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 NOT COMPLETE at present, but further names are gradually being added. Contact the Abbey Library if you have a query about a burial or monument not covered by this list - see Contacts on website
Photography is not permitted within the Abbey Church. Photos, sizes 6x4 or 8x6 inches, can be purchased from the Abbey Library (not the shop). E-mail Library for prices and other information.
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 and words in English has often changed over the centuries and this is reflected in the inscriptions.
- Abbott, Eric Symes Abbott
- Adam, Robert Adam
- Adams, John Couch Adams
- Addison, Joseph Addison
- Agar, Charles Agar, Earl of Normanton
- Agard, Arthur Agard
- Allenby, Edmund Allenby
- André, John André
- Annandale, Sophia Fairholm, Marchioness of Annandale
- Anstey, Christopher Anstey
- Anstruther, Sir Robert Anstruther
- Apsley, Apsley family
- Arnold, Samuel Arnold
- Arnold, Thomas and Matthew Arnold
- Asquith, Herbert Asquith, Earl of Oxford and Asquith
- 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
- Baillie, Matthew Baillie
- Baker, Alexander Baker
- Baker, John Baker
- Baker, Sir Benjamin Baker
- Baker, Sir Herbert Baker
- Balchen, Sir John Balchen
- Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin
- Balfe, Michael William Balfe
- Banks, Thomas Banks
- Baring, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
- Barnard, Sir Henry Barnard
- Barnard, William Barnard
- Barnett, Samuel and Henrietta Barnett
- Barrell, William Barrell
- Barrow, Isaac Barrow
- Barry, Spranger Barry
- Barry, Sir Charles and Sir John Wolfe Barry
- Bartleman, James Bartleman
- Barton, Samuel Barton
- Bayne, William Bayne
- Beauclerk, Beauclerk family
- Beaufort, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond
- Beaufoy, Mary Beaufoy
- Beaumont, Anna Beaumont
- Beaumont, Francis and John Beaumont
- Bedell, William Bedell
- Bedford, Charles St Clare Bedford
- Behn, Aphra Behn
- Belasyse, Sir Henry Belasyse
- Bell, Andrew Bell
- Bennett, William Sterndale Bennett
- Bennett, Louis Bennett & Royal Flying Corps
- Benson, William Benson
- Beresford, John Beresford
- Berners, Sir James Berners
- Betjeman, Sir John Betjeman
- Betterton, Thomas Betterton
- Beverley, John Beverley
- Bevin, Ernest Bevin
- Bill, William Bill
- Bilson, Thomas Bilson
- Bingham, Richard Bingham
- Birch, Peter Birch
- Blackwood, Sir Henry Blackwood
- 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, Duchess of Gloucester
- Bond, Denis Bond
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Booth, William Booth
- Booth, Barton Booth
- Boscawen, Nicholas Boscawen
- Boult, Sir Adrian Boult
- Boulter, Hugh Boulter
- Bourchier, Sir Humphrey Bourchier
- Bower, Stephen Dykes Bower
- Bowes, Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore
- Bracegirdle, Anne Bracegirdle
- Bradford, Samuel and William Bradford
- Bradley, George Granville Bradley
- Bradshaw, John Bradshaw
- Brandon, Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk
- Bridge, Sir John Frederick Bridge
- Bringfield, James Bringfield
- Britten, Benjamin Britten
- Brocas, Sir Bernard Brocas
- Bromley, Sir Thomas Bromley
- Bronte, Bronte, Charlotte, Emily and Anne
- Broughton, Sir Edward Broughton
- Broughton, John Broughton
- Browning, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Bryan, George Bryan
- Buckland, William Buckland
- Buller, Charles Buller
- Bunyan, John Bunyan
- Burdett-Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts
- Burgh, Sir John and Lord Thomas Burgh
- Burghley, Mildred Cecil, Lady Burghley
- Burgoyne, John Burgoyne
- Burland, Sir John Burland
- Burney, Frances and Charles Burney
- Burns, Robert Burns
- Busby, Richard Busby
- Butler, Samuel Butler
- Buxton, Thomas Fowell Buxton
- Byron, Lord Byron
- Camden, William Camden
- Campbell, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll
- Campbell, Thomas Campbell
- Campbell, Sir Archibald and Sir James Campbell
- Campbell, Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde
