List of English people

This is a partial list of English people of note and of some notable individuals born there, alphabetically within categories:

Military men and women

• Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, (1883-1963), Field Marshal, CIGS during World War II
• Sir Alexander John Ball, (1759-1809), admiral, governor of Malta
• George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, (1608-1670), Civil War era General
• Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, (1891-1969), Field Marshal, World War II hero
• Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal, (1717-1797), General
• Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, (1768-1854), General, Hero of the Napoleonic Wars
• Sir Claude Auchinleck, (1884-1981), World War II commander
• Robert Baden-Powell, (1857-1941), soldier
• Sir Douglas Bader, (1910-1982), fighter pilot
• William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, (1865-1951), General, World War I
• Robert Blake, (1599 - 1657), reforming Royal Navy Admiral
• Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, (1819-1904), Commander in Chief
• James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, (1797-1888), Commander of the Light Brigade
• Sir Winston Churchill, (1874-1965), British prime minister
• Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, (1738-1805), General
• Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, (1721-1765), Captain-General, victor of Culloden
• Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, (1882-1970), RAF Commander in World War II
• Sir Francis Drake, (1540-1596), sailor
• Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, (1782-1859)
• Charles George Gordon, (1833-1885), "Chinese Gordon", killed at Khartoum
• John Manners, Marquess of Granby, (1721-1770), General
• Sir Arthur Travers Harris, (1892-1984), airman
• Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, (1726-1799), Admiral
• William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, (1729-1814), General in American Revolutionary War
• John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935), Admiral, World War I
• Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, (1850-1916), Field Marshal
• John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, (1680-1770), General
• George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, (1800-1888), Commander of cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava
• John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, (1650-1722), soldier
• Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("The Desert Rat"), (1887-1976), Field Marshal and hero of World War II
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (1900-1979), statesman, sailor
• Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile, (1758-1805), sailor, Admiral
• Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, (1788-1855), British commander in the Crimean War
• Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, (1832-1914), Field Marshal, last Commander in Chief of the Forces
• Siegfried Sassoon, (1886-1967), war poet
• Henry Seymour Conway, (1721-1795), General
• William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, (1897-1970), Commander in Burma during World War II, Governor-General of Australia.
• Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, (1858-1930), General, World War I
• Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, (1883-1950), World War II general, second to last Viceroy of India
• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ("The Iron Duke"), (1769-1852), Commander-in-Chief of the British Army (see also his entry under Politicians)
• James Wolfe, (1727-1759), General, hero of Quebec
• Prince Frederick, Duke of York, (1763-1827), son of King George III, commander in French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
• John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, (1852-1925), World War I general and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland