Famous People & the Abbey
The following list of people buried or commemorated in Westminster Abbey provides links to information about them and their monuments. The list is necessarily selective and NOT COMPLETE at present, but further names and information will gradually be added. Contact the Abbey Library if you have a query about a burial or monument not covered by this list - see Contacts
Photography is not permitted within the Abbey Church. Photos can be purchased from the Abbey Library. E-mail address on Contacts section of the website.Most pages about individual monuments include a transcript of the inscription and an English translation if the original is in Latin. The spelling of names in English has often changed over the centuries and they do not always appear on monuments in their modern form.This does not mean that a mistake was made in cutting the inscription!
- Adam, Robert Adam
- Addison, Joseph Addison
- Agar, Charles Agar, Earl of Normanton
- Agard, Arthur Agard
- Allenby, Edmund Allenby
- André, John André
- Anstey, Christopher Anstey
- Anstruther, Sir Robert Anstruther
- Apsley, Apsley family
- Arnold, Thomas and Matthew Arnold
- Atkyns, Edward and Robert Atkyns
- Atterbury, Francis Atterbury
- Attlee, Clement Attlee
- Auden, Wystan Hugh Auden
- Austen, Jane Austen
- Ayrton, Edmund Ayrton
- Ayton, Robert Ayton
- Baden-Powell, Robert & Olave Baden-Powell
- Baker, John Baker
- Baker, Sir Benjamin Baker
- Balchen, Sir John Balchen
- Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin
- Banks, Thomas Banks
- Barnard, William Barnard
- Barnard, Sir Henry Barnard
- Barnett, Samuel and Henrietta Barnett
- Barrell, William Barrell
- Barry, Charles and John Barry
- Bayne, William Bayne
- Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort
- Beaufoy, Mary Beaufoy
- Beaumont, Francis and John Beaumont
- Bedell, William Bedell
- Behn, Aphra Behn
- Belasyse, Sir Henry Belasyse
- Bell, Andrew Bell
- Bennett, Louis Bennett
- Benson, William Benson
- Betjeman, Sir John Betjeman
- Betterton, Thomas Betterton
- Bevin, Ernest Bevin
- Bill, William Bill
- Bilson, Thomas Bilson
- Bingham, Richard Bingham
- Blair, William Blair
- Blake, Robert Blake
- Blake, William Blake
- Blakeney, William Blakeney
- Blount, Charles Blount, Earl of Devonshire
- Blow, John Blow
- Bohun, Eleanor de Bohun
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Booth, Barton Booth
- Bowes, Mary Eleanor Bowes
- Bradshaw, John Bradshaw
- Brandon, Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk
- Bridge, Sir John Frederick Bridge
- Britten, Benjamin Britten
- Brocas, Sir Bernard Brocas
- Bromley, Sir Thomas Bromley
- Bronte, Bronte, Charlotte, Emily and Anne
- Broughton, John Broughton
- Browning, Robert Browning
- Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Buckland, William Buckland
- Bunyan, John Bunyan
- Burdett-Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts
- Burgoyne, John Burgoyne
- Burland, Sir John Burland
- Burney, Frances Burney
- Burns, Robert Burns
- Busby, Richard Busby
- Butler, Samuel Butler
- Buxton, Thomas Fowell Buxton
- C, Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour 1939 - 1945
- C, Combined Services Memorial
- Camden, William Camden
- Campbell, Thomas Campbell
- Campbell, Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde
- Campbell, Sir Archibald and Sir James Campbell
- Campbell, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
- Campbell Bannerman, Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
- Canning, Geo, Charles & Stratford Canning
- Captain, HMS Captain
- Carey, Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon
- Carey, William Carey
- Carleton, Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester
- Carroll, Lewis Carroll
- Carteret, Carteret family
- Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
- Cavendish, William & Margaret Cavendish
- Caxton, William Caxton
- Chamberlain, Joseph and Neville Chamberlain
- Chamberlen, Hugh Chamberlen
- Chambers, Sir William Chambers
- Chardin, Sir John Chardin
- Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer
- Chester, Joseph Lemuel Chester
- Chiffinch, Thomas Chiffinch
- Cholmondeley, Cholmondeley family
- Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill
- Clare, John Clare
- Clarkson, Thomas Clarkson
- Claypole, Elizabeth Claypole
- Clementi, Muzio Clementi
- Cochrane, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Comper, Sir Ninian Comper
- Conduitt, John Conduitt
- Cooke, Benjamin Cooke
- Coote, Eyre Coote
- Cottington, Francis Cottington
- Cottrell, Clement Cottrell
- Courcy, Almericus de Courcy
- Cowley, Abraham Cowley
- Cowper, William Cowper
- Coxe, Sir Richard Coxe
- Craggs, James Craggs
- Cranfield, Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex
- Crewe, Crewe family
- Croft, William Croft
- Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell
- Cumberland, Richard Cumberland
- Darwin, Charles Darwin
- Daubeney, Giles Daubeney
- Davenant, Sir William Davenant
- Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy
- De Vic, Sir Henry De Vic
- Deane, Richard Deane
- Dearmer, Percy Dearmer
- Denham, Sir James Stewart Denham
- Dickens, Charles Dickens
- Dickinson, William Dickinson
- Dirac, Paul Dirac
- Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli
- Dodington, Bartholomew Dodington
- Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
- Dowding, Hugh Dowding
- Drake, Sir Francis Drake
- Drayton, Michael Drayton
- Dryden, John Dryden
- Dunk, George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax
- Duppa, Brian and Thomas Duppa
- Edmund, Edmund, Earl of Lancaster
- Elgar, Sir Edward Elgar
- Eliot, George Eliot
- Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot
- Elizabeth, Grand Duchess Elizabeth
- Fairborne, Sir Palmes Fairborne
- Fane, Elizabeth Fane
- Faraday, Michael Faraday
- Fawcett, Henry and Millicent Fawcett
- Florey, Howard Florey
- Folkes, Martin Folkes
- Follett, William Webb Follett
- Fowler, William Fowler
- Fox, Charles James Fox
- Franklin, Sir John Franklin
- Fraser, Ian Fraser, Lord Fraser of Lonsdale
- Freke, Freke sisters
- Fullerton, James Fullerton
- Garrick, David Garrick
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell
- Gay, John Gay
- Gayfere, Thomas Gayfere
- Gethin, Grace Gethin
- Gladstone, William and Catherine Gladstone
- Godfrey, Edward and Sir Edmund Godfrey
- Godolphin, Godolphin family
- Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith
- Goodman, Gabriel Goodman
- Gordon, Adam Lindsay Gordon
- Grabe, John Ernest Grabe
- Graham, George Graham
- Grattan, Henry Grattan
- Gray, Thomas Gray
- Greatorex, Thomas Greatorex
- Green, George Green
- Griffith, Piers Griffith
- Grote, George Grote
- Guest, Joshua Guest
- Hailey, William Malcolm Hailey
- Hakluyt, Richard Hakluyt
- Hales, Stephen Hales
- Halley, Edmond Halley
- Handel, George Frederic Handel
- Hanway, Jonas Hanway
- Hardy, Thomas Hardy
- Hargrave, William Hargrave
- Harpedon, Sir John Harpedon
- Harrison, John Harrison
- Harvey, John Harvey
- Hatton, Hatton family
- Hauley, Robert Hauley
- Heather, William Heather
- Herbert, George Herbert
- Herrick, Robert Herrick
- Herries, Charles Herries
- Herschel, William & John Herschel
- Hesketh, Sir Thomas Hesketh
- Heylyn, Peter Heylyn
- Hill, Rowland Hill
- Holles, Holles family
- Hooke, Robert Hooke
- Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Hope, Adrian Hope
- Hope, Henry Hope
- Horner, Francis Horner
- Horrocks, Jeremiah Horrocks
- Housman, A.E.Housman
- Howard, John Howard, Earl of Stafford
- Howe, George Howe
- Howells, Herbert Howells
