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This is a partial list of English people of note and of some notable individuals born in England, alphabetically within categories.
Actors and actresses
Archaeologists and anthropologists
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)
Artists
- Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), painter
- Banksy (born c. 1974), graffiti artist
- William Blake (1757–1827), painter, poet
- John Constable (1776–1837), landscape painter
- Tracey Emin (born 1963), conceptual artist
- Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788), painter
- Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor (Land Art)
- James Henry Govier (1910-1974), painter, etcher and engraver
- Thomas Hazlehurst (c.1740–c.1821), miniature painter
- Jamie Hewlett (born 1968), comic book artist and designer
- Damien Hirst (born 1965), sculptor/ conceptual artist
- David Hockney (born 1937), painter
- Sir Edwin Landseer (1802–1873), animal painter
- Henry Moore (1898–1986), sculptor
- George Passmore (born 1942), artist (Gilbert & George)
- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), portrait painter
- Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), landscape and marine artist
- Flora Twort (1893–1985), painter
- Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Enlightenment Painter
Businessmen
- Sir Richard Branson (born 1950)
- Sir John Brunner (1842–1919), chemicals
- Joseph Crosfield (1792–1844), soap and chemicals
- Abraham Darby (c. 1678 – 1717), ironmaster
- William Gossage (1799–1877), soap
- Philip Green (born 1952), retail
- James Hanson, Baron Hanson (1922–2004), industrialist
- Thomas Hazlehurst (1779–1842), soap and alkali
- Robert Spear Hudson (1812–1884), soap powder
- John Hutchinson (1825–65), alkali
- Peter Jones (born 1966)
- Sir Freddie Laker (1922–2006), pioneer of cheap air travel
- William Losh (1770–1861), alkali
- Alfred Mond (1868–1930), chemicals
- Henry Mond (1898–1949), chemicals
- Julian Mond (1925–73), industrialist
- Stephan Morais (born 1973)
- William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877–1963)
- Edmund Knowles Muspratt (1833–1923), industrialist
- Richard Muspratt (1822–85), industrialist
- Charles Roe (1715–81), silk
- Titus Salt (1803–1876), industrialist
- Sir Ivan Stedeford (1897–1975), industrialist
- Sir Alan Sugar (born 1947), electronics
- Richard Tompkins (1918–1992), Green Shield trading stamps
- Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), industrialist
Clergy
- Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100 – 1159), only English Pope
- Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Richard Barnes (1532–1587), bishop
- William Charles Cotton (1813–79), missionary and beekeeper
- Gildas (c. 510 – c. 570), monk
- Trevor Huddleston (1913–1998), anti-Apartheid activist
- Roland Meyrick aka Rowland Merrick (born c. 1500), first Protestant Bishop of Bangor
- John Henry Newman (1801–1890), Catholic cardinal
- William Noyes (born 1568, date of death unknown), Reverend Rector, church at Cholderton, Wiltshire, England
- Plegmund (died 923), Archbishop of Canterbury
- William Smyth (c. 1460 – 1514), bishop
- Joshua Toulmin (1740–1815), radical Dissenting minister
Economists
Engineers
- Sir Benjamin Baker (1840–1907), civil engineer
- William Baker (1817–1878), railway engineer
- James Beatty (1820–1856) railway engineer
- Sir Henry Bessemer (1813–1898), metallurgy engineer
- James Brindley (1716–1772), canal engineer
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), transport engineer
- Sir Sydney Camm (1894–1966), aeronautical engineer
- Donald Campbell, railway engineer
- William Tierney Clark (1783–1852), civil engineer
- Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882–1965), aeronautical engineer
- Sir John Ambrose Fleming (1848–1945), electrical engineer
- Tommy Flowers (1908–1998), engineer
- Eric Laithwaite (1908–1998), engineer
- William Mackenzie (1794–1851), civil engineer and contractor
- R.J. Mitchell (1895–1937), aeronautical engineer
- Sir Henry Royce (1863–1933), engineer
- George Stephenson (1781–1848), railway engineer
- Nevil Shute (1899–1960), aeronautical engineer and author
- Thomas Telford (1757–1834), engineer
- Sir Barnes Wallis (1887–1978), engineer
- John Webster (1845–1914), engineer
- Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887), engineer
- Daniel Brooks, computer engineer
Explorers
Filmmakers
Humourists
Inventors
- Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (1955-present), inventor of the World Wide Web
- Hubert Cecil Booth (1871-1955), inventor of the vacuum cleaner
- Christopher Cockerell (1910–1999), inventor of the hovercraft
- William Congreve (1772–1828), rocketry pioneer
- Abraham Darby (c. 1678 – 1717), ironmaster
- James Dyson (born 1947), inventor
- James Hargreaves (1720–1778), weaver and inventor
- Sir John Harington (1561–1612), poet and inventor of the first water closet
- John Harrison (1693–1776), clockmaker
- Rowland Hill (1795–1879), inventor of the modern postal service
