20th-century British essayists

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

US-British poet (1888–1965)

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)

Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

British playwright (1930–2008)

Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)

Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)

Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian and writer. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned eight decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Blue Planet II. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black-and-white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolution. Over his life, he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator and one Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Personality - Non-Daily.

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)

British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist (1892-1983)

Hungarian-British polymath (1891–1976)

Austrian writer (1921–1988)

British physicist (1946-)

British author (1934–1995)

British classical scholar, linguist and feminist (1850–1928)

British historian (1876–1962)

Australian-born British philosopher (1859-1938)

Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901–1989)

British writer and academic

British writer and social reformer (1851–1939)

British documentary filmmaker (born 1955)

British writer (1929–2009)

British dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist (1874-1945)

British writer and critic (1900–1997)

British journalist (1935–2026)

Kittian-British writer (born 1958)

British transhumanist philosopher (born 1959)

Scottish-born Australian philosopher (1893–1962)

British philosopher (1946–1980)

philosopher

British politician (1926-2007)

British writer (1902-1988)

Islamic scholar, writer and diplomat (1921–2010)

British scholar of German literature and philosophy (1911–1990)

British writer and academic (1889–1971)

non-fiction writer

British philosopher

Scottish novelist, critic, and dramatist (1891–1973)