20th-century British writers

The list 20th-century British writers includes Slash, Boy George, Winston Churchill, Prince Charles and Angela Lansbury. The list consists of 663 members and 24 sublists.

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20th-century Welsh writers
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20th-century British poets
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20th-century British dramatists and playwrights
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20th-century British women writers
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20th-century writers from Northern Ireland
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20th-century British short story writers
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20th-century British male writers
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20th-century British non-fiction writers
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20th-century Manx writers
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20th-century British screenwriters
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20th-century British songwriters
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20th-century English writers
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20th-century British novelists
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20th-century Scottish writers
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1.

Slash

musician

Overview: Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known by his stage name Slash, is a British–American musician and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he ...

Date of birth: 23 July 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Meegan Hodges (Long-Term)

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Musicians from Hampstead 30T

Musicians from Stoke-on-Trent 14T

English male songwriters 1,064T
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Paula Yates

Welsh television personality and writer (1959–2000)

Overview: Paula Elizabeth Yates (24 April 1959 – 17 September 2000) was a British television presenter and writer. Yates is best known for her work on two television programmes, The Tube and The Big Breakfast. She ...

Date of birth: 24 April 1959

Date of death: 17 September 2000

Age: 41 (age at death)

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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20th-century English women writers 705T

20th-century British women writers 1,364T

20th-century English writers 1,030T
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Boy George

English musician

Overview: Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd; 14 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer. He is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. At the height of the band's fame, during ...

Date of birth: 14 June 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Singers from the London Borough of Bexley 7T

Singers from the Royal Borough of Greenwich 17T

British club DJs 146T
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King Charles III

British, Royalty

Overview: Charles (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the heir apparent as well as Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay ...

Date of birth: 14 November 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: British

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Queen Camilla (Married)

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21st-century British philanthropists 26T

Earls of Merioneth 2T

Barons Greenwich 4T
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Emma Thompson

British, Actress

Overview: Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Her work spans over four decades of screen and stage, and her accolades include two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two ...

Date of birth: 15 April 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Greg Wise (Married)

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Kenneth Branagh 1T

British HIV/AIDS activists 35T

Writers from the London Borough of Camden 101T
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Gordon Ramsay

British chef, restaurateur, and TV presenter (born 1966)

Overview: Gordon James Ramsay OBE (born 8 November 1966) is a British chef, restaurateur, writer, television personality and food critic. He was born in Johnstone, Scotland, and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, E ...

Date of birth: 8 November 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: British

Occupation: Chef

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Tana Ramsay (Married)

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British cookbook writers 35T

British restaurant critics 28T

21st-century British non-fiction writers 151T
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Winston Churchill

British statesman and writer (1874–1965)

Overview: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier and writer who served as Prime Minister ...

Date of birth: 30 November 1874

Date of death: 24 January 1965

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Head of State

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Stroke-related deaths in England 80T

Military personnel from Oxfordshire 31T

Time Person of the Year 68T
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Angela Lansbury

British, Actress

Overview: Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury DBE (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American actress and singer. In a career spanning eighty years, she played various roles across film, stage ...

Date of birth: 16 October 1925

Date of death: 11 October 2022

Age: 96 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Actors from the London Borough of Camden 210T

Musicians from Hampstead 30T

Actors from Hampstead 77T
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Mike Myers

Canadian-American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1963)

Overview: Michael John Myers, OC (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter and singer. He is known for his run as a performer on Saturday Night Live from 1989 to 1995 and ...

Date of birth: 25 May 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Kelly Tisdale (Married)

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Canadian Comedy Award winners 176T

Writers from Scarborough, Toronto 14T

Male actors of English descent 380T
10.

Piers Morgan

British, Talk Show Host

Overview: Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (né O'Meara; born 30 March 1965) is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality. He is currently a co-presenter of the ITV Breakfast programme Good ...

Date of birth: 30 March 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Talk Show Host

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Celia Walden (Married)

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English male television presenters 15T

English monarchists 13T

21st-century English diarists 20T
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Tracey Ullman

British-American actress, comedian, singer, director, producer and writer

Overview: Tracey Ullman (born Trace Ullman; 30 December 1959) is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and director. Her earliest appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows ...

Date of birth: 30 December 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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British women company founders 22T

English people of Romani descent 12T

British women television producers 149T
12.

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

Overview: Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th century authors and also a pioneer in the use ...

Date of birth: 25 January 1882

Date of death: 28 March 1941

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Pipe smokers 77T

Lost Generation writers 38T

20th-century LGBT people 3,252T
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Prince Philip

Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021

Overview: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was a member of the British royal family as the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

Date of birth: 10 June 1921

Date of death: 9 April 2021

Age: 99 (age at death)

Nationality: Greek

Occupation: Royalty

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Exiled royalty 151T

Earls of Merioneth 2T

Barons Greenwich 4T
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Agatha Christie

English author

Overview: Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly ...

Date of birth: 15 September 1890

Date of death: 12 January 1976

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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British women historical novelists 1T

British women mystery writers 116T

British ghost story writers 73T
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Ricky Gervais

English comedian (born 1961)

Overview: Ricky Dene Gervais ( jər-VAYZ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for co-creating, writing, and acting in the British television series The ...

Date of birth: 25 June 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Jane Fallon (Long-Term)

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Childfree 28T

Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

British men podcasters 65T
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Aleister Crowley

English occultist (1875–1947)

Overview: Aleister Crowley (born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of ...

Date of birth: 12 October 1875

Date of death: 1 December 1947

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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British psychedelic drug advocates 17T

Ceremonial magicians 20T

English LGBT novelists 87T
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Martin McDonagh

English screenwriter

Overview: Martin Faranan McDonagh (born 26 March 1970) is an Irish-British playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, the son of Irish parents, he is considered among the most ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Engaged)

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Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 37T

Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award 95T

British male dramatists and playwrights 268T
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Anne Robinson

English television presenter and journalist

Overview: Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is an English television presenter and journalist. She was the host of BBC game show The Weakest Link (2000–2017). She presented the Channel 4 game show ...

Date of birth: 26 September 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: British

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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20th-century English non-fiction writers 198T

20th-century English women writers 766T

21st-century English women writers 472T
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Morwenna Banks

British comedy actress, writer and producer

Overview: Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British comedy actress, writer and producer. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show Absolutely, and wrote, produced, and appeared in the ...

Date of birth: 14 January 1964

Age: 61

Nationality: English

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

Partner: David Baddiel (Married)

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British women television writers 166T

British women television producers 173T

British comedy actresses 70T
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Matt Lucas

English actor and comedian

Overview: Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series Rock Profile (1999–2000, 2009), Little ...

Date of birth: 5 March 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

British male television writers 435T

21st-century English comedians 249T