| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ralph Abercromby |
Military |
7-Oct-1734 |
28-Mar-1801 |
British general |
| Leo Abse |
Politician |
22-Apr-1917 |
19-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Torfaen, 1983-87 |
| Lord Acton |
Historian |
10-Jan-1834 |
19-Jun-1902 |
British historian |
| Gerry Adams |
Politician |
6-Oct-1948 |
|
President of Sinn Fein |
| Henry Addington |
Head of State |
30-May-1757 |
15-Feb-1844 |
UK Prime Minister, 1801-04 |
| Joseph Addison |
Author |
1-May-1672 |
17-Jun-1719 |
The Spectator |
| Douglas Alexander |
Politician |
26-Oct-1967 |
|
British MP, Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
| John Anderson |
Politician |
8-Jul-1882 |
4-Jan-1958 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-45 |
| Norman Angell |
Economist |
26-Dec-1872 |
7-Oct-1967 |
The Great Illusion |
| Jeffrey Archer |
Novelist |
15-Apr-1940 |
|
First Among Equals |
| Paddy Ashdown |
Politician |
27-Feb-1941 |
|
Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1988-99 |
| Herbert Henry Asquith |
Head of State |
12-Sep-1852 |
15-Feb-1928 |
UK Prime Minister, 1908-16 |
| Nancy Astor |
Politician |
19-May-1879 |
2-May-1964 |
First woman in the House of Commons |
| Humphrey Atkins |
Politician |
12-Aug-1922 |
4-Oct-1996 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1979-81 |
| Clement Attlee |
Head of State |
3-Jan-1883 |
8-Oct-1967 |
UK Prime Minister, 1945-51 |
| Francis Bacon |
Philosopher |
22-Jan-1561 |
9-Apr-1626 |
Novum Organum |
| Louise Bagshawe |
Novelist |
28-Jun-1971 |
|
Chick lit novelist, British MP for Corby |
| Kenneth Baker |
Politician |
3-Nov-1934 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1990-92 |
| Stanley Baldwin |
Head of State |
3-Aug-1867 |
14-Dec-1947 |
UK Prime Minister three times |
| Arthur Balfour |
Head of State |
25-Jul-1848 |
19-Mar-1930 |
UK Prime Minister, 1902-05 |
| John Ball |
Naturalist |
20-Aug-1818 |
21-Oct-1889 |
Irish Alpinist |
| Ed Balls |
Politician |
25-Feb-1967 |
|
British MP, Normanton |
| Anthony Barber |
Politician |
4-Jul-1920 |
16-Dec-2005 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1970-74 |
| Vernon Bartlett |
Journalist |
30-Apr-1894 |
18-Jan-1983 |
Journey's End |
| Lord Beaverbrook |
Business |
25-May-1879 |
9-Jun-1964 |
Media mogul, UK cabinet minister |
| Margaret Beckett |
Government |
15-Jan-1943 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 2006-07 |
| William Thomas Beckford |
Author |
1-Oct-1760 |
2-May-1844 |
History of the Caliph Vatheck |
| Hilaire Belloc |
Author |
27-Jul-1870 |
16-Jul-1953 |
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts |
| Hilary Benn |
Politician |
26-Nov-1953 |
|
UK Minister for the Environment |
| Tony Benn |
Politician |
3-Apr-1925 |
14-Mar-2014 |
Radical left Labour MP |
| William Beveridge |
Economist |
5-Mar-1879 |
16-Mar-1963 |
Social Insurance and Allied Services |
| Ernest Bevin |
Politician |
9-Mar-1881 |
14-Apr-1951 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51 |
| John Biffen |
Politician |
3-Nov-1930 |
14-Aug-2007 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1982-87 |
| William Blackstone |
Judge |
10-Jul-1723 |
14-Feb-1780 |
Commentaries on the Laws of England |
| Tony Blair |
Head of State |
6-May-1953 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1997-2007 |
| Hazel Blears |
Politician |
14-May-1956 |
|
British MP, Salford |
| Bob Blizzard |
Politician |
31-May-1951 |
|
British MP, Waveney |
| David Blunkett |
Politician |
6-Jun-1947 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2001-04 |
| Crispin Blunt |
Politician |
15-Jul-1960 |
|
British MP, Reigate |
| Thomas Bodley |
Scholar |
2-Mar-1545 |
28-Jan-1613 |
Bodleian Library |
| Peter Bone |
Politician |
19-Oct-1952 |
|
British MP, Wellingborough |
| Betty Boothroyd |
Politician |
8-Oct-1929 |
|
Speaker of the House of Commons, 1992-2000 |
| Edward Boscawen |
Military |
19-Aug-1711 |
10-Jan-1761 |
British admiral, Seven Years' War |
| Herbert Bowden |
Politician |
20-Jan-1905 |
30-Apr-1994 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1964-66 |
| Sir John Bowring |
Author |
17-Oct-1792 |
23-Nov-1872 |
4th Governor of Hong Kong |
| Charles Bradlaugh |
Activist |
26-Sep-1833 |
30-Jan-1891 |
Atheistic Iconoclast |
| John Bradshaw |
Government |
