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50 Famous Men from the United Kingdom

Can you name 50 famous men from the United Kingdom?
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Last updated: August 29, 2024
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First submittedMarch 8, 2021
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Singer who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham!
George Michael
Triple jump world record holder
Jonathan Edwards
Singer, songwriter and bassist for The Beatles
Paul McCartney
Naturalist who developed the theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
Only actor who won Academy Award for Best Actor three times
Daniel Day-Lewis
Scientist who formulated the theory of gravitation and three laws of motion
Isaac Newton
Consort of the British monarch from 1952 until his death in 2021
Prince Philip
Playwright and poet who wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Lord Protector of England for much of the 1650s
Oliver Cromwell
Mathematician who helped to decipher the German Enigma codes in WWII
Alan Turing
Member of the Beatles who was assassinated in 1980
John Lennon
Musician who is the lead singer of the Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger
King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms since 2022
Charles III
Formula One driver he holds the records for the most wins in history
Lewis Hamilton
Musician who was the frontman of the band the Police from 1977 until 1986
Sting
Actor who won the Oscar for Best Actor for portraying Hannibal Lecter
Anthony Hopkins
Member of the pop group Take That, who achieved greater success with his solo career
Robbie Williams
Comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film
Charlie Chaplin
Scottish patriot who led resistance against the English
William Wallace
Singer whose famous songs are Shape of You and Galway Girl
Ed Sheeran
Drummer who later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis
Phil Collins
Footballer who played for Manchester United, Real Madrid and AC Milan
David Beckham
Actor who played Richard III, Magneto and Gandalf
Ian McKellen
Actor who won Oscar for Best Actor for portraying Gandhi
Ben Kingsley
Explorer who circumnavigated the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580
Francis Drake
Author of Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
Tony Blair
Explorer who established the first European colony in Australia
James Cook
Author of Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
Bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, for which he shared a Nobel Prize
Alexander Fleming
Sprinter who have won gold medals in the 100 m at all four major competitions
Linford Christie
First actor to portray James Bond on film, starring in seven films
Sean Connery
Singer whose number-one hits were Ashes to Ashes and Under Pressure
David Bowie
The 20th century's most famous and celebrated Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Filmmaker known as the "Master of Suspense"
Alfred Hitchcock
Author whose most notable work is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Broadcaster and biologist best known for writing and presenting the BBC series Life
David Attenborough
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
Boris Johnson
Explorer who undertook three extensive expeditions throughout much of Africa
David Livingstone
Admiral who defeated Napoleon's fleet in the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar
Horatio Nelson
Northern Irish professional golfer who was world number one
Rory McIlroy
Musician whose tribute single Candle in the Wind, was dedicated to Diana
Elton John
Scottish tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles titles
Andy Murray
Singer, songwriter, record producer, and lead vocalist of the rock band Queen
Freddie Mercury
Physicist noted for his research into the origin of the universe and black hole theories
Stephen Hawking
Footballer who was member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup
Bobby Charlton
Actor from Northern Ireland who portrayed Oskar Schindler
Liam Neeson
Writer and physician who created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887
Arthur Conan Doyle
Comedian who played the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean
Rowan Atkinson
Inventor who improved steam engine during the Industrial Revolution
James Watt
9 Comments
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Level 65
Mar 8, 2021
Tolkien not Tolkein
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Level 79
Mar 8, 2021
Too actor-centric. Other great Britons include Boudicca, St Alban, Bede,Thomas Beckett, Thomas More, Milton, Mungo Park, James Clark Ross, Ernest Shackleton, Wilfred Owen, Florence Nightingale, William Wilberforce, Grace Darling, Emmeline Pankhurst, Purcell, George Orwell, Benjamin Britten and Francis Crick.
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Level 53
Mar 8, 2021
Thanks for suggestions and for playing my quiz. I have removed 3 questions with actors and added some other people. I don't know if you are British because I am not and from your list I have never heard for most of people.
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Level 66
Mar 19, 2021
Certainly overwhelming majority of British people will have heard of Boudicca, Thomas Becket (just one T), Emmeline Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale. They're basic historical figures covered in school. Wilfred Owen and Thomas More are also very commonly known, because both WWI and Henry VIII are historical periods that get quite a bit of focus.
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Level 53
Mar 19, 2021
Thanks for playing. There are probably 50 or more people to be put in another quiz.
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Level 54
Mar 18, 2021
Cool Quiz!
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Level 53
Mar 18, 2021
Thanks! :)
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Level 59
Jul 23, 2021
Nice quiz - just FYI, Paul McCartney was a bassist, not a guitarist
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Level 73
Mar 22, 2022
The number of English football legends that have played fit Man U are many

Bobby Charlton and Duncan Edwards are more legendary than David Beckham