Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by...
The Oxford University graduate is credited with coming up with the notion of the World Wide Web - "a common information space in which we communicate by sharing information". It's largely thanks to Tim that we have protocols like http:// and, of course, all that wonderfully useful content from Fa...
Sir Francis Bacon was the father of empiricism and the scientific method. An English philosopher and statesman in the reign of Elizabeth 1st, he developing the scientific method through his impressive and prolific body of works. The former child prodigy achieved distinction as an MP, a liberal la...
Adam Smith was an 18th-century economist, philosopher, and author who is considered the father of modern economics. Smith is most famous for his 1776 book, The Wealth of Nations. He is also known for creating the concept of gross domestic product (GDP), for his theory of compensating wage differe...
Emma Raducanu MBE (born 13 November 2002) is a British professional tennis player. She is the current British No. 1. and ranked No. 12 by the Women's Tennis Association. She is the reigning US Open champion and the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Virginia Wade at Wimbl...
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor, the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 ...
Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Starting their career as a duo in the silent film era, they later successfully transitioned to "talkies". Fro...
Elizabeth II (born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. She acceded to the Throne on Feb 6, 1952, currently the world's second-longest reigning monarch. Her life has been extraordinary, her dedication legendary, her influence unmatched, and her longevity...
Vivienne Westwood (born 8 April 1941) is an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. Vivienne Westwood is as British as you can get. The Derbyshire-born designer started her label in the 70s and is credited...
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizonta...
James Cook (1728–1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to Australia. On these voyages he made the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Austr...
Ogilvy is a New York City-based British advertising, marketing, and public relations agency. It was founded in 1850 by Edmund Mather as a London-based agency. In 1964, the firm became known as Ogilvy & Mather after merging with a New York City agency that was founded in 1948 by Englishman David O...
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805), also known simply as Admiral Nelson, was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought about a number of ...
Sir Winston Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Best known for his wartime leadership as Prime Minister, Churchill was also a Sandhurs...
The Sunday Times is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as The New Observer. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, which is owned by News Corp. Times Newspapers also publishes The...
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a disti...
"We shall fight on the beaches" is the title given to a speech delivered by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1940. This was the second of three major speeches given around the period of the Battle of France; the...