1602 |
31-Oct-1659 |
Tried King Charles I |
| William Bridgeman |
Politician |
31-Dec-1864 |
14-Aug-1935 |
UK Home Secretary, 1922-24 |
| Harry Brittain |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1873 |
9-Jul-1974 |
Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society |
| Leon Brittan |
Politician |
25-Sep-1939 |
21-Jan-2015 |
UK Home Secretary, 1983-85 |
| Henry Brooke |
Politician |
9-Apr-1903 |
29-Mar-1984 |
UK Home Secretary, 1962-64 |
| Peter Brooke |
Politician |
3-Mar-1934 |
|
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1989-92 |
| George Brown |
Politician |
2-Sep-1914 |
2-Jun-1985 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68 |
| Gordon Brown |
Politician |
20-Feb-1951 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 2007-10 |
| Lyn Brown |
Politician |
13-Apr-1960 |
|
British MP, West Ham |
| Des Browne |
Politician |
22-Mar-1952 |
|
UK Minister of Defence |
| James Bryce |
Historian |
10-May-1838 |
22-Jan-1922 |
The Holy Roman Empire |
| John Buchan |
Author |
26-Aug-1875 |
11-Feb-1940 |
The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| Sir Henry Bulwer |
Diplomat |
13-Feb-1801 |
23-May-1872 |
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty |
| Edward George Bulwer-Lytton |
Novelist |
25-May-1803 |
18-Jan-1873 |
The Last Days of Pompeii |
| Edmund Burke |
Philosopher |
1-Jan-1729 |
9-Jul-1797 |
Reflections on the Revolution in France |
| Andrew Burnham |
Politician |
7-Jan-1970 |
|
British MP, Leigh |
| Rab Butler |
Politician |
9-Dec-1902 |
8-Mar-1982 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64 |
| Vincent Cable |
Politician |
9-May-1943 |
|
British MP, Twickenham |
| James Callaghan |
Head of State |
27-Mar-1912 |
26-Mar-2005 |
UK Prime Minister, 1976-79 |
| David Cameron |
Head of State |
9-Oct-1966 |
|
UK Prime Minister |
| Menzies Campbell |
Politician |
22-May-1941 |
|
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2006-07 |
| Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1836 |
22-Apr-1908 |
UK Prime Minister, 1905-08 |
| Charles John Canning |
Government |
14-Dec-1812 |
17-Jun-1862 |
Governor-General of India |
| George Canning |
Politician |
11-Apr-1770 |
8-Aug-1827 |
Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain |
| Robert Carr |
Politician |
11-Nov-1916 |
17-Feb-2012 |
UK Home Secretary, 1972-74 |
| George Cave |
Politician |
23-Feb-1856 |
29-Mar-1928 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1922-28 |
| George Cayley |
Inventor |
27-Dec-1773 |
8-Dec-1854 |
Father of aeronautics |
| Robert Cecil |
Politician |
14-Sep-1864 |
24-Nov-1958 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Austen Chamberlain |
Politician |
16-Oct-1863 |
16-Mar-1937 |
British pol, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Joseph Chamberlain |
Politician |
8-Jul-1836 |
3-Jul-1914 |
British pol revered in Birmingham |
| Neville Chamberlain |
Head of State |
18-Mar-1869 |
9-Nov-1940 |
Architect of appeasement |
| Prince Charles |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1948 |
|
Heir to the throne of Britain |
| Lord Randolph Churchill |
Politician |
13-Feb-1849 |
24-Jan-1895 |
Father of Winston Churchill |
| Randolph Churchill |
Journalist |
28-May-1911 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Son of Winston Churchill |
| Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
| Winston S. Churchill |
Politician |
10-Oct-1940 |
2-Mar-2010 |
British MP, Manchester, 1970-97 |
| Lord Clarendon |
Government |
18-Feb-1609 |
9-Dec-1674 |
The Clarendon Code |
| Alan Clark |
Politician |
13-Apr-1928 |
5-Sep-1999 |
Controversial, Conservative MP and minister |
| Charles Clarke |
Politician |
21-Sep-1950 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2004-06 |
| Kenneth Clarke |
Politician |
2-Jul-1940 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1993-97 |
| Nick Clegg |
Politician |
7-Jan-1967 |
|
Leader of the Liberal Democrats |
| Sir Henry Clinton |
Military |
c. 1738 |
23-Dec-1795 |
C-in-C of British forces in North America |
| Ann Clwyd |
Politician |
21-Mar-1937 |
|
Welsh pol, spread Saddam shredder story |
| John Robert Clynes |
Politician |
27-Mar-1869 |
23-Oct-1949 |
UK Home Secretary, 1929-31 |
| William Cobbett |
Politician |
9-Mar-1763 |
16-Jun-1835 |
Difficult English politician |
