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Charles Darwin
English naturalist and biologist (1809-1882)
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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. was an English comic actor, filmmaker, film editor and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from his childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both accolade and controversy.
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John Maynard Keynes
British economist (1883–1946)
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John Stuart Mill
British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
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Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
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George Eliot
English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)
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Paul Dirac
British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
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Herbert Spencer
English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)
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William Somerset Maugham
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
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Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor best known for portraying the title character in all eight films of the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2011.
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Rosalind Franklin
British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)
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Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)
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Daniel Craig
Daniel Wroughton Craig is an English actor. He gained international fame by playing the fictional secret agent James Bond in the films Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor. Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is best known for intense method acting portrayed with eccentric characters in auteurs' films. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a record three Academy Awards for Best Actor, as well as four BAFTAs, three Actor Awards and two Golden Globes. In 2014, Day-Lewis received a knighthood for services to drama.
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Francis Crick
British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
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Cecil John Rhodes
British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa (1853-1902)
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Sting
British musician (born 1951)
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Brian May
British musician (born 1947)
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Henry Cavendish
English natural philosopher, and scientist (1731–1810)
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E. M. Forster
English novelist (1879-1970)
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Neil Gaiman
English writer (born 1960)
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Philip Pullman
English author
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Lemmy
Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy, was an English musician. He was the founder, lead vocalist, bassist and primary songwriter of the rock band Motörhead, of which he was the only continuous member. Kilmister had previously been a member of Hawkwind from 1971 to 1975, before being sacked from that band.
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Fred Hoyle
British astronomer (1915–2001)
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
British theatre composer (born 1948)
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Andrew Huxley
English physiologist and biophysicist (1917–2012)
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Michael Palin
English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter (born 1943)
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Tom Felton
British actor, singer and musician
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Brian Eno
British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)
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Julian Barnes
English writer (born 1946)
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Noel Gallagher
British singer and guitarist
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Norman Angell
British politician (1872-1967)
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James Hopwood Jeans
British mathematician and astronomer (1877 – 1946)
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James Lovelock
English scientist (1919–2022)
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Martin Amis
British novelist
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Eric Idle
British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)
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G. E. Moore
English philosopher (1873–1958)
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A. S. Byatt
British writer (1936–2023)
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Paul Nurse
Nobel prize winning British biochemist
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Olaf Stapledon
British novelist and philosopher (1886–1950)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer (1872-1958)
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Philip Larkin
English writer, jazz critic and librarian (1922-1985)
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David Lodge
English writer (1935–2025)
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Florence Welch
English musician, singer and songwriter
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Emilia Fox
British actress and presenter (born 1974)
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Ford Madox Ford
English writer and publisher (1873-1939)
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Henry Sidgwick
English philosopher (1838–1900)
T. H. White
English author (1906–1964)
Edward FitzGerald
English poet and translator (1809–1883)
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Douglas Murray
British author and political commentator (born 1979)
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Simon Le Bon
British singer; lead vocalist of Duran Duran
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Alan Bennett
English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1934)
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Roland Joffé
English and French film/television director and producer
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Herbert Edward Read
English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)
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Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse
British sociologist (1864-1929)
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Robert Bolt
English playwright (1924–1995)
Piers Anthony
English-American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres
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Tom Chaplin
British musician
John Morley
British statesman, writer and journalist (1838–1923)
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Sid Watkins
English neurosurgeon and Formula One doctor