British
| Name | Category | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
| Marina Warner |
Novelist |
November 9, 1946 |
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| Mark Knopfler |
Musician |
August 12, 1949 |
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| Mark Rutherford |
Writer |
December 22, 1831 |
March 14, 1913 |
| Mark Thomas |
Comedian |
April 11, 1963 |
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| Martin Amis |
Author |
August 25, 1949 |
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| Martin Bashir |
Journalist |
January 19, 1963 |
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| Martin Fry |
Musician |
March 9, 1958 |
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| Martin Ryle |
Scientist |
September 27, 1918 |
October 14, 1984 |
| Mary Archer |
Scientist |
December 22, 1944 |
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| Mary Douglas |
Scientist |
March 25, 1921 |
May 16, 2007 |
| Mary Elizabeth Coleridge |
Novelist |
September 23, 1861 |
August 25, 1907 |
| Mary Leakey |
Scientist |
February 6, 1913 |
December 9, 1996 |
| Mary Teresa Norton |
Writer |
March 7, 1875 |
August 2, 1959 |
| Mary Wesley |
Novelist |
June 24, 1912 |
December 30, 2002 |
| Mary Whitehouse |
Activist |
June 13, 1910 |
November 23, 2001 |
| Mary Wollstonecraft |
Writer |
April 27, 1759 |
September 10, 1797 |
| Matthew Green |
Poet |
1696 |
1737 |
| Matthew Hale |
Historian |
November 1, 1609 |
December 25, 1676 |
| May Sinclair |
Writer |
1862 |
1946 |
| Mel Smith |
Actor |
December 3, 1952 |
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| Melita Norwood |
Criminal |
March 25, 1912 |
June 2, 2005 |
| Mervyn Peake |
Writer |
July 9, 1911 |
November 17, 1968 |
| Michael Apted |
Director |
February 10, 1941 |
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| Michael Aspel |
Journalist |
January 12, 1933 |
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| Michael Burgess |
Celebrity |
December 23, 1950 |
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| Michael Flanders |
Actor |
March 1, 1922 |
April 14, 1975 |
| Michael Gambon |
Actor |
October 19, 1940 |
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| Michael McLaughlin |
Politician |
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| Michael Nyman |
Composer |
March 23, 1944 |
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| Michael Palin |
Comedian |
May 3, 1943 |
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| Michael Parkinson |
Journalist |
March 28, 1935 |
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| Michael Reed |
Celebrity |
1929 |
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| Michael Winner |
Producer |
October 30, 1935 |
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| Michael Winterbottom |
Director |
March 29, 1961 |
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| Michael York |
Actor |
March 27, 1942 |
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| Mick Fleetwood |
Musician |
June 24, 1942 |
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| Mike Harding |
Musician |
October 23, 1944 |
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| Mike Leigh |
Director |
February 20, 1943 |
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| Millicent Fawcett |
Activist |
June 11, 1847 |
August 5, 1929 |
| Nancy Astor |
Politician |
May 19, 1879 |
May 2, 1964 |
| Naomi Campbell |
Model |
May 22, 1970 |
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| Natasha Hamilton |
Musician |
July 17, 1982 |
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| Natasha Richardson |
Actress |
May 11, 1963 |
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| Naveen Andrews |
Actor |
January 17, 1969 |
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| Neil Gaiman |
Author |
November 10, 1960 |
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| Neil Innes |
Writer |
December 9, 1944 |
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| Neville Chamberlain |
Politician |
March 18, 1869 |
November 9, 1940 |
| Nicholas Mosley |
Novelist |
June 25, 1923 |
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| Nick Mason |
Musician |
January 27, 1945 |
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| Nick Park |
Director |
December 6, 1958 |
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| Nicolas Bentley |
Author |
June 14, 1907 |
August 14, 1978 |
| Nicolette Sheridan |
Actress |
November 21, 1963 |
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| Nigel Dennis |
Writer |
January 16, 1912 |
July 19, 1989 |
| Nigel Farage |
Politician |
April 3, 1964 |
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| Nigel Lawson |
Politician |
March 11, 1932 |
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| Nigel Mansell |
Athlete |
August 8, 1953 |
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| Nigel Rees |
Author |
June 5, 1944 |
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| Nigel Short |
Celebrity |
June 1, 1965 |
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| Nigella Lawson |
Journalist |
January 6, 1960 |
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| Norman Angell |
Writer |
December 26, 1872 |
October 7, 1967 |
| Norman Cook |
Musician |
July 16, 1963 |
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| Norman Douglas |
Writer |
December 8, 1868 |
February 7, 1952 |
| Norman Foster |
Architect |
June 1, 1935 |
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| Norman Hartnell |
Designer |
June 12, 1901 |
June 8, 1979 |
| Norman Tebbit |
Statesman |
March 29, 1931 |
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| Oswald Mosley |
Politician |
November 16, 1896 |
December 3, 1980 |
| Owen Feltham |
Author |
1602 |
1668 |
| P. J. Harvey |
Musician |
October 9, 1969 |
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| Paddy Ashdown |
Politician |
February 27, 1941 |
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| Patricia Hewitt |
Politician |
December 2, 1948 |
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| Patrick Ferguson |
Soldier |
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| Patrick Macnee |
Actor |
February 6, 1922 |
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| Patrick Murray |
Actor |
December 17, 1956 |
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| Patrick Troughton |
Actor |
March 25, 1920 |
March 28, 1987 |
| Paul Brunton |
Philosopher |
October 21, 1898 |
July 27, 1981 |
| Paul Daniels |
Entertainer |
April 6, 1938 |
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| Paul Darrow |
Actor |
May 2, 1941 |
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| Paul Davies |
Writer |
April 22, 1946 |
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| Paul Dirac |
Physicist |
August 8, 1902 |
October 20, 1984 |
| Paul Merton |
Comedian |
July 9, 1957 |
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| Paul Nurse |
Scientist |
January 25, 1949 |
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| Paul Oakenfold |
Musician |
August 30, 1963 |
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| Paul Scofield |
Actor |
January 21, 1922 |
March 19, 2008 |
| Paul Scott |
Novelist |
March 25, 1920 |
March 1, 1978 |
| Penelope Keith |
Actress |
April 2, 1940 |
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| Pete Townshend |
Musician |
May 19, 1945 |
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| Peter Ackroyd |
Author |
October 5, 1949 |
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| Peter Benenson |
Lawyer |
July 31, 1921 |
February 25, 2005 |
| Peter Brimelow |
Journalist |
1947 |
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| Peter Brock |
Celebrity |
February 26, 1945 |
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| Peter Brook |
Producer |
March 21, 1925 |
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| Peter Cook |
Writer |
November 17, 1937 |
January 9, 1995 |
| Peter Cushing |
Actor |
May 26, 1913 |
August 11, 1994 |
| Peter D. Mitchell |
Scientist |
September 29, 1920 |
April 10, 1992 |
| Peter Davison |
Actor |
April 13, 1951 |
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| Peter Greenaway |
Director |
April 5, 1942 |
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| Peter Hain |
Politician |
February 16, 1950 |
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| Peter Hall |
Director |
November 22, 1930 |
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| Peter Mandelson |
Politician |
October 21, 1953 |
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| Peter Mayhew |
Actor |
May 19, 1944 |
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