| Thomas Cochrane |
Military |
14-Dec-1775 |
31-Oct-1860 |
Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen |
| Sebastian Coe |
Track and Field |
29-Sep-1956 |
|
Won 4 Olympic running medals |
| Michael Collins |
Activist |
16-Oct-1890 |
22-Aug-1922 |
Irish Nationalist, spymaster |
| Robin Cook |
Politician |
28-Feb-1946 |
6-Aug-2005 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1997-2001 |
| Jeremy Corbyn |
Politician |
26-May-1949 |
|
Leader of the UK Labour Party |
| Charles Cornwallis |
Military |
31-Dec-1738 |
5-Oct-1805 |
Surrendered at Yorktown |
| Stafford Cripps |
Politician |
24-Apr-1889 |
21-Apr-1952 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50 |
| Henry Page Croft |
Politician |
22-Jun-1881 |
7-Dec-1947 |
British Under-Secretary of War, 1940-45 |
| Richard Cromwell |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1626 |
12-Jul-1712 |
Lord Protector of England, 1658-59 |
| Thomas Cromwell |
Government |
c. 1485 |
28-Jul-1540 |
Advisor to Henry VIII |
| Harry Crookshank |
Politician |
27-May-1893 |
17-Oct-1961 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1951-55 |
| Anthony Crosland |
Politician |
29-Aug-1918 |
19-Feb-1977 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77 |
| Richard Crossman |
Politician |
15-Dec-1907 |
5-Apr-1974 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68 |
| George Nathaniel Curzon |
Government |
11-Jan-1859 |
20-Mar-1925 |
Created the Kingdom of Jordan |
| Alistair Darling |
Politician |
28-Nov-1953 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Clement Davies |
Politician |
19-Feb-1884 |
23-Mar-1962 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1945-56 |
| Sir John Davies |
Poet |
16-Apr-1569 |
8-Dec-1626 |
Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing |
| Ron Davies |
Politician |
6-Aug-1946 |
|
Former MP, Caerphilly |
| David Davis |
Politician |
23-Dec-1948 |
|
MP for Haltemprice and Howden |
| William Davison |
Government |
c. 1541 |
21-Dec-1608 |
Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I |
| Michael Davitt |
Politician |
25-Mar-1846 |
31-May-1906 |
Irish Nationalist, Land League |
| Eamon de Valera |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1882 |
29-Aug-1975 |
President of Ireland, 1959-73 |
| John Denham |
Politician |
15-Jul-1953 |
|
British MP, Southampton Itchen |
| Bernadette Devlin |
Politician |
23-Apr-1947 |
|
Northern Ireland nationalist |
| Benjamin Disraeli |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1804 |
19-Apr-1881 |
UK Prime Minister, 1874-80 |
| John Donne |
Poet |
1572 |
31-Mar-1631 |
Anniversaries |
| Nadine Dorries |
Politician |
21-May-1957 |
|
British MP, Mid Bedfordshire |
| Alec Douglas-Home |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1903 |
9-Oct-1995 |
UK Prime Minister, 1963-64 |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody |
Politician |
12-Dec-1930 |
17-Apr-2008 |
British MP, Crewe and Nantwich |
| James Chuter Ede |
Politician |
11-Sep-1882 |
11-Nov-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1945-51 |
| Anthony Eden |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1897 |
14-Jan-1977 |
UK Prime Minister, 1955-57 |
| Sir Thomas Elyot |
Scholar |
c. 1490 |
26-Mar-1546 |
Boke named the Governour |
| Sir Richard Empson |
Government |
? |
17-Aug-1510 |
Taxman for Henry VII of England |
| Nigel Evans |
Politician |
10-Nov-1957 |
|
British MP, Ribble Valley |
| David Faber |
Politician |
7-Jul-1961 |
|
British MP for Westbury, 1992-2001 |
| Richard Fanshawe |
Poet |
1608 |
16-Jun-1666 |
Translator of Camões |
| J. Dudley Fishburn |
Business |
8-Jun-1946 |
|
British MP, Kensington, 1988-97 |
| H. A. L. Fisher |
Historian |
21-Mar-1865 |
18-Apr-1940 |
The Medieval Empire |
| Michael Foot |
Politician |
23-Jul-1913 |
3-Mar-2010 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1976-79 |
| William Edward Forster |
Politician |
11-Jul-1818 |
5-Apr-1886 |
Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1880-82 |
| Norman Fowler |
Politician |
2-Feb-1938 |
|
Former MP, now Baron Fowler |
| Charles James Fox |
Politician |
24-Jan-1749 |
13-Sep-1806 |
U.K.'s first Foreign Secretary |
| Liam Fox |
Politician |
22-Sep-1961 |
|
UK Conservative Party Co-Chair |
| Peter Fraser |
Politician |
29-May-1945 |
23-Jun-2013 |
