This is partial list of some notable individuals born in England, alphabetically within categories:

Table of contents
1 Actors/Actresses
2 Archaeologists and Anthropologists
3 Architects
4 Artists
5 Criminals
6 Economists
7 Engineers
8 Entrepreneurs
9 Filmmakers
10 Humourists
11 Inventors
12 Military men and women
13 Monarchs
14 Musicians
15 Philosophers
16 Politicians
17 Scientists
18 Sportsmen/sportswomen
19 Writers
20 Other Notables

Actors/Actresses

Archaeologists and Anthropologists

Architects

Artists

Criminals

Economists

Engineers

Entrepreneurs

Filmmakers

  • Roy Boulting

Humourists

Inventors

Military men and women

Monarchs

Musicians

Philosophers

Politicians

Scientists

Sportsmen/sportswomen

  • Roger Bannister, (born 1929)first sub-four-minute miler
  • David Beckham, (born 1975), soccer player
  • Don Cockell, heavy weight boxer
  • James Figg Boxing's first world champion
  • Bob Fitzsimmons, (1863-1917), Boxing's first world champion in three divisions.
  • W.G. Grace, (1848-1915), cricketer
  • Naseem Hamed world champion boxer
  • Ricky Hatton highly touted boxing prospect
  • Len Hutton, (1916-1990), cricketer
  • Lennox Lewis, (born 1965), world champion boxer
  • George Mallory, mountaineer
  • Alan Minter, (born 1951), world champion boxer
  • Michael Owen, (born 1979), soccer player
  • Fred Perry, (1909-1995), Wimbledon champion tennis player
  • Alan Shearer soccer player
  • Randolph Turpin, (1928-1966), middleweight boxer

Writers

Other Notables

The following were born English, but changed nationality later in their life.

See also: List of people by nationality, List of Britons, List of Welsh people, List of Scots, UK topics