20th-century English male writers

The list 20th-century English male writers includes Boy George, King Charles III, Hugh Laurie, Patrick O'Brian and Morrissey. The list consists of 1,780 members.

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1.

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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British sustainability advocates 4T

Sons of queens regnant 78T

Writers from Westminster 31T
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Hugh Laurie

English actor, comedian, and musician (born 1959)

Overview: James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He first gained recognition for his work as one half of the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen ...

Date of birth: 11 June 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Jo Green (Married)

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English sketch comedians 25T

English male comedy actors 61T

Male actors from Oxford 29T
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Patrick O'Brian

British writer

Overview: Patrick O'Brian, CBE (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of sea novels set in the Royal Navy ...

Date of birth: 12 December 1914

Date of death: 2 January 2000

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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20th-century British translators 188T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T

English male novelists 1,096T
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Morrissey

British singer (born 1959)

Overview: Steven Patrick Morrissey ( MORR-iss-ee; born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer, songwriter and author. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band ...

Date of birth: 22 May 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Bisexual male musicians 54T

21st-century English LGBT people 352T

20th-century English LGBT people 458T
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Steve Coogan

English actor & comedian

Overview: Stephen John Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, voice artist, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He began his career in the 1980s as a voice actor on the satirical puppet show Spitting ...

Date of birth: 14 October 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Laura Hajek (Dating)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

Best Male Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 10T
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Stephen Hawking

English theoretical physicist (1942–2018)

Overview: Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology ...

Date of birth: 8 January 1942

Date of death: 14 March 2018

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Physicist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Web Summit Speaker 67T

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 87T

British relativity theorists 18T
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Richard Branson

English business magnate and adventurer

Overview: Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate, investor, author and former philanthropist. In the 1970s he founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more ...

Date of birth: 18 July 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: British

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Joan Templeman (Married)

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British aerospace businesspeople 1T

21st-century philanthropists 248T

Virgin Group people 4T
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Rowan Atkinson

English actor and comedian (born 1955)

Overview: Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995). Atkinson first ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1955

Age: 70

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Louise Ford (Long-Term)

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English writers with disabilities 95T

Male actors from County Durham 64T

British writers with disabilities 140T
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Sacha Baron Cohen

British comedian, actor, producer, and writer (born 1971)

Overview: Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and producer, known for his creation and portrayal of fictional satirical characters, including Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev ...

Date of birth: 13 October 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comic

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Best Comedy Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T

Hoaxers 30T

British male television writers 467T
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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: 60

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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Tommy Steele

British entertainer (born 1936)

Overview: Tommy Steele, OBE (born Thomas Hicks, 17 December 1936) is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. He reached number one with "Singing the Blues" in 1957 ...

Date of birth: 17 December 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Ann Donoghue Steele (Married)

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Skiffle musicians 18T

English male guitarists 868T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T
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Paul W.S. Anderson

Filmmaker

Overview: Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965) is an English film director, producer, and screenwriter who regularly works in science fiction films and video game adaptations.

Date of birth: 4 March 1965

Age: 60

Nationality: British

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Milla Jovovich (Married)

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Canadian independent film production company founders 2T

Paul W. S. Anderson 2T

Action film directors 107T
14.

Marty Feldman

British actor and comedian (1934–1982)

Overview: Martin Alan Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was a British actor, comedian and comedy writer, known for his prominent, misaligned eyes. He initially gained prominence as a writer with Barry Took ...

Date of birth: 8 July 1934

Date of death: 2 December 1982

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Jewish English comedians 13T

20th-century British screenwriters 395T

British male television writers 435T
15.

Leslie Howard

British actor (1893–1943)

Overview: Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English stage and film actor, director, and producer. He also wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and ...

Date of birth: 3 April 1893

Date of death: 1 June 1943

Age: 50 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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20th-century English screenwriters 321T

20th-century British screenwriters 488T

Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners 78T
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George Sanders

British actor

Overview: George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His career as an actor spanned over forty years. His upper-class ...

Date of birth: 3 July 1906

Date of death: 25 April 1972

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

1972 suicides 32T

20th-century male singers 5,297T
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Dirk Bogarde

British actor and novelist

Overview: Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor and writer. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank ...

Date of birth: 28 March 1921

Date of death: 8 May 1999

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Military personnel from London 1,003T

English male non-fiction writers 1,863T

20th-century British male writers 1,469T
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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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Stephen Tredre

British actor-writer

Overview: Stephen Ralph Tredre (17 July 1963 – 8 December 1997), was an English actor and writer.

Date of birth: 17 July 1963

Date of death: 8 December 1997

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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20th-century English dramatists and playwrights 220T

20th-century British screenwriters 395T

20th-century British male writers 1,407T
20.

Stephen Fry

English actor, comedian and presenter (born 1957)

Overview: Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He and Hugh Laurie are the comic double act Fry and Laurie, who starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster ...

Date of birth: 24 August 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: British

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

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British male television writers 435T

People educated at City College Norwich 13T

21st-century English comedians 249T