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Roger Penrose
English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher
William Gilbert
English physician, physicist and natural philosopher (1544-1603)
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
English aristocrat, prolific writer, and scientist
Sir William Gull, 1st Baronet
physician (1816–1890)
Ken Aston
Football referee (1915–2001)
Francis Hauksbee
British physicist
Oliver Penrose
British physicist, mathematician
Benjamin Lay
American Quaker activist
Mark Felton
British author, historian, and YouTuber
Dermot O'Leary
English television presenter
Arthur Mole
American photographer (1889–1983)
Gareth Knight
British writer (1930–2022)
Iona and Peter Opie
British wife-and-husband folklorist duo
Frederick Philbrick
British barrister, judge, botanist, philatelist and stamp scholar (1835–1910)
Henry S. Clubb
English-American minister, activist, journalist, author, and politician (1827–1941)
R. P. Keigwin
cricketer and academic (1883-1972)