Baron Fraser of Carmyllie |
| Hugh Gaitskell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1906 |
18-Jan-1963 |
Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63 |
| George Galloway |
Government |
16-Aug-1954 |
|
MP for Bethnal Green and Bow |
| Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
Head of State |
3-Feb-1830 |
22-Aug-1903 |
UK Prime Minister three times |
| David Lloyd George |
Head of State |
17-Jan-1863 |
26-Mar-1945 |
UK Prime Minister, 1916-22 |
| Gwilym Lloyd George |
Politician |
4-Dec-1894 |
14-Feb-1967 |
UK Home Secretary, 1954-57 |
| Edward Gibbon |
Historian |
8-May-1737 |
16-Jan-1794 |
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Ian Gilmour |
Politician |
8-Jul-1926 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar |
| John Gilmour |
Politician |
27-May-1876 |
30-Mar-1940 |
UK Home Secretary, 1932-35 |
| Herbert Gladstone |
Politician |
18-Feb-1854 |
6-Mar-1930 |
UK Home Secretary, 1905-10 |
| William Ewart Gladstone |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1809 |
19-May-1898 |
Four times UK Prime Minister |
| John Golding |
Politician |
9-Mar-1931 |
20-Jan-1999 |
MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1969-96 |
| George Peabody Gooch |
Historian |
21-Oct-1873 |
31-Aug-1968 |
English Democratic Ideas in the 17th Century |
| Bryan Gould |
Politician |
11-Feb-1939 |
|
Former MP, Dagenham |
| Susan Greenfield |
Scientist |
1-Oct-1950 |
|
Brain Story |
| George Grenville |
Politician |
14-Oct-1712 |
13-Nov-1770 |
UK Prime Minister, 1763-65 |
| Sir Richard Grenville |
Military |
c. 1541 |
1591 |
Commander of the Revenge |
| William Wyndham Grenville |
Politician |
25-Oct-1759 |
12-Jan-1834 |
UK Prime Minister, 1806-07 |
| Fulke Greville |
Poet |
3-Oct-1554 |
30-Sep-1628 |
Life of the Renowned Sir Philip Sidney |
| Jo Grimond |
Politician |
29-Jul-1913 |
24-Oct-1993 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1956-67 |
| John Grogan |
Politician |
24-Feb-1961 |
|
British MP, Selby |
| John Gummer |
Politician |
26-Nov-1939 |
|
British MP, Suffolk Coastal |
| William Hague |
Politician |
26-Mar-1961 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary |
| Peter Hain |
Politician |
16-Feb-1950 |
|
British MP, Neath |
| Richard Burdon Haldane |
Government |
30-Jul-1856 |
19-Aug-1928 |
Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924 |
| Sir Matthew Hale |
Judge |
1-Nov-1609 |
25-Dec-1676 |
Lord Chief Justice of England |
| Edward Hall |
Historian |
c. 1495 |
1547 |
English chronicler |
| Stephen Hammond |
Politician |
4-Feb-1962 |
|
British MP, Wimbledon |
| John Hampden |
Politician |
1594 |
24-Jun-1643 |
English Parliamentarian |
| Keir Hardie |
Politician |
15-Aug-1856 |
26-Sep-1915 |
Organizer of the British Labour Party |
| Henry Hardinge |
Military |
30-Mar-1785 |
24-Sep-1856 |
Governor-General of India, 1844-48 |
| Harriet Harman |
Politician |
30-Jul-1950 |
|
Leader, House of Commons |
| Sir Christopher Hatton |
Government |
1540 |
1591 |
Lord Chancellor of England, 1587-91 |
| Edward Hawke |
Military |
21-Feb-1710 |
17-Oct-1781 |
British admiral, Seven Years' War |
| Sir Richard Hawkins |
Military |
c. 1562 |
18-Apr-1622 |
Voiage into the South Sea |
| Antony Head |
Politician |
1906 |
1983 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1956-57 |
| Denis Healey |
Politician |
30-Aug-1917 |
3-Oct-2015 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1974-79 |
| Edward Heath |
Head of State |
9-Jul-1916 |
17-Jul-2005 |
British Prime Minister, 1970-74 |
| Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
Politician |
26-Dec-1899 |
20-Jan-1981 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1958-60 |
| Arthur Henderson |
Politician |
13-Sep-1863 |
20-Oct-1935 |
Disarmament proponent, Nobel Prize winner |
| George Herbert |
Poet |
3-Apr-1593 |
1-Mar-1633 |
The Temple |
| Michael Heseltine |
Politician |
21-Mar-1933 |
|
UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97 |
| Archibald V. Hill |
Scientist |
26-Sep-1886 |
3-Jun-1977 |
Studied muscles and nerves |
| Samuel Hoare |
Politician |
24-Feb-1880 |
7-May-1959 |
UK Home Secretary, 1937-39 |
| Samuel Hood |
Military |
12-Dec-1724 |
27-Jan-1816 |
British Admiral |
| Geoff Hoon |
Politician |
6-Dec-1953 |
|
UK Minister of Defence, 1999-2005 |
| Ralph Hopton |