- Campbell Bannerman, Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
- Canning, George, Charles & Stratford Canning
- Cannon, Robert Cannon
- Captain, HMS Captain
- Carew, Nicholas Carew
- Carey, Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon
- Carey, William Carey
- Carleton, Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester
- Carpenter, William Boyd Carpenter
- Carroll, Lewis Carroll
- Carteret, Carteret family
- Cary, Henry Francis Cary
- Casaubon, Isaac Casaubon
- Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
- Cavendish, William & Margaret Cavendish
- Caxton, William Caxton
- Cecil, Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter
- Cecil, Elizabeth Cecil
- Chamberlain, Joseph and Neville Chamberlain
- Chamberlen, Hugh Chamberlen
- Chambers, Ephraim Chambers
- Chambers, Sir William Chambers
- Chapman, Christopher Chapman
- Chardin, Sir John Chardin
- Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer
- Chester, Joseph Lemuel Chester
- Chichester, Sir Francis Chichester
- Chiffinch, Thomas Chiffinch
- Cholmondeley, Cholmondeley family
- Churchill, George Churchill
- Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill
- Cibber, Susanna Cibber
- Civilian War Dead, Civilian War Dead Roll of Honour 1939 - 1945
- Clanricarde, Anne, Countess of Clanricarde
- Clare, John Clare
- Clarkson, Thomas Clarkson
- Claypole, Elizabeth Claypole
- Clementi, Muzio Clementi
- Clifford, Jane, Lady Clifford
- Clive, Robert Clive
- Cobden, Richard Cobden
- Cochrane, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald
- Colchester, William of Colchester
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Collingwood, Daniel Collingwood
- Combined Services (Commandos, SAS, Submariners), Combined Services Memorial
- Comper, Sir Ninian Comper
- Conduitt, John Conduitt
- Congreve, William Congreve
- Constable, Robert Constable, Viscount Dunbar
- Constable, Sir William Constable
- Cook, James Cook
- Cooke, Edward Cooke
- Cooke, Benjamin and Robert Cooke
- Coote, Algernon Coote, Earl of Mountrath
- Coote, Eyre Coote
- Cornewall, Henry and James Cornewall
- Cornwall, Charles Cornwall
- Cottington, Francis Cottington
- Cottrell, Clement Cottrell
- Courcy, Almericus de Courcy, Baron Kingsale
- Courtenay, Richard Courtenay
- Coward, Noel Coward
- Cowley, Abraham Cowley
- Cowper, William Cowper
- Coxe, Sir Richard Coxe
- Craggs, James Craggs
- Cranfield, Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex
- Creed, Richard Creed
- Crewe, Crewe family
- Crispin, Gilbert Crispin
- Croft, Sir James Croft
- Croft, William Croft
- Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell and family
- Cumberland, Richard Cumberland
- Curzon, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
- Czechoslovak Forces, Czechoslovak Forces
- Dakins, William Whitfield Dakins
- Dalrymple, William Dalrymple
- Darwin, Charles Darwin
- Daubeney, Giles Daubeney
- Davenant, Sir William Davenant
- Davidson, Susannah Davidson
- Davis, John Davis
- Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy
- De Blank, Joost de Blank
- De Vic, Sir Henry De Vic
- Deane, Richard Deane
- Dearmer, Percy Dearmer
- Delaval, Delaval family
- Denham, Sir John Denham
- Denham, Sir James Stewart Denham
- Devereux, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
- Dickens, Charles Dickens
- Dickinson, William Dickinson
- Dimbleby, Richard Dimbleby
- Dirac, Paul Dirac
- Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli
- Dodington, Bartholomew Dodington
- Dorislaus, Isaac Dorislaus
- Doughty, John Doughty
- Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
- Dowding, Hugh Dowding
- Drake, Sir Francis Drake
- Drayton, Michael Drayton
- Drummond, Charles and Gavin Drummond
- Dryden, John Dryden
- Duckworth, Robinson Duckworth
- Dunk, George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax
- Duppa, Brian and Thomas Duppa
- Duras, Louis de Duras, Earl of Feversham
- Duroure, Alexander and Scipio Duroure
- Edmund, Edmund, Earl of Lancaster
