List of people from Lincolnshire

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

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Michael Foale

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 (c1490-1545), 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
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
Thomas Paine (1737-1809), political activist and philosopher
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
Frank Airey (1887-?), footballer
Charles Richard Sharpe (1889-1963), Victoria Cross recipient
Harold Jackson (VC) (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 (born 1927), swimmer
Joan Plowright (born 1929), 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 (born 1934), football goalkeeper
Bruce Barrymore Halpenny (born 1937), 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 (born 1946), former British diplomat
Richard Budge (1947-2016), coal mining entrepreneur
Mick Atkin (1948-2008), football half-back
Ray Clemence (born 1948), football goalkeeper
Jim Broadbent (born 1949), actor
Geoff Capes (born 1949), shotputter
Rod Temperton (1949-2016), songwriter, record producer and musician
Bernie Taupin (born 1950), songwriter.

Born 1951 onwards[]

Brian Bolland (born 1951), comics artist
David Ward (born 1953), former Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)
Michael Foale (born 1957), astronaut
Jennifer Saunders (born 1958), actress and comedian
Chris Woods (born 1959), football goalkeeper
Lee Chapman (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
Jonathan Van-Tam (born 1964), specialist in influenza, currently 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
Jane Taylor (born 1972), singer and musician
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
Sheridan Smith (born 1981), actress
Paul Mayo (born 1981), footballer
Guy Martin (born 1981), motorcycle racer and television presenter
Carl Hudson (born 1983), musician
Oliver Ryan (born 1985), footballer
Luke Wright (born 1985), cricketer
Lee Frecklington (born 1985), footballer
Kate Haywood (born 1987), swimmer
Sam Clucas (born 1990), footballer
Scott Williams (born 1990), darts player
Thomas Turgoose (born 1992), actor
Patrick Bamford (born 1993), footballer
Eliza Butterworth (born 1993), actress
Ella Henderson (born 1996), singer and songwriter
Holly Humberstone (born 1999), singer and songwriter
Ellis Chapman (born 2001), footballer