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Famous Natives (PAGE 2) Page 1 People listed are either native to England, or of English descent (born elsewhere) that have made a significant contribution to the fame of the country in their personal endeavors Edmond Halley discovered halley's comet Thomas Hardy poet James Hargreaves inventor spinning jenny John Harris, Sr. entrepreneur John Harrison clockmaker, inventor marine chronometer Rex Harrison actor Stephen Hawking theoretical physicist Jack Hawkins actor Nicholas Hawksmoor architect Henry VIII king of england Benny Hill comedian Damon Hill race car driver Graham Hill race car driver Wendy Hiller actress Damien Hirst artist Alfred Hitchcock director, producer David Hockney artist Stanley Holloway actor Rupert Holmes composer Robin Hood legendary outlaw, folk hero Bob Hope entertainer Nick Hornby author Bob Hoskins actor Sir Godfrey Hounsfield engineer, nobel prize winner Leslie Howard actor Fred Hoyle astronomer, author Henry Hudson explorer Saul "Slash" Hudson musician Ted Hughes poet Engelbert Humperdinck singer (born in india) Elizabeth Hurley actress John Hurt actor Aldous Huxley author Dorothy Hyman olympic medalist Eric Idle actor, comedian Jeremy Irons actor P. D. James author Sir Elton John singer, composer, pianist Amy Johnson aviatrix Davy Jones singer Judas Priest rock group John Keats poet Nigel Kennedy violinist, violist King Arthur legendary figure Ben Kingsley actor Kinks band Keira Knightly actress Edwin Henry Landseer artist Angela Lansbury actress Charles Laughton actor Stan Laurel actor, writer, director Hugh Laurie actor Jude Law actor Peter Lawford actor D. H. Lawrence author Sir David Lean director, producer Edward Lear poet John Le Carré author Led Zeppelin band Christopher Lee actor Matthew Lewis actor Hugh Lurie comedian, writer, actor Jeff Lynne musician Phil Lynott musician, songwriter Nigel Mansell race car driver James Mason actor Phil May cartoonist, caricaturist Stella McCartney fashion designer Roddy McDowall actor Ian McKellen actor John McLaughlin musician George Michael musician Wentworth Miller actor Hayley Mills actress John Mills actor A. A. Milne author John Milton poet Anthony Minghella director, playwright, screenwriter Helen Mirren actress Dudley Moore actor Henry Moore sculptor Roger Moore actor Adrian Moorhouse olympic medalist Thomas Morley composer Samantha Morton actress Kate Moss model Muse band John Nash architect Horatio Nelson naval hero Mike Newell director Anthony Newley actor, singer, songwriter Sir Isaac Newton astronomer, inventor, physicist Olivia Newton-John singer, songwriter David Niven actor Sophie Okonedo actress Mike Oldfield musician, composer Gary Oldman actor Laurence Olivier actor Ozzy Osbourne singer Clive Owen actor Wilfred Owen poet Frank Oz puppeteer, filmmaker Thomas Paine author, revolutionary Michael Palin actor Robert Palmer singer Judy Parfitt actress Nick Park director, animator Camilla Parker-Bowles duchess of cornwall Robert Pattinson actor Fred Perry tennis player Caryl Phillips author Pink Floyd band Robert Plant singer Police band Pope Adrian IV only english pope Beatrix Potter author Michael Powell film director Jacqueline du Pré cellist J. B. Priestly author Joseph Priestly chemist, philosopher David Prowse actor Philip Pullman author Dominic Purcell actor Henry Purcell composer Queen band Daniel Radcliffe actor Sir Walter Raleigh band Arthur Ransome author Chris Rea singer, songwriter Steve Redgrave olympic medalist Oliver Reed actor Colin Renfrew archaeologist, author Joshua Reynolds artist Sir Gordon Richards jockey Alan Rickman actor Diana Rigg actress Peter Mark Roget creator thesaurus Rolling Stones band Wayne Rooney footballer Tim Roth actor, director J. K. Rowling author harry potter books John Ruskin artist Margaret Rutherford actress Peter Sallis actor, entertainer Rick Savage musician Ridley Scott filmmaker Peter Sellers actor Sex Pistols band Jane Seymour actress Ridley Scott director, producer Tony Scott director, producer William Shakespeare poet and playwright, widely regarded the greatest writer of the english language and the world's preeminent dramatist. Helen Sharman astronaut John Sherwood olympic medalist Maggie Smith actress Lady Diana Frances Spencer princess of wales Spice Girls band Jerry Springer television host Dusty Springfield singer Terence Stamp actor Imelda Staunton actress Patrick Stewart actor Rod Stewart singer, songwriter Sting singer Kiefer Sutherland actor Elizabeth Taylor actress Margaret Thatcher only female prime minister David Thewlis actor Emma Thompson actress Jayne Torvill olympic medalist J.M.W. Turner artist Tracey Ullman actress Peter Ustinov actor Frederick Varley artist Queen Victoria the longest reigning monarch in british history, from 1837, until her death in 1901 Emily Watson actress Emma Watson actress Naomi Watts actress Andrew Lloyd Webber composer Josiah Wedgewood potter Rachel Weisz actress H.G. Wells author Billie Whitelaw actress Sir Frank Whittle royal air force officer, inventor jet propulsion engines Who band James Alfred Wight veterinary surgeon, author William Wilberforce philanthropist, abolitionist Michael Wilding actor Jonny Wilkinson rugby player Ralph Vaughn Williams composer Robbie Williams singer, songwriter Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor prince of wales Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor queen elizabeth II Kate Winslet actress Ray Winstone actor Virginia Woolf author William Wordsworth poet Sir Christopher Wren architect John Wycliffe theologian, translator Alan Young actor Henny Youngman comedian Famous (PAGE 2) Page 1 Is someone missing from this list? Submit your famous Englishman here! Contact Us | Privacy Statement Copyrighted by Graphic Maps All rights reserved! 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