This list of blue plaques is an annotated list of people or events in the United Kingdom that have been commemorated by blue plaque

Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker....

s. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed in publicly-visible locations on buildings to commemorate either a famous person who lived or worked in the building (or site) or an event that occurred within the building. See also :Category:Buildings with blue plaques.

London/English Heritage plaques

These are blue plaques issued by the Royal Society of Arts

Royal Society of Arts

The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...

 or its successors in administering the blue plaque programme: the London County Council

London County Council

London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889–1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council...

, the Greater London Council

Greater London Council

The Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area...

, and English Heritage

English Heritage

English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...

. The entries in the lists in this section are based on information from the English Heritage website (unless otherwise noted).

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator... (1822–1888)	Poet and critic	2 Chester Square Chester Square Chester Square is a small, residential garden square located in London's Belgravia district. Along with its sister squares Belgrave Square and Eaton Square, it is one of the three garden squares built by the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia in the 19th century.Chester... Westminster, WC2	1954
Francis William Aston Francis William Aston Francis William Aston was a British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule... (1877–1945)	Scientist, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 1922	Tennal House Tennal Road, Birmingham	2007
Albert Henry Stanley, Lord Ashfield (1874–1948)	First chairman of London Transport London Passenger Transport Board The London Passenger Transport Board was the organisation responsible for public transport in London, UK, and its environs from 1933 to 1948...	43 South Street Mayfair, Westminster, W1	1984

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Charles Babbage Charles Babbage Charles Babbage, FRS was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer... (1791–1871)	Inventor of the programmable computer and cryptologist	Larcom Street Walworth, SE17	Date unknown
John Logie Baird John Logie Baird John Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube... (1888–1946)	First demonstration of television	22 Frith Street Westminster, W1D 4RP	1951
John Logie Baird John Logie Baird John Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube... (1888–1946)	Television pioneer	3 Crescent Wood Road Sydenham, Lewisham, SE26	1977
Sir Michael Balcon (1896–1977)	Film producer	Ealing Film Studios, Ealing Green Ealing W5	2005
William Henry Barlow William Henry Barlow On 28 December 1879, the central section of the North British Railway's bridge across the River Tay near Dundee collapsed in the Tay Bridge disaster as an express train crossed it in a heavy storm. All 75 passengers and crew on the train were killed... (1812–1902)	Engineer	High Combe, 145 Carlton Road Charlton, Greenwich, SE7	1991
J. M. Barrie J. M. Barrie Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright...  (1860–1937)	Author and playwright, creator of Peter Pan Peter Pan Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...	100 Bayswater Road, Westminster, W2	1961
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819–1891)	Civil engineer	17 Hamilton Terrace St John's Wood, Westminster, NW8	1974
Gilbert Bayes Gilbert Bayes Gilbert William Bayes RA was a British sculptor and medalist.-Career:Born in London into a family of artists, Bayes' lengthy and illustrious career began as a student under Sir George Frampton and Harry Bates, and so became associated with the British New Sculpture movement and its focus on... (1872–1953)	Sculptor	4 Grenville Place St John's Wood, London, NW6	2007
Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His drawings, done in black ink and influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A.... (1872–1898)	Artist	Hampton Branch Library, Rose Hill Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames	1948
Sir Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist best known today for his 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson.-Early life:... (1872–1956)	Caricaturist, author and parodyist	57 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, London	1969
Hilaire Belloc Hilaire Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, satirist, man of letters and political activist... (1870–1953)	Writer and historian	104 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea	Date unknown
Ernest Bevan (1881–1951)	Trade Union Leader	34 South Molton Street, Westminster, London	2001
Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925)	Artist	14 Adamson Road, Hampstead, NW3	1999
Sir William Bragg (1862–1942)	Scientist, Joint Nobel Prize Winner, 1915, with his son, Sir Lawrence, for Physics	Parkinson Building, University of Leeds	Date unknown
Sir William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971)	Scientist, Joint Nobel Prize Winner, 1915, with his father, Sir William (qv), for Physics; the only current instance of both father and son Nobel Prize winners	Parkinson Building, University of Leeds	Date unknown
Bill Brandt Bill Brandt Bill Brandt was an influential British photographer and photojournalist known for his high-contrast images of British society and his distorted nudes and landscapes.-Career and life:...  (1904–1983)	Photographer	4 Airlie Gardens, Kensington, London, W8	2010
Rupert Brooke Rupert Brooke Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially The Soldier...  (1887–1915)	Poet	5 Hillmorton Road, Rugby	Date unknown
Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898)	Artist	41 Kensington Square Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8	1998
Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden , A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy.Born Frances Eliza Hodgson, she lived in Cheetham Hill, Manchester... (1849–1924)	Writer	63 Portland Place Portland Place Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London, England.-History and topography:The street was laid out by the brothers Robert and James Adam for the Duke of Portland in the late 18th century and originally ran north from the gardens of a detached mansion called Foley House... Westminster, W1	1979
William Butterfield William Butterfield William Butterfield was a Gothic Revival architect and associated with the Oxford Movement . He is noted for his use of polychromy-Biography:... (1814–1900)	Architect	42 Bedford Square Bedford Square Bedford Square is a square in the Bloomsbury district of the Borough of Camden in London, England.Built between 1775 and 1783 as an upper middle class residential area, the sqare has had many distinguished residents, including Lord Eldon, one of Britain's longest serving and most celebrated Lord... Camden, WC1	1978

