (born 1969) • Gary Oldman (born 1958) • Sir Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) • Clive Owen (born 1964) • Cecil Parker (1897–1971) • 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 (1938–1999) • Joely Richardson (born 1965) • Miranda Richardson (born 1958) • Natasha Richardson (1963–2009) • Sir Ralph Richardson (1902–1983) • Alan Rickman (born 1946) • Tim Roth (born 1958) • Dame Margaret Rutherford (1892–1972) • George Sanders (born 1906–1972) • Peter Sellers (1925–1980) • Jane Seymour Actress (born-1951) • Robert Shaw (born 1927–1978) • 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 (1920–1987) • Sir Peter Ustinov (1921–2004) • Julie Walters (born 1950) • Jack Warner (1896–1981) • 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 (1912–1979) • Tom Wilkinson (born 1948) • Kate Winslet (born 1975) • Ray Winstone (born 1957) [edit] Archaeologists and anthropologists • George Adamson (1906–1989) • Mick Aston (born 1946) • Richard Atkinson (1920–1994) • Churchill Babington (1821–1889) • Howard Carter (1874–1939) • Grahame Clark (1907–1995) • David Clarke (1937–1976) • Barry Cunliffe (born 1939) • Glyn Daniel (1914–1986) • John Disney (1779–1857), barrister and archaeologist • E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902–1973), social anthropologist • Cyril Fox (1882–1967) • Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968) • William Greenwell (1820–1918) • Phil Harding (born 1950) • Kathleen Kenyon (1906–1978) • John Leland (1502–1552), antiquary • John Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist • Francis Pryor (born 1945) • John Robert Mortimer (1825–1911) • Colin Renfrew (born 1937), archaeologist • Alice Roberts (born 1973), anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and anthropologist • E.B. Tylor (1832–1917), anthropologist • Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976) [edit] Architects • Hubert Austin (1845–1915) • Charles Barry (1795–1860), (Houses of Parliament) • George Basevi (1794–1845) • William Burges (1827–1881), architect and interior designer • William Butterfield (1814–1900), leader in Gothic revival movement • William Chambers (1723–1796), (Kew Gardens Pagoda and Somerset House) • John Douglas (1830–1911) • Sir Norman Foster (born 1935) • James Harrison (1814–66) • Thomas Harrison (1744–1829) • Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661–1736) • Inigo Jones (1573–1652) • Edmund Kirby (1838–1920) • Denys Lasdun (1914–2001) • Thomas Lockwood (1830–1900) • Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944) • William Morris (1834–1896), architect and author • John Nash (1752–1835), (Regent's Park, St. James's Park, Trafalgar Square) • Henry Paley (1859–1946) • Joseph Paxton (1801–1865), (The Crystal Palace for The Great Exhibition, London) • Thomas Mainwaring Penson (1818–64) • August Pugin (1812–1852), (Houses of Parliament) • Richard Rogers (born 1933), (Pompidou Centre) • Anthony Salvin (1799–1881) • Gilbert Scott (1880–1960), (Waterloo Bridge, also supervised rebuilding of House of Commons, London) • Edmund Sharpe (1809–77) • John William Simpson (1858–1933) • John Vanbrugh (1664–1726), Baroque architect (Blenheim Palace) • Derek Walker (born 1929) • Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905), (Natural History Museum, London) • William Wilkins (1778–1839), (National Gallery, London) • Christopher Wren (1632–1723) [edit] Artists • Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), painter • Banksy (born c. 1974), graffiti artist • Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898) illustrator • Sir Peter Blake born 1932, pop artist • William Blake (1757–1827), painter, poet • Sir Anthony Caro (born 1924) sculptor • John Constable (1776–1837), landscape painter • Tracey Emin (born 1963), conceptual artist • Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), painter • Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor (Land Art) • Antony Gormley OBE RA (born 1950) sculptor • James Henry Govier (1910–1974), painter, etcher and engraver • Steven Harris (cartoonist) (born 1975) cartoonist • Thomas Hazlehurst (c.1740–c.1821), miniature painter • Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (1903–1975) sculptor • Jamie Hewlett (born 1968), comic book artist and designer • Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619) miniature painter • Damien Hirst (born 1965), sculptor/ conceptual artist • David Hockney (born 1937), painter • Sir Howard Hodgkin (born 1932) painter • William Hogarth (1697–1764), painter, engraver • William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) • Sir Edwin Landseer (1802–1873), animal painter • Richard Long (born 1945) land artist • Chris Ofili (born 1968) painter • Sir John Everett Millais (1829–1896) painter • Henry Moore (1898–1986), sculptor • William Morris (1834–1896) • George Passmore (born 1942), artist (Gilbert & George) • Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), portrait painter • Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), painter • Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter • Sir Stanley Spencer (1891–1959), painter • George Stubbs (1724–1806) Painter • Joseph Mallord William