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William Makepeace Thackeray
British novelist (1811–1863)
Joseph Addison
English essayist, poet, playwright and politician (1672–1719)
Henry Fielding
English novelist and dramatist (1707–1754)
George Meredith
British novelist and poet (1828–1909)
Anthony Trollope
English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)
Anna Wintour
Dame Anna Wintour is a British and American media executive who served as editor-in-chief of Vogue from 1988 to 2025. Currently, Wintour serves as global chief content officer and artist director at Condé Nast. Known for her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour is regarded as the most powerful woman in publishing, and has become an important figure in the fashion world, serving as the lead chairperson of the annual haute couture Met Gala global fashion spectacle in Manhattan since the 1990s. Wintour is praised for her skill in identifying emerging fashion trends, but has been criticised for her reportedly aloof and demanding personality.
Peter Ackroyd
English author (born 1949)
Leigh Hunt
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
John Bowring
4th Governor of Hong Kong; hymnwriter; translator (1792-1872)
Israel Zangwill
British Zionist author (1864–1926)
William Ernest Henley
English poet, critic and editor (1849–1903)
Alfred Austin
British writer and poet (1835–1913)
Wyndham Lewis
English painter, writer and critic (1882-1957)
Caroline Norton
English feminist, social reformer, and author, editor (1808-1877)
Charlotte Mary Yonge
English writer, editor (1823–1901)
Charlie Buchan
English footballer and sporting journalist (1891–1960)
Clementina Black
British writer and feminist (1853–1922)
Eliza Cook
British writer (1818–1889)
Diana Mosley
British fascist, writer and editor (1910–2003)
Andrew Sullivan
English-American journalist, writer, blogger
Theodore Hook
British writer
Richard Cumberland
English dramatist and civil servant (1732–1811)
Henry Mayhew
British writer and activist (1812–1887)
Iain Macleod
British politician, cabinet minister and contract bridge player (1913-1970)
Paris Lees
British journalist and activist for transgender rights
Charles Cardale Babington
English botanist and archaeologist (1808-1895)
Tina Brown
British-American journalist, talk-show host, and author
Isabella Blow
Magazine editor, stylist, actress, model (1958–2007)
Mary Gawthorpe
British suffragist (1881–1973)
James Ogilvy
British landscape designer and publisher (born 1964)
George Saintsbury
British critic and literary historian (1845–1933)
Bessie Rayner Parkes
British writer, editor
Marit Allen
English fashion journalist and costume designer (1941-2007)
John Forster
English biographer and critic (1812–1876)
Arthur Morrison
English writer and journalist (1863–1945)
F. C. Burnand
British comic writer and dramatist (1836-1917)
Charlotte Riddell
Irish novelist, editor
Lewis Gompertz
English philosopher, writer, inventor, and social reformer (1783/4–1861)
Florence Marryat
British author and actress (1833-1899)
Gary Russell
writer
Mark Lemon
British magazine editor (1809–1870)
William Henry Giles Kingston
English writer of boys' adventure novels (1814–1880)
Bill Emmott
British journalist
Charles Henry Ross
English writer and cartoonist
Albert Richard Smith
British writer (1816–1860)
George Robert Sims
English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist (1847-1922)
George Augustus Sala
British journalist (1828-1895)
Gary Whitta
English writer
Charles Wentworth Dilke
English liberal critic and writer on literature (1789-1864)
Roy Lewis
English writer (1913-1996)
James Payn
English novelist and editor (1830–1898)
Herbert Horne
English poet, architect, typographer and designer, art historian and antiquarian (1864–1916)
John E. B. Mayor
British classical scholar (1825-1910)
Arthur St. John Adcock
English novelist and poet (1864-1930)
John Lehmann
English poet (1907–1987)
Nina Power
British philosopher
Ellen Buckingham Mathews
English novelist, editor (1849–1920)
Ada Sarah Ballin
British magazine editor and proprietor, and writer on health
Helen Pluckrose
British author and cultural writer
Alexandra Potter
British writer