- Hughes, Ted Hughes
- Hunter, John Hunter
- Hutt, John Hutt
- Intelligence Services, Intelligence services MI5,GCHQ,SIS
- Ireland, John Ireland
- Irving, Sir Henry Irving
- James, Henry James
- Jebb, Jebb family
- John, John of Eltham
- John, Esther John
- Johnson, Samuel Johnson
- Johnston, James Johnston
- Jonson, Ben Jonson
- Joule, James Prescott Joule
- Julius, William Julius
- Kane, Richard Kane
- Keats, John Keats
- Kelvin, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
- Kendall, James and Mary Kendall
- Killigrew, Thomas and Robert Killigrew
- King, Martin Luther King Jr
- Kipling, Rudyard Kipling
- Kirk, Percy Kirk
- Kneller, Sir Godfrey Kneller
- Knipe, Thomas Knipe
- Knollys, Katherine Knollys
- Kolbe, Maximilian Kolbe
- Langham, Simon Langham
- Lawes, Henry and John Lawes
- Lawrence, John Laird Mair Lawrence
- Lawrence, Stringer Lawrence
- Lear, Edward Lear
- Leith, Sir James Leith
- Levinz, William Levinz
- Ligonier, John and Francis Ligonier
- Lister, Joseph Lister
- Livingstone, David Livingstone
- Livingstone, Thomas Livingstone, Viscount Teviot
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Loten, John Gideon Loten
- Lovell, Sir Thomas Lovell
- Lucas, Richard Lucas
- Ludlow, Philip Ludlow
- Luwum, Janani Luwum
- Lyell, Charles Lyell
- Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton
- Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Macaulay, Zachary Macaulay
- MacDonald, Ramsay MacDonald
- Mackenzie, James Stewart Mackenzie
- Macpherson, James Macpherson
- Malcolm, Sir John Malcolm
- Manners, Lord Robert Manners
- Mansfield, William Murray, Lord Mansfield
- Markham, Markham family
- Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe
- Masefield, John Masefield
- Masemola, Manche Masemola
- Mason, William Mason
- Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell
- May, Thomas May
- McIlvaine, Charles McIlvaine
- Mead, Richard Mead
- Methuen, John and Paul Methuen
- Micklethwaite, John Thomas Micklethwaite
- Milton, John Milton
- Monck, George and Nicholas Monck
- Montagu, James Montagu
- Montagu, Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
- Moray, Robert Moray
- Morland, Carola and Ann Morland
- Mowbray, Anne Mowbray, Duchess of York
- Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
- Neve, Richard Le Neve
- Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
- Nightingale, Lady Elizabeth Nightingale
- Norris, Henry, Lord Norris
- Ogle, John Ogle
- Olivier, Laurence Olivier
- Oswald, James Oswald
- Outram, Sir James Outram
- Owen, Thomas Owen
- O’Keeffe, Arthur O’Keeffe
- Page, Walter Hines Page
- Palaeologus, Theodore Palaeologus
- Palmerston, Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston
- Panton, Thomas Panton
- Paoli, Pasquale Paoli
- Parr, Thomas Parr
- Parry, Sir Thomas (Vaughan) Parry
- Parsons, Sir Charles Parsons
- Peabody, George Peabody
- Pearce, Zachary and William Pearce
- Pearson, John Loughborough Pearson
- Pecksall, Richard Pecksall
- Peel, Sir Robert Peel
- Perceval, Spencer Perceval
- Philipps, Richard Philipps
- Pitt, William Pitt
- Pocock, Sir George Pocock
- Poets, Poets of the First World War
- Pollock, George Pollock
- Pope, Alexander Pope
- Popham, Edward Popham
- Prideaux, Sir Edmund Prideaux
- Priestman, Henry Priestman
- Pringle, Sir John Pringle
- Pritchard, Hannah Pritchard
- Puckering, Sir John Puckering
- Pulteney, Daniel Pulteney
- Purcell, Henry Purcell
- Raffles, Stamford Raffles
- Ramsay, Sir William Ramsay
- Rayleigh, John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh
- Rennell, James Rennell
- Richardson, Thomas Richardson
- Robinson, Sir Lumley Robinson
- Robinson, Sir Thomas Robinson
- Romero, Oscar Romero
- Rowe, Nicholas Rowe
- Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet founders
