| Harold Acton | 1904 - 1994 |
| John Acton | 1834 - 1902 |
| Douglas Adams | 1952 - 2001 |
| Richard Adams | 1626 - 1698 |
| Victoria Adams | 1974 |
| Will Adams | 1564 - 1620 |
| William Adams | 1564 - 1620 |
| Joseph Addison | 1672 - 1719 |
| Jenny Agutter | 1952 |
| Mark Akenside | 1721 - 1770 |
| Damon Albarn | 1968 |
| Alcuin | 735 - 804 |
| Richard Aldington | 1892 - 1962 |
| Brian Aldiss | 1925 |
| Jean Alexander | 1926 |
| Henry Alford | 1810 - 1872 |
| Leonard Alfred George Strong | 1896 - 1958 |
| Roland Allen | 1868 - 1947 |
| Margery Allingham | 1889 - 1966 |
| Al Alvarez | 1929 |
| Christiane Amanpour | 1958 |
| John Ambrose Fleming | 1849 - 1945 |
| William Ames | 1576 - 1633 |
| Kingsley Amis | 1922 - 1995 |
| Clive Anderson | 1952 |
| Lindsay Anderson | 1923 - 1994 |
| Peter Andre | |
| Roger Andrew Taylor | 1960 |
| Lancelot Andrewes | 1555 - 1626 |
| Julie Andrews | 1935 |
| Adelaide Anne Procter | 1825 - 1864 |
| Francesca Annis | 1944 |
| Christopher Anstey | 1724 - 1805 |
| James Anthony Froude | 1818 - 1894 |
| Piers Anthony | 1934 |
| Edward Appleton | 1892 - 1965 |
| Jeffrey Archer | 1940 |
| Rod Argent | 1945 |
| Robert Armin | 1580 - 1612 |
| Karen Armstrong | 1909 |
| Edwin Arnold | 1832 - 1904 |
| Malcolm Arnold | 1921 |
| Matthew Arnold | 1822 - 1888 |
| Thomas Arnold | 1795 - 1842 |
| Henry Arthur Jones | 1851 - 1929 |
| Francis Asbury | 1745 - 1816 |
| Roger Ascham | 1515 - 1568 |
| Peter Asher | 1944 |
| Anne Askew | 1521 - 1546 |
| John Aspinall | 1926 - 2000 |
| Margot Asquith | 1864 - 1945 |
| Mary Astell | 1666 - 1731 |
| Eileen Atkins | 1934 |
| Rowan Atkinson | 1956 |
| Richard Attenborough | 1923 |
| Francis Atterbury | 1663 - 1732 |
| Clement Attlee | 1883 - 1967 |
| John Aubrey | 1626 - 1697 |
| W. H. Auden | 1907 - 1973 |
| Henry Austin Dobson | 1840 - 1921 |
| Alfred Austin | 1835 - 1913 |
| J. L. Austin | 1911 - 1960 |
| Alan Ayckbourn | 1939 |
| Kevin Ayers | 1944 |
| Roy Ayers | 1940 |
| Charles Babbage | 1792 - 1871 |
| Edward Bach | 1886 - 1936 |
| Francis Bacon | 1919 - 1992 |
| Roger Bacon | 1214 - 1294 |
| Robert Baden-Powell | 1857 - 1941 |
| Bagehot | 1826 - 1877 |
| David Bailey | 1938 |
| Derek Bailey | 1932 - 2005 |
| Nathan Bailey | |
| Beryl Bainbridge | 1934 |
| Kenneth Baker | 1934 |
| Monica Baldwin | |
| Stanley Baldwin | 1867 - 1947 |
| John Balguy | 1686 - 1748 |
| Gordon Banks | 1937 |
| Harry Banks | 1896 - 1915 |
| Joseph Banks | 1743 - 1820 |
| William Banting | 1796 - 1878 |
| Chris Barber | 1930 |
| Clive Barker | 1952 |
| Ronnie Barker | 1929 - 2005 |
| Barnabe Barnes | 1569 - 1609 |
| Clive Barnes | 1927 |
| Julian Barnes | 1946 |
| Peter Barnes | 1931 - 2004 |
| Robert Barnes | 1495 - 1540 |
| William Barnes | 1801 - 1886 |
| Richard Barnfield | 1574 - 1627 |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning | 1806 - 1861 |
| Elizabeth Barrett | 1806 - 1861 |
| Syd Barrett | 1946 - 2006 |
| Isaac Barrow | 1630 - 1677 |
| John D. Barrow | 1952 |
| Elizabeth Barton | |
| Harold Bauer | 1873 - 1951 |
