Famous Authorsby Nationality - British (Total: 930 authors, 23865 quotes)
| A. C. Benson 13 | Author | British |
| A. J. P. Taylor 17 | Historian | British |
| Aaron Klug 12 | Physicist | British |
| Abraham Tucker 1 | Philosopher | British |
| Adam Ant 43 | Musician | British |
| Adam Clarke 29 | Theologian | British |
| Adam Rickitt 22 | Actor | British |
| Adam Sedgwick 3 | Scientist | British |
| Adrian Mitchell 9 | Poet | British |
| Alan Bates 12 | Actor | British |
| Alan Bleasdale 4 | Dramatist | British |
| Alan Bullock 5 | Historian | British |
| Alan Coren 7 | Writer | British |
| Alan Davies 12 | Actor | British |
| Alan Moore 218 | Writer | British |
| Alan Parker 6 | Director | British |
| Alan Parsons 13 | Musician | British |
| Alan Rickman 60 | Actor | British |
| Alastair Campbell 34 | Journalist | British |
| Albert Finney 30 | Actor | British |
| Albert Meltzer 7 | Activist | British |
| Alec Douglas-Home 1 | Politician | British |
| Alex Cox 28 | Director | British |
| Alexei Sayle 48 | Comedian | British |
| Alfred Leslie Rowse 1 | Historian | British |
| Alfred Russel Wallace 23 | Scientist | British |
| Alfred Sisley 4 | Artist | British |
| Alfred Sutro 1 | Novelist | British |
| Alice Thomas Ellis 4 | Writer | British |
| Alison Moyet 20 | Musician | British |
| Alistair Darling 4 | Politician | British |
| Alister Hardy 1 | Scientist | British |
| Alvin Martin 3 | Athlete | British |
| Amanda Holden 14 | Actress | British |
| Amy Levy 2 | Poet | British |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber 28 | Composer | British |
| Andrew Mitchell 16 | Politician | British |
| Andy Goldsworthy 39 | Artist | British |
| Angela Cartwright 12 | Actress | British |
| Angus Wilson 5 | Novelist | British |
| Ann Oakley 6 | Sociologist | British |
| Anna Ford 1 | Journalist | British |
| Anna Jameson 10 | Writer | British |
| Anna Wickham 2 | Poet | British |
| Anne Bronte 97 | Novelist | British |
| Anne Perry 33 | Novelist | British |
| Anne Robinson 5 | Celebrity | British |
| Anthony Crosland 1 | Politician | British |
| Anthony Holden 35 | Journalist | British |
| Anthony Hope 13 | Writer | British |
| Anthony Minghella 18 | Director | British |
| Anthony Powell 26 | Novelist | British |
| Anthony Sampson 4 | Writer | British |
| Antonia Fraser 37 | Author | British |
| Antony Beevor 21 | Historian | British |
| Antony Hewish 6 | Scientist | British |
| Antony Jay 6 | Writer | British |
| Arabella Weir 41 | Comedian | British |
| Archer John Porter Martin 3 | Scientist | British |
| Archibald Primrose 1 | Politician | British |
| Archibald Wavell 1 | Soldier | British |
| Archie Panjabi 33 | Actress | British |
| Arnold J. Toynbee 26 | Historian | British |
| Arnold Wesker 1 | Dramatist | British |
| Arthur Balfour 8 | Statesman | British |
| Arthur Bryant 3 | Historian | British |
| Arthur Cayley 6 | Mathematician | British |
| Arthur Conan Doyle 418 | Writer | British |
| Arthur Eddington 27 | Scientist | British |
| Arthur Harris 1 | Soldier | British |
| Arthur Helps 21 | Historian | British |
| Arthur Henderson 32 | Politician | British |
| Arthur Lowe 2 | Actor | British |
| Arthur O'Shaughnessy 6 | Poet | British |
| Arthur Phillip 1 | Soldier | British |
| Arthur Ponsonby 1 | Politician | British |
| Arthur Ransome 14 | Author | British |
| Arthur Scargill 9 | Politician | British |
| Arthur Sullivan 2 | Composer | British |
| Arthur Symons 5 | Poet | British |
| Auberon Waugh 37 | Author | British |
| B. H. Liddell Hart 9 | Historian | British |
| Barbara Amiel 25 | Journalist | British |
| Barbara Castle 21 | Politician | British |
| Barbara Steele 9 | Actress | British |
| Barry Sheene 10 | Celebrity | British |
| Barry Unsworth 44 | Writer | British |
| Basil Bunting 11 | Poet | British |
| Beatrice Webb 5 | Sociologist | British |
| Bede Griffiths 18 | Clergyman | British |