List of people from Bath

A Bathonian is somebody who comes from the city of Bath, England.

This article provides a non-exhaustive list of famous people born in Bath, educated there, prominent in the life of the city, or otherwise associated with the city.

1 Acting
2 Architecture
3 Art
4 Education
5 Entertainment (general)
6 Administration of the British Empire
7 Exiles
8 Film-making
9 Food
10 Government
11 Literature
12 Music
13 The Postal Service
14 Science
15 Sport
16 Theology and religion
17 Royalty
18 Warfare
19 References

Acting

Ollie Barbieri - actor in Skins.^[1]
Jennifer Biddall^[2]
Adam Campbell - actor in Epic Movie and Date Movie.^[3]
Julia Davis^[4]
Anthony Head.^[5]
Jonathan Hyde^[6]
Andrew Lincoln^[7]
Jonathan Lynn actor, writer and director.^[8]
Leo McKern - Rumpole actor.^[9]
Tom Payne^[10]
Arnold Ridley^[11]
Sarah Siddons - 18th century actress^[12]
Indira Varma^[13]
Angelica Mandy- in Vanity Fair and Harry Potter series as Gabrielle Delacour,

Architecture

Robert Adam - architect of Pulteney Bridge, also produced unexecuted designs for the Assembly Rooms and Bathwick estate.^[14]
Thomas Baldwin - architect of Great Pulteney Street and Bath Guildhall.^[15]
Sir Reginald Blomfield - architect of the Bath War Memorial and extension of the Holbourne Museum.^[16]
Thomas Fuller - emigrated to Canada, where he co-designed the Parliament House in Ottawa.^[17]
Frederick Gibberd - architect of Bath Technical College.^[18]
Henry Goodridge - architect of Beckford's Tower, Cleveland Bridge and The Corridor shopping arcade^[19]
Sir Thomas Graham Jackson - architect of the World War I memorial aisle Bath Abbey.^[20]
John Palmer - architect of the Pump Room and Lansdown Crescent.^[21]
C. J. Phipps - Theatre Royal, Bath and other theatres around Britain.^[22]
John Pinch the elder - the original Royal United Hospital.^[23]
John Pinch the younger - architect
Charles Harcourt Masters - active in Bathwick including Sydney Gardens.^[24]
Sir George Gilbert Scott - restoration of Bath Abbey, architect of St Andrew's church destroyed by bombs during World War II.^[25]
Frederick William Stevens - architect, emigrated to India.^[26]
John Wood, the Elder - architect of Queen Square and the Circus.^[27]
John Wood, the Younger - architect of the Royal Crescent.^[28]

Art

Roy Ascott new media artist^[29]
Peter Brown – painter^[30]
Thomas Gainsborough - painter^[31]
Sir Thomas Lawrence - painter^[32]

Education

Marie Bethell Beauclerc - First female shorthand teacher and reporter in England.^[33]
Sir Raymond Carr - historian.^[34]
Roderick Kedward - British historian.^[35]
Sir Isaac Pitman - inventor of shorthand.^[36]
Robert Craven - Author of business books^[37]
William Harbutt - Headmaster and inventor of Plasticine.^[38]

Entertainment (general)

Russell Howard, comedian.^[39]
Jesse Honey, BBC Mastermind champion 2010.^[40]
Beau Nash - Master of Ceremonies in Georgian Bath.^[41]

Administration of the British Empire

James Brooke - Rajah of Sarawak.^[42]

Exiles

Louis XVIII - prior to ascending the French throne.^[43]
Haile Selassie I - during World War II^[44]

Film-making

David Lassman - screenwriter^[45]
Ken Loach - film director.^[46]
Charlie McDonnell - YouTube star as "Charlieissocoollike".^[47]

Food

Sally Lunn cake - probably a corruption of the French phrase "soleil et lune" referring to a type of cake originally made by Protestant refugees from France but other derivations have been given.^[48] A Bath tea shop bears the name.^[49]
Dr William Oliver - inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit, and one of the founders of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital.^[50]

Government

Sir Henry Cole - civil servant.^[51]
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham - Prime Minister and MP for Bath 1757 to 1766.^[52]
William Pitt the Younger - Prime Minister.^[53]
Sir William Tite - architect and MP for Bath 1855–1873.^[54]
Chris Patten - MP for Bath 1979-1992.^[55] Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997.
Don Foster - MP for Bath 1992 to present.^[56]

