Lists of British people cover
people from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The list are organized by region, by religion, by country of origin and by occupation.
By region
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List of English people
Listed below are English people of note and some notable individuals born in England.
Actors and actresses
Archaeologists and anthropologists
* George Adamson (1906–1989)
* Leslie Alcock (1925–2006)
* Mick Aston (1946–2013)
* Richard J. ...
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List of Welsh people
This is a list of Welsh people (); an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales.
Historian John Davies (historian), John Davies argues that the origin of the Welsh nation can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the E ...
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List of Scots
This is a list of notable people from Scotland.
Actors
Architects and master masons
* James Adam (architect), James Adam (1732–1794), son of William Adam
* John Adam (architect), John Adam (1721–1792), eldest son of William Adam
* Ro ...
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List of people from Northern Ireland
Crown Dependencies
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List of Manx people
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List of people from Guernsey
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List of people from Jersey
By religion
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List of British Muslims
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List of British Jews
By country of origin
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Lists of British people by ethnic or national origin
* List of European Britons
** List of British people of Cypriot descent, List of Cypriot Britons
** List of Dutch Britons
** List of German Britons
** List of Greek Britons
** List of Italian Britons
** List of Spanish Britons
* Black British, Lis ...
*Europe
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French
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Dutch
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German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...
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Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
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Irish
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Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
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Nordic
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Portuguese
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Spanish
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Turkish
*West Asia
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Azerbaijani
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Iranian
Iranian () may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Iran
** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran
** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia
** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...
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Iraqi
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Jewish
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
*South Asia
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Bangladeshi
Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the Bay of Bengal, eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi nationality law, Bangladeshi citizenship was fo ...
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Indian
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Pakistani
Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as ...
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Sri Lankan
*Africa
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Ghanaian
The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Gold Coast (region), Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of ...
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Nigerian
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jo ...
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Somali
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Zimbabwean
Demographic features of the population of Zimbabwe include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Population
The population of Zimbabwe ...
*Caribbean
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Barbadian
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Guyanese
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Jamaican
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Trinidadian
Trinidadians and Tobagonians, colloquially known as Trinis or Trinbagonians, are the people who are identified with the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The population of Trinidad is notably diverse, with approximately 35% Indo-Trinidadian, 34% ...
*East Asia
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East Asian
East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of Economy of China, China, Economy of Ja ...
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Chinese
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Japanese
*Latin America
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Latin American
Latin Americans (; ) are the citizenship, citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America).
Latin American countries and their Latin American diaspora, diasporas are Metroethnicity, ...
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Brazilian
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Mexican
By occupation
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List of British actors
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List of British painters
The following is a list of notable Kingdom of England, English and United Kingdom, British painters (in chronological order).
English painters Born 16th century
*George Gower (c. 1540–1596)
*Nicolas Hilliard (1547–1619)
*Sir Nathaniel Bacon ...
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List of British philosophers
This page provides a list of British philosophers; of people who either worked within Great Britain, or the country's citizens working abroad.
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* Elizabeth Anscombe
* J. L. Austin
* A. J. Ayer
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* Francis Bacon
* Roger Bacon
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List of British investors
See also
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Lists of people by nationality
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