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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This article provides a non-exhaustive list of famous people born, educated or prominent in Bath, Somerset, England, or otherwise associated with it. The sections and the names in each section are alphabetical. Bathonian describes a person who comes from Bath. Script error: No such module "Hatnote".
Acting
- Jennifer Biddall (born 1980) an English actress who played Jessica Harris in HollyoaksScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Patricia Brake (1942–2022) – actress in Porridge, and Going Straight[1]
- Adam Campbell (born 1980) – actor in Epic Movie and Date MovieScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
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- Michael Gwynn (1916–1976) an English actor
- Anthony Head (born 1954) an English actor, singer and performer in musical theatre.[2]
- Jonathan Hyde (born 1948) an Australian-English actor.[3]
- Kym Jackson (born 1981) an Australian actress and author.
- Andrew Lincoln (born 1973) an English actor, brought up in Bath.[4]
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- Angelica Mandy (living) – in Vanity Fair, and in the Harry Potter series as Gabrielle Delacour
- Leo McKern (1920–2002) – Rumpole actor[5]
- Tom Payne (born 1982) an English actor.[6]
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- Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) – actress[7]
- Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797–1882) an English actor-manager and dramatist.[8]
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Architecture
- Robert Adam (1728–1792) – architect of Pulteney Bridge, also produced unbuilt designs for the Assembly Rooms and Bathwick estate.[9]
- Thomas Baldwin (c. 1750–1820) – architect of Great Pulteney Street and Bath Guildhall.[10]
- Sir Reginald Blomfield (1856–1942) – architect of the Bath War Memorial and extension of the Holbourne Museum.[11]
- Thomas Fuller (1823–1898) – emigrated to Canada, where he co-designed the Parliament House in Ottawa.[12]
- Frederick Gibberd (1908–1984) – architect of Bath Technical College.[13]
- Henry Goodridge (1797–1864) – architect of Beckford's Tower, Cleveland Bridge and The Corridor shopping arcade[14]
- Sir Thomas Graham Jackson (1835–1924) – architect of the World War I memorial aisle Bath Abbey.[15]
- Charles Harcourt Masters (born 1759) – active in Bathwick including Sydney Gardens.[16]
- William Eden Nesfield (1835–1888) – architect, one of the leaders of the Gothic revival in England.[17]
- John Palmer (c. 1738–1817) – architect of the Pump Room and Lansdown Crescent.[18]
- Charles J. Phipps (1835–1897) – Theatre Royal, Bath and other theatres around Britain.[19]
- John Pinch the Elder (1769–1827) – the original Royal United Hospital[20]
- John Pinch the Younger (1796–1849) – architect
- George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) – restoration of Bath Abbey, architect of St Andrew's church destroyed by World War II bombing[21]
- Frederick William Stevens (1847–1900) – architect, emigrated to India.[22]
- John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754) – architect of Queen Square and the Circus.[23]
- John Wood, the Younger (1728–1772) – architect of the Royal Crescent.[24]
Arts
- Roy Ascott (born 1934) – new media artist
- Daniel A. Baker (living) – artist
- Manolo Blahnik (born 1942) – shoe designer[25]
- Sir Peter Blake (born 1932) lived in Wellow village, near Bath, in the 1970s.[26]
- Peter Brown (born 1967) – painter[27]
- James Buckley-Thorp (living) – founder of Bath clothing brand Rupert and Buckley
- Claire Calvert (born 1988) – first soloist at the Royal Ballet
- Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) – painter[28]
- Heywood Hardy (1842–1933) – painter[29]
- Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830) – painter[30]
- Kayleigh Pearson (born 1985) – glamour model
Education
- Marie Bethell Beauclerc (1845–1897) – England's first female shorthand teacher[31]
- Raymond Carr (1919–2015) – historian[32]
- Roderick Kedward (born 1937) – historian[33]
- Edward Vansittart Neale (1810–1892) – an English barrister, cooperator, and Christian socialist.[34]
- Isaac Pitman (1813–1897) – inventor of shorthand[35]
- William Harbutt (1844–1921) – headmaster and inventor of plasticine[36]
Exiles
- Haile Selassie I (1892–1975) – during World War II[37]
- Louis XVIII (1755–1824) – before ascending the French throne[38]
Film and TV
- Bill Bailey (born 1965) – comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author
- Jesse Honey (born 1977) – BBC Mastermind champion 2010[39]
- Russell Howard (born 1980) – comedian, TV presenter and actor
- David Lassman (living) – screenwriter[40]
- Ken Loach (born 1936) – film director[41]
- Charlotte McDonnell (born 1990) – YouTuber, filmmaker and screenwriter[42]
- David Robinson (born 1930) – film critic and author, official biographer of Charlie Chaplin, lives in Bath.[43]
Literature
- Jane Austen (1775–1817) – novelist:[44] Joan Aiken reports that Austen did not love the city: when she learnt her family were moving to Bath "she fainted dead away."[45]
- Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) – an English poet, songwriter, dramatist and writer.[46]
- William Beckford (1760–1844) – wrote Vathek and a series of works on travel.[47]
- Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830) – novelist and editor, died in Bath on 25 February 1830.[48]
- Jane Bowdler (1743–1784) – poet and essayist, was born at Ashley, near Bath, on 14 February 1743 and died there in 1784.[49]
- John Bowdler (1746–1823) – moral reformer and religious writer, was born in Bath on 18 March 1746.[50]
- Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825) – physician and expurgator of Shakespeare, was born at Box, near Bath, on 11 July 1754.[51]
- Angela Carter (1940–1992) – novelist who lived in Bath in the early 1970s. [52]
- Charles Dickens (1812–1870) – novelist and frequent visitor to Bath, who set much of the Pickwick Papers there[53]
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817) – an Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor.[54]
- Henry Fielding (1707–1754) – novelist[55]
- William Hone (1780–1842) – an English writer, satirist and bookseller.[56]
- Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938) – known as "Rita", wrote A Grey Life, a novel set in Bath. She lived at Combe Down from about 1923 and is buried in Bath Abbey Cemetery.[57]
- Morag Joss (born 1955) – novelist[58]
- David Lassman (living) – novelist born in Bath, co-author of the Regency Detective series
- Robert Montgomery – an English poet and minister.[59]
- Mary Shelley (1797–1851) – novelist, author of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.[60]
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) – playwright[61]
- Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) – physician, surgeon and novelist, who partly set The Expedition of Humphry Clinker in the city and wrote an essay on the Bath waters.[62]
- Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998) – children's novelist, author of the Bannermere series[63]
- Horace Twiss (1787–1849) – English writer and politician.[64]
- Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945) – children's author born in Bath[65]
Military
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805) – admiral, freeman of Bath.[66]
- William Edward Parry (1790–1855) – rear-admiral and Arctic explorer.[67] [68]
- Harry Patch (1898–2009) – supercentenarian and last trench veteran of World War I, lived in Combe Down.[69]
- George Wade (1673–1748) – field marshal and MP for Bath 1722[70]
- James Wolfe (1727–1759) – major general[71]
Music
- Gabrielle Aplin (born 1992) – singer-songwriter[72]
- Danny Byrd (born 1979) – drum and bass producer with Hospital Records[73]
- Eddie Cochran (1938–1960) – rock and roll musician who died in Bath[74]
- The Family Rain – an English blues rock band, formed in Bath in 2011
- Fred V & Grafix – drum and bass production duo educated at Bath Spa University
- Peter Gabriel (born 1950) – musician[75]
- Interview – New wave band
- Alison Goldfrapp (born 1966) – singer of Goldfrapp[76]
- Peter Hammill (born 1948) – singer-songwriter
- Raymond Leppard (1927–2019) – conductor, educated Beechen Cliff School[77]
- Naked Eyes – musical group[78]
- Thomas Linley (1733–1795) – musician[79]
- Propellerheads – an English electronic music duo, formed in 1995 in Bath
- Peter Salisbury (born 1971) – drummer and percussionist of The Verve
- Alberto Semprini (1908–1990) – pianist[80]
- Innes Sibun (born 1968) – blues singer, guitarist and songwriter[81]
- Frank Tapp (1883-1953), composer, pianist and conductor
- Tears for Fears – musical group[82]
- Midge Ure (born 1953)
- PinkPantheress (born 2001)[83]
Public service
- Ralph Allen (1693–1764) – postal reformer, quarrier and mayor, who set up the first nationwide cross-country postal network[84]
- Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882) – civil servant.[85] [86]
- Don Foster (born 1947) – MP for Bath, 1992–2015[87]
- Beau Nash (1674–1761) – master of ceremonies in Georgian Bath[88]
- John Palmer (1742–1818) – inventor of a lightweight mail coach[89]
- Chris Patten – MP for Bath 1979–1992, then Governor of Hong Kong 1992–1997[90]
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1788) – Prime Minister and MP for Bath, 1757–1766[91]
- William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806) – Prime Minister[92]
- Sir William Tite (1798–1873) – architect and MP for Bath, 1855–1873[93]
Science
- Benjamin Baker (1840–1907) an eminent English civil engineer. [94]
- Adelard of Bath (c. 1080 – c. 1152) – astronomer, philosopher and mathematician[95]
- Adela Breton (1849–1923) – artist and archaeologist, primarily known for recording Mexican frescoes in the 1890s.[96]
- Mike Cowlishaw (living) – computer scientist and engineer[97]
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817) – writer and inventor[98]
- David Hartley (the Younger) (1732–1813) – philosopher and inventor[99]
- Caroline Herschel (1750–1848) – astronomer who discovered several comets.
