- Ken Livingstone
Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945) is a British politician who became Mayor of London on the creation of the post in 2000. He was previously Leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until it was abolished in 1986. After its abolition, he became Member of Parliament for Brent East, but was quoted as saying that being in the House of Commons was not enjoyable and made little impact there.
- Tam Dalyell
Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 11th Baronet (born August 9, 1932), known as Tam Dalyell, is a Scottish politician and was a Labour member of the House of Commons from 1962 to 2005. Dalyell was born in England but raised in his mother's family home, The Binns, near Linlithgow, West Lothian; his father (Percy) Gordon Loch, C.I.E., a scion of the family of Loch of Drylaw, was an Empire civil servant (Political Agent) and through his mother he is a baronet, …
- Sandy Lyle
Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE (born February 9, 1958) is a Scottish golfer. Lyle was born in Shrewsbury, England and represented Scotland during his professional career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. Lyle was introduced to golf by his father, Alex, who had taken the family from Scotland to England in 1955 when he became resident professional at Hawkstone Park golf course.
- James Cook
Captain James Cook FRS RN (27 October 1728 (O.S.) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy, Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia, the European discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
- Rod Stewart
Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a British singer born and raised in London. He describes himself as a "Scottish rock singer", owing to his parentage. He considers himself as a true Scot. He was a member of the The Jeff Beck Group and the Faces. He was also briefly in a band entitled Roddy Rod and the Dynamic Duo with fellow band members Mark McCallister and Sammy Pierce before embarking on a solo career. His wife is model Penny Lancaster.
- Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth, was the Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952. After her husband's death, she was known as "Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother", to avoid confusion with her daughter, Elizabeth II. Before her husband ascended the throne, from 1923 to 1936 she was known as the Duchess of York. She was the last Queen of Ireland and Empress of India.
- Bruce Forsyth
Bruce Forsyth, CBE (born Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson on 22 February 1928) is a British showman, and entertainer who achieved celebrity on the show "Sunday Night at the London Palladium", and became a household name in the UK, going on to present the television shows "The Generation Game", "Play Your Cards Right" and "Strictly Come Dancing". His nickname is Brucie or Uncle Brucie.
- Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN, (6 June 1868 - 29 March 1912) was a Royal Naval officer and Antarctic explorer. In the so-called "Race to the South Pole" Scott came second, behind the Norwegian Roald Amundsen; he and his four companions died whilst trying to return to their base. Scott has become the most famous, and tragic, hero of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May, 1859 - 7 July, 1930) was a Scottish born author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction.
- Kenneth MacMillan
Sir Kenneth MacMillan (December 11, 1929 Dunfermline, Scotland - October 29, 1992, London) was a noted Scottish ballet dancer and choreographer. He was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977.
- John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill, (20 May 1806 - 8 May 1873) British philosopher, political economist and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. He was an advocate of utilitarianism, the ethical theory that was systemized by his godfather, Jeremy Bentham, but adapted to German romanticism. It is usually suggested that Mill is an advocate of negative liberty. However, this has been contested by many academics, notably Dr.
- Alistair Darling
Alistair Maclean Darling (born November 28, 1953) is a British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer since June 28, 2007. He is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West in Scotland.
- Alastair Campbell
Alastair John Campbell (born May 25, 1957) was the Director of Communications and Strategy for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2003.
- Wyndham Halswelle
Wyndham Halswelle was a Scottish athlete, winner of the controversial 400 m run at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Born in London to London-born, Edinburgh-trained artist Keeley Halswelle and Helen Marianna Elizabeth Gordon, he strongly identified with the Scottish nationality of his maternal grandfather, General Nathaniel J. Gordon. Wyndham Halswelle had a notable athletic career at Charterhouse School and the RC Sandhurst, …
- Ms. Dynamite
Niomi MacLean-Daley (born 26 April 1981), best known as Ms. Dynamite, is an English R&B and hip hop singer, songwriter, and rapper of Scottish and Jamaican descent.
- Rocco Forte
Sir Rocco Forte is a British hotelier born in Bournemouth. He went to Downside School in England as a child and went on to read modern languages at Oxford University. He is the son of Lord Forte from whom he took over as CEO of the Forte Group in 1992. In the mid-Nineties, the Forte Group was faced with a hostile takeover bid from Gerry Robinson's Granada.
- Robert Blair
Robert Blair (born 7 August 1981, Edinburgh) is a Scottish badminton player who plays for England. Blair was born in Scotland, but after attending Loughborough University in Leicestershire, he has competed for England since 2001, except at the Olympic Games, where Scotland and England are both parts of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. His main motivation for changing nation was the prospect of medals at the Commonwealth Games.
- Ewan Maccoll
Ewan MacColl (25 January, 1915 - 22 October, 1989) was a British folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was the father of Kirsty MacColl.
- Neil Innes
Neil James Innes (born 9 December 1944, in Danbury, Essex) is an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles.
- Ian Hamilton
Robert Ian Hamilton (24 March 1938 - 27 December 2001) was a British literary critic, reviewer, biographer, poet, magazine editor and publisher. He was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk. His parents were Scottish and had moved to Norfolk in 1936. His father died when Ian was 13. The family moved to Darlington in 1951 and there at age 17 in sixth form at school Hamilton produced two issues of his own magazine, which was called "The Scorpion".