| Arnold Bax | 1883 - 1953 |
| Richard Baxter | 1615 - 1691 |
| Stephanie Beacham | 1947 |
| Sean Bean | 1959 |
| Aubrey Beardsley | 1872 - 1898 |
| Cecil Beaton | 1904 - 1980 |
| Evelyn Beatrice Hall | 1868 - 1919 |
| Francis Beaumont | 1584 - 1616 |
| Thomas Becket | 1118 - 1170 |
| David Beckham | 1975 |
| Victoria Beckham | 1974 |
| Kate Beckinsale | 1973 |
| Venerable Bede | 672 - 735 |
| Thomas Beecham | 1879 - 1961 |
| Herbert Beerbohm Tree | 1853 - 1917 |
| Max Beerbohm | 1872 - 1956 |
| Aphra Behn | 1640 - 1689 |
| Clive Bell | 1881 - 1964 |
| Hilaire Belloc | 1870 - 1953 |
| Tony Benn | 1925 |
| Alan Bennett | 1934 |
| Arnold Bennett | 1867 - 1931 |
| Stella Benson | 1892 - 1933 |
| George Bentham | 1800 - 1884 |
| Jeremy Bentham | 1748 - 1832 |
| Eric Bentley | 1916 |
| Richard Bentley | 1662 - 1742 |
| John Berger | 1926 |
| William Berkeley | 1605 - 1677 |
| Steven Berkoff | 1937 |
| Tim Berners-Lee | 1955 |
| Annie Besant | 1847 - 1933 |
| Henry Bessemer | 1813 - 1898 |
| John Betjeman | 1906 - 1984 |
| Paul Bettany | 1971 |
| William Beveridge | 1879 - 1963 |
| John Biddle | 1615 - 1662 |
| Acker Bilk | 1929 |
| Isabella Bird | 1831 - 1904 |
| Jane Birkin | 1946 |
| Augustine Birrell | 1850 - 1933 |
| Jacqueline Bisset | 1944 |
| Richard Blackmore | 1654 - 1729 |
| Ritchie Blackmore | 1945 |
| Susan Blackmore | 1951 |
| William Blackstone | 1723 - 1780 |
| Tony Blair | 1953 |
| William Blake | 1757 - 1827 |
| Melanie Blatt | 1975 |
| Brenda Blethyn | 1946 |
| Thomas Blood | 1618 - 1680 |
| Orlando Bloom | 1977 |
| Robert Bloomfield | 1766 - 1823 |
| Heston Blumenthal | 1966 |
| Edmund Blunden | 1896 - 1974 |
| Anthony Blunt | |
| Dirk Bogarde | 1921 - 1999 |
| Anne Boleyn | |
| Henry Bolingbroke | 1678 - 1751 |
| Edward Bond | 1934 |
| Barton Booth | 1681 - 1733 |
| Ian Botham | 1955 |
| Matthew Bourne | 1960 |
| Thomas Bowdler | 1754 - 1825 |
| Charles Bowen | 1835 - 1894 |
| David Bowie | 1947 |
| Danny Boyle | 1956 |
| Malcolm Bradbury | 1932 |
| Charles Bradlaugh | 1833 - 1891 |
| Matthew Brady | |
| Ernest Bramah | 1868 - 1942 |
| Gerald Brenan | 1894 - 1987 |
| Nicholas Breton | 1545 - 1626 |
| William Brewster | 1567 - 1644 |
| Robert Bridges | 1844 - 1930 |
| Alan Brien | |
| Richard Briers | 1934 |
| Sarah Brightman | 1961 |
| Vera Brittain | 1893 - 1970 |
| Benjamin Britten | 1913 - 1976 |
| John Britton | 1927 - 1994 |
| Alexander Brome | 1620 - 1666 |
| Jacob Bronowski | 1908 - 1974 |
| Emily Bronte | 1818 - 1848 |
| Kelly Brook | 1979 |
| Rupert Brooke | 1887 - 1915 |
| Anita Brookner | 1938 |
| William Broome | 1689 - 1745 |
| Louise Brown | 1906 - 1996 |
| Melanie Brown | 1975 |
| Robert Browning | 1812 - 1889 |
| Gavin Bryars | 1943 |
| James Bryce | 1838 - 1922 |
| Eustace Budgell | 1686 - 1737 |
| Robert Bulwer-Lytton | 1803 - 1873 |
| John Bunyan | 1628 - 1688 |
| Anthony Burgess | 1917 - 1993 |
| Edward Burnett Tylor | 1832 - 1917 |
| Fanny Burney | 1752 - 1840 |
| John Burns | 1858 - 1943 |
| Saffron Burrows | 1973 |
| Robert Burton | 1577 - 1640 |
| Geezer Butler | 1949 |