- William Herschel (1738–1822) – astronomer, discoverer of Uranus and musician[100]
- William Lonsdale (1794–1871) – English geologist and palaeontologist.[101]
- Thomas Robert Malthus (1866–1934) – philosopher and economist[102]
- Dr William Oliver (1695–1764) – a founder of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital and inventor of the Bath Oliver savoury biscuit.[103]
- Percy Pilcher (1867–1899) – inventor and aviation pioneer[104]
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- Benjamin Robins (1707–1751) – a British scientist, Newtonian mathematician and military engineer.[105]
Sport
- Xavier Amaechi (born 2001) – professional footballer.[106]
- George Attfield (1826–1925) – county cricketer active in the 1840s and 1850s.[107]
- Roger Bannister (1929–2018) – athlete, first man to run sub-four-minute mile[108]
- Olly Barkley (born 1981) – England international rugby player[109]
- Ashley Barnes (born 1989) – professional football player playing for Burnley F.C.
- Tony Book (born 1934) – football player, Manchester City captain and manager, one of a Bath-based Book footballing dynasty[110]
- Jamie Chadwick (born 1998) – racing driver
- Jason Dodd (born 1970) – footballer, Southampton captain holding a record for most premiership appearances by an English player without being named in an England squad[111]
- Jason Gardener (born 1975) – athlete, 4 × 100 m Olympic gold medallist[112]
- Matt Green (born 1987) – professional footballer[113]
- Mike Gregory (born 1987) – darts player, runner up at 1992 World Professional Darts Championship[114]
- Jeremy Guscott (born 1965) – England and Bath rugby player[115]
- Ed McKeever (born 1983) – kayak world champion (K1 200m)[116]
- Tyrone Mings (born 1993) – professional footballer for Aston Villa F.C.
- Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (born 1995) – swimmer, silver medallist at the 2016 Olympic Games
- Andy Robinson (born 1964) – rugby coach, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[117]
- Jack Rowell (born 1964) – Bath Rugby director, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[118]
- Ben Rushgrove (born 1988) – paralympic athlete[119]
- Anya Shrubsole (born 1991) – England cricketer
- Scott Sinclair (born 1989) – Bristol Rovers F.C. player[120]
- Talan Skeels-Piggins (born 1970) – Paralympic alpine skier[121]
- Corey Walkes (born 2001) – trampoline gymnast[122]
- Amy Williams (born 1982) – winter Olympic gold medallist[123]
- Clive Woodward (born 1956) – British Olympic Committee Director of Elite Performance, England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[124]
Religion
- Louisa Daniell (1809–1871) – evangelical philanthropist and missionary[125]
- John Hales (1584–1656) – an English cleric, theologian and writer.[126] [127]
- William Jay (1769–1853) – preacher[128]
- Oliver King (c. 1432–1503) – Bishop of Bath and Wells, set up rebuilding of Bath Abbey[129]
- Abraham Marchant (1816–1881) – early Mormon leader, settler of Kamas, Utah[130]
Royalty
- Queen Anne (1665–1714) – visited for treatment of gout.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Princess Claire of Belgium (born 1974) – born in Bath
- Edgar of England (c. 943–975) – crowned king of England in Bath Abbey in 973[131]
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) – on a visit, ordered the restoration of Bath Abbey[132]
- Mary of Modena (1658–1718) – came for treatment for infertility. After Prince James Francis Edward Stuart was born, she paid for a cross to be raised in what became Cross Baths.[133]
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – still a princess, stayed and opened Royal Victoria Park.[134]
Freedom of the City
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City of Bath.
Individuals
- Prince George, Duke of Cambridge: 1897[135]
- Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal: 13 July 1911[136]
- Marquess of Bath: 20 June 1929[137]
- Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie: 18 October 1954[138]
- Amy Williams: 5 June 2010[139]
- Mary Berry: 7 June 2014[140][141][142]
Military units
- 21st Signal Regiment (Air Support): November 2011[143]
References
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