Famous British People
95 profiles · Ranked by cultural impact
Dua Lipa
singer
Lewis Hamilton
Formula One driver
Kier Starmer
barrister
Niall Ferguson
economic historian
Emma Watson
model
Florence Pugh
actor
Anya Taylor-Joy
model
Emily Blunt
actor
Christian Bale
actor
David Beckham
Soccer / Midfielder
Daniel Kaluuya
comedian
Idris Elba
actor
Millie Bobby Brown
actor
Robert Pattinson
actor
Benedict Cumberbatch
film producer
Andrew Garfield
film actor
Wayne Rooney
Soccer / Forward
The Beatles
Rock / Pop
David Bowie
painter
Freddie Mercury
singer-songwriter
Elton John
Pop / Rock / Glam Rock
Paul McCartney
guitarist
Mick Jagger
Rock / Blues Rock
Amy Winehouse
singer-songwriter
John Lennon
writer
Eric Clapton
Blues Rock / Rock / Classic Rock
Led Zeppelin
Hard Rock / Blues Rock / Heavy Metal
The Rolling Stones
Rock / Blues Rock
Radiohead
Alternative Rock / Art Rock / Electronic
Audrey Hepburn
Actress / Humanitarian
Charlie Chaplin
Actor / Director / Composer / Producer
Cary Grant
Actor
Elizabeth Taylor
Actress / Activist
Alfred Hitchcock
Director / Producer
Richard Branson
Conglomerate / Aviation / Space
Isaac Newton
Physics / Mathematics
Charles Darwin
Biology / Natural History
John Maynard Keynes
Economics / Macroeconomics
Bertrand Russell
Philosophy / Mathematics
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophy / Logic
John Locke
Philosophy / Political Theory
Thomas Hobbes
political scientist
Francis Bacon
philosopher
Malcolm Gladwell
Journalism / Social Science
Michael Faraday
Experimental Physicist & Chemist
Ada Lovelace
mathematician
Rosalind Franklin
Chemist & X-ray Crystallographer
Jane Goodall
university teacher
Tim Berners-Lee
Computer Scientist
Richard Dawkins
evolutionary biologist
Alexander Fleming
bacteriologist
Edward Jenner
physician
Graham Hancock
Author & Alternative Historian
Russell Brand
Comedian & Activist
William Golding
Author
Doris Lessing
writer
Peter Higgs
Theoretical Physicist
Roger Penrose
Mathematical Physicist
Harold Pinter
Playwright
V.S. Naipaul
Author
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister & Author
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister
Alan Turing
Mathematician / Computer Scientist
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist / Cosmologist
William Shakespeare
Playwright / Poet
Queen Victoria
Queen of the United Kingdom
Charles Dickens
Novelist
Jane Austen
Novelist
George Orwell
Novelist / Essayist
Virginia Woolf
Novelist / Essayist
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
Florence Nightingale
Nurse / Statistician / Social Reformer
J.K. Rowling
Author / Fantasy Fiction
Kazuo Ishiguro
novelist
Salman Rushdie
writer
Leonard Blavatnik
financier
Paula Hawkins
Author / Psychological Thriller
Neil Gaiman
Author / Fantasy & Comics
Mo Ibrahim
engineer
James Dyson
inventor
Jim Ratcliffe
engineer
Michael Platt
lobbyist
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Theresa May
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Rishi Sunak
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
King Charles III
King of the United Kingdom
Andrew Wiles
Mathematician
David Cameron
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
German Khan
energy
Lee Child
Author / Action Thriller
E.L. James
Author / Erotic Romance