| Joseph Butler | 1692 - 1752 |
| Charles Buxton | 1823 - 1871 |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | 1792 - 1822 |
| Eileen Caddy | 1917 - 2006 |
| Jack Cade | |
| Michael Caine | 1933 |
| Charles Caleb Colton | 1780 - 1832 |
| James Callaghan | 1912 - 2005 |
| Simon Callow | 1949 |
| Ada Cambridge | 1844 - 1926 |
| William Camden | 1551 - 1623 |
| Anne Campbell | 1940 |
| Malcolm Campbell | 1885 |
| Thomas Campion | 1567 - 1620 |
| George Canning | 1770 - 1827 |
| George Carey | 1935 |
| William Carey | 1761 - 1834 |
| Will Carling | 1965 |
| George Carman | 1929 - 2001 |
| Anthony Caro | 1924 |
| Edward Carpenter | 1844 - 1929 |
| Humphrey Carpenter | 1946 - 2005 |
| Lewis Carrol | 1832 - 1898 |
| Jasper Carrott | 1945 |
| Angela Carter | 1940 - 1992 |
| Elizabeth Carter | |
| Howard Carter | 1874 - 1939 |
| Sydney Carter | 1915 - 2004 |
| Barbara Cartland | 1901 - 2000 |
| William Cartwright | 1611 - 1643 |
| Roy Castle | 1932 |
| Kim Cattrall | 1956 |
| Margaret Cavendish | 1623 - 1673 |
| Thomas Cavendish | 1908 - 1908 |
| William Caxton | 1422 - 1491 |
| David Cecil | 1902 - 1986 |
| Richard Cecil | 1748 - 1810 |
| William Cecil | 1521 - 1598 |
| Henry Chadwick | 1824 - 1908 |
| Will Champion | 1978 |
| Charlie Chaplin | 1889 - 1977 |
| Colin Chapman | 1928 - 1982 |
| George Chapman | 1559 - 1634 |
| William Chappell | 1809 - 1888 |
| Julius Charles Hare | 1795 - 1855 |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne | 1837 - 1909 |
| Prince Charles | 1948 |
| Tina Charles | 1954 |
| Bobby Charlton | 1937 |
| Jack Charlton | 1935 |
| Geoffrey Chaucer | 1343 - 1400 |
| Gilbert K. Chesterton | 1874 - 1936 |
| Melanie Chisholm | 1974 |
| Agatha Christie | 1890 - 1976 |
| Henry Christopher Bailey | |
| Charles Churchill | 1731 - 1764 |
| Winston Churchill | 1874 - 1965 |
| Thomas Churchyard | 1520 - 1604 |
| John Churton Collins | 1848 - 1908 |
| John Ciardi | 1916 - 1986 |
| Colley Cibber | 1671 - 1757 |
| John Clapham | 1873 - 1946 |
| John Clare | 1793 - 1864 |
| Alan Clark | 1952 - 1999 |
| Anthony Clark | 1963 |
| Frank Clark | 1943 |
| Arthur C. Clarke | 1917 |
| Kenneth Clarke | |
| Samuel Clarke | 1675 - 1729 |
| Vince Clarke | 1960 |
| Thomas Clarkson | 1760 - 1846 |
| Julian Clary | 1959 |
| John Cleese | 1939 |
| Edmund Clerihew Bentley | 1875 - 1956 |
| John Cleveland | 1613 - 1658 |
| Brian Clough | 1935 - 2004 |
| William Cobbett | 1763 - 1835 |
| Thomas Cochrane | 1775 - 1860 |
| Alexander Cockburn | 1941 |
| Edward Cocker | 1631 - 1672 |
| Jarvis Cocker | 1963 |
| Joe Cocker | 1944 |
| Jonathan Coe | 1961 |
| Edward Coke | 1552 - 1634 |
| Sara Coleridge | 1802 - 1852 |
| Phil Collen | 1957 |
| Jeremy Collier | 1650 - 1726 |
| Robin G. Collingwood | 1889 - 1943 |
| Anthony Collins | 1676 - 1729 |
| Phil Collins | 1951 |
| Wilkie Collins | 1824 - 1889 |
| William Collins | 1721 - 1759 |
| George Colman | |
| Ronald Colman | 1891 - 1958 |
| John Colville | 1915 - 1987 |
| Denis Compton | 1918 - 1997 |
| Ivy Compton-Burnett | 1884 - 1969 |