- Edmund of Langley, Edmund of Langley, Duke of York
- Edwardes, Sir Herbert Edwardes
- Edwards, Howel Holland Edwards
- Egerton, Randolph Egerton & family
- Elgar, Sir Edward Elgar
- Elgin, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
- Eliot, Thomas Stearns Eliot
- Eliot, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
- Elizabeth, Grand Duchess Elizabeth
- Elliot, Gilbert and Hugh Elliot
- Esteney, John Esteney
- Fairborne, Sir Palmes Fairborne
- Fane, Elizabeth Fane
- Faraday, Michael Faraday
- Fascet, George Fascet
- Fawcett, Henry and Millicent Fawcett
- Ferne, Henry Ferne
- Fitzharding, John Berkeley, Lord Fitzharding
- Fleming, James and John Fleming
- Florey, Howard Florey
- Folkes, Martin Folkes
- Follett, William Webb Follett
- Forbes, Benjamin and Richard Forbes
- Forbes, William Forbes
- Forster, William Edward Forster
- Fowler, William Fowler
- Fox, Charles James Fox
- Franklin, Sir John Franklin
- Fraser, Ian Fraser, Lord Fraser of Lonsdale
- Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales
- Freind, John Freind
- Freke, Freke sisters
- Fullerton, James Fullerton
- Garrick, David Garrick
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell
- Gates, Bernard Gates
- Gay, John Gay
- Gayfere, Thomas Gayfere
- Gethin, Grace Gethin
- Gibbons, Orlando and Christopher Gibbons
- Gifford, William Gifford
- Gladstone, William and Catherine Gladstone
- Godfrey, Edward and Sir Edmund Godfrey
- Godolphin, Godolphin family
- Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith
- Golofre, Sir John Golofre
- Goodman, Gabriel Goodman
- Gordon, Charles George Gordon
- Gordon, George Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen
- Gordon, Adam Lindsay Gordon
- Gouland, Richard Gouland
- Gouvernet, Esther de la Tour de Gouvernet, Lady Eland
- Grabe, John Ernest Grabe
- Graham, George Graham
- Grattan, Henry Grattan
- Gray, Thomas Gray
- Greatorex, Thomas Greatorex
- Green, George Green
- Griffith, Piers Griffith
- Grosvenor, Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
- 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
- Harbord, Sir Charles Harbord
- Hardy, Thomas Hardy
- Hardy, Sir Thomas Hardy
- Hargrave, William Hargrave
- Harpedon, Sir John Harpedon
- Harrison, Admiral John Harrison
- Harrison, John Harrison
- Harvey, John Harvey
- Hastings, Warren Hastings
- Hatton, Hatton family
- Hauley, Robert Hauley
- Hawkins, Ernest Hawkins
- Hawkins, Sir John Hawkins
- Heather, William Heather
- Henderson, John Henderson
- Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
- Herbert, George Herbert
- Herbert, Edward Herbert
- Herbert, Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury
- Herrick, Robert Herrick
- Herries, Charles Herries
- Herschel, William & John Herschel
- Hertford, Frances, Countess of Hertford
- Hesilrige, Thomas Hesilrige
- Hesketh, Sir Thomas Hesketh
- Heylyn, Peter Heylyn
- Hill, Rowland Hill
- Hill, Octavia Hill
- Holles, Holles family
- Holmes, Charles Holmes
- Hooke, Robert Hooke
- Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Hooper, Hooper family
- Hope, Henry Hope
- Hope, Adrian Hope
- Hope, Sir George Hope
- Hope, Mary Hope
- Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Horneck, Anthony & William Horneck
- Horner, Francis Horner
- Horrocks, Jeremiah Horrocks
- Housman, A.E.Housman
- Howard, John Howard, Earl of Stafford
- Howard, Sir Robert Howard
- Howe, George Howe
- Howells, Herbert Howells
- Hughes, Ted Hughes
- Humfrey, Pelham Humfrey
- Hunter, John Hunter
- Hutt, John Hutt
- Hyde, Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
- Illingworth, Mary Illingworth
- Ingram, Sir Thomas Ingram
- Innocent Victims, Innocent Victims Memorial
- Intelligence Services, Intelligence services MI5,GCHQ,SIS
- Ireland, John Ireland
- Ireton, Henry Ireton
- Irving, Sir Henry Irving
- Islip, John Islip
- James, Henry James
- Jebb, Jebb family
- Jennings, Sir John Jennings
- John, Esther John
- John, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall
- Johnson, Samuel Johnson
