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.

Top Ranked

  1. John Locke — British Philosopher (1632–1704) , ranked #145
  2. Francis Bacon — British Philosopher (1561–1626) , ranked #362
  3. Thomas Hobbes — British Philosopher (1588–1679) , ranked #370
  4. John Stuart Mill — British Philosopher (1806–1873) , ranked #522
  5. Robert Hooke — British Philosopher (1635–1703) , ranked #552
  6. Alexander Fleming — British Bacteriologist (1881–1955) , ranked #929
  7. Jeremy Bentham — British Philosopher (1748–1832) , ranked #1005
  8. Herbert Spencer — British Philosopher (1820–1903) , ranked #1237
  9. Jiddu Krishnamurti — British Philosopher (1895–1986) , ranked #1550
  10. Joseph Priestley — British Philosopher (1733–1804) , ranked #1735
  11. William of Ockham — British Philosopher (1285–1349) , ranked #1910
  12. Oliver Sacks — British Neurologist (1933–2015) , ranked #1970
  13. Roger Bacon — British Philosopher (1214–1292) , ranked #2020
  14. John Wesley — British Theologian (1703–1791) , ranked #2334
  15. John Wycliffe — British Theologian (1330–1384) , ranked #2657
  16. Alfred North Whitehead — British Philosopher (1861–1947) , ranked #2706
  17. Christopher Wren — British Anatomist (1632–1723) , ranked #3057
  18. Duns Scotus — British Philosopher (1265–1308) , ranked #3406
  19. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam — British Aerospace (1931–2015) , ranked #3995
  20. William Godwin — British Philosopher (1756–1836) , ranked #4155