Famous writers William Shakespeare arguably the most famous writer in the world. Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne), Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Dickens. Famous Poets

Boy George - singer

Sir Douglas Bader

Sir William Wallace
Scottish patriot who led resistance against the English and briefly gained control of Scotland in 1298.

Sir Francis Drake
English naval hero and explorer who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577–1580) and was vice admiral of the fleet that destroyed the Spanish Armada (1588).

John Wesley
British religious leader who founded Methodism (1738). His brother Charles (1707–1788) wrote thousands of hymns, including “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.”

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.

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).

T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
Welsh-born British soldier, adventurer, and writer who led the Arab revolt against the Turks (1916–1918) and later wrote an account of his adventures, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926).

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.

Enoch Powell

Sir Cliff Richard
One of the UK's most popular singers of all time

Sir Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish-born American inventor of the telephone.

Freddie Mercury

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).

Sir Edward Elgar

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

George Harrison

Sir David Attenborough

James Connolly

George Stephenson

Sir Charlie Chaplin

Tony Blair

William Caxton

Bobby Moore

Jane Austen

William Booth

King Henry V

Aleister Crowley

King Robert the Bruce

Bob Geldof

The Unknown Warrior

Robbie Williams

Edward Jenner

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George

Charles Babbage

Geoffrey Chaucer

King Richard III

J.K. Rowling -

James Watt

Sir Richard Branson

Bono (Born in Ireland)

John Lydon (Johnny Rotten)

Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Donald Campbell

King Henry II

James Clerk Maxwell

J.R.R. Tolkien

Sir Walter Raleigh

King Edward I

Sir Barnes Wallis

Richard Burton

Tony Benn

David Livingstone

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Marie Stopes