- Archibald Low (1888–1956), radio guidance
- Thomas Newcomen (1664–1729), inventor
- Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), founder of modern physics, inventor of the reflector telescope
- James Starley (1831–1881), bicycle pioneer
- George Stephenson (1781–1848), engineer
- Joseph Wilson Swan (1823–1914), inventor of the light bulb
- Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875), inventor
- Sir Frank Whittle (1907–1996), inventor of the jet engine
Military: Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen
- Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891–1969), Field Marshal, World War II hero
- Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal (1717–1797), General
- Sir Claude Auchinleck (1884–1981), World War II commander
- Sir Douglas Bader (1910–1982), fighter pilot
- Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941), soldier
- Sir Alexander John Ball (1759–1809), Admiral, governor of Malta
- George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800–1888), Commander of cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava
- William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (1865–1951), General, World War I
- Robert Blake (1599–1657), reforming Royal Navy Admiral
- Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883–1963), Field Marshal, Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War II
- James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1888), Commander of the Light Brigade
- John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722), soldier
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British Prime Minister
- Henry Seymour Conway (1721–1795), General
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805), General
- Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), Lord Protector of England
- Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (c. 1208 – 1265), English statesman and soldier.
- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding (1882–1970), RAF Commander in World War II
- Sir Francis Drake (1540–1596), sailor
- Prince Frederick, Duke of York (1763–1827), son of King George III, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852–1925), General, World War I and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904), Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
- Charles George Gordon ("Chinese Gordon") (1833–1885), killed at Khartoum
- Sir Arthur Travers Harris (1892–1984), Marshal of the Royal Air Force, airman
- Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799), Admiral
- William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729–1814), General in American Revolutionary War
- John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859–1935), Admiral, World War I
- Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850–1916), Field Marshal
- John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier (1680–1770), General
- John Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721–1770), General
- William McMurdo (1819–1894), General
- Andy McNab (born 1959), former Special Air Service soldier and commander of the infamous Bravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf War
- George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670), Civil War era General in Chief Command
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), statesman, sailor
- Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("The Desert Rat") (1887–1976), Field Marshal and hero of World War II
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile (1758–1805), sailor, Admiral
- Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), General, hero of the Napoleonic Wars
- Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar (1832–1914), Field Marshal, last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
- Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859)
- Chris Ryan (born 1961), Former Special Air Service soldier and member of the infamous Bravo Two Zero mission during the first Iraq Gulf War
- Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), war poet
- William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1897–1970), Commander in Burma during World War II, Governor-General of Australia.
- Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien (1858–1930), General, World War I
- Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855), British commander in the Crimean War
- Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873–1956), "Father of the RAF" and first Chief of the Air Staff
- Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883–1950), World War II general, second to last Viceroy of India
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Field Marshal, victor of Waterloo, politician
- Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721–1765), Captain-General, victor of Culloden
- James Wolfe (1727–1759), General, hero of Quebec during the Seven Years' War
Monarchs
- Further information: List of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England
- Alfred the Great (c. 849 – 899), King of the Anglo-Saxons.
