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Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)

Queen Victoria
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was longer than those of any of her predecessors, constituted the Victorian era, a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India.
G. K. Chesterton
English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

Daniel Day-Lewis
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor. Often described as one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is best known for intense method acting portrayed with eccentric characters in auteurs' films. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a record three Academy Awards for Best Actor, as well as four BAFTAs, three Actor Awards and two Golden Globes. In 2014, Day-Lewis received a knighthood for services to drama.
Howard Carter
British egyptologist (1874–1939)
Beatrix Potter
British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)

Patrick Blackett
British physicist (1897-1974)

Andrew Lloyd Webber
British theatre composer (born 1948)

Dido
English singer and songwriter (born 1971)

Benny Hill
British comedian and actor (1924–1992)
Mary of Teck
queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936

P. D. James
English crime writer (1920-2014)

Stephen Dillane
British actor

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom
Member of the House of Battenberg (1857–1944)

Denholm Elliott
British actor (1922–1992)
George Cohen
English footballer (1939-2022)
Stephen Spender
English poet and man of letters (1909–1995)

Antony Beevor
English military historian

Kelly Le Brock
American actress and model

Stewart Granger
British actor (1913–1993)

Carmen Ejogo
British actress

William Speirs Bruce
Scottish marine biologist and polar explorer (1867-1921)
Dennis Wise
English football player and manager (born 1966)

John Profumo
British politician (1915-2006)
Susan Hampshire
British actress
Harold Spencer Jones
British astronomer (1890–1960)
Samantha Bond
British actress
Anna Kingsford
English physician, activist and feminist (1846–1888)
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
British Army general (1874-1957)

Samuel Palmer
British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker (1805-1881)
George Monbiot
English writer and political activist
Madge Syers
British figure skater (1881-1917)
Francesca Annis
English actress
Frederick Browning
British Army general (1896–1965)
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester
son of Queen Anne (1689-1700)
Lady Sarah Chatto
Member of the British royal family
Dave Allen
Irish comedian and satirist (1936-2005)
Paul Nash
British painter and war artist (1889–1946)
Ronald Rawson
boxer (1892–1952)
Charlotte Lewis
English actress
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
British stage actress (1865–1940)
Celine Buckens
Belgian actress
Finola Hughes
British actress
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
English actor and theatre manager (1852–1917)
Lance Macklin
British racing driver
Peter Hill-Wood
English cricketer (1936-2018)

Margaret Kennedy
English novelist and playwright (1896-1967)
Noel Harrison
British Olympic athlete, actor, and singer (1934–2013)
Julien Temple
English film and music video director
Irene Manton
British botanist (1904-1988)
Marcus Clarke
Australian novelist and poet (1846-1881)
Percy Peter
British swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist (1902–1986)
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
British Army general and High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine (1857-1932)
Joan Sims
English actress (1930–2001)
Antonia Bird
film director (1951–2013)
Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird
Scottish footballer (1847–1923)
Theodore Dalrymple
cultural critic and author
Peter Bowles
English actor (1936–2022)
Thomas Sopwith
English aviation pioneer and yachtsman (1888-1989)
Evgeny Lebedev
Russian-British businessman (born 1980)