Listed below are English people of note and some notable individuals born in England.
Actors and actresses
Archaeologists and anthropologists
George Adamson (1906–1989) Leslie Alcock (1925–2006), archaeologist of the medieval period Mary Anning (1799–1847), palaeontologist Ella Sophia Armitage (1841–1931) Mick Aston (1946–2013), archaeologist of the medieval period Richard Atkinson (1920–1994) Edward Russell Ayrton (1882–1914) Churchill Babington (1821–1889), archaeologist and classical scholar Philip Arthur Barker (1920–2001) Thomas Bateman (1821–1861) Margaret Benson (1865–1916), Egyptologist James Theodore Bent (1852–1897) Geoffrey Bibby (1917–2001), "Arabian" archaeologist Adela Breton (1849–1923), archaeological artist Howard Carter (1874–1939), Egyptologist Gertrude Caton Thompson (1888–1985) Grahame Clark (1907–1995) Mary Kitson Clark (1905–2005, archaeologist and curator David Clarke (1937–1976) Barry Cunliffe (born 1939), archaeologist and scholar John Disney (1779–1857), barrister and archaeologist Dina Portway Dobson-Hinton (1885–1968), archaeologist and caver E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902–1973), social anthropologist Aileen Fox (1907–2005), archaeologist specialising in Roman forts Cyril Fox (1882–1967), archaeologist and museum director Dorothy Garrod (1892–1968), archaeologist and specialist in the Palaeolithic era William Greenwell (1820–1918), archaeologist and priest Phil Harding (born 1950), archaeologist and TV expert Margaret Ursula Jones (1916–2001), archaeologist specialising in the Anglo-Saxon period Kathleen Kenyon (1906–1978) John Leland (1502–1582), antiquary John Lubbock (1834–1913), banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist John Robert Mortimer (1825–1911) Barbara Parker-Mallowan (1908–1993), archaeologist, Assyriologist and epigraphist Francis Pryor (born 1945), archaeologist specialising in the Bronze and Iron Ages Colin Renfrew (born 1937), archaeologist and paleolinguist Alice Roberts (born 1973), anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and anthropologist Andrew Sherratt (1946–2006) E.B. Tylor (1832–1917), anthropologist Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), archaeologist and museum director
Architects
Hubert Austin (1845–1915) Charles Barry (1795–1860), (Houses of Parliament) George Basevi (1794–1845) William Burges (1827–1881), architect and designer William Butterfield (1814–1900), leader in Gothic revival movement Rowland Carter (1875–1916) William Chambers (1723–1796) (Kew Gardens Pagoda and Somerset House) Thomas Edward Collcutt (1840–1924) James Cubitt (1836–1914) John Douglas (1830–1911) Sir Philip Dowson (1924–2014) Henry Flitcroft (1697–1769) Sir Norman Foster (born 1935) Alfred Gelder (1855–1941), architect and politician Philip Hardwick (1792–1870) Thomas Hardwick (1752–1829) James Harrison (1814–1866) Thomas Harrison (1744–1829) Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661–1736) Horace Jones (1819–1886) (Tower Bridge) Inigo Jones (1573–1652) Henry Keene (1726–1776) William Kent (c. 1685 – 1748), architect, landscape architect and furniture designer Edmund Kirby (1838–1920) Denys Lasdun (1914–2001) Thomas Lockwood (1830–1900) Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944) Hugh May (1621–1684) William Morris (1834–1896), architect and author Edna Mosley (1899–1954) John Nash (1752–1835) (Regent's Park, St. James's Park, Trafalgar Square) Henry Paley (1859–1946) Sir Joseph Paxton (1801–1865) (The Crystal Palace for The Great Exhibition, London) Thomas Mainwaring Penson (1818–1864) August Pugin (1812–1852) (Palace of Westminster) Anthony Salvin (1799–1881) George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) (Albert Memorial, St Pancras Station) Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960) (Waterloo Bridge, also supervised rebuilding of House of Commons, London) Edmund Sharpe (1809–1877) John William Simpson (1858–1933) George Edmund Street (1824–1881) John Vanbrugh (1664–1726), Baroque architect (Blenheim Palace) Derek Walker (1929–2015) Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905) (Natural History Museum, London) Aston Webb (1849–1930) (Buckingham Palace and Victoria and Albert Museum) Ernest Berry Webber (1896–1963) William Wilkins (1778–1839) (National Gallery, London) Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723) James Wyatt (1746–1813)
Artists
Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), painter James Andrews (1801–1876), botanical artist Richard Ansdell (1815–1885), painter Edith Arendrup (1846–1934), Painter and religious sister Banksy (born c. 1974), graffiti artist Walter Daniel Batley (1850–1936), painter Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), illustrator Albanis Beaumont (ca. 1755–1812), painter Suzzan Blac (born 1960), painter Sir Peter Blake (born 1932), pop artist William Blake (1757–1827), painter, poet Henry Charles Bryant (1835–1915), portrait and landscape artist Albin R. Burt (1783–1842), portrait painter Sir Anthony Caro (1924–2013), sculptor Anna Maria Charretie (1819–1875), miniature painter John Constable (1776–1837), landscape painter Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877–1958), artist John Henry Dell (1830–1888), landscape artist and illustrator 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 (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 (1932–2017), painter William Hogarth (1697–1764), painter, engraver Master Hugo (fl. c. 1130–c. 1150), illuminated manuscript artist active in Bury St Edmunds William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) Sir Edwin Landseer (1802–1873), animal painter Celia Levetus (1874–1936), illustrator Richard Long (born 1945), land artist Sir John Everett Millais (1829–1896), painter Henry Moore (1898–1986), sculptor William Morris (1834–1896) Lawrence Mynott (born 1954), illustrator, designer and portrait painter Chris Ofili (born 1968), painter George Passmore (born 1942), artist (Gilbert & George) Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), portrait painter Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), painter Sir Stanley Spencer (1891–1959), painter George Stubbs (1724–1806), painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851), landscape and marine artist Flora Twort (1893–1985), painter Mark Wallinger (born 1959), conceptual artist Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), Enlightenment painter