- Queen Anne (1665–1714), also Queen of Scotland, then Queen of Great Britain after 1707
- Charles II (1660–1685), also King of Scotland
- Edward I (1272–1307), English monarch
- Edward II (1307–1327), English monarch
- Edward III (1327–1377), English monarch
- Edward IV (1461–1470 and 1471–1483), English monarch
- Edward V (1470 – c. 1483), English monarch
- Edward VI (1547–1553), first English Protestant monarch.
- Elizabeth I (1558–1603), Protestant queen and first Supreme Governor of the Church of England
- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1926), English-born British monarch
- Henry III (1207–1272), English monarch
- Henry IV (1367–1413), English monarch
- Henry VI (1421–1471), English monarch
- Henry VIII (1491–1547), separated English Catholicism from link with the Roman Catholic Church
- Mary I (1553–1558), Roman Catholic queen
- Mary II (1662–1694)
- Richard III (1483–1485), last Plantagenet King, and last British monarch to die in Battle
- William the Conqueror (1066–1087)
- William IV (1765–1837)
Murderers
Musicians
- Damon Albarn (born 1968), singer-songwriter
- John Alldis (born 1929), chorus master and conductor
- Lily Allen (born 1985)
- David Arnold (born 1962), composer, musician and film scorer (notably four James Bond films)
- Leona Lewis (born 1985), singer and songwriter
- Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006), composer
- Rick Astley (born 1966), singer-songwriter
- Bryan Balkwill (1922–2007), conductor
- John Barbirolli (1899–1970), conductor
- David Bedford (born 1937), composer and musician
- Thomas Beecham (1879–1961), conductor
- Lisa Beznosiuk (1956), flautist
- Roger Birnstingl, bassoonist
- Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934), composer
- James Blunt (born 1977)
- Tim Booth (1960) Singer-Songwriter and actor *Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
- James Bourne, member of the former rock group Busted, ainger and song-writer
- David Bowie (born 1947)
- William Boyce (1711-1779), a British composer
- Havergal Brian (1876–1972), composer
- Sarah Brightman (born 1960), singer, actress, songwriter and dancer
- Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer and pianist
- Kate Bush (born 1958), singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
- William Byrd (1543–1623), composer
- Justin Chancellor (born 1971), bassist, member of Tool
- Eric Clapton (born 1945)
- Adam Clayton born 1960, bassist, member of U2
- Imogen Cooper (born 1949), pianist
- Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934), composer
- Andrew Davis (born 1944), conductor
- Colin Davis (born 1927), conductor
- Norman Del Mar (1919-1994), conductor
- Frederick Delius (1862–1934), composer
- Dido (Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong) (born 1971), singer and songwriter
- Peter Donohoe (born 1953), pianist
- John Dowland (c. 1563 – c. 1626), composer of songs
- Julius Drake (born 1959), pianist
- John Dunstaple (c. 1383 – 1453), composer
- Edward Elgar (1857–1934), composer
- Noel Gallagher (born 1967), singer-songwriter
- Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), composer
- Ron Goodwin (1925–2003) composer and conductor
- George Harrison (1943–2001), composer, member of The Beatles
- Anthony Hewitt (born 1971), pianist
- Gustav Holst (1874–1934), composer
- Saul Hudson aka 'Slash', (born 1965), guitarist, member of Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver
- John Ireland (1879–1962), composer
- Robert Irving (1913-1991), conductor
- Sir Elton John (born 1947), pop star and composer
- Davy Jones (born 1945), singer/percussionist, member of The Monkees
- Nigel Kennedy (born 1956), violinist
- Thea King (1925–2007), clarinetist
- Adrian Lambert (born 1976), bassist
- Albert Lee (born 1945), guitarist
- John Lennon (1940–1980), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), composer of musicals
- Steve Marsden (born 1965), bassoonist
- Sir Paul McCartney (born 1942), pop star, co-founder of The Beatles
- Thomas Morley (c. 1557 – 1602), consort composer
- Gareth Morris (1920–2007), flautist
- Morrissey (born 1959), composer, member of The Smiths
- Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), pop star
- John Ogdon (1937-1989), pianist
- Mike Oldfield (born 1953), composer and instrumentalist
- Ozzy Osbourne (born 1948)
- Jimmy Page (born 1944), guitarist
- Peter Pears (1910–1986), tenor
- Gervase de Peyer (born 1926), clarinetist and conductor
- Robert Plant (born 1948), singer, member of Led Zeppelin
- Anthony Pleeth (born 1948), cellist
- Jacqueline du Pré (1945–1987), cellist
