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20th-century English people

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales
Emmeline Pankhurst
English suffragist
Margot Fonteyn
British ballerina
Jiah Khan
British−American Bollywood actress (1988–2013)
Alice Liddell
English woman, basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland" (1852–1934)
Pippa Middleton
British socialite, author and columnist; sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales
Gertrude Jekyll
Garden designer, artist, editor (1843-1932)
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
Jacqui Smith
British politician (born 1962)
Maud Gonne
Irish revolutionary and activist (1866-1953)
Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
wife of Pavlos, son of ex King of Greece
Guy Burgess
British-born radio producer, intelligence and Foreign Office officer and double agent
John Glen
English film director and editor
John Simm
British actor, director, singer and guitarist
Sandrine Holt
British-born Canadian actress
Melita Norwood
British civil servant and spy for the Soviet Union (1912–2005)
Edith Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien's wife and muse (1889–1971)
Lady Pamela Hicks
noblewoman; British aristocrat and memoirist
Ann Sidney
British actress, TV Host and beauty queen, Miss World 1964
Magda Szubanski
Australian actress
Mia Rose
British musician
Femi Taylor
Nigerian-Born British writer
Lesley Langley
British model, actress, and beauty queen
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
British actress (1891-1992)
Ernest Joyce
Royal Naval seaman and explorer (1875–1940)
Sidney Leslie Goodwin
British victim of the RMS Titanic sinking (1910–1912)
Celia Franca
British dancer, founder and artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada (1921-2007)
Bobby Leach
English circus performer and entrepreneur; Second person and first man to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (1858–1926)
Caroline Spelman
British politician (born 1958)
Bald and Bankrupt
British travel vlogger and YouTuber
Monie Love
British rapper
Mr. Methane
British entertainer
Tanya Burr
British make-up artist and YouTuber
Jenny Tonge, Baroness Tonge
British politician (born 1941)
Frederick Barrett
British boiler room worker and shipwreck survivor
Mark Roberts
English streaker
Margaret Masterman
British linguist and philosopher (1910-1986)
Marilyn Cole
British model
Sheila Scott
British aviator (1922–1988)
Houria Niati
Algerian artist (born 1948)
Almina Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon
English heiress, wife of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1876–1969)
Rebecca Warren
British visual artist and sculptor (born 1965)
Arthur John Priest
fireman and stoker who survived the sinking of the Titanic
Edward Dicey
British journalist, editor and writer (1832–1911)
Dorothy Macmillan
noblewoman; English socialite; wife of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
Audrey Callaghan, Baroness Callaghan of Cardiff
British councillor, wife of James Callaghan
Pepita Seth
British-born Indian writer and photographer
Simon Cowell
British conservationist, TV presenter, and author (1952–2024)
Edith Picton-Turbervill
British politician (1872-1960)
John Kipling
son of Rudyard Kipling (1897–1915)
Eve Branson
British philanthropist
Esther Pissarro
wood-engraver, designer, illuminator and printer (1870-1951)
Danica d'Hondt
Canadian actress
Patricia Baird
British medical geneticist
Denise P. Barlow
British geneticist (1950-2017)
David Quarrey
British diplomat
Christine Nicholls
author and editor
Mavis Tate
British Conservative politician and campaigner for British women's rights (1893-1947)
Miriam Bannister
British-born American supercentenarian
Grace Robertson
British photographer (1930-2021)