List of people from Bath
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A Bathonian is somebody who comes from the city of Bath, England.
This article provides a non-exhaustive list of famous people born in Bath, educated there, prominent in the life of the city, or otherwise associated with the city.
Contents
Acting
- Ollie Barbieri – actor in Skins.[1]
- Jennifer Biddall[2]
- Adam Campbell – actor in Epic Movie and Date Movie.[3]
- Julia Davis[4]
- Anthony Head.[5]
- Jonathan Hyde[6]
- Andrew Lincoln[7]
- Jonathan Lynn – actor, writer and director.[8]
- Leo McKern – Rumpole actor.[9]
- Tom Payne[10]
- Arnold Ridley[11]
- Sarah Siddons – 18th-century actress[12]
- Indira Varma[13]
- Angelica Mandy – in Vanity Fair and Harry Potter series as Gabrielle Delacour.
Architecture
- Robert Adam – architect of Pulteney Bridge, also produced unexecuted designs for the Assembly Rooms and Bathwick estate.[14]
- Thomas Baldwin – architect of Great Pulteney Street and Bath Guildhall.[15]
- Sir Reginald Blomfield – architect of the Bath War Memorial and extension of the Holbourne Museum.[16]
- Thomas Fuller – emigrated to Canada, where he co-designed the Parliament House in Ottawa.[17]
- Frederick Gibberd – architect of Bath Technical College.[18]
- Henry Goodridge – architect of Beckford's Tower, Cleveland Bridge and The Corridor shopping arcade[19]
- Sir Thomas Graham Jackson – architect of the World War I memorial aisle Bath Abbey.[20]
- William Eden Nesfield – architect, one of the leaders of the Gothic revival in England
- John Palmer - architect of the Pump Room and Lansdown Crescent.[21]
- C. J. Phipps - Theatre Royal, Bath and other theatres around Britain.[22]
- John Pinch the elder – the original Royal United Hospital.[23]
- John Pinch the younger – architect
- Charles Harcourt Masters – active in Bathwick including Sydney Gardens.[24]
- Sir George Gilbert Scott – restoration of Bath Abbey, architect of St Andrew's church destroyed by bombs during World War II.[25]
- Frederick William Stevens – architect, emigrated to India.[26]
- John Wood, the Elder – architect of Queen Square and the Circus.[27]
- John Wood, the Younger – architect of the Royal Crescent.[28]
Art
- Roy Ascott – new media artist
- Daniel A. Baker – artist*
- Sir Peter Blake lived in Wellow village,near Bath, during the 1970s[29]
- Peter Brown – painter[30]
- Thomas Gainsborough – painter[31]
- Sir Thomas Lawrence – painter[32]
Education
- Marie Bethell Beauclerc – first female shorthand teacher and reporter in England.[33]
- Sir Raymond Carr – historian.[34]
- Roderick Kedward – British historian.[35]
- Sir Isaac Pitman – inventor of shorthand.[36]
- Robert Craven – author of business books[37]
- William Harbutt – headmaster and inventor of Plasticine.[38]
Entertainment (general)
- Russell Howard – comedian.[39]
- Jesse Honey – BBC Mastermind champion 2010.[40]
- Beau Nash – master of ceremonies in Georgian Bath.[41]
Empire
- James Brooke – Rajah of Sarawak.[42]
Exiles
- Louis XVIII – prior to ascending the French throne.[43]
- Haile Selassie I – during World War II[44]
Fashion
- Manolo Blahnik – shoe designer[45]
- James Buckley Thorp – founder of Bath clothing brand Rupert and Buckley
Filmmaking
- David Lassman – screenwriter[46]
- Ken Loach – film director.[47]
- Charlie McDonnell – YouTube star as "Charlieissocoollike".[48]
Food
- Mary Berry CBE – food writer born in Bath and made a freeman of the city.[49]
- Sally Lunn cake – probably a corruption of the French phrase "soleil et lune" referring to a type of cake originally made by Protestant refugees from France, but other derivations have been given.[50] A Bath tea shop bears the name.[51]
- Dr William Oliver – inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit and a founder of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital.[52]
Government
- Sir Henry Cole – civil servant.[53]
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham – prime minister and MP for Bath 1757 to 1766.[54]
- William Pitt the Younger – prime minister.[55]
- Sir William Tite – architect and MP for Bath 1855–1873.[56]
- Chris Patten – MP for Bath 1979-1992.[57] Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997.