Broadcasters and presenters
Kirstie Allsopp (1971), TV personality, presenter of property and craft shows Michael Aspel (born 1933), news anchor Richard Arnold (born 1969), TV presenter Sir David Attenborough (born 1926), naturalist and broadcaster Steve Backshall (born 1973), wildlife TV presenter Matt Baker (born 1977), TV presenter Richard Baker (1925–2018), broadcaster and newsreader Clare Balding (born 1971), sports TV presenter Zoe Ball (born 1970), TV and radio presenter Matt Barbet (born 1976), TV presenter Angellica Bell (born 1976), children's TV presenter Jay Blades (born 1970), TV presenter and furniture restorer Jackie Brambles (born 1967), TV and radio presenter Jeff Brazier (born 1979), TV presenter Fern Britton (born 1957), TV presenter and writer Neil Buchanan (born 1956), children's TV presenter Mike Bushell (born 1965), sports presenter Jon Champion (born 1965), sports commentator Nicki Chapman (born 1967), TV presenter and talent show judge Adrian Chiles (born 1967), TV presenter George Clarke (born 1974), architect and TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960), TV presenter, broadcaster and writer Harry Corbett (1918–1989), TV puppeteer and creator of Sooty Fearne Cotton (born 1981), TV presenter Rosemary Conley (born 1946), broadcaster on health and fitness Simon Cowell (born 1959), TV personality, record producer Sara Cox (born 1974), radio presenter and DJ Tina Daheley (born 1981), TV and radio presenter Tess Daly (born 1969), TV presenter Anne Davies (born 1958), TV presenter Simon Dee (1935–2009), radio and TV presenter Cat Deeley (born 1976), TV presenter Katie Derham (born 1970), TV and radio presenter David Dickinson (born 1941), day time TV presenter David Dimbleby (born 1938), current affairs TV presenter Declan Donnelly (born 1975), TV presenter Scarlette Douglas (born 1987), TV presenter of property programmes Peter Duncan (born 1954) Noel Edmonds (born 1948), TV presenter Tom Edwards (born 1945), radio broadcaster Vanessa Feltz (born 1962), broadcaster and TV chat show host Yvette Fielding (born 1968), children's TV presenter Judy Finnigan (born 1948), TV presenter Ben Fogle (born 1973), TV presenter of adventure programmes Philippa Forrester (born 1968), TV and radio presenter Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017), TV presenter Kate Garraway (born 1967), TV presenter Josie Gibson (born 1985), TV personality and presenter Carrie Grant (born 1965), TV presenter and vocal coach Alison Hammond (born 1975), TV personality and presenter Jasmine Harman (born 1975), TV presenter of property programmes Anne Hegerty (born 1958), TV quizzer Vick Hope (born 1989), TV and radio presenter Kate Humble (born 1968), wildlife TV presenter Jake Humphrey (born 1978), TV presenter Konnie Huq (born 1975), TV presenter Greg James (born 1985), radio presenter Jon Kay (born 1969), TV presenter Vernon Kay (born 1974), TV presenter Matthew Kelly (born 1950), TV presenter Johnny Kingdom (1939–2018), wildlife TV presenter Nick Knowles (born 1962), DIY TV presenter Ruth Langsford (born 1960), TV presenter and panellist Lauren Laverne (born 1978), radio presenter Chantelle Lindsay (born 1994), wildlife TV presenter Dominic Littlewood (born 1965), TV presenter of consumer protection shows Richard Madeley (born 1956), TV presenter Timmy Mallett (born 1955), children's TV presenter Davina McCall (born 1967), TV presenter Paddy McGuinness (born 1973), TV presenter Ant McPartlin (born 1975), TV presenter Ray Mears (born 1964), author, TV presenter and survival expert Sir Patrick Moore (1923–2012), writer, TV presenter, astronomer Guy Mowbray (born 1972), football commentator Jenni Murray (1950–2026), broadcaster and radio presenter John Noakes (1934–2017), children's TV presenter Sally Nugent (born 1971), TV presenter Melvin Odoom (born 1980), TV and radio presenter Des O'Connor (1932–2020), TV presenter Paul O'Grady (1955–2023), broadcaster and drag queen Dermot O'Leary (born 1973), TV presenter Miquita Oliver (born 1984), TV presenter Richard Osman (born 1970), TV presenter and game show host Michael Parkinson (1935–2023), presenter of British television chat show Parkinson Jeremy Paxman (born 1950) John Peel (1939–2004), disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist Suzi Perry (born 1970), racing presenter Fiona Phillips (born 1961), TV presenter Anita Rani (born 1977), TV presenter Esther Rantzen (born 1940), TV presenter Sophie Raworth (born 1968), broadcaster Susanna Reid (born 1970), TV presenter and news anchor Anna Richardson (born 1970), TV presenter Anne Robinson (born 1944), TV game show presenter Jonathan Ross (born 1960), TV chat show host June Sarpong (born 1977), TV presenter and executive Jimmy Savile (1926–2011), disc jockey, TV presenter, writer and media personality Ben Shephard (born 1974), TV presenter Ranvir Singh (born 1977), TV presenter and news anchor Valerie Singleton (born 1937), children's TV presenter Paul Sinha (born 1970), TV quizzer Helen Skelton (born 1983), TV presenter Mike Smith (1955–2014), TV and radio presenter Stacey Solomon (born 1989), TV personality and presenter