- Stephen Preston, flautist
- Henry Purcell (1659–1695), composer
- Simon Rattle (born 1955), conductor
- Martin Roscoe (born 1952), pianist
- Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967), conductor
- Ringo Starr (born 1940), composer, member of The Beatles
- Crispin Steele-Perkins (born 1944), trumpeter
- Rod Stewart (born 1945)
- Joss Stone (born 1987)
- Joe Strummer (1952-2002), singer, member of The Clash
- Connie Talbot (born 2000), child singer and reality star
- Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585), composer
- Lionel Tertis (1876–1975), violist
- Frederick Thurston (1901–53), clarinetist
- Michael Tippett (1905–1998), composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), composer
- Ricky Walters (born 1965), aka rapper Slick Rick
- William Walton (1902–1983), composer
- Tamsin Warley, singer-composer
- Roger Waters (born 1943), founder of Pink Floyd
- Thomas Weelkes (c. 1575 – 1623), composer
- John Wilbye (1574–1638), composer
- Robbie Williams (born 1974)
- Amy Winehouse (born 1983)
- Henry Wood (1869–1944), conductor
- Marvin Young (born 1967), aka rapper Young MC
- Thom Yorke (born 1968), singer-songwriter, musician, member of Radiohead
Philosophers
- G.E.M. Anscombe (1919–2001), philosopher
- A.J. Ayer (1910–1989), philosopher
- Francis Bacon (1561–1626), philosopher and essayist
- Roger Bacon (1214–1294), medieval philosopher, alchemist, and theologian
- Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher
- R.M. Hare (1907–2002), philosopher
- H.L.A. Hart (1907–1992), legal philosopher
- Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), philosopher
- William Godwin (1756–1836), political philosopher
- John Locke (1632–1704), philosopher
- John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), economist, philosopher
- Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903]]
- William of Ockham (c. 1285 – 1349), philosopher
- Thomas Paine (1737–1809), theorist
- Derek Parfit (born 1942), philosopher
- Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), philosopher
- Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), philosopher
- Peter Strawson (1919–2006), philosopher
- William Whewell (1794–1866), philosopher
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), mathematician
- Bernard Williams (1929–2003), philosopher
Politicians
- H. H. Asquith (1852–1928), British prime minister
- Clement Attlee (1883–1967), British prime minister
- Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), British prime minister
- Ernest Bevin (1881–1951), Labour politician
- Tony Benn (born 1925), Labour politician
- Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953), Labour politician & first female Cabinet Minister
- John Bright (1811–1889), liberal politician
- Rab Butler (1902–1982), Conservative politician
- George Canning (1770–1827), politician
- Barbara Castle (1910–2002), politician
- Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937)
- Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914)
- Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), British prime minister
- Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895)
- Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British prime minister
- Kenneth Clarke (born 1940), Conservative politician
- Sir Stafford Cripps (1889–1952), Labour politician
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925), Viceroy of India
- Archibald Dalzel (1740–1811), Governor of the Gold Coast
- William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (c. 1720 – 1764)
- Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833–1908)
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)
- Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826–1893)
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), British prime minister
- Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British prime minister
- Anthony Eden (1897–1977), British prime minister
- Hugh Gaitskell (1906–1963), Labour politician
- William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), British prime minister
- Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735–1811)
- Michael Foot (born 1913), Labour leader
- Hugh Gaitskell (1906–1963), Labour leader
- Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891)
- George Grenville (1712–1770), British prime minister
- William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville (1759–1834)
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845)
- William Hague, (1961-)Conservative politician
- Denis Healey (born 1917), Labour politician
- Edward Heath (1916–2005), British prime minister
