# List of people from Lincolnshire

There are many notable people associated with Lincolnshire. The following list is arranged chronologically by date of birth.

## Born before 1701

* Guthlac of Crowland (674–715), Christian saint
* Æthelhard (8th century–805), Archbishop of Canterbury
* Hereward the Wake (c. 1035–c. 1072), Anglo-Saxon nobleman
* Lucy of Bolingbroke (1074–1136), countess of Chester
* Gilbert of Sempringham (c. 1085–1190), Saint and Founder of the Gilbertine Order
* Aaron of Lincoln (c. 1125–1186), financier
* Hugh of Lincoln (1135/40–1200), Bishop of Lincoln
* Stephen Langton (c. 1150–1228), Archbishop of Canterbury
* Nicolaa de la Haye (c. 1150–1230), landowner and administrator
* Robert Grosseteste (c. 1175–1253), Bishop of Lincoln
* Berechiah de Nicole (c. 1210–c. 1270), Tosafist
* Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290), wife of Edward I
* Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (1246–1255), blood libel victim
* Katherine Swynford (c. 1350–1403), third wife of John of Gaunt
* Henry IV of England (1367–1413), King of England
* Richard Foxe (1458–1528), bishop and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
* John Taverner (c. 1490–1545), composer and organist
* John Whitgift (c. 1503–1604), Archbishop of Canterbury
* John Foxe (c. 1516–1587), author of Foxe's Book of Martyrs
* William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520–1598), Chief Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
* Anne Askew (1521–1546), Protestant martyr
* Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield (1521–1549), Baron of Sheffield
* John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield (c. 1538–1568), Baron of Sheffield
* William Byrd (1539–1623), composer
* John Smyth (c. 1554–c. 1612), founder of the Baptist denomination
* Robert Tighe (1562–1620), cleric and linguist
* Captain John Smith (1580–1631), leader of the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia
* John Cotton (1585–1652), clergyman
* Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672), poet
* John Leverett (1616–1678/79), penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
* Simon Patrick (1626–1707), English theologian and bishop
* Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1746), mathematician and physicist
* John Harrison (1693–1776), chronometer innovator
* William Stukeley (1687–1765), antiquarian

## Born 1701–1850

* John (1703-1791) and Charles Wesley (1707-1788), founders of the Methodist movement
* Benjamin Huntsman (1704-1776), inventor of crucible steel
* Joseph Banks (1743–1820), botanist and naturalist
* Samuel Eyles Pierce (1746–1829), preacher and theologian
* Thomas Scott (1747–1821), Bible commentator and co-founder of the Church Missionary Society
* George Bass (1771–c. 1803), explorer of Australia
* Matthew Flinders (1774–1814), navigator and cartographer
* Richard Watson (1781–1833), theologian and Methodist writer
* George Davenport (1783–1845), sailor and frontiersman
* Peter De Wint (1784–1849), landscape painter
* Pishey Thompson (1784–1862), publisher and antiquarian writer
* Sir John Franklin (1786–1847), Arctic explorer
* Andreas Kalvos (1792–1869), poet
* Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885), Bishop of Lincoln
* Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), poet
* Herbert Ingram (1811–1860), journalist
* Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), businesswoman and Welsh language translator
* George Boole (1815–1864), mathematician
* William Marwood (1818–1883), hangman
* Jean Ingelow (1820–1897), poet
* Charles Frederick Worth (1825–1895), fashion designer
* George Bower iron founder and inventor
* Edward King (1829–1910), Bishop of Lincoln
* Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869), ballad composer and hymn writer
* Joseph Ruston (1835–1897), engineer and manufacturer
* George Green (Medal of Honor) (1840–1898), Medal of Honor recipient
* Gonville Bromhead (1845–1891), Victoria Cross recipient
* Madge Kendal (1848–1935), actress