Military |
1596 |
Sep-1652 |
Royalist commander, English Civil War |
| Francis Horner |
Economist |
12-Aug-1778 |
8-Feb-1817 |
Bullion Report |
| John Horrocks |
Business |
1768 |
1-Mar-1804 |
British cotton manufacturer |
| Edward Horsman |
Politician |
1807 |
30-Nov-1876 |
Scottish parliamentarian |
| Sir John Hotham |
Politician |
? |
3-Jan-1645 |
English parliamentarian |
| Michael Howard |
Politician |
7-Jul-1941 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1993-97 |
| Geoffrey Howe |
Politician |
20-Dec-1926 |
9-Oct-2015 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1983-89 |
| William Howe |
Military |
10-Aug-1729 |
12-Jul-1814 |
Commander-in-Chief in America |
| David Howell |
Politician |
18-Jan-1936 |
|
Former MP, Guildford |
| Thomas Hughes |
Author |
20-Oct-1822 |
22-Mar-1896 |
Tom Brown's School Days |
| David Hunt |
Politician |
21-May-1942 |
|
Former MP, The Wirral |
| Douglas Hurd |
Politician |
8-Mar-1930 |
|
Former UK Home, Foreign Secretary |
| Nick Hurd |
Politician |
13-May-1962 |
|
British MP, Ruislip-Northwood |
| John Hutton |
Politician |
6-May-1955 |
|
British MP, Barrow and Furness |
| Henry Ireton |
Military |
1611 |
28-Nov-1651 |
Soldier under Oliver Cromwell |
| Glenda Jackson |
Actor |
9-May-1936 |
|
British MP, won Oscar for A Touch of Class |
| Michael Jay |
Diplomat |
Jun-1946 |
|
UK Ambassador to France, 1996-2001 |
| Patrick Jenkin |
Politician |
7-Sep-1926 |
|
Former MP, Wanstead and Woodford |
| Roy Jenkins |
Politician |
11-Nov-1920 |
5-Jan-2003 |
Twice UK Home Secretary |
| Alan Johnson |
Politician |
17-May-1950 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2009-10 |
| Boris Johnson |
Journalist |
19-Jun-1964 |
|
Mayor of London |
| Russell Johnston |
Politician |
28-Jul-1932 |
27-Jul-2008 |
Liberal MP from Inverness, 1964-97 |
| George Johnstone |
Military |
1730 |
24-May-1787 |
British MP, Governor of West Florida |
| Aubrey Jones |
Politician |
20-Nov-1911 |
10-Apr-2003 |
Former MP, Birmingham Hall Green |
| Keith Joseph |
Politician |
17-Jan-1918 |
10-Dec-1994 |
Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence |
| William Joynson-Hicks |
Politician |
23-Jun-1865 |
8-Jun-1932 |
UK Home Secretary, 1924-29 |
| Ruth Kelly |
Politician |
9-May-1968 |
|
UK Minister of Transport |
| Charles Kennedy |
Politician |
25-Nov-1959 |
1-Jun-2015 |
Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1999-2006 |
| Tom King |
Politician |
13-Jun-1933 |
|
UK Minister of Defence, 1989-92 |
| Neil Kinnock |
Politician |
28-Mar-1942 |
|
Labour Party Leader, 1983-92 |
| Norman Lamont |
Politician |
8-May-1942 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1990-93 |
| Mark Lancaster |
Politician |
12-May-1970 |
|
British MP, Milton Keynes North |
| Ian Lang |
Politician |
27-Jun-1940 |
|
British MP for Galloway, 1979-97 |
| Andrew Bonar Law |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1858 |
30-Oct-1923 |
UK Prime Minister, 1922-23 |
| Nigel Lawson |
Politician |
11-Mar-1932 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-89 |
| Frederick Lindemann |
Government |
5-Apr-1886 |
3-Jul-1957 |
Churchill's scientific and war advisor |
| Ken Livingstone |
Politician |
17-Jun-1945 |
|
Mayor of London, 2000-08 |
| Selwyn Lloyd |
Politician |
28-Jul-1904 |
18-May-1978 |
Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76 |
| Sir Thomas Lucy |
Aristocrat |
24-Apr-1532 |
7-Jul-1600 |
Caricatured by Shakespeare |
| Edmund Ludlow |
Politician |
c. 1617 |
1692 |
English Republican parliamentarian |
| John Lyly |
Playwright |
1554 |
18-Nov-1606 |
Euphues |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Historian |
25-Oct-1800 |
28-Dec-1859 |
History of England |
| Ramsay MacDonald |
Head of State |
12-Oct-1866 |
9-Nov-1937 |
First Labour Prime Minister of UK |
| John MacDougall |
Politician |
8-Dec-1947 |
13-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Glenrothes, 2005-08 |
| John MacGregor |
Politician |
14-Feb-1937 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92 |
| Halford Mackinder |
Geographer |
15-Feb-1861 |
6-Mar-1947 |
Founder of Geopolitics |
| Fitzroy Maclean |
Politician |
11-Mar-1911 |
15-Jun-1996 |
Eastern Approaches |
| Iain Macleod |
Politician |
11-Nov-1913 |
20-Jul-1970 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61 |
