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545 famous people found
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Alan TURING
English computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist
1912 - 1954 -
Emily BRONTE
English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature
1818 - 1848 -
David GILMOUR
English singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd
1946 -
Roger MOORE
English actor
1927 - 2017 -
Rupert GRINT
English actor who rose to prominence playing Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter film series
1988 -
Kate WINSLET
English actress and singer
1975 -
Daisy RIDLEY
English actress and film producer
1992 -
Keira Knightley
English actress
1985 -
Emma WATSON
English actress, model, and activist
1990 -
David Niven
British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist
1910 - 1983 -
George ORWELL
English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic
1903 - 1950 -
Diana PRINCESS OF WALES
First wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
1961 - 1997 -
John LENNON
English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of the rock band the Beatles
1940 - 1980 -
H. G. WELLS
English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre
1866 - 1946 -
Ringo STARR
English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles
1940 -
William CAVENDISH-BENTINCK
British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and twice Prime Minister of Great Britain
1738 - 1809 -
Francis DRAKE
English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era
1540 - 1596 -
John CLEESE
English actor, comedian, writer and film producer
1939 -
Eric CLAPTON
English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
1945 -
David CAMERON
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1966