Most Famous British Academics
United Kingdom has produced 496 notable academics throughout history, led by John Locke. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
JL
John Locke British Philosopher 1632 – 1704
#
145
FB
Francis Bacon British Philosopher 1561 – 1626
#
362
TH
Thomas Hobbes British Philosopher 1588 – 1679
#
370
JS
John Stuart Mill British Philosopher 1806 – 1873
#
522
RH
Robert Hooke British Philosopher 1635 – 1703
#
552
AF
Alexander Fleming British Bacteriologist 1881 – 1955
#
929
JB
Jeremy Bentham British Philosopher 1748 – 1832
#
1,005
HS
Herbert Spencer British Philosopher 1820 – 1903
#
1,237
JK
Jiddu Krishnamurti British Philosopher 1895 – 1986
#
1,550
JP
Joseph Priestley British Philosopher 1733 – 1804
#
1,735
WO
William of Ockham British Philosopher 1285 – 1349
#
1,910
OS
Oliver Sacks British Neurologist 1933 – 2015
#
1,970
RB
Roger Bacon British Philosopher 1214 – 1292
#
2,020
JW
John Wesley British Theologian 1703 – 1791
#
2,334
JW
John Wycliffe British Theologian 1330 – 1384
#
2,657
AN
Alfred North Whitehead British Philosopher 1861 – 1947
#
2,706
CW
Christopher Wren British Anatomist 1632 – 1723
#
3,057
DS
Duns Scotus British Philosopher 1265 – 1308
#
3,406
AP
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam British Aerospace 1931 – 2015
#
3,995
WG
William Godwin British Philosopher 1756 – 1836
#
4,155