Famous British - British Celebrities - page 29
“Be British.” Captain Smith’s last words, as the great Titanic went down into the icy ocean are the perfect epitome of what it means to be a Britisher. As the imperial rulers of the world who had enslaved and taken control over several other countries across continents in the quest of establishing trade ties, Britishers are also the ones who gave the world the democratic form of government, a concept that evolved from the constitutional monarchy form of government in the Great Britain. Britain is the country where some of the legends of literature and poetry took birth. Imagine what the literary world would have been like had it not been for the “Bard of Avon”, William Shakespeare, or for that matter Charles Dickens and Milton?
Find out more about the greatest Britishers, including Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince Harry, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, George VI and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
The Most Famous British | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Wentworth Miller | June 2, 1972 | British, American | Wentworth Miller is an American actor and screenwriter who achieved recognition for his role in the TV series ‘Prison Break’. |
Sophie Reade | May 18, 1989 | British | Sophie Victoria Reade is a British model and reality show star |
Grian | August 9, 1993 | British | Grian is an English YouTube gamer and social media influencer |
Benjamin Atkinson | September 9, 1993 | British | Benjamin Atkinson is the son of the world-renowned British actor and comedian, Rowan Atkinson |
Naomi Scott | May 6, 1993 | British | Naomi Scott is a British actress and singer |
Cavetown | December 15, 1998 | British | Cavetown is an English YouTuber who posts music videos |
Fabiana Flosi | 1976 | British | Fabiana Flosi is the third wife of Formula One CEO Bernie Ecclestone |
Guccio Gucci | March 26, 1881 | Italian, British | Guccio Gucci was a famous fashion designer from Florence, Italy, and the founder of the world-renowned fashion brand ‘Gucci.’ |
Katie Price | May 22, 1978 | British | Katie Price is an English model and television personality |
Marcus Rashford | October 31, 1997 | British | Marcus Rashford is an English professional footballer |
Arthur Eddington
Arthur Eddington was one of the most renowned astronomers of 19th century and has many scientific achievements to his credit
John Constable
John Constable was an English painter best known for his paintings of the English countryside
Francis Galton
Francis Galton was a famous English psychologist and geneticist who founded psychometrics and eugenics
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish was a theoretical chemist and physicist, renowned for discovery of hydrogen and calculation of the mass of earth
Charles Scott Sherrington
Charles Sherrington was a Nobel Prize winning English scientist who explained the function of neurons in the human body
Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer was a renowned English inventor who discovered the Bessemer process of steel-making
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon was the Queen of England who ruled from 1509 to 1533
Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy was a British chemist who made major contributions to the discoveries of chlorine and iodine
Emily Davison
Emily Davison was a women's suffrage activist in Britain who died after a tragic accident involving King George V's horse Anmer
Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell was an English lawyer and statesman who served as the principal adviser to English King Henry VIII from 1532–40.