## Born 1851–1950

* Sarah Swift (1854–1937), Royal College of Nursing founder
* Frank Bramley (1857–1915), artist
* Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock (1858–1922), clergyman and ecologist
* William Robertson (1860–1933), Field Marshal
* Halford Mackinder (1861–1947), geographer
* Thomas Colclough Watson (1867–1917), Victoria Cross recipient
* Cyril Bland (1872–1950), cricketer
* William Tritton (1875–1946), tank developer
* Frank Pick (1878–1941), railway administrator
* Sybil Thorndike (1882–1976), actress
* Alfred Piccaver (1884–1958), tenor
* Arthur Lucan (1885–1954), part of the music hall act Old Mother Riley
* Charles Richard Sharpe (1889–1963), Victoria Cross recipient
* Harold Jackson (1892–1918), Victoria Cross recipient
* Ethel Rudkin (1893–1985), folklorist and archaeologist
* Sir Francis Hill (1899 –1980), historian and Mayor of Lincoln. Chancellor of Nottingham University.
* Frank Whittle (1907–1996), RAF officer
* John George Haigh (1909–1949), serial killer
* Douglas Bader (1910–1982), RAF flying ace
* James Cobban (1910–1999), educator and headmaster
* Chad Varah (1911–2007), priest and "The Samaritans" founder
* Ted Savage (1912–1964), footballer
* Joseph Nickerson (1914–1990), entrepreneur
* Guy Gibson (1918–1944), bomber pilot and Victoria Cross recipient
* Liz Smith (1921–2016), actress
* Leslie Manser (1922–1942), bomber pilot and Victoria Cross recipient
* Brian Tierney (1922–2019), historian
* Nicholas Parsons (1923–2020), radio and TV presenter
* Neville Marriner (1924–2016), violinist and conductor
* Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), former Prime Minister
* Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001), poet
* Brenda Fisher (1927–2022), swimmer
* Joan Plowright (1929–2025), actress
* Jeff Hall (1929–1959), footballer
* Colin Dexter (1930–2017), crime writer
* Bill Podmore (1931–1994), television producer
* Neil McCarthy (1932–1985), actor
* Frank Sargeant (born 1932), retired Anglican bishop
* Mervyn Winfield (1932–2014), cricketer
* Bernard Codd (1934–2013), motorcycle road racer
* Victor Emery (1934–2002), physicist
* Mike Pinner (1934–2023), football goalkeeper
* Peter Collinson (1936–1980), film director
* Bruce Barrymore Halpenny (1937–2015), military historian and author
* Roy Axe (1937–2010), car designer
* Barry Spikings (born 1939), Hollywood producer
* John Alderton (born 1940), actor
* John Hurt (1940–2017), actor
* Jo Kendall (1940–2022), actress
* Ted Lewis (1940–1982), crime writer
* Graham Oates (born 1943), footballer
* John Hargreaves (born 1944), cricketer
* Tony Jacklin (born 1944), golfer
* Roger Scruton (1944–2020), philosopher
* Graham Taylor (1944–2017), footballer, club and England national team manager.
* Chris Wright (born 1944), music industry executive and businessman
* Patricia Hodge (born 1946), actress
* Iain Matthews (born 1946), singer-songwriter and musician
* Philip Priestley (1946–2022), former British diplomat
* Richard Budge (1947–2016), coal mining entrepreneur
* Mick Atkin (1948–2008), football half-back
* Ray Clemence (1948–2020), football goalkeeper
* Jim Broadbent (born 1949), actor
* Geoff Capes (1949–2024), shot putter and twice World's strongest man
* Richard P. Cook (born 1949), artist
* Rod Temperton (1949–2016), songwriter, record producer and musician
* Bernie Taupin (born 1950), songwriter

## Born 1951 onwards

* Brian Bolland (born 1951), comics artist
* John Ward (born 1951), footballer
* David Ward (born 1953), former Member of Parliament (MP)
* Michael Foale (born 1957), astronaut
* Jennifer Saunders (born 1958), actress and comedian
* Chris Woods (born 1959), football goalkeeper
* Lee Chapman (born 1959), footballer
* Glenn Cockerill (born 1959), footballer
* Simon Garner (born 1959), footballer
* Alan Moulder (born 1959), record producer, mixing engineer and audio engineer
* John Cridland (born 1961), former Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI); Chair of Transport for the North (TfN)
* Bill Dunham (born 1961), former Deputy Commandant General of the Royal Marines
* Colin McFarlane (born 1961), actor
* Stephen Sackur (born 1964), broadcaster and journalist
* Jonathan Van-Tam (born 1964), specialist in influenza, and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England
* Helen Fospero (born 1966), newsreader and journalist
* Antonio Berardi (born 1968), fashion designer
* Beverley Allitt (born 1968), serial killer
* Samantha Cameron (born 1971), businesswoman and wife of the former Prime Minister David Cameron
* Rae Earl (born 1971), author
* Robert Webb (born 1972), actor, comedian and writer
* Jonathan Kerrigan (born 1972), actor
* Paul Palmer (born 1974), swimmer
* Abi Titmuss (born 1976), poker player and glamour model
* Steve Housham (born 1976), footballer and manager
* Danny Butterfield (born 1979), footballer
* Colin Furze (born 1979), inventor and YouTube personality
* Kelly Adams (born 1979), actress
* Dan Haigh (born 1980), musician
* Sheridan Smith (born 1981), actress
* Paul Mayo (born 1981), footballer
* Guy Martin (born 1981), motorcycle racer and television presenter
* Kevin Clifton (born 1982), professional dancer and actor
* Joanne Clifton (born 1983), professional dancer and actress
* Lloyd Griffith (born 1983), comedian, actor, presenter and singer
* Carl Hudson (born 1983), musician
* Ross Edgley (born 1985), extreme adventurer, ultra-marathon sea swimmer and author
* Nicola Roberts (born 1985), singer
* Oliver Ryan (born 1985), footballer
* Luke Wright (born 1985), cricketer
* Lee Frecklington (born 1985), footballer
* Kate Haywood (born 1987), swimmer
* Spencer Matthews (born 1988), television personality and entrepreneur
* Jake Quickenden (born 1988), television personality
* Emma Bristow (born 1990), motorcycle racer
* Sam Clucas (born 1990), footballer
* Georgie Twigg (born 1990), hockey player
* Sophie Wells (born 1990), para-equestrian
* Scott Williams (born 1990), darts player
* Thomas Turgoose (born 1992), actor
* Eliza Butterworth (born 1993), actress
* Patrick Bamford (born 1993), footballer
* Jack Harvey (born 1993), racing driver
* Hollie Arnold (born 1994), javelin thrower
* Ella Henderson (born 1996), singer and songwriter
* Holly Humberstone (born 1999), singer and songwriter
* Ellis Chapman (born 2001), footballer
* Ollie Chessum (Born 2000), rugby player
* Will Wand (born 2001), rugby player