- Boris Johnson(1964-), Conservative politician
- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902)
- George Lansbury (1859–1940)
- Nigel Lawson (born 1932), Conservative politician
- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828)
- John Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist
- Harold Macmillan (1894–1986), British prime minister
- John Major (born 1943), British prime minister
- Reginald Maudling (1917–1979), Conservative politician
- Herbert Morrison (1888–1965), Labour politician
- William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848)
- Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768)
- Frederick North, Lord North (1732–1792)
- Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), British prime minister
- Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865), British prime minister
- Henry Pelham (1694–1754)
- Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), British Prime Minister
- William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)
- William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806), British prime minister
- William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809)
- Enoch Powell (1912–1998)
- Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), imperialist
- Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (1782–1859), politician
- Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782)
- John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878)
- Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837–1916)
- Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903), British Prime Minister
- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844)
- John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873–1954)
- Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw (1864–1937)
- Margaret Thatcher (born 1925), British prime minister
- Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), British prime minister
- William Wilberforce (1759–1833), abolitionist
- Shirley Williams (born 1930), SDP founder
- Henry Willink (1894–1973), politician
- Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (c. 1674 – 1743)
- Harold Wilson (1916–1995), British prime minister
Scientists
- Arthur Aikin (1773–1854), chemist and mineralogist
- Nathan Alcock (1707–1779), doctor
- Charles Babbage (1791–1871), mathematician
- Joseph Banks (1743–1820), naturalist
- Isaac Barrow (1630–1677), mathematician
- Thomas Bayes (c. 1702 – 1761), mathematician
- Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955), computer scientist - inventor of the WorldWideWeb
- Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (1897–1974), physicist
- George Boole (1815–1864), mathematician
- Richard Bright (1630–1677), doctor, founder of Bright's Disease (form of kidney disease)
- Henry Brunner (1838–1916), chemist
- Henry Cavendish (1731–1810), scientist
- Sir George Cayley (1773–1857), polymath and aviator
- Francis Crick (1916–2004), molecular biologist
- John Dalton (1766–1844), chemist and physicist
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882), Founder of The Theory of Evolution
- Richard Dawkins (born 1941), evolutionary theorist
- Henry Deacon (1822–76), chemist
- Paul Dirac (1902–1984), physicist
- Horace Donisthorpe (1870–1951), entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist
- Arthur Eddington (1882–1944), physicist
- Michael Faraday (1791–1867), scientist
- Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), geneticist and statistician
- Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958), chemist and x-ray crystalographer
- J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), geneticist
- James Hargreaves (1834–1915), chemist
- Stephen Hawking (born 1942), cosmologist
- Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925), physicist
- John Herschel (1792–1871), mathematician and astronomer
- C. A. R. Hoare (born 1934), computer scientist
- Robert Hooke (1635–1703), scientist
- Edward Jenner (1749–1823), doctor
- R. V. Jones (1911–1997), physicist
- James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), physicist
- Joseph Lister (1827–1912), surgeon
- Bernard Lovell (born 1913), astronomer
- James Lovelock (born 1919), scientist
- Martin Lowry (1874–1936), chemist
- John William Lubbock (1803–1865), banker, mathematician and astronomer
- Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875), geologist
- John Maynard Smith (1920–2004), geneticist
- John McClellan (1810–81), chemist
- Robert Mond (1867–1938), chemist
- James Moriarty (1844–1891), mathematician and criminal mastermind.