- Johnston, James Johnston
- Jones, Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh
- Jonson, Ben Jonson
- Joule, James Prescott Joule
- Julius, William Julius
- Kane, Richard Kane
- Katherine, Katherine daughter of Henry III
- Keats, John Keats
- Keble, John Keble
- Kelvin, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
- Kemble, John Philip Kemble
- Kendall, James and Mary Kendall
- Ker, Christian Ker
- Kerry, Francis Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry
- Kildare, John Fitzgerald, 18th Earl of Kildare
- Killigrew, Thomas and Robert Killigrew
- King, Martin Luther King Jr
- King, William King
- Kingsley, Charles Kingsley
- Kipling, Rudyard Kipling
- Kirk, Percy Kirk
- Kneller, Sir Godfrey Kneller
- Knipe, Thomas Knipe
- Knollys, Katherine Knollys
- Kolbe, Maximilian Kolbe
- Labilliere, Paul de Labilliere
- Lake, George Lake
- Lambert, Sir Oliver Lambert
- Langham, Simon Langham
- Lansdowne, Henry Petty, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
- Laurence, John Laurence
- Lawes, Henry and John Lawes
- Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence
- Lawrence, Stringer Lawrence
- Lawrence, John Laird Mair Lawrence
- Le Courayer, Pierre Le Courayer
- Lear, Edward Lear
- Lee of Fareham, Arthur, Viscount Lee of Fareham
- Leith, Sir James Leith
- Lethaby, William Richard Lethaby
- Levinz, William Levinz
- Lewis, Sir George Cornewall Lewis
- Ligonier, John and Francis Ligonier
- Lind, Jenny Lind
- Lionel, Duke of Clarence, Lionel of Antwerp, duke of Clarence
- Lister, Joseph Lister
- Livingstone, David Livingstone
- Livingstone, Thomas Livingstone, Viscount Teviot
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Lort, Sir Gilbert Lort
- Loten, John Gideon Loten
- Lovell, Sir Thomas Lovell
- Lowell, James Russell Lowell
- Lucas, Richard Lucas
- Ludlow, Philip Ludlow
- Lupton, James Lupton
- Luwum, Janani Luwum
- Lyell, Charles Lyell
- Lyndwood, William Lyndwood
- Lyte, Henry Francis Lyte
- Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton
- Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Macaulay, Zachary Macaulay
- MacCarthy, Charles MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry
- Macclesfield, Charles Gerard, Earl of Macclesfield
- MacDonald, Ramsay MacDonald
- Mackenzie, James Stewart Mackenzie
- Mackintosh, Sir James Mackintosh
- Mackworth, Humphrey Mackworth
- MacLeod, Charles MacLeod
- Macpherson, James Macpherson
- Maine, Sir Henry Sumner Maine
- Maitland, Frederick W.Maitland
- Malcolm, Sir John Malcolm
- Manners, Lord Robert Manners
- Manningham, Coote Manningham
- Mansell, Mansell family
- Mansfield, William Murray, Lord Mansfield
- Markham, Markham family
- Marlborough, James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough
- Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe
- Marshall, Stephen Marshall
- Martyrs of the Reformation, Martyrs of the Reformation
- Masefield, John Masefield
- Masemola, Manche Masemola
- Mason, William Mason
- Mauleverer, Sir Richard Mauleverer
- Maurice, Frederick Denison Maurice
- Maxwell, James Clerk Maxwell
- May, Thomas May
- McClintock, Sir Leopold McClintock
- McIlvaine, Charles McIlvaine
- McKie, Sir William McKie
- Mead, Richard Mead
- Meldrum, John Meldrum
- Methuen, John and Paul Methuen
- Mexborough, Elizabeth, Countess of Mexborough
- Micklethwaite, John Thomas Micklethwaite
- Millyng, Thomas Millyng
- Milner, Alfred, Viscount Milner
- Milton, John Milton
- Mohun, Philippa Mohun, Duchess of York
- Monck, George and Nicholas Monck
- Monk, James Henry Monk
- Montagu, James Montagu
- Montagu, Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
- Montague, Charles Montague, 1st Earl of Halifax
- Montpensier, Antoine Philippe, Duc de Montpensier
- Moray, Sir Robert Moray
- Morgan, William Morgan
- Morland, Carola and Ann Morland
- Morris, Staats Long Morris
- Mortimer, Walter Mortimer
- Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma
- Mowbray, Anne Mowbray, Duchess of York
- Murray, Gilbert Murray
- Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
