Writers from London

14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series The X-Files, socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film The House of Mirth (2000), DSU Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama television series The Fall, sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown. Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has resided in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.

English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)

American author of Indian origin (born 1967)

English writer and politician (1717–1797)

English writer (born 1946)

sixth wife of Henry VIII; final queen consort of the House of Tudor

English poet, playwright and novelist (1837–1909)

British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist (1892-1983)

British historian, journalist, diplomat and political scientist (1892–1982)

Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)

British evolutionary biologist, philosopher, author (1887–1975)

Amelia Fiona Jessica "Minnie" Driver is a British and American actress and singer. She rose to prominence with her break-out role in the 1995 film Circle of Friends. She went on to star in a wide range of films, including the cult classic Grosse Pointe Blank; Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting ; the musical The Phantom of the Opera; and Owning Mahowny. She also provided the voice of Lady Eboshi in Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke.

Amal Clooney is a Lebanese and British international human rights lawyer. She has represented several high-profile clients, including former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad, Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa, Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, and Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy.

British writer (1670-1729)

English author and former politician (born 1940)

British writer (1906–1985)

English satirical novelist, diarist, playwright (1752-1840)

English jurist, judge and Tory politician (1723-1780)

English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)

British-American screenwriter (born 1976)

American economist and investor (1894-1976)

Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865-1947)

British politician (1912–1998)

British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004)

British writer

English writer (1872-1956)

British writer

English playwright and screenwriter (1926-2016)

British writer, scriptwriter and film director (born 1970)

British academic (1893-1950)

British writer; (1799-1845)

English writer (born 1949)

(1551–1623) English antiquarian

British politician (born 1975)

British writer (1855-1924)

Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957)

English socialist economist, 1859–1947 (1859–1947)

American artificial intelligence researcher

British novelist and poet (1826–1887)

British novelist, "Hornblower" author (1899–1966)

British author of heroic fantasy (1948-2006)

British philosopher (1817-1878)

English physician and scientist (1715–1787)

Canadian writer (1931–2001)

British actor, playwright, author and director (born 1937)

British writer, novelist (born 1967)

English feminist, social reformer, and author, editor (1808-1877)

British-American anthropologist

English actress and writer (1809–1893)

British writer

British writer (1855-1934)

English political theorist, author, publisher and civil servant (1880-1969)

British philosopher

English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs (1497-1580)

Austrian‑British Holocaust survivor and memoirist (1929–2026)

British novelist and dramatist (1814–1884)

English linguist and lexicographer