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Most Famous British Writers
Writing 1,274
United Kingdom 9,803
08 WS 
William Shakespeare British Playwright 1564–1616
William Shakespeare British Playwright 1564–1616 54 CD 
Charles Dickens British Writer 1812–1870
Charles Dickens British Writer 1812–1870 74 JR 
J. R. R. Tolkien British Writer 1892–1973
J. R. R. Tolkien British Writer 1892–1973 81 AC 
Agatha Christie British Playwright 1890–1976
Agatha Christie British Playwright 1890–1976 89 OW 
Oscar Wilde British Poet 1854–1900
Oscar Wilde British Poet 1854–1900 121 JA 
Jane Austen British Writer 1775–1817
Jane Austen British Writer 1775–1817 125 VW 
Virginia Woolf British Novelist 1882–1941
Virginia Woolf British Novelist 1882–1941 142 GO 
George Orwell British Novelist 1903–1950
George Orwell British Novelist 1903–1950 145 JL 
John Locke British Philosopher 1632–1704
John Locke British Philosopher 1632–1704 253 MS 
Mary Shelley British Writer 1797–1851
Mary Shelley British Writer 1797–1851 318 HG 
H. G. Wells British Writer 1866–1946
H. G. Wells British Writer 1866–1946 332 LC 
Lewis Carroll British Writer 1833–1898
Lewis Carroll British Writer 1833–1898 362 FB 
Francis Bacon British Philosopher 1561–1626
Francis Bacon British Philosopher 1561–1626 370 TH 
Thomas Hobbes British Philosopher 1588–1679
Thomas Hobbes British Philosopher 1588–1679 452 CS 
C. S. Lewis British Writer 1898–1963
C. S. Lewis British Writer 1898–1963 509 RD 
Roald Dahl British Novelist 1916–1990
Roald Dahl British Novelist 1916–1990 522 JS 
John Stuart Mill British Philosopher 1806–1873
John Stuart Mill British Philosopher 1806–1873 552 RH 
Robert Hooke British Philosopher 1635–1703
Robert Hooke British Philosopher 1635–1703 597 AH 
Aldous Huxley British Poet 1894–1963
Aldous Huxley British Poet 1894–1963 603 SR Salman Rushdie British Writer b. 1947
605 JK 
John Keats British Poet 1795–1821
John Keats British Poet 1795–1821 672 TE 
T. E. Lawrence British Biographer 1888–1935
T. E. Lawrence British Biographer 1888–1935 697 PB 
Percy Bysshe Shelley British Poet 1792–1822
Percy Bysshe Shelley British Poet 1792–1822 742 AC 
Aleister Crowley British Playwright 1875–1947
Aleister Crowley British Playwright 1875–1947 772 JM 
John Milton British Writer 1608–1674
John Milton British Writer 1608–1674 886 SJ 
Samuel Johnson British Writer 1709–1784
Samuel Johnson British Writer 1709–1784 964 TP 
Terry Pratchett British Writer 1948–2015
Terry Pratchett British Writer 1948–2015 996 MW 
Mary Wollstonecraft British Writer 1759–1797
Mary Wollstonecraft British Writer 1759–1797 1,005 JB 
Jeremy Bentham British Philosopher 1748–1832
Jeremy Bentham British Philosopher 1748–1832 1,012 WW 
William Wordsworth British Poet 1770–1850
William Wordsworth British Poet 1770–1850 1,112 NG 
Neil Gaiman British Author b. 1960
Neil Gaiman British Author b. 1960 1,122 TH 
Thomas Hardy British Poet 1840–1928
Thomas Hardy British Poet 1840–1928 1,158 CH 
Christopher Hitchens British Author 1949–2011
Christopher Hitchens British Author 1949–2011 1,184 EB 
Enid Blyton British Writer 1897–1968
Enid Blyton British Writer 1897–1968 1,205 CM Christopher Marlowe British Playwright 1564–1593
1,237 HS 
Herbert Spencer British Philosopher 1820–1903
Herbert Spencer British Philosopher 1820–1903 1,240 AM 
Alan Moore British Comics b. 1953
Alan Moore British Comics b. 1953 1,249 KI 
Kazuo Ishiguro British Novelist b. 1954
Kazuo Ishiguro British Novelist b. 1954 1,256 DH 
D. H. Lawrence British Playwright 1885–1930
D. H. Lawrence British Playwright 1885–1930 1,263 GG 
Graham Greene British Playwright 1904–1991
Graham Greene British Playwright 1904–1991 1,280 DD 
Daniel Defoe British Novelist 1660–1731
Daniel Defoe British Novelist 1660–1731 1,311 WM William Morris British Poet 1834–1896
1,374 BP 
Beatrix Potter British Writer 1866–1943
Beatrix Potter British Writer 1866–1943 1,390 EB Emily Brontë British Writer 1818–1848
1,466 A( 
Alfred (Lord Tennyson) British Poet 1809–1892
Alfred (Lord Tennyson) British Poet 1809–1892 1,526 ST 
Samuel Taylor Coleridge British Poet 1772–1834
Samuel Taylor Coleridge British Poet 1772–1834 1,541 DL 
Doris Lessing British Writer 1919–2013
Doris Lessing British Writer 1919–2013 1,550 JK 
Jiddu Krishnamurti British Philosopher 1895–1986
Jiddu Krishnamurti British Philosopher 1895–1986 1,563 JL 
John le Carré British Writer b. 1931
John le Carré British Writer b. 1931 1,735 JP 
Joseph Priestley British Philosopher 1733–1804
Joseph Priestley British Philosopher 1733–1804
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