People from Cumberland

Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. For this reason, he is known as the Apostle to the Southern Picts, and there are numerous dedications to him in those parts of Scotland with a Pictish heritage, throughout the Scottish Lowlands, and in parts of Northern England with a Northumbrian heritage. He is also known as Ringan in Scotland, and as Trynnian in Northern England.

British clockmaker, inventor, and geophysicist (1673-1751)

British telescope maker (1753–1835)

English mathematician (1741-1793)

British immunologist (1912-2020)

British engineer (1861–1912)

figure in the American Revolution (1759–1828)

British architect

British nobleman and sportsman (1857-1944)

English schoolmaster and astronomer (1767-1847)

British artist (1724-1804)

British born Australian botanist and botanical collector (1805-1843)

Canadian nuclear scientist (1908–1987)

British politician

1903–1969; British-born American film editor and film director

British actor

Lord Chancellor of Ireland

English lawyer, writer and activist (1869–1954)

diplomat (1834-1882)

British inorganic chemist

author and historian from Orkney

British locomotive engineer (1816-1877)

British politician