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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.

Geoffrey Chaucer
14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
G. K. Chesterton
English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
Edward Lear
British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888)
Thomas Gray
English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771)
Hilaire Belloc
French-English writer (1870–1953)

Alfred Edward Housman
British classical scholar and poet (1859-1936)

Spike Milligan
British actor (1918-2002)

Max Beerbohm
English writer (1872-1956)
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
British writer (1875-1956)
William Drummond of Hawthornden
Scottish writer 1585–1649
Horace Smith
English poet and novelist (1779-1849)
Pam Ayres
English poet, songwriter and presenter of radio and television programmes
Charles Stuart Calverley
British poet (1831-1884)
Ivor Cutler
British poet and humorist (1923-2006)
Robert Garioch
British writer (1909-1981)
Harry Graham
British writer (1874–1936)
James Fitzjames
British navy officer and explorer