- Royce, Sir Henry Royce
- Rupert, Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- Ruskin, John Ruskin
- Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford
- Salisbury, Robert (Cecil), Marquess of Salisbury
- Saunders, Sir Charles Saunders
- Scott, George Gilbert Scott
- Scott, Sir Walter Scott
- Shadwell, Thomas Shadwell
- Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
- Sharp, Granville Sharp
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Shield, William Shield
- Shovell, Sir Clowdisley Shovell
- Siddons, Sarah Siddons
- Sidney, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex
- Simpson, Barbara Simpson
- Smeaton, John Smeaton
- Smith, Samuel Smith
- Somerset, Sarah, Duchess of Somerset
- Southey, Robert Southey
- Spanheim, Ezekiel Spanheim
- Spelman, Henry Spelman
- Spenser, Edmund Spenser
- Spottiswood, William Spottiswood
- Spottiswood, James Spottiswood
- Spottiswood, John Spottiswood
- Spragge, Edward Spragge
- Sprat, Thomas Sprat
- St Evremond, Charles de St.Denis, Sieur de St. Evremond
- St John, Catherine. Lady St John of Bletso
- Stanford, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
- Stanhope, James Stanhope
- Stanley, Arthur & Augusta Stanley
- Staunton, Sir George Leonard Staunton
- Stephenson, Robert Stephenson
- Stokes, George Gabriel Stokes
- Stone, Stone family
- Stoteville, Jane Stoteville
- Stradling, George and Margaret Stradling
- Strathcona, Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona
- Street, George Edmund Street
- Strong, William Strong
- Stuart, Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond
- Talbot, Edward Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
- Tapiedi, Lucian Tapiedi
- Tapper, Sir Walter Tapper
- Telford, Thomas Telford
- Temple, Sir William Temple
- Tennyson, Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray
- Thomas, Dylan Thomas
- Thomson, James Thomson
- Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson
- Thomson, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
- Thornburgh, Gilbert Thornburgh
- Thorndyke, Herbert Thorndyke
- Thorndyke, John Thorndyke
- Thynne, Thomas Thynne
- Tompion, Thomas Tompion
- Totty, Thomas Totty
- Trench, Richard Chenevix Trench
- Trenchard, Hugh Trenchard
- Trevithick, Richard Trevithick
- Trigge, Thomas Trigge
- Triplet, Thomas Triplet
- Trollope, Anthony Trollope
- Tufnell, John and Edward Tufnell
- Tufton, Richard Tufton
- Twisse, William Twisse
- Tyndale, William Tyndale
- Tyrrell, Richard Tyrrell
- U, Unknown Warrior
- Ussher, James Ussher
- Valence, William and Aymer de Valence
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Vere, Sir Francis Vere and Horace Vere
- Vernon, Edward Vernon
- Villettes, William Anne Villettes
- Villiers, Villiers family
- Vincent, William Vincent
- Wade, George Wade
- Wager, Charles Wager
- Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace
- Walton, Sir William Walton
- Ward, Joshua Ward
- Ware, Richard de Ware
- Warren, John and Elizabeth Warren
- Warren, Sir Peter Warren
- Watson, Charles Watson
- Watt, James Watt
- Webb, Beatrice and Sidney Webb
- Wesley, John Wesley, Charles Wesley
- Westminster, Westminster citizens war memorial
- Wetenhall, Edward Wetenhall
- Whittle, Frank Whittle
- Wilberforce, William Wilberforce
- Wilcocks, Joseph Wilcocks
- Wilde, Oscar Wilde
- Willes, Willes family
- Williams, George Williams
- Willis, Thomas Willis
- Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas Wilson
- Winchester, Winifred, Marchioness of Winchester
- Wintringham, Sir Clifton Wintringham
- Wolfe, James Wolfe
- Woodward, John Woodward
- Woollett, William Woollett
- Wordsworth, William Wordsworth
- Wragg, William Wragg
- Wright, James Wright
- Wright, Thomas Wright
- Young, Thomas Young
- Zhiming, Wang Zhiming
- Zhiming, Wang Zhiming