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Date of Birth
Activity
A. C. Benson
APR 24, 1862
Author
A. J. P. Taylor
MAR 25, 1906
Historian
Aaron Klug
AUG 11, 1926
Physicist
Abraham Tucker
SEP 2, 1705
Philosopher
Adam Ant
NOV 3, 1954
Musician
Adam Clarke
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Theologian
Adam Rickitt
MAY 29, 1978
Actor
Adam Sedgwick
MAR 22, 1785
Scientist
Adrian Mitchell
OCT 24, 1932
Poet
Alan Bates
FEB 17, 1934
Actor
Alan Bleasdale
MAR 22, 1936
Playwright
Alan Bullock
DEC 13, 1914
Historian
Alan Coren
JUN 27, 1938
Writer
Alan Davies
MAR 6, 1966
Actor
Alan Moore
NOV 18, 1953
Writer
Alan Parker
FEB 14, 1944
Director
Alan Parsons
DEC 20, 1948
Musician
Alan Rickman
FEB 21, 1946
Actor
Alastair Campbell
MAY 25, 1957
Journalist
Albert Finney
MAY 9, 1936
Actor
Albert Meltzer
JAN 7, 1920
Activist
Alec Douglas-Home
JUL 2, 1903
Politician
Alex Cox
DEC 15, 1954
Director
Alexei Sayle
AUG 7, 1952
Comedian
Alfred Leslie Rowse
DEC 4, 1903
Historian
Alfred Russel Wallace
JAN 8, 1823
Scientist
Alfred Sisley
OCT 30, 1839
Artist
Alfred Sutro
AUG 7, 1863
Novelist
Alice Thomas Ellis
SEP 9, 1932
Writer
Alison Moyet
JUN 18, 1961
Musician
Alistair Darling
NOV 28, 1953
Politician
Alister Hardy
FEB 10, 1896
Scientist
Alvin Martin
JUL 29, 1958
Athlete
Amanda Holden
FEB 16, 1971
Actress
Amy Levy
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Poet
Andrew Lloyd Webber
MAR 22, 1948
Composer
Andrew Mitchell
MAR 23, 1956
Politician
Andy Goldsworthy
JUL 26, 1956
Artist
Angela Cartwright
SEP 9, 1952
Actress
Angus Wilson
AUG 11, 1913
Novelist
Ann Oakley
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Sociologist
Anna Ford
–
Journalist
Anna Jameson
MAY 17, 1794
Writer
Anna Wickham
–
Poet
Anne Bronte
JAN 17, 1820
Novelist
Anne Perry
OCT 12, 1938
Novelist
Anne Robinson
SEP 26, 1944
Celebrity
Anthony Crosland
AUG 29, 1918
Politician
Anthony Holden
MAY 22, 1947
Journalist
Anthony Hope
FEB 9, 1863
Writer
Anthony Minghella
JAN 6, 1954
Director
Anthony Powell
DEC 21, 1905
Novelist
Anthony Sampson
AUG 3, 1926
Writer
Antonia Fraser
AUG 27, 1932
Author
Antony Beevor
DEC 14, 1946
Historian
Antony Hewish
MAY 11, 1924
Scientist
Antony Jay
APR 20, 1930
Writer
Arabella Weir
DEC 6, 1957
Comedian
Archer John Porter Martin
MAR 1, 1910
Scientist
Archibald Primrose
MAY 7, 1847
Politician
Archibald Wavell
MAY 5, 1883
Soldier
Archie Panjabi
MAY 31, 1972
Actress
Arnold J. Toynbee
APR 14, 1889
Historian
Arnold Wesker
MAY 24, 1932
Playwright
Arthur Balfour
JUL 25, 1848
Statesman
Arthur Bryant
FEB 18, 1899
Historian
Arthur Cayley
AUG 16, 1821
Mathematician
Arthur Conan Doyle
MAY 22, 1859
Writer
Arthur Eddington
DEC 28, 1882
Scientist
Arthur Harris
APR 13, 1892
Soldier
Arthur Helps
JUL 10, 1813
Historian
Arthur Henderson
SEP 13, 1863
Politician
Arthur Lowe
SEP 22, 1915
Actor
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
MAR 14, 1844
Poet
Arthur Phillip
OCT 11, 1738
Soldier
Arthur Ponsonby
FEB 16, 1871
Politician
Arthur Ransome
JAN 18, 1884
Author
Arthur Scargill
JAN 11, 1938
Politician
Arthur Sullivan
MAY 13, 1842
Composer
Arthur Symons
FEB 28, 1865
Poet
Auberon Waugh
NOV 17, 1939
Author
B. H. Liddell Hart
OCT 31, 1895
Historian
Barbara Amiel
DEC 4, 1940
Journalist
Barbara Castle
OCT 6, 1910
Politician
Barbara Steele
DEC 29, 1937
Actress
Barry Sheene
SEP 11, 1950
Celebrity
Barry Unsworth
AUG 10, 1930
Writer
Basil Bunting
MAR 3, 1900
Poet
Beatrice Webb
JAN 2, 1958
Sociologist
Bede Griffiths
DEC 17, 1906
Clergyman
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