British celebrities
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Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby (4 May 1559 – 23 January 1637) was an aristocratic English woman, and a noted patron of the arts. Poet Edmund Spenser represented her as “Amaryllis” in his pastoral poem Colin Clouts Come Home Againe and dedicated h
Karen Walker (born 29 July 1969) is an English former international football centre-forward. She played for Doncaster Belles for 20 years, starting at the age of 15, and began playing for England as a teenager, making 83 appearances and scoring a rec
Jakki Degg (born 20 February 1978) is an English glamour model and actress. While the bulk of her work has been done in England, she has appeared in American film and television, and has posed for posters and magazine pictorials.
John Constable (alias Lacey; pen-name Clerophilus Alethes) (born in Lincolnshire, 10 November 1676 or 1678; died 28 March 1743) was an English Jesuit controversial writer.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Heron Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh KCB (9 January 1812 – 13 November 1885) was known for his involvement in the volunteer movement to recruit amateur soldiers for the defence of Britain, and for his links to glamorous wome
Edgar Marcus Lustgarten (3 May 1907 – 15 December 1978) was a British broadcaster and noted crime writer.
Phyllida Lloyd, CBE (born 17 June 1957) is a British director, best known for her work in theatre and as the director of Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady.
David A. Ulliott (1 April 1954 – 6 April 2015), known by the nickname Devilfish, was an English professional gambler and poker player. Formerly, Ulliott was a minor figure in the Hull underworld, but went on to become a World Series of Poker bracel
Terry Ellis (Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, 1944), is an English record producer and manager best known for his early work with band Jethro Tull, and as co-founder of music publishing company Chrysalis Music in 1969.
Christopher George Joseph Challis BSC, FRPS (18 March 1919 – 31 May 2012) was a British cinematographer who worked on more than 70 feature films since beginning in the industry during the 1940s.
Ruth Goodman (born 1963) is a British freelance historian of the early modern period, specialising in offering advice to museums and heritage attractions. She is a specialist in British social history and is a presenter of the BBC educational documen