| Harold Macmillan |
Head of State |
10-Feb-1894 |
29-Dec-1986 |
UK Prime Minister, 1957-63 |
| James Macpherson |
Hoaxer |
27-Oct-1736 |
17-Feb-1796 |
So-called translations of Ossian |
| John Major |
Politician |
29-Mar-1943 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1990-97 |
| Sir Thomas Malory |
Author |
c. 1410 |
14-Mar-1471 |
Le Morte d'Arthur |
| Peter Mandelson |
Politician |
21-Oct-1953 |
|
EU Commissioner for Trade |
| Michael Martin |
Politician |
3-Jul-1945 |
|
Speaker of the House of Commons, 2000-09 |
| Andrew Marvell |
Poet |
31-Mar-1621 |
18-Aug-1678 |
English poet and member of Parliament |
| A. E. W. Mason |
Novelist |
7-May-1865 |
22-Nov-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| Roy Mason |
Politician |
18-Apr-1924 |
19-Apr-2015 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1976-79 |
| Reginald Maudling |
Politician |
7-Mar-1917 |
14-Feb-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1970-72 |
| David Maxwell Fyfe |
Politician |
29-May-1900 |
27-Jan-1967 |
UK Home Secretary, 1951-54 |
| Robert Maxwell |
Publisher |
10-Jun-1923 |
5-Nov-1991 |
Mirror Group tycoon |
| Theresa May |
Politician |
1-Oct-1956 |
|
UK Home Secretary |
| Patrick Mayhew |
Politician |
11-Sep-1929 |
|
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1992-97 |
| Ian McCartney |
Politician |
25-Apr-1951 |
|
British MP, Makerfield |
| Martin McGuinness |
Politician |
23-May-1950 |
|
Politician, former IRA gunman |
| Reginald McKenna |
Politician |
6-Jul-1863 |
6-Sep-1943 |
UK Home Secretary, 1911-15 |
| Alun Michael |
Politician |
22-Aug-1943 |
|
British MP, Cardiff South and Penarth |
| David Miliband |
Politician |
15-Jul-1965 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 2007-10 |
| Ed Miliband |
Politician |
24-Dec-1969 |
|
British MP, Doncaster North |
| John Stuart Mill |
Philosopher |
20-May-1806 |
8-May-1873 |
Liberal philosopher and essayist |
| Stephen Milligan |
Politician |
12-May-1948 |
7-Feb-1994 |
British MP and autoerotic asphyxiate |
| Richard Monckton Milnes |
Poet |
19-Jun-1809 |
11-Aug-1885 |
Poetry for the People |
| Andrew Mitchell |
Politician |
23-Mar-1956 |
|
British MP, Sutton Coldfield |
| Walter Monckton |
Politician |
17-Jan-1891 |
9-Jan-1965 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1955-56 |
| Sir Thomas More |
Philosopher |
7-Feb-1477 |
6-Jul-1535 |
Utopia |
| Herbert Morrison |
Politician |
3-Jan-1888 |
6-Mar-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1940-45 |
| Oswald Mosley |
Politician |
16-Nov-1896 |
3-Dec-1980 |
Founder of the British Union of Fascists |
| Mo Mowlam |
Politician |
18-Sep-1949 |
19-Aug-2005 |
Former Labour MP |
| Frederick Mulley |
Politician |
3-Jul-1918 |
15-Mar-1995 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79 |
| Paul Murphy |
Politician |
25-Nov-1948 |
|
British MP, Torfaen |
| Sir Roger Newdigate |
Historian |
30-May-1719 |
23-Nov-1806 |
Established the Newdigate Prize |
| Isaac Newton |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1643 |
31-Mar-1727 |
Father of the clockwork universe |
| Tony Newton |
Politician |
29-Aug-1937 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97 |
| Philip Noel-Baker |
Politician |
1-Nov-1889 |
8-Oct-1982 |
Instrumental creating League of Nations and UN |
| Steven Norris |
Politician |
24-May-1945 |
|
Former Conservative MP, Epping Forest |
| John Nott |
Politician |
1-Feb-1932 |
|
Defence Minister during Falklands War |
| James Edward Oglethorpe |
Government |
22-Dec-1696 |
1-Jul-1785 |
Founder of Georgia colony |
| Sir John Oldcastle |
Military |
c. 1378 |
14-Dec-1417 |
Lollard rebel leader |
| Laurence Oliphant |
Author |
1829 |
23-Dec-1888 |
Scientific Religion |
| George Osborne |
Politician |
23-May-1971 |
|
Conservative MP for Tatton |
| David Owen |
Politician |
2-Jul-1938 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1977-79 |
| Lord Palmerston |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1784 |
18-Oct-1865 |
Twice Prime Minister of UK |
| Cecil Parkinson |
Politician |
1-Sep-1931 |
|
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
| Charles Stewart Parnell |
Politician |
27-Jun-1846 |
6-Oct-1891 |
Irish Nationalist leader |
| Chris Patten |
Politician |
12-May-1944 |
|
EU Commissioner for External Relations |
