Birthplaces of Famous Brits
Nationality refers to the legal relationship between an individual and the United Kingdom. It encompasses several different statuses, reflecting the historical evolution of the UK, its empire, and its relationships with former colonies. The primary forms of British nationality are linked to the ability to live and work in the UK and the possession of British citizenship. Those who are British citizens usually have the right of abode, meaning they can reside in the UK without any immigration restrictions. Most people who are British citizens also hold a British passport. There are many British nationals that were born abroad to British parents who were either travelling or working overseas at the time and many people take out citizenship of other countries when they move abroad, often for work reasons and these days those people often hold dual citizenship. Most British people remain proud of the nation when they move abroad. Some such as Rudyard Kipling are born to British parents working overseas, some such as the boxer Lennox Lewis are born in the UK but move abroad with parents and some such as Alexander Graham Bell are born in the UK but move overseas to follow a career path. We wouldn’t want to deny any of these their place as a famous British person in the same way the Americans think they invented the telephone and the helicopter - but we know that Alexander Graham Bell was actually Scottish and Igor Sikorsky was Ukrainian, although he didn’t take out American citizenship until he was 39 years old as he fled Ukraine when it was part of the Russian empire and he didn’t invent the helicopter anyway. At least Britain can claim Freddie Mercury was British as Zanzibar was under British protection when he was born there. Many Brits are descended from Danes, Germans, Italians and French anyway so whose counting? There are several ways to acquire British citizenship: • By birth: Individuals born in the UK to at least one British citizen or settled parent. • By descent: Individuals born abroad to British citizen parents may inherit citizenship, depending on specific circumstances. • By naturalisation: A person can apply for citizenship after meeting residence and other legal requirements, such as good character and knowledge of life in the UK. • By registration: Certain individuals may qualify for citizenship through a streamlined process, such as children of British citizens born abroad or individuals with British Overseas Territory citizenship.
Famous Brits and their counties of birth
Name
Town or Village
County
Birth
Roger Bacon
Ilchester
Somerset
1214
Geoffrey Chaucer
London
London
1343
William Caxton
Tenterden
Kent
1422
Henry VIII
Greenwich
London
1491
Sir John Hawkins
Plymouth
Devon
1532
Sir Martin Frobisher
Altofts
West Yorkshire
1535
Sir Francis Drake
Tavistock
Devon
1540
Sir Walter Raleigh
East Budleigh
Devon
1554
Thomas Harriot
Oxford
Oxfordshire
1560
Sir Richard Hawkins
Plymouth
Devon
1560
Sir Francis Bacon
The Strand
London
1561
William Shakespeare
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
1564
William Laud
Reading
Berkshire
1573
Oliver Cromwell
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
1599
Dud Dudley
Himley
Staffordshire
1599
John Milton
Bread Street
London
1608
John Bunyan
Elstow
Bedfordshire
1628
John Locke
Wrington
Somerset
1632
Sir Christopher Wren
East Knoyle
Wiltshire
1632
Samuel Pepys
Fleet Street
London
1633
Sir Isaac Newton
Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
Lincolnshire
1642
William Dampier
East Coker
Somerset
1651
Thomas Newcomen
Dartmouth
Devon
1663
Sir John Vanbrugh
London
London
1664
Jethro Tull
Basildon
Berkshire
1674
Abraham Darby
Wren's Nest
Staffordshire
1678
John Harrison
Foulby
West Yorkshire
1693
Samuel Johnson
Lichfield
Staffordshire
1709
Lancelot Capability Brown
Kirkharle
Northumberland
1715
James Brindley
Tunstead
Derbyshire
1716
John Howard
Hackney
London
1726
Thomas Gainsborough
Sudbury
Suffolk
1727
Captain James Cook
Marton
North Yorkshire
1728
Josiah Wedgwood
Burslem
Staffordshire
1730
Sir Richard Arkwright
Preston
Lancashire
1732
James Watt
Greenock
Strathclyde
1736
Sir Francis Beaufort
Navan
County Meath
1744
William Jessop
Devonport
Devon
1745
William Blake
Soho
London
1757
Thomas Telford
Eskdalemuir
Dumfries
1757
Horatio Nelson
Burnham Thorpe
Norfolk
1758
John Rennie
Phantassie
Lothian
1761
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Stornoway
Highlands
1764
Arthur Wellesley
Dublin
County Dublin
1769
William Wordsworth
Cockermouth
Cumbria
1770
Richard Trevithick
