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E. F. Benson (1867 – 1940), writer
E. H. Shepard (1879 – 1976), painter and illustrator
E. H. Young (1880 – 1946), novelist
E. M. Forster (1879 – 1970), novelist
Earl Jellicoe (1859 – 1935), Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Jellicoe, and Earl
Earl Kitchener (1850 – 1916), Earl Kitchener and Field-Marshal
Ebenezer Howard (1850 – 1928), pioneer of the Garden City Movement
Edgar Kail (1900 – 1976), last amateur footballer to play for England and England footballer
Edgar Wallace (1875 – 1932), writer
Edith Cavell (1865 – 1915), pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and heroine of the Great War
Edith Evans (1888 – 1976), actress and Dame
Edith Maud Cook (1878 – 1910), first woman pilot in Britain
Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964), poet and Dame
Edmond Malone (1741 – 1812), Shakespearian scholar
Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797), author and statesman
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby (1861 – 1936), Field-Marshal and Viscount Allenby
Edvard Benes (1884 – 1948), President of Czechoslovakia and Dr
Edward Adrian Wilson (1872 – 1912), Antarctic explorer and naturalist
Edward Appleton (1892 – 1965), Sir, FRS, and Nobel Laureate
Edward Ardizzone (1900 – 1979), artist and illustrator
Edward Burne-Jones (1833 – 1898), BART, Sir, painter, and artist
Edward Carpenter (1844 – 1929), author
Edward Clodd (1840 – 1930)
Edward Codrington (1770 – 1851), hero of the Battle of Navarino, Admiral, and Sir
Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934), composer and Sir
Edward G. Tasker (1910 – 1989), local historian, photographer, author of Barnsley Streets, inspiration for the Ted Tasker Photographic Trust, MBE, JP, and ARPS
Edward Geoffrey Stanley (1799 – 1869), Earl of Derby and Prime Minister
Edward Gibbon (1737 – 1792), historian
Edward Henry (1850 – 1931), pioneer of Fingerprint Identification, Sir, and Metropolitan Police Commissioner (1903-1918)
Edward Irving (1792 – 1834), founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church
Edward Jenner (1749 – 1823)
Edward Johnston (1872 – 1944), master calligrapher
Edward Lear (1812 – 1888), artist and writer
Edward Lloyd Richard, Sir and Earl Grosvenor
Edward Marshall Hall (1858 – 1927), lawyer, KC, and The Great Defender
Edward Raczyñski (1891 – 1993), Polish statesman and Count
Edward Richard Henry (1850 – 1931), Sir, Bt, GCVO, KCB, CSI, fingerprint pioneer, and Commissioner of Police (1903-1918)
Edward Stone (1702 – 1768), discoverer of the active ingredient in aspirin and Reverend
Edward Thomas (1878 – 1917), essayist and poet
Edward Unwin (1864 – 1950), Commander, VC, and hero of Gallipoli
Edward VII (1841 – 1910), King
Edward William Godwin (1833 – 1886), Bristol born architect and furniture and fabric designer
Edward Wood (1881 – 1959), statesman, Viceroy of India, Foreign Secretary, Earl of Halifax, and Earl
Edwin Arnold (1832 – 1904), poet, journalist, and Sir
Edwin Chadwick (1801 – 1890), Public Health reformer and Sir
Edwin Landseer (1802 – 1873), Victorian painter of animals and Sir
Edwin Saunders (1814 – 1901), dentist to Queen Victoria and Sir
Edwin Waterhouse (1841 – 1917), eminent accountant
Eleanor Marx (1855 – 1898)
Eleanor Rathbone (1872 – 1946), pioneer of family allowances
Eliza Walker Dunbar (1845 – 1925), pioneer woman doctor and Doctor
Elizabeth Allan (1910 – 1990), stage star and film star
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 – 1861), poet
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836 – 1917), Doctor and first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 – 1865)
Elizabeth Goudge (1900 – 1984), writer
Elizabeth Latto Ewen (1875 – 1965), Aberdeen's first female general practitioner
Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe (1766 – 1850), diarist and artist
Elizabeth Sturge (1849 – 1944), pioneer in womens suffrage and education for girls and young women
Ellen Sharples (1769 – 1849), artist
Ellen Terry (1847 – 1928), actress
Emery Walker (1851 – 1933), Typographer, antiquary, and Sir
Emile Zola (1840 – 1902), French novelist
Emily Davies (1830 – 1921), founder of Girton College, Cambridge
Emma Cons (1837 – 1912), philanthropist and founder of the Old Vic
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 – 1928), founder of the Suffragette Movement and campaigner for women's suffrage
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867 – 1954), writer, Suffragist, Lady, lecturer, pacifist, and editor of Votes For Women
Enid Bagnold (1889 – 1981), novelist, playwright, and author of National Velvet
Enid Blyton (1897 – 1968), children's writer and authoress
Eric Ball (1903 – 1989), OBE, salvationist, and composer
Eric Coates (1886 – 1957), composer of By The Sleepy Lagoon
Eric Mayer (1903 – 1971), director
Eric Ravilious (1903 – 1942), artist
Ernest Bevin (1881 – 1951), trade union leader, statesman, General Secretary TGWU, and Foreign Secretary
Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961), internationally renowned author and journalist
Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 – 1922), Antarctic explorer and Sir
Ernest Shackleton
Ernst Chain (1906 – 1979), biochemist, developer of penicillin, and Sir
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Ethel Gordon Fenwick (1857 – 1947), nursing reformer
Ettore Schmitz (1861 – 1928), writer
Eugen Sandow (1867 – 1925), body-builder and promoter of physical culture
Eugenie de Montijo (1826 – 1920), Empress and wife of Napolean III
Evelyn Baring (1841 – 1917), Earl of Cromer, Earl, and colonial administrator
Evelyn De Morgan (1855 – 1919), artist
Evelyn Underhill (1875 – 1941), Christian philosopher and teacher
Evelyn Waugh (1903 – 1966), writer
Ewan MacColl (1915 – 1989), political songwriter and playwright
Eyre Massey Shaw (1830 – 1908), first Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and Sir
Ezra Pound (1885 – 1972), poet