| Fred Peart |
Politician |
30-Apr-1914 |
26-Aug-1988 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1968-70 |
| Henry Pelham |
Head of State |
1696 |
6-Mar-1754 |
UK Prime Minister, 1743-54 |
| Spencer Perceval |
Head of State |
1-Nov-1762 |
11-May-1812 |
UK Prime Minister, 1809-12 |
| William Pitt the Elder |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1708 |
11-May-1778 |
Seven Years War |
| William Pitt the Younger |
Head of State |
28-May-1759 |
23-Jan-1806 |
UK Prime Minister |
| James Plaskitt |
Politician |
23-Jun-1954 |
|
British MP, Warwick and Leamington |
| Michael Portillo |
Politician |
26-May-1953 |
|
Former Conservative MP |
| Charles Powell |
Business |
6-Jun-1941 |
|
Private Secretary to Thatcher, 1983-90 |
| Enoch Powell |
Politician |
16-Jun-1912 |
8-Feb-1998 |
British demagogue |
| John Prescott |
Politician |
31-May-1938 |
|
Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, 1997-2007 |
| Archibald Philip Primrose |
Head of State |
7-May-1847 |
21-May-1929 |
UK Prime Minister 1894-95 |
| James Prior |
Politician |
11-Oct-1927 |
|
Minister for Northern Ireland, 1981-84 |
| John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
| James Purnell |
Politician |
2-Oct-1970 |
|
British MP, Stalybridge and Hyde |
| Francis Pym |
Politician |
13-Feb-1922 |
6-Mar-2008 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1982-83 |
| John Redwood |
Politician |
15-Jun-1951 |
|
British MP, Wokingham |
| Merlyn Rees |
Politician |
18-Dec-1920 |
5-Jan-2006 |
UK Home Secretary, 1976-79 |
| George Reid |
Head of State |
25-Feb-1845 |
12-Sep-1918 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1904-05 |
| John Reid |
Politician |
8-May-1947 |
|
British MP, Airdrie and Shotts |
| Nicholas Ridley |
Politician |
17-Feb-1929 |
4-Mar-1993 |
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
| Malcolm Rifkind |
Politician |
21-Jun-1946 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1995-97 |
| Geoffrey Rippon |
Politician |
28-May-1924 |
28-Jan-1997 |
Former MP, Hexham |
| Lord Robertson |
Politician |
12-Apr-1946 |
|
NATO Secretary General, 1999-2003 |
| Alex Salmond |
Politician |
31-Dec-1954 |
|
First Minister of Scotland, 2004-14 |
| Martin Salter |
Politician |
19-Apr-1954 |
|
British MP, Reading West |
| Herbert Samuel |
Politician |
6-Nov-1870 |
2-Feb-1963 |
High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25 |
| Duncan Sandys |
Politician |
24-Jan-1908 |
26-Nov-1987 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1962-64 |
| John Selden |
Scholar |
16-Dec-1584 |
30-Nov-1654 |
English orientalist and jurist |
| Grant Shapps |
Politician |
14-Sep-1968 |
|
British MP, Welwyn Hatfield |
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
Playwright |
30-Oct-1751 |
7-Jul-1816 |
The School for Scandal |
| Peter Shore |
Politician |
20-May-1924 |
24-Sep-2001 |
Former MP, Stepney |
| Edward Short |
Politician |
17-Dec-1912 |
4-May-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1974-76 |
| Edward Shortt |
Politician |
10-Mar-1862 |
10-Nov-1935 |
UK Home Secretary, 1919-22 |
| Sir Philip Sidney |
Author |
30-Nov-1554 |
17-Oct-1586 |
The Defence of Poesie |
| John Simon |
Politician |
28-Feb-1873 |
11-Jan-1954 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1940-45 |
| Iain Duncan Smith |
Politician |
9-Apr-1954 |
|
Conservative Party leader, 2001-03 |
| Jacqui Smith |
Politician |
3-Nov-1962 |
|
UK Home Secretary |
| Donald Somervell |
Politician |
24-Aug-1889 |
18-Nov-1960 |
AG for England and Wales, 1936-45 |
| Frank Soskice |
Politician |
23-Jul-1902 |
1-Jan-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1964-65 |
| Henry Spelman |
Scholar |
c. 1564 |
Oct-1641 |
English antiquary |
| Richard Spring |
Politician |
24-Sep-1946 |
|
British MP, West Suffolk |
| Norman St. John-Stevas |
Politician |
18-May-1929 |
2-Mar-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81 |
| Jock Stallard |
Politician |
5-Nov-1921 |
29-Mar-2008 |
British MP, St. Pancras North, 1970-83 |
| Frederick Arthur Stanley |
Government |
15-Jan-1841 |
14-Jun-1908 |
Hockey's Stanley Cup |
| Henry Morton Stanley |
Explorer |
28-Jan-1841 |
10-May-1904 |
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? |
| David Steel |
Politician |
31-Mar-1938 |
|
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1976-88 |