Tregajorran
Cornwall
1771
Sir Walter Scott
Edinburgh
Lothian
1771
Sir George Cayley
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
1773
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Covent Garden
London
1775
John Constable
East Bergholt
Suffolk
1776
Sir Humphry Davy
Penzance
Cornwall
1778
George Stephenson
Wylam
Northumberland
1781
Timothy Hackworth
Wylam
Northumberland
1786
Sir John Franklin
Spilsby
Lincolnshire
1786
Lord George Gordon Byron
Marylebone
London
1788
Sir George Everest
Crickhowell
Powys
1790
Charles Babbage
Walworth
London
1791
Michael Faraday
Newington Butts
Surrey
1791
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Warnham
Sussex
1792
John Keats
Moorgate
London
1795
Sir Charles Barry
Westminster
London
1795
Sir Joseph Paxton
Woburn
Bedfordshire
1803
Sir Joseph Whitworth
Stockport
Cheshire
1803
Sir Titus Salt
Morley
West Yorkshire
1803
Benjamin Disraeli
Bloomsbury
London
1804
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Portsmouth
Hampshire
1806
Charles Darwin
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
1809
Elizabeth Gaskell
Chelsea
London
1810
Sir George Gilbert Scott
Gawcott
Buckinghamshire
1811
Charles Dickens
Portsmouth
Hampshire
1812
David Livingstone
Blantyre
Strathclyde
1813
George Boole
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
1815
John Couch Adams
Laneast
Cornwall
1819
Florence Nightingale
Florence
Tuscany
1820
Lord William Thomson
Belfast
County Down
1824
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Daresbury
Cheshire
1832
William Morris
Walthamstow
Essex
1834
Octavia Hill
Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
1838
Sir Robert McAlpine
Newarthill
Strathclyde
1847
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde
Dublin
County Dublin
1854
George Bernard Shaw
Ayot St Lawrence
Hertfordshire
1856
Sir Edward Elgar
Lower Broadheath
Worcestershire
1857
Arthur Conan Doyle
Edinburgh
Lothian
1859
Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce
Alwalton
Cambridgeshire
1863
Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Malabar Hill
British Raj
1865
Herbert George Wells
Bromley
Kent
1866
Captain Robert Falcon Scott
Plymouth
Devon
1868
Sir Winston Churchill
Blenheim
Oxfordshire
1874
Ernest Shackleton
Kilkea
County Kildare
1874
Charles Stewart Rolls
Berkeley Square
London
1877
Sir Alexander Fleming
Darvel
Strathclyde
1881
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
1882
Lord John Keynes
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
1883
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Chislehurst
Kent
1885
George Mallory
Mobberley
Cheshire
1886
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis
Ripley
Derbyshire
1887
John Logie Baird
Helensburgh
Central
1888
Sir Charlie Chaplin
Walworth
London
1889
Percy Shaw
Halifax
West Yorkshire
1890
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
1892
Roy Chadwick
Farnworth
Lancashire
1893
Sir James Martin
Crossgar
Co. Down
1893
Reginald Joseph Mitchell
Butt Lane
Staffordshire
1895
Clive Staples Lewis
Belfast
County Down
1898
John Cobb
Esher
Surrey
1899
Sir Frances Chichester
Shirwell
Devon
1901
Walter Reginald Hammond
Dover
Kent
1903
Amy Johnson
Kingston upon Hull
East Riding of Yorkshire
1903
Thomas Harold Flowers
Poplar
London
1905
John Betjeman
Pentonville
London
1906
Dame Daphne Du Maurier
Regent's Park
London
1907
Sir Frank Whittle
Coventry
Warwickshire
1907
Sir Douglas Bader
St John's Wood
London
1910
Sir Christopher Cockerell
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
1910
Alan Turing
Maida Vale
London
1912
Sir Stanley Matthews
Hanley
Staffordshire
1915
Rosalind Franklin
Notting Hill
London
1920
Sir Roger Bannister
Harrow
London
1929
Peter Higgs
Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumberland
1929
Sir Norman Foster
Reddish
Lancashire
1935
Trevor Baylis
Kilburn
London
1937
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
Putney
London
1939
Sir Chay Blyth
Hawick
Borders
1940
Stephen Hawking
Oxford
Oxfordshire
1942
Ranulph Fiennes
Windsor
Berkshire
1944
Jim Shekhdar
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
1946
Freddie Mercury
Stone Town
Zanzibar
1946
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
London
London
1955
Sir Ian Botham
Heswall
Cheshire
1955
David Hempleman-Adams
Swindon
Wiltshire
1956
Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave
Marlow
Buckinghamshire
1962
Denise Caffari
Rute
Spain
1974
Sir Ben Ainslie
Macclesfield
Cheshire
1977
Dame Ellen MacArthur
Whatstandwell
Derbyshire
1977

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