English writers with disabilities

English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

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 poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

British author and scholar (1832–1898)

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

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He first gained success on the sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), before going on to play the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995), and in the film series Johnny English (2003–present).

English playwright and author (1874–1965)

English poet and novelist (1895-1985)

Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English filmmaker known primarily for British comedy gangster films and large-scale action-adventure films.

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

British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

English poet and soldier (1893-1918)

British chef and media personality

Charles Matthew Hunnam is an English actor. He portrayed Jax Teller in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014), for which he was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor.

Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rare for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself.

English novelist (b. 1969)

British writer, mathematician, essayist and autistic savant

English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

British actor

English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014)

English comedian and actor

British poet (1958–2023)

English actor and director (1923-2012)

English physician and philologist (1779-1869)

English writer, the sister and collaborator of writer Charles Lamb (1764-1847)

English novelist, actress, dramatist (1753–1821)

British poet, novelist, writer (1861–1889)

English novelist (1920–1992)

British writer (1914-1997)

British actor and writer

English journalist, columnist and author

English short-story writer and novelist (1890–1969)

English scholar and writer (1805–1897)

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

English television presenter, model and author

British writer and artist (1935-2000)

American Quaker activist

British writer (1802-1882)

English media personality (born 1975)

British activist (1997–2015)

British singer

British writer

English writer and performer (1922-1975)

English writer, actress and journalist (1960–2023)

English poet (1859–1892); tutor to Prince Albert Victor

British writer, editor

British television and radio presenter

English film director, editor and producer (1942–2021)

British writer

British artist (1923–2001)

English grammarian and lexicographer (1873-1965)

English biblical scholar (1804–1854)

political philosopher

British actress, singer, playwright and television presenter

Mark Ian Hoyle (born 12 April 1987), known professionally as LadBaby, is an English YouTuber, musician, and blogger. His content focuses on his experiences as a father and is usually filmed in collaboration with his wife, Roxanne. The couple garnered the Christmas Number One on the UK Singles Chart for five years from 2018 to 2022, the most consecutive and overall for any artist, with the sausage roll-themed novelty songs "We Built This City", "I Love Sausage Rolls", "Don't Stop Me Eatin'", "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" and "Food Aid". This made them the first musical act in British history to

British sociologist (*1966)

English writer, photographer and visual artist (born 1966)

British writer (1801-1872)