English essayists

British writer and journalist (1903–1950)

English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

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

English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)

British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)

English poet (1688–1744)

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

British playwright (1930–2008)

British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991)

British political economist (1766–1834)

English historian and politician (1737–1794)

British-American poet (1907–1973)

17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)

English essayist, poet, playwright and politician (1672–1719)

English novelist (1879-1970)

English humorist (1859-1927)

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

English writer and composer (1917–1993)

English novelist (1926–2005)

British novelist (1930–2009)

Irish writer (1768-1849)

English satirical novelist, diarist, playwright (1752-1840)

English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist

English writer, poet, and activist (1775–1864)

English politician and Earl (1671-1713)

English poet and man of letters (1909–1995)

English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)

British-American historian (1948–2010)

English author (1743–1825)

British philosopher (1901-1990)

English philosopher

English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist (1763–1835)

British writer (1618–1667)

English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (1892–1988)

British classical scholar, linguist and feminist (1850–1928)

British historian (born 1938)

English politician and historian (1609–1674)

British priest and writer

16th/17th-century English playwright, actor, and author (1574–1641)

English philosopher (1676-1729)

British actor and writer (1693-1756), editor

British activist (born 1977)

English statesman and essayist

English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator (1724-1789)

Anglo-Australian scholar (1866-1957)

British documentary filmmaker (born 1955)

English publisher, editor, writer, poet, activist (1847–1922)

British writer (1929–2009)

English suffragist

British dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist (1874-1945)

Israeli-born British jazz musician and author

English poet and essayist (1581–1613)

British novelist, literary critic, polemicist (1929–1995)

English writer (1889–1957)

British politician (1918–1977)