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P. G. Wodehouse
English author (1881–1975)

Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959) is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of the rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his baritone voice and distinctive lyrics with anti-establishment stances and recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecation, and dark humour.
Louis Tomlinson
English singer and songwriter

Noël Coward
English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer (1899–1973)

Ian Curtis
British musician (1956–1980)
Nick Hornby
English novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and film producer (born 1957)

Michael Moorcock
English writer, editor, critic (born 1939)
Tim Rice
British lyricist and author

Bernie Taupin
British songwriter
Bernard Sumner
English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

Mark E. Smith
English singer (1957–2018)
Leslie Bricusse
English composer, lyricist and playwright (1931–2021)
Charlie Simpson
British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Clifford Grey
English songwriter, actor and screenwriter (1887–1941)
Don Black
English lyricist
Keith Reid
English poet and lyricist (1946-2023)
Lee Hall
British writer

Ian MacDonald
English classical and rock music critic (1948–2003)
Norma Winstone
English jazz singer
Colin Allen
English blues drummer
Norman Newell
English record producer, songwriter and lyricist (1919-2004)
Adrian Ross
British lyricist, playwright, and fiction writer (1859–1933)
Arthur Wimperis
English dramatist and screenwriter (1874-1953)
Gary Osborne
British singer-songwriter
Richard Stilgoe
British songwriter, lyricist and musician
Eric Maschwitz
English entertainer, writer, editor, broadcaster and broadcasting executive (1901-1969)
Matthew Strachan
English composer and singer-songwriter
Jeremy Sams
British theatre director, writer, translator, orchestrator, musical director, film composer, and lyricist
Charles Jefferys
British music publisher (1807-1865)

Dave Hunt
British singer
Chris Difford
British musician, singer, songwriter
Jack Brooks
English-American lyricist (1912-1971)