- Neve, Richard and John Le Neve
- Newton, Sir Isaac Newton
- Nicholson, Sir Sydney Nicholson
- Nightingale, Lady Elizabeth Nightingale
- Norris, Henry, Lord Norris
- Norris, William Foxley Norris
- Northumberland, Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland
- Ogle, John Ogle
- Old Contemptibles, Old Contemptibles, British Expeditionary Force
- Oldfield, Ann Oldfield
- Olivier, Laurence Olivier
- Ormond, James Butler, Duke of Ormond
- Oswald, James Oswald
- Oughton, Sir James Oughton
- Outram, William Outram
- Outram, Sir James Outram
- Owen, Thomas Owen
- Oxford, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford
- 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
- Peasgood, Osborne Peasgood
- Pecksall, Richard Pecksall
- Peel, Sir Robert Peel
- Peers, Sir Charles Peers
- Perceval, Spencer Perceval
- Peyton, Sir Thomas Peyton
- Philipps, Richard Philipps
- Philips, John Philips
- Pitt, William Pitt and family
- Plenderleath, John Plenderleath
- Pocock, Sir George Pocock
- Poets, Poets of the First World War
- Pollock, George Pollock
- Pope, Alexander Pope
- Popham, Edward Popham
- Portal, Charles, Viscount Portal
- Price, Gervase Price
- Prideaux, Sir Edmund Prideaux
- Priestman, Henry Priestman
- Pringle, Sir John Pringle
- Prior, Matthew Prior
- Pritchard, Hannah Pritchard
- Puckering, Sir John Puckering
- Pulteney, Daniel Pulteney
- Pulteney, William Pulteney, Earl of Bath
- Purcell, Henry Purcell
- Pym, John Pym
- Queen's Westminster Volunteers, Queen's Westminster Volunteers
- Quincy, Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester
- Radley, Bridget Radley
- RAF Coastal Command, RAF Coastal Command
- Raffles, Stamford Raffles
- Ramsay, Sir William Ramsay
- Rayleigh, John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh
- Rennell, James Rennell
- Richard, Richard, Earl of Cornwall
- Richardson, Thomas Richardson
- Roberts, John Roberts
- Robessart, Sir Lewis Robessart, Lord Bourgchier
- Robinson, Sir Lumley Robinson
- Robinson, Sir Thomas Robinson
- Rochefoucauld, Francis de la Rochefoucauld
- Rogers, Sir Edward Rogers
- Romero, Oscar Romero
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Rowe, Nicholas Rowe
- Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
- Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet founders
- Royce, Sir Henry Royce
- Rupert, Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- Ruskin, John Ruskin
- Russell, John and Elizabeth Russell
- Russell, John, Earl Russell
- Ruthall, Thomas Ruthall
- Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford
- Ryle, Herbert Edward Ryle
- Salisbury, Robert (Cecil), Marquess of Salisbury
- Salwey, Humphrey Salwey
- Sanderson, Sir William Sanderson
- Saunders, Clement Saunders
- Saunders, Sir Charles Saunders
- Sausmarez, Philip de Sausmarez
- Savile, George Savile, Marquess of Halifax
- Scott, Sir Walter Scott
- Scott, Sir George Gilbert Scott
- Shadwell, Thomas Shadwell
- Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
- Sharp, Granville Sharp
- Sheffield, John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham
- 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
- Simpson, Sir James Young Simpson
- Smeaton, John Smeaton
- Smith, John Smith
- Smith, Samuel Smith
- SOE, Special Operations Executive, SOE
- Somerset, Anne (Stanhope), Duchess of Somerset
- Somerset, Sarah, Duchess of Somerset
- South, Robert South
- Southey, Robert Southey
- Spanheim, Ezekiel Spanheim
- Spelman, Henry Spelman
- Spenser, Edmund Spenser
- Spottiswood, James Spottiswood
- Spottiswood, William 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 & Stanhope family
- Stanley, Arthur & Augusta Stanley
- Stanley, Sir Humphrey Stanley
- Stapylton, Sir Robert Stapylton
- Staunton, Sir George Leonard Staunton
- Steele, Dame Mary Steele
- Stephenson, Robert Stephenson
- Stepney, George Stepney
- Stewart, John Stewart
- Stokes, George Gabriel Stokes
- Stone, Stone family
- Storr, John Storr
- Stoteville, Jane Stoteville
