20th-century British writers

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and served as consort of the British monarch from her accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in British history.

British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)

British musician

British economist (1904-1989)

Scottish writer (1954–2013)

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

Scottish poet, author, translator (1924–2006)

English historian of Nazi Germany (born 1943)

British occultist mystic, poet and writer (1857–1942)

Australian-born British philosopher (1859-1938)

British writer and illustrator (1923–2019)

British military officer, scholar and author (1897–1986)

British military historian, lecturer, writer and journalist (1934–2012)

British science fiction novelist (1960–)

Essayist, short-story writer, activist (1856-1935)

British intelligence officer and spy for the Soviet Union (1913-1995)

British television presenter and writer (1959–2000)

British activist (1917-2000)

American born English businessman (1858–1947)

British writer

British playwright (1930–2012)

British writer (1905-1941)

British writer (1930–2022)

British academic

British writer and historian (1925-2017)

British author (born 1946)

British-Pakistani writer, cultural critic, and public intellectual

British writer (1862-1943)

British archaeologist (1876-1941)

Scottish-born Australian philosopher (1893–1962)

British politician (1930–2010)

British academic (1882-1971)

British science writer

British Jewish scholar (1858–1925)

Zimbabwean editor and literary critic

British peer and writer (1917–2002)

British scientist and surgeon (1895–1971)

British courtier and confidante (1866–1956)

British buddhist nun (1911-1977)

founder of Masorti (Conservative) Judaism (1920-2006)

British Conservative politician (1900-1986)

British music critic (1856-1936)

British bibliographer, writer and editor (born 1948)

British Hebrew and Islamic scholar (1888–1965)

British philosopher

British-Nigerian librarian

British novelist (1937–2024)

British astronomer

British politician (1901-1973)

British writer (1898–1996)

Nigerian playwright and actor (1929-2013)

British anthropologist (1879-1954)

British polymath (1911–1976)

British zoologist

British historian (1945–2015)

writer from Bangladesh

British journalist and documentary-maker

British-born Indian writer and photographer

British politician (born 1940)