Famous English People

Name famous people whom are from England and/or of English descent.

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Clue	Person
One of the greatest playwriters of all time; wrote 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet'	William Shakespeare
Mathematician and physicist who formulated the laws of motion	Isaac Newton
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist who suffered from ALS	Stephen Hawking
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the majority of the Second World War	Winston Churchill
Conservative politician and classical scholar who was fluent in eight languages	Enoch Powell
Catholic involved in the Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I	Guy Fawkes
Best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition	Sir Francis Drake
King of the Anglo-Saxons who repelled Viking advances in England	Alfred the Great

Clue	Person
Humanitarian activist and founder of modern nursing	Florence Nightingale
Led armies of Parliament against King Charles I during the English Civil War	Oliver Cromwell
Geologist and biologist who conceived the theory of evolution	Charles Darwin
Renowned for his role in Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire	T.E. Lawrence
First wife of Prince Charles known for her activism and charity work	Princess Diana
19th century writer known for her social commentary; wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'	Jane Austen
One of the greatest fiction writers of all time; wrote 'A Christmas Carol'	Charles Dickens