| Robert Stephenson |
Engineer |
16-Oct-1803 |
12-Oct-1859 |
Builder of railroad bridges |
| Michael Stewart |
Politician |
6-Nov-1906 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Former UK Foreign Secretary |
| George Gabriel Stokes |
Physicist |
13-Aug-1819 |
1-Feb-1903 |
Fluid dynamicist, optic waves |
| John Stonehouse |
Politician |
28-Jul-1925 |
14-Apr-1988 |
British MP, faked his own death |
| Jack Straw |
Politician |
3-Aug-1946 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 2006-07 |
| William Strode |
Politician |
1598 |
9-Sep-1645 |
Opponent of King Charles I |
| William Henry Fox Talbot |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1800 |
17-Sep-1877 |
Calotype method of photography |
| Sir Banastre Tarleton |
Military |
21-Aug-1754 |
25-Jan-1833 |
Fought with Cornwallis |
| Ann Taylor |
Politician |
2-Jul-1947 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1997-98 |
| David Taylor |
Politician |
22-Aug-1946 |
26-Dec-2009 |
British MP, North West Leicestershire |
| Norman Tebbit |
Politician |
29-Mar-1931 |
|
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
| Sir William Temple |
Diplomat |
25-Apr-1628 |
27-Jan-1699 |
British Ambassador to Netherlands |
| Margaret Thatcher |
Head of State |
13-Oct-1925 |
8-Apr-2013 |
UK Prime Minister, 1979-90 |
| Peter Thorneycroft |
Politician |
26-Jul-1909 |
4-Jun-1994 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1962-64 |
| Jeremy Thorpe |
Politician |
29-Apr-1929 |
4-Dec-2014 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1967-76 |
| Stephen Timms |
Politician |
29-Jul-1955 |
|
Labour MP for East Ham, stabbed |
| David Trimble |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1944 |
|
Irish politician, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Neil Turner |
Politician |
16-Sep-1945 |
|
British MP, Wigan |
| David Urquhart |
Diplomat |
1805 |
16-May-1877 |
Diplomatic Review |
| Ed Vaizey |
Politician |
5-Jun-1968 |
|
British MP, Wantage |
| Eric Varley |
Politician |
11-Aug-1932 |
|
Former MP, Chesterfield |
| David Waddington |
Politician |
2-Aug-1929 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1989-90 |
| John Wakeham |
Politician |
22-Jun-1932 |
|
Baron Wakeham of Maldon |
| Patrick Gordon Walker |
Politician |
7-Apr-1907 |
2-Dec-1980 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66 |
| Peter Walker |
Politician |
25-Mar-1932 |
|
Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort, Former MP |
| Sir Richard Wallace |
Aristocrat |
26-Jul-1818 |
20-Jul-1890 |
The Wallace Collection |
| Edmund Waller |
Poet |
3-Mar-1606 |
21-Oct-1687 |
Go, Lovely Rose |
| Horace Walpole |
Author |
24-Sep-1717 |
2-Mar-1797 |
Wrote the first Gothic novel |
| Robert Walpole |
Head of State |
26-Aug-1676 |
18-Mar-1745 |
UK's first Prime Minister |
| William Walsh |
Poet |
1663 |
1708 |
Letters and Poems, Amorous and Gallant |
| Sir Francis Walsingham |
Government |
c. 1532 |
6-Apr-1590 |
Secretary to Elizabeth I |
| Claire Ward |
Politician |
9-May-1972 |
|
British MP, Watford |
| Harold Watkinson |
Politician |
25-Jan-1910 |
19-Dec-1995 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1959-62 |
| Bernard Weatherill |
Politician |
25-Nov-1920 |
6-May-2007 |
Speaker of the House of Commons, 1983-92 |
| Arthur Wellesley |
Military |
1-May-1769 |
14-Sep-1852 |
1st Duke of Wellington |
| William Whitelaw |
Politician |
28-Jun-1918 |
1-Jul-1999 |
UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-88 |
| William Wilberforce |
Activist |
24-Aug-1759 |
29-Jul-1833 |
Abolitionist activist and author |
| John Wilkes |
Politician |
17-Oct-1725 |
26-Dec-1797 |
Colorful London radical |
| Harold Wilson |
Head of State |
11-Mar-1916 |
24-May-1995 |
Two-time Prime Minister of Britain |
| James Wilson |
Publisher |
3-Jun-1805 |
11-Aug-1860 |
Founder of The Economist |
| Rob Wilson |
Politician |
4-Jan-1965 |
|
British MP, Reading East |
| Shaun Woodward |
Politician |
26-Oct-1958 |
|
British MP, St. Helens South |
| Christopher Wren |
Architect |
20-Oct-1632 |
25-Feb-1723 |
Designed St. Paul's Cathedral |
| Jeremy Wright |
Politician |
24-Oct-1972 |
|
British MP, Kenilworth and Southam |
| George Younger |
Politician |
22-Sep-1931 |
26-Jan-2003 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1986-89 |