English children's writers

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).

Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.

English writer and poet (1865–1936)

British author and scholar (1832–1898)

English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.

English writer and art critic (1819–1900)

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

Scottish author

Frank James Lampard is an English football manager and former midfielder who is the manager of EFL Championship club Coventry City. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and one of Chelsea's and the Premier League’s greatest ever players, Lampard holds the record of the most Premier League goals (177) by a midfielder in its history.

Dame Julie Andrews is an English actress, singer and author. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards and nominations for three Tony Awards. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1960s, Andrews has been honoured with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2022. She was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2000 New Year Honours.

English author (1897–1968)

British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)

English writer (born 1960)

British author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh (1882–1956)

English author

English-American playwright and author (1849–1924)

English association football player (born 1989)

English children's writer and illustrator

Sarah Margaret Ferguson, formerly Sarah, Duchess of York, and commonly known as Fergie, is a British author, spokesperson, and television personality. She is the former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, then Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the younger brother of King Charles III.

English singer and actress

British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888)

British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

English poet and children's writer (1930-1998)

British naturalist and writer (1925–1995)

English children's fantasy writer (1934–2011)

English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down

English novelist

David Edward Williams, known professionally as David Walliams, is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. He is best known for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch shows Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011), and for serving as a judge on Britain's Got Talent from 2012 to 2022. Walliams is also a successful children's author, with his books selling more than 50 million copies worldwide and being translated into 53 languages. Several have been adapted for television, in which he has also appeared.

English author (born 1949)

English author and poet (1858–1924)

English motoring journalist and broadcaster

British writer (1926–2017)

English poet and writer (1878–1967)

English novelist

Emerald Lilly Fennell is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

English writer, critic, and activist (born 1972)

English children's writer

English novelist and screenwriter (born 1955)

English children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990)

British historian

English author and journalist (1884–1967)

British naval officer and novelist (1792–1848)

British author (1886–1947)

English author (1743–1825)

Maria Louise Ramé (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), going by the name Marie Louise de la Ramée and known by the pseudonym Ouida ( ), was an English novelist. Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories, children's books and essays. Moderately successful, she lived a life of luxury, entertaining many of the literary figures of the day.

British female 400m Olympic sprinter

English writer and illustrator

British novelist and poet (1826–1887)

British vlogger

English writer and humorist

English comedian and actor

British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)

English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer (born 1932)

English poet and fiction writer (1873–1956)

British author and illustrator (1935–1988)

English writer and philanthropist (1745-1833)

British writer and illustrator (1923–2019)

English writer (1922–2012)

English lawyer, judge, politician and author (1822–1896)