- Ian Hamilton
Ian 'Chico' Hamilton (born 31 October 1950 in Streatham) was an English footballer who was nicknamed Chico after the jazz player of the same name. He first joined Chelsea as a junior and became the Stamford Bridge outfit's youngest ever player and goalscorer at 16 years, 138 days when he scored against Tottenham Hotspur on his debut in 1966, which earned comparisons with another famous Chelsea striker who scored on his debut against Spurs - Jimmy Greaves.
- Caitlin McClatchey
Caitlin McClatchey (b. 28 November 1985) is a Scottish swimmer. To date her greatest achievement has been winning 2 gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She is the UK record holder in the 200m and 400m freestyle.
- Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Knightley is an English film and television actress. She began her career as a child actress, and came to international prominence in 2003, after co-starring in the films "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl". Knightley has since become a notable lead actress, …
- Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly "Volpone" and "The Alchemist" which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.
- Roddy Grant
Roderick "Roddy" John Grant (born September 16 1966 in Gloucester) is an English-born Scottish former professional footballer. He played for seven clubs during a 19-year playing career, beginning as a trainee with Cowdenbeath in 1989 and closing out his professional career with Peterhead in 2003. He had two spells with St. Johnstone, during the former of which he scored Saints' second goal in a 3-1 win at home to Airdrieonians, …
- Charles James Napier
General Sir Charles James Napier GCB (August 10, 1782 - August 29, 1853) was a British general and Commander-in-Chief in India. The city of Napier, New Zealand, is named after him. He is famous for conquering Sindh province now in present-day Pakistan. A quote for which Napier is famous involves a delegation of Hindu locals approaching him and complaining about prohibition of Sati, often referred to at the time as "suttee", by British authorities.
- Andrew Lansley
Andrew David Lansley, CBE, (born 11 December 1956) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for South Cambridgeshire. He was first elected in the 1997 general election. Born in Hornchurch, Essex, before politics Lansley was a civil servant. He worked for Norman Tebbit in 1984 as his private secretary at the Department of Trade and Industry.
- David Niven
David Niven was an Academy Award-winning British actor.
- John Ruskin
John Ruskin (February 8, 1819 - January 20, 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Ruskin's essays on art and architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
- William McGregor
William McGregor was a Scottish draper, Director of Aston Villa and founder of the Football League. McGregor went on to chair both the Football League and the Football Association and became President of the Football League. McGregor first became interested in football as a young man in Scotland while he was serving his apprenticeship as a draper.
- Clarissa Dickson-Wright
Clarissa Dickson-Wright (born Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson-Wright on June 28 1947) is an English celebrity chef best known from her appearances with Jennifer Paterson in the BBC series "Two Fat Ladies". She was born in St John's Wood, London, the only child of a Protestant father Sir Arthur Dickson-Wright KCVO who was surgeon to the British Royal Family after World War II, …
- Torquil Campbell
Torquil Campbell is the lead singer and songwriter for the Montreal-based indie rock band Stars. He also records and performs with Broken Social Scene. In addition to singing, he also plays the trumpet and is a member of the band Memphis. The son of actor Douglas Campbell, Torquil Campbell was born in England and came to Canada in childhood with his family. He has also worked as an actor all his life, appearing on stage throughout North America, …
- William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone was a British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). He was a notable political reformer, known for his populist speeches, and was for many years the main political rival of Benjamin Disraeli. The English statesman was famously at odds with Queen Victoria for much of his career.
- Harold MacMillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986), was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Nicknamed 'Supermac', he did not use his first name and was known as Harold Macmillan before elevation to the peerage. When asked what represented the greatest challenge for a statesman, Macmillan replied: “Events, my dear boy, events”.
- Alexander Campbell
Sir Alexander Campbell, PC, KCMG, QC (March 9, 1822 - 24 May, 1892) was an English-born, Canadian statesman and politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation. Born in Hedon, England, he was brought to Canada by his father, who was a doctor, when he was one year old. He was educated in French at St. Hyacinthe in Quebec and in grammar school in Kingston, Ontario. Campbell studied law and was called to the bar in 1843.
- Andrew Irvine
Andrew "Sandy" Irvine was an English mountaineer who took part in the third British Expedition to Mount Everest in 1924. Irvine disappeared somewhere high on the North-East ridge, along with climbing partner George Mallory, whilst attempting to make the first ascent of the world's highest Mountain in June of that year. The pair's last known sighting was only a few hundred metres from the summit.
- Rod Liddle
Rod Liddle (born 1960) is a British journalist best known for his term as editor of BBC Radio 4's "Today" programme. Liddle was born in South London but brought up in Nunthorpe, Yorkshire. He was educated at Laurence Jackson comprehensive school in Guisborough (also Yorkshire), and while there formed a punk band called "Dangerbird" with some friends. He attended the London School of Economics.
- George Cruikshank
George Cruikshank was an English caricaturist and book illustrator. Born in London, he was a member of the Cruikshank family of caricaturists and artists, the son of Scottish painter and caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank.
- Michael Carrick
Michael Adrian Carrick (born 28 July 1981 in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear) is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester United as a midfielder. __TOC_
- Claude Maxwell MacDonald
Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald KCB PC (1852 - 1915) was a British diplomat. MacDonald was educated at Uppingham School and Sandhurst, and was a soldier-diplomat. He thought of himself as a 'soldier-outsider', as regards the Foreign Office. He presided over the Tokyo Legation in years of harmony between Britain and Japan (1900-12), swapping posts with Sir Ernest Satow who replaced him as Minister in Peking.