- Don Foster – MP for Bath 1992 to 2015.[58]
Literature
- Jane Austen – novelist;[59] Joan Aiken reports that Austen did not love the city; when she learned her family were moving to Bath, "she fainted dead away."[60]
- William Thomas Beckford – wrote Vathek and a series of works on travel[61]
- Henrietta Maria Bowdler – novelist and editor, died in Bath on 25 February 1830.[62]
- Jane Bowdler – poet and essayist, was born at Ashley, near Bath, on 14 February 1743 and died there in 1784.[63]
- John Bowdler – moral reformer and religious writer, born in Bath on 18 March 1746.[64]
- Thomas Bowdler – physician and expurgator of Shakespeare, was born at Box, near Bath, on 11 July 1754.[65]
- Charles Dickens – novelist, frequent visitor to the city and set much of the Pickwick Papers in the city.[66]
- Henry Fielding – novelist[67]
- "Rita" (Eliza Margaret Jane Humphreys. 1850–1938) – wrote A Grey life,a novel set in Bath. She lived at Combe Down from c. 1923, and is buried in Bath Abbey Cemetery.[68]
- Morag Joss – novelist[69]
- David Lassman – novelist born in Bath, co-author of the Regency Detective series.
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan – playwright[70]
- Tobias Smollett – physician, surgeon and novelist, partly set The Expedition of Humphry Clinker in the city, wrote essay on the waters of Bath[71]
- Geoffrey Trease – children's novelist, author of the Bannermere series[72]
- Mary Shelley – novelist, author of Frankenstein.[73]
- Jacqueline Wilson – children's author, born in Bath.[74]
Modelling
- Kayleigh Pearson - English Model.
Music
- Gabrielle Aplin – singer/songwriter[75]
- Danny Byrd – Drum and Bass artist signed to Hospital Records[76]
- Eddie Cochran – rock'n'roll musician, died in Bath[77]
- Peter Gabriel – musician[78]
- Interview – New Wave band
- Alison Goldfrapp – singer[79]
- Peter Hammill – musician
- Raymond Leppard – conductor, educated Beechen Cliff School[80]
- Naked Eyes – musical group[81]
- Thomas Linley – musician[82]
- Alberto Fernanco Riccardo Semprini – pianist[83]
- Tears for Fears – musical group[84]
- Midge Ure
- The Family Rain
- Propellerheads
Postal Service
- Ralph Allen (1693–1764) – postal reformer, quarry owner and mayor. Allen developed the first nationwide postal network that did not pass through London.[85]
- John Palmer (1742–1818) – inventor of the lightweight mail coach[86]
Science
- Adelard of Bath – astronomer, philosopher and mathematician[87]
- Mike Cowlishaw – computer scientist and engineer[88]
- Richard Lovell Edgeworth – writer and inventor[89]
- David Hartley (the Younger) – philosopher and inventor[90]
- William Herschel – astronomer, discoverer of Uranus and musician[91]
- Thomas Robert Malthus – philosopher and economist[92]
- Richard J. Roberts – Nobel-prize-winning biochemist[93]
Sport
- George Attfield – first-class cricketer active in the 1840s and 1850s.[94]
- Olly Barkley – England international rugby player[95]
- Roger Bannister – athlete, first man to run sub-4-minute mile[96]
- Tony Book – football player, former Manchester City captain and manager, part of the Bath-based Book footballing dynasty[97]
- Jason Dodd – football player, former Southampton captain who holds the record for the most Premiership appearances by an English player without ever being named in an England squad[98]
- Jason Gardener – British athlete, 4 × 100 m Olympic gold medallist[99]
- Matt Green – professional footballer[100]
- Jeremy Guscott - England and Bath rugby player[101]
- Ed McKeever – kayak world champion (K1 200m)[102]
- Andy Robinson – rugby coach, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[103]
- Jack Rowell – Bath Rugby director, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[104]
- Ben Rushgrove – paralympic athlete[105]
- Scott Sinclair – Aston Villa F.C. player[106]
- Talan Skeels-Piggins – Paralympic alpine skier[107]
- Amy Williams – winter Olympic gold medallist.[108]
- Clive Woodward – British Olympic Committee Director of Elite Performance, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[109]
Religion
- John Hales – theologian[110]
- William Jay – preacher[111]
- Oliver King – bishop of Bath and Wells, rebuilt Bath Abbey[112]
- Abraham Marchant – early Mormon leader, settler of Kamas, Utah[113]
Royalty
- Queen Anne – visited the city for treatment for gout[114]
- Edgar of England – crowned king of England in Bath Abbey in 973[115]
- Queen Elizabeth I – on a visit to the city ordered the restoration of Bath Abbey[116]
- Mary of Modena – stayed in Bath for treatment for infertility. After she gave birth to Prince James Francis Edward Stuart she paid for a cross to be erected in what became the Cross Baths[117]
- Queen Victoria – when still a princess stayed in Bath and opened Royal Victoria Park[118]
- Princess Claire of Belgium – born in Bath.
Warfare
- Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson – admiral, freeman of Bath.[119]
- Sir William Edward Parry – rear-admiral and Arctic explorer[120]
- Harry Patch – supercentenarian and last trench veteran of World War I who lived in Combe Down[121]
- George Wade – field marshal and MP for Bath 1722[122]
- James Wolfe – general[123]
References
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- ↑ Jennifer Bidall at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Adam Campbell at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Julia Davis at the Internet Movie Database
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