- Desmond Morris (born 1928), zoologist
- Roger Needham (1935–2003), computer scientist
- Isaac Newton (1642–1727), founder of modern physics, last of the alchemists
- Roger Penrose (born 1931), cosmologist
- Joseph Prestwich (1812–1896), geologist
- Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), chemist
- Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873), geologist
- John Snow (1813–1858), epidemiologist
- Joseph Wilson Swan (1828–1914), physicist and chemist
- J. J. Thomson (1856–1940), physicist
- Henry Tizard (1885–1959), chemist and inventor
- Alan Turing (1912–1954), mathematician
- Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), naturalist
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), mathematician
- Maurice Vincent Wilkes (born 1913), computer scientist
- James H. Wilkinson (1919–1986), mathematician
- William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828), chemist
- Thomas Young (1773–1829), scientist
Sportsmen and sportswomen
- Harold Abrahams (1899–1978), athlete, one of the two subjects of Chariots of Fire
- Chris Adams (1955–2001), pro wrestler and judoka
- Neil Adams (born 1958), judoka and two-time silver medalist in Judo (1980 and 1984), younger brother of Chris Adams
- Tony Adams (born 1966), football player
- Alan Ball (1945–2007), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
- Gordon Banks (born 1937), goalkeeper of 1966 World Cup winning team
- Sir Roger Bannister (born 1929), first sub-four-minute miler
- Lord Frederick Beauclerk (1773–1850), cricket player and administrator
- David Beckham (born 1975), football player
- Sir Ian Botham (born 1955), cricketer
- Geoffrey Boycott (born 1940), cricketer
- Eric Bristow (born 1957), world champion darts player
- Jenson Button (born 1980), F1 Driver
- Sir Bobby Charlton (born 1937), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
- Jack Charlton (born 1935), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
- Avril Chew (born 1955), Energetic Rider
- Sir Francis Chichester (1901–1972), yachtsman
- Don Cockell (1928–1983), heavyweight boxer
- Paul Collingwood (born 1976), cricketer
- Sir Henry Cooper (born 1934), heavyweight boxer
- Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer
- Laura Davies (born 1963), golfer
- Steve Davis (born 1957), six times World Snooker Champion
- Matt Dawson (born 1972), World Cup winning rugby footballer
- John Deacon (1962–2001), motorcycle endurance racer
- Christopher Dean (born 1958), figure skater
- Percy Down (1883-?), rugby union player, represented England and Great Britain.
- Jonathan Edwards (born 1966), triple jump
- Godfrey Evans (1920–1999), cricketer (wicket-keeper)
- James Figg (1695–1734), first English bare-knuckle boxing champion
- Bob Fitzsimmons (1863–1917), boxing's first World Champion in three divisions
- Andrew Flintoff (born 1977), cricketer
- C B Fry (1872–1956), cricketer and all-round athlete
- Paul Gascoigne (born 1967), football player
- Steven Gerrard (born 1980), football player
- Graham Gooch (born 1953), cricketer
- Pete Goss (born 1961), around-the-world yacthsman
- W G Grace (1848–1915), cricketer
- Will Greenwood (born 1972), rugby footballer
- Naseem Hamed (born 1974), featherweight boxer
- Lewis Hamilton (born 1985), F1 driver
- Ricky Hatton (born 1978), world champion boxer
- David Haye (born 1980), world champion boxer
- Damon Hill (born 1960), F1 World Champion
- Graham Hill (1929–1975), two times F1 World Champion
- Jack Hobbs (1882–1963), cricketer
- Glenn Hoddle (born 1957), footballer
- Sir Geoff Hurst (born 1941), member of the 1966 World Cup winning team
- Nasser Hussain (born 1968), cricketer
- Len Hutton (1916–1990), cricketer
- Martin Johnson (born 1970), World Cup winning rugby union footballer
- Trish Johnson (born 1966), golfer
- Amir Khan (born 1986), lightweight boxer
- Dougie Lampkin (born 1976), Motorcycle Trials World Champion
- Lennox Lewis (born 1965), world champion heavyweight boxer
- Josh Lewsey (born 1976), rugby footballer
- Gary Lineker (born 1960), footballer
- Dame Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), sailor who holds the world record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe
- George Mallory (1886–1924), mountaineer
- Nigel Mansell (born 1953), racing driver, F1 and CART champion
- Terry Marsh (born 1958), world champion boxer
- Alan Minter (born 1951), world champion boxer
- Bobby Moore (1941–1993), captain of the 1966 World Cup winning team
- Alfred Mynn (1807–1861), cricketer
- Alison Nichol
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