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People Buried at Westminster Abbey

Honouring individuals with burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition. Name these people who were buried there.
By no means a comprehensive list
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First submittedDecember 11, 2018
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Person
1003–1066
Last king of the House of Wessex
Edward the Confessor
1386–1422
Won the battle of Agincourt
Henry V
1516–1558
Catholic daughter of Henry VIII
Mary I
1533–1603
Protestant daughter of Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
1566–1625
Commissioned a Bible
James I
1572–1637
The inscription on his tomb reads "O Rare, ___ ______"
Ben Jonson
1642–1727
Explained how gravity works
Isaac Newton
1813–1873
Presumably, Stanley found him in Africa
David Livingstone
1809–1882
Theory of Natural Selection
Charles Darwin
1871–1937
Father of nuclear physics
Ernest Rutherford
1869-1940
Prime Minister who appeased Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
1942–2018
Black hole theorist
Stephen Hawking
1708–1778
1760s Prime Minister whose son also ascended to the office
William Pitt
Poet's Corner
1343–1400
"The Canterbury Tales"
Geoffrey Chaucer
1812–1870
"A Tale of Two Cities"
Charles Dickens
1865–1936
"The Jungle Book"
Rudyard Kipling
1685–1759
"Messiah" composer
George Frideric Handel
1840–1928
"Tess of the d'Urbervilles"
Thomas Hardy
1809–1892
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Alfred Tennyson
1907–1989
Shakesperean actor
Laurence Olivier
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18 Comments
interopia
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Level 85
Jun 9, 2022
Also try People Buried at Arlington Cemetery!!!
brainchild
+3
Level 69
Apr 23, 2021
Awesome Quiz!! Also an interesting fact... alone of Henry VIII's wives only Anne of Cleves is buried within Westminster... near the alter. 🌹
GeoPhilia
+6
Level 56
Apr 23, 2021
Hmmn, that looks like a place to visit.
KingWilwin
+2
Level 57
Apr 6, 2024
it absolutely is, tho quite pricey to get into unless you sneak in
Freestatebear
+5
Level 85
Apr 23, 2021
Surprised that I did pretty well, although I had to look up Ben Jonson, as I had never heard of him. Interesting that his name is rendered on his grave as "Ben Johnson," although he never used that spelling.
ConradBrunstrom
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Level 79
Apr 25, 2021
A different JetPunk quiz acknowledges Edgar the Aetheling as titular King of England. Although he wielded no power, if he is to be counted, he certainly counts as the last monarch of the House of Wessex.
Pharley
+3
Level 73
May 30, 2021
"ShakespeArean actor"
abzlove
+1
Level 74
May 30, 2021
Wow. So a total omission of Lord Byron???
dogmeat
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Level 68
Jun 14, 2023
Popular sentiment was for him to be buried in Westminster Abbey but the church refused due to his 'questionable morals'.

Eventually a bust of Byron was placed in Poets Corner - in the 1970's! After people had been calling for recognition ever since his death.

Ferbin
+1
Level 76
May 30, 2021
Why is this David Livingstone person on so many quizzes, as if he was one of the most famous persons in history?

One of those strange Jetpunk obsessions, I presume.

RobNobody
+4
Level 78
May 30, 2021
I mean, he's famous enough to be buried in Westminster Abbey.
Ferbin
+1
Level 76
May 31, 2021
There's a lot of people buried there, most of them not widely famous.
Calmac64
+2
Level 93
Dec 2, 2022
He was an explorer who found the source of the Nile.
AllenY
+2
Level 69
Jun 2, 2021
isn't shakespearean actor a bit generic? all of the other clues could only refer to one person or like a handful at most whereas there are hundreds of famous shakespearean actors
PrettyTiedUp
+4
Level 68
Nov 11, 2021
I guessed it from the dates
RJG
+1
Level 61
Mar 29, 2023
ridiculously short time limit, especially with how harsh it is on the spelling.
HyddenRizz
+1
Level 67
Sep 24, 2023
Slightly weird to see Alfred Tennyson without a Lord in there somewhere
charlie07
+1
Level 66
Jan 1, 2024
Shouldn't Ben Jonson be in the poets section of the quiz?
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