Literature

Jane Austen - novelist^[57]
"Rita" (Eliza Margaret Jane Humphreys. 1850-1938) - wrote A Grey life,a novel set in Bath. She lived at Combe Down from C1923, and is buried in Bath Abbey Cemetery.^[58]
William Thomas Beckford - wrote Vathek and a series of works on travel^[59]
Charles Dickens - novelist, frequent visitor to the city and set much of the Pickwick Papers in the city.^[60]
Henry Fielding - novelist^[61]
Morag Joss - novelist^[62]
Richard Brinsley Sheridan - playwright^[63]
Tobias Smollett - physician, surgeon and novelist, partially set The Expedition of Humphry Clinker in the city, wrote essay on the waters of Bath^[64]
Geoffrey Trease - novelist, author of the Bannermere series^[65]
Mary Shelley - novelist, author of Frankenstein.^[66]

Music

Gabrielle Aplin - singer/ songwriter^[67]
Danny Byrd - Drum and Bass artist signed to Hospitality Records^[68]
Eddie Cochran - rock'n'roll musician, died in Bath^[69]
Peter Gabriel - musician^[70]
Alison Goldfrapp - singer^[71]
Raymond Leppard - conductor, educated Beechen Cliff School^[72]
Naked Eyes - musical group^[73]
Thomas Linley - musician^[74]
Alberto Fernanco Riccardo Semprini - pianist^[75]
Tears for Fears - musical group^[76]

The Postal Service

Ralph Allen (1693–1764) - postal reformer, quarry owner and mayor. Allen developed the first nationwide postal network that did not pass through London.^[77]
John Palmer (1742–1818) - inventor of the lightweight mail coach^[78]

Science

Adelard of Bath - astronomer, philosopher and mathematician^[79]
Mike Cowlishaw - computer scientist and engineer^[80]
Richard Lovell Edgeworth - writer and inventor^[81]
David Hartley (the Younger) - philosopher and inventor^[82]
William Herschel - astronomer, discoverer of Uranus and musician^[83]
Thomas Robert Malthus - philosopher and economist^[84]
Richard J. Roberts - Nobel-prize-winning biochemist^[85]
Carles Ferrer - Inventor and owner of patents in the field of dentistry. Specialist in TMJ problems. Pupil of Dr. Safar and Dr.Krüger.
Gonzalo Julian - Scientist, inventor and owner of several patents. Art collector and music producer. Bohemian.
Manuel Betoret - Spanish landowner from the East coast, prestigious oral surgeon and HD.

Sport

Olly Barkley - England international rugby player^[86]
Roger Bannister - athlete, first man to run sub-4-minute mile^[87]
Tony Book - football player, former Manchester City captain and manager, part of the Bath based Book footballing dynasty^[88]
Jason Dodd - football player, former Southampton captain who holds the record for the most Premiership appearances by an English player without ever being named in an England squad^[89]
Jason Gardener - British athlete, 4 x 100m Olympic gold medallist^[90]
Matt Green professional footballer^[91]
Jeremy Guscott - England and Bath rugby player^[92]
Nooblas Berkman - American football player and starting outside linebacker for the St. John's Mavericks
Ed McKeever - Kayak World Champion (K1 200m)^[93]
Andy Robinson - rugby coach, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach^[94]
Jack Rowell - Bath Rugby director, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach^[95]
Ben Rushgrove - paralympic athlete^[96]
Scott Sinclair - Swansea F.C. player^[97]
Talan Skeels-Piggins - Paralympic alpine skier^[98]
Amy Williams - winter Olympic gold medallist.^[99]
Clive Woodward - British Olympic Committee Director of Elite Performance, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach^[100]

Theology and religion

John Hales - theologian^[101]
William Jay - preacher^[102]
Oliver King - Bishop of Bath and Wells, rebuilt Bath Abbey^[103]
Abraham Marchant - early Mormon leader, settler of Kamas, Utah^[104]
James Vowles - Wesleyan preacher and missionary^[105]

Royalty

Queen Anne - visited the city for treatment for gout^[106]
Edgar of England - crowned king of England in Bath Abbey in 973^[107]
Queen Elizabeth I - on a visit to the city ordered the restoration of Bath Abbey^[108]
Mary of Modena - stayed in Bath for treatment for infertility, after she gave birth to Prince James Francis Edward Stuart she paid for a cross to be erected in what became the Cross Baths^[109]
Queen Victoria - when still a princess stayed in Bath and opened Royal Victoria Park^[110]

Warfare

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Admiral, Freeman of Bath.^[111]
Sir William Edward Parry - Rear-Admiral and Arctic explorer^[112]
Harry Patch - Supercentenarian and last trench veteran of World War I^[113]
George Wade - Field Marshal and MP for Bath 1722^[114]
James Wolfe - General^[115]

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