- Stradling, George and Margaret Stradling
- Strathcona, Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona
- Street, George Edmund Street
- Strode, William Strode
- Strong, William Strong
- Stuart, Ludovic and Esme Stuart
- Stuart, Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond
- Stuart, Sir Charles Stuart
- Sutton, Evelyn Levett Sutton
- Talbot, Edward Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
- Tanner, Lawrence Tanner
- Tapiedi, Lucian Tapiedi
- Tapper, Sir Walter Tapper
- Taylor, Sir Robert Taylor
- Tedder, Arthur, Baron Tedder
- Telford, Thomas Telford
- Temple, Sir William Temple
- Tennyson, Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray
- Thirlwall, Connop Thirlwall
- Thomas, Dylan Thomas
- Thomas, John Thomas
- Thomas of Woodstock, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
- Thomson, James Thomson
- Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson
- Thomson, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
- Thornburgh, Gilbert Thornburgh
- Thorndike, Dame Sybil Thorndike
- Thorndyke, Herbert Thorndyke
- Thorndyke, John Thorndyke
- Thornton, Bonnell Thornton
- Thynne, Lord John Thynne
- Thynne, William Thynne
- Thynne, Thomas Thynne
- Tierney, George Tierney
- Tompion, Thomas Tompion
- Totty, Thomas Totty
- Townshend, Roger Townshend
- Tredenham, Sir Joseph Tredenham
- Trench, Richard Chenevix Trench
- Trenchard, Hugh Trenchard
- Trevithick, Richard Trevithick
- Trigge, Thomas Trigge
- Triplet, Thomas Triplet
- Trollope, Anthony Trollope
- Troutbeck, John Troutbeck
- Tufnell, John and Edward Tufnell
- Tufton, Richard Tufton
- Turle, James Turle
- Twisse, William Twisse
- Twysden, Twysden brothers
- Tyndale, William Tyndale
- Tyrrell, Richard Tyrrell
- Unknown Warrior, Unknown Warrior
- Ussher, James Ussher
- Valence, William and Aymer de Valence
- Vaughan, Sir Hugh Vaughan
- Vaughan, Sir Thomas Vaughan
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Vere, Henry and Aubrey de Vere, Earls of Oxford
- Vere, Sir Francis Vere and Horace Vere
- Vernon, Edward Vernon
- Vertue, George Vertue
- Victoria Cross, Victoria Cross holders
- Villettes, William Anne Villettes
- Villiers, Villiers family
- Vincent, William Vincent
- Wade, George Wade
- Wager, Charles Wager
- Waldeby, Robert Waldeby
- Walker, Alexander Walker
- Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace
- Walpole, Catherine, Lady Walpole
- Walsh, George Walsh
- Walsh, Magdalen Walsh
- Waltham, John of Waltham
- Walton, Sir William Walton
- Ward, Joshua Ward
- Wardour, Wardour family
- Ware, Fabian Ware
- Ware, Richard de Ware
- Warren, Sir Peter Warren
- Warren, John and Elizabeth Warren
- Watson, Charles Watson
- Watt, James Watt
- Watts, Isaac Watts
- Webb, Beatrice and Sidney Webb
- Webb, Richmond Webb
- Wemyss, Anne Wemyss
- Wenlok, Walter de Wenlok
- Wentworth, Thomas, Lord Wentworth
- Wesley, John Wesley, Charles Wesley
- Westminster, Westminster citizens war memorial
- Wetenhall, Edward Wetenhall
- Wharton, Henry Wharton
- Wharton, Thomas, Lord Wharton
- Whittle, Sackville Whittle
- Whittle, Frank Whittle
- Whytell, Ann Whytell
- Wilberforce, William Wilberforce
- Wilcocks, Joseph Wilcocks
- Wilde, Oscar Wilde
- Willes, Willes family
- William, Duke of Cumberland, William, Duke of Cumberland
- Williams, Charles Williams
- Williams, Sir George Williams
- Williamson, Sir Joseph Williamson
- Willingdon, Freeman Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
- Willis, Thomas Willis
- Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas Wilson
- Winchester, Winifred, Marchioness of Winchester
- Windsor, John Windsor [Wyndsore]
- Winstanley, Thomas Ralph Winstanley
- Wintringham, Sir Clifton Wintringham
- Withers, Henry Withers
- Wolfe, James Wolfe
- Woodward, John Woodward
- Woollett, William Woollett
- Wordsworth, William Wordsworth
- Worsley, Charles Worsley
- Wragg, William Wragg
- Wright, Thomas Wright
- Wright, Sir James Wright
- Wyatt, James Wyatt
- Wylde, George Wylde
- Wynyard, John Wynyard
- Young, Thomas Young
- Zhiming, Wang Zhiming