List of English people

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

Musicians

• Malcolm Arnold, (born 1921), composer
• John Barbirolli, (1899-1970), conductor
• David Bedford, (born 1937), composer and musician
• Thomas Beecham, (1879-1961), conductor
• Harrison Birtwistle, (born 1934), composer
• Adrian Boult, (1889-1983), conductor
• Havergal Brian, (1876-1972), composer
• Benjamin Britten, (1913-1976), composer and pianist
• William Byrd, (1543-1623), composer
• Andrew Davis, (born 1944), conductor
• Colin Davis, (born 1927), conductor
• Frederick Delius, (1862-1934), composer
• John Dowland, (c. 1563-c. 1626), composer of songs
• John Dunstable, (c. 1383-1453), composer
• Edward Elgar, (1857-1934), composer
• Orlando Gibbons, (1583-1625), composer
• Ron Goodwin, (1925-2003) composer and conductor
• George Harrison, (1943-2001), composer, member of the Beatles
• Gustav Holst, (1874-1934), composer
• John Ireland, (1879-1962), composer
• Elton John, (born 1947), pop star and composer
• Olivia Newton-John, (born 1948), pop star
• Nigel Kennedy, (born 1956), violinist
• John Lennon, (1940-1980), pop star, co founder of the Beatles
• Andrew Lloyd Webber, (born 1948), composer of musicals
• Peter Maxwell Davies, (born 1934), composer
• Paul McCartney, (born 1942), pop star, co-founder of the Beatles
• Thomas Morley, (c. 1557-1602), consort composer
• Mike Oldfield, (b.1953), composer and instrumentalist
• Peter Pears, (1910-1986), tenor
• Jacqueline du Pré, (1945-1987), cellist
• Henry Purcell, (1659-1695), composer
• Simon Rattle, (born 1955), conductor
• Malcolm Sargent, (1895-1967), conductor
• Ringo Starr, (born 1940), composer, member of the Beatles
• Thomas Tallis, (c. 1505-1585), composer
• Lionel Tertis, (1876-1975), violist
• Michael Tippett, (1905-1998), composer
• Ralph Vaughan Williams, (1872-1958), composer
• William Walton, (1902-1983), composer
• Thomas Weelkes, (c.1575-1623), composer
• John Wilbye, (1574-1638), composer
• Henry Wood, (1869-1944), conductor
• Roger Waters, (b. 1943) founder of Pink Floyd