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Everard Calthrop Everard Calthrop Everard Richard Calthrop was a British railway engineer and inventor. Calthrop was a notable promoter and builder of narrow gauge railways, especially of gauge, and was especially prominent in India. His most notable achievement was the Barsi Light Railway; however he is best known in his home... (1857–1927)	Railway engineer	"Goldings", Clays Lane, Loughton, Essex	2008
Colen Campbell Colen Campbell Colen Campbell was a pioneering Scottish architect who spent most of his career in England, and is credited as a founder of the Georgian style... (1676–1729)	Architect and author of Vitruvius Britannicus	76 Brook Street Brook Street Brook Street is one of the principal streets on the Grosvenor Estate in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair. It was developed in the first half of the 18th century and runs from Hanover Square to Grosvenor Square. The continuation from Grosvenor Square to Park Lane is called Upper... Westminster, W1	1977
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908)	Prime Minister	6 Grosvenor Place Westminster, SW1	1959
Howard Carter Howard Carter Howard Carter may refer to:* Howard Carter , English archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb* Howard Carter , American basketball player... (1874–1939)	Egyptologist, discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun Tutankhamun Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...	19 Collingham Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, SW5	1999
Herbert Chapman Herbert Chapman Herbert Chapman was an English association football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most successful and influential managers in early 20th century English football, before his sudden death in 1934.As a player, Chapman played for... (1878–1934)	Football manager	6 Haslemere Avenue, Hendon, NW4	2005
Charles X of France Charles X of France Charles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him... (1757–1836)	Last Bourbon King of France	72 South Audley Street Westminster, W1	2000
Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice... (1874–1965)	Prime Minister	28 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington Gore, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7	1985
Samuel Franklin Cody (1867–1913)	Aviation Pioneer (Flew Britain's First Manned Aircraft)	Lysons Avenue Ash Vale, Nr. Farnborough, Hants	Date Unknown
Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882)	Campaigner, educator, first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...	33 Thurloe Square Thurloe Square Thurloe Square is a traditional garden square in South Kensington, London, England.There are private communal gardens in the centre of the square for use by the local residents. The Victoria and Albert Museum is close by to the north across Thurloe Place and Cromwell Gardens... South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7	1991
Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger... (1859–1930)	Creator of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...	12 Tennison Road South Norwood, Croydon, SE25	1973
Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist.Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, although he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties... (1857–1924)	Polish Born British Novelist Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1903 publication, it appeared as a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part of the Western canon.The story centres on Charles...	Bekesbourne, nr Canterbury, Kent	2001
Captain James Cook (1728–1779)	Circumnavigator and explorer	88 Mile End Road Tower Hamlets, E1	1970
Charles Coward Charles Coward Charles Joseph Coward , known as the "Count of Auschwitz", was a British soldier captured during World War II who rescued Jews from Auschwitz and smuggled himself into Auschwitz for one night, subsequently testifying about his experience at the Nuremberg Trials and the IG Farben... (1905–1976)	Rescuer of Jews from Auschwitz	133 Chichester Road Enfield, N9	1995

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Sir Henry Dale (1875–1968)	Nobel Prize Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...  winner for Medicine	Mount Veron House Mount Vernon, Hampstead, London NW3	1981
Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory... (1809–1882)	Naturalist	Biological Sciences Building, University College, Camden, Gower Street, WC1	1961
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland Geoffrey de Havilland Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS, was a British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer... (1882–1965)	Aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer	32 Barons Court Road Hammersmith and Fulham, W14	2001
Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic... (1812–1870)	Novelist	Tavistock House Tavistock House Tavistock House was the London home of the noted British author Charles Dickens and his family from 1851 to 1860. At Tavistock House Dickens wrote Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit and A Tale of Two Cities. He also put on amateur theatricals there which are described in John Forster's Life of... , Tavistock Square Tavistock Square Tavistock Square is a public square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden with a fine garden.-Public art:The centre-piece of the gardens is a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, which was installed in 1968.... , London	1903
Sir Frank Dyson (1868–1939)	Astronomer Royal Astronomer Royal Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675; the second is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834....	6 Vanbrugh Hill Blackheath, Greenwich, SE3	1990

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
John Scott, Lord Eldon (1751–1838)	Lord Chancellor	6 Bedford Square Camden, WC1	1954
T. S. Eliot T. S. Eliot Thomas Stearns "T. S." Eliot OM was a playwright, literary critic, and arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. Although he was born an American he moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.The poem that made his... (1888–1965)	Poet	3 Kensington Court Gardens Kensington and Chelsea, W8	1986
George Elkington George Elkington George Richards Elkington was a manufacturer from Birmingham, England. He patented the first commercial electroplating process.Elkington was born in Birmingham, the son of a spectacle manufacturer... (1801–1865)	Promoter of electro-plating	Museum of Science and Industry, Newhall Street, Birmingham B3
Dame Edith Evans (1888–1976)	Actress	109 Ebury Street Ebury Street Ebury Street is a street in Belgravia, City of Westminster, London. It runs from the Grosvenor Gardens junction south-westwards to Pimlico Road. The odd numbers run from 1 to 231 on the east side and even numbers 2 to 230 on the west side... Victoria, Westminster, SW1	1997
Sir Geraint Evans (1922–1994)	Opera singer	44 Birchwood Road Petts Wood Petts Wood -History:The name appeared first in 1577 as "the wood of the Pett family", who were shipbuilders and leased the wood as a source of timbers. William Willett, a campaigner for daylight saving time, lived in nearby Chislehurst for most of his life, and is commemorated by a memorial sundial in the... , Kent	1997

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Michael Faraday Michael Faraday Michael Faraday, FRS was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.... (1791–1867)	Scientist	Larcom Street Walworth, SE17	date unknown
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847–1929)	Pioneer of Women's Suffrage	2 Gower Street WC1	Unknown
Bud Flanagan Bud Flanagan Bud Flanagan was a popular English music hall and vaudeville entertainer from the 1930s until the 1960s. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1960.- Family background :Flaganan was born Chaim Reuben Weintrop in... (1896–1968)	Music hall performer	12 Hanbury Street Hanbury Street Hanbury Street is a street in Spitalfields, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. It runs east from Commercial Street to a cul-de-sac at the east end. It was laid out in the seventeenth century, and was originally known as Browne's Lane after the original developer... , Spitalfields Spitalfields Spitalfields is a former parish in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London, near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Lane. The area straddles Commercial Street and is home to many markets, including the historic Old Spitalfields Market, founded in the 17th century, Sunday...	Unknown
E. M. Forster E. M. Forster Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society... (1872–1956)	Novelist	Arlington Park Mansions, Sutton Lane, Turnham Green, W4 Hounslow	1983
CB Fry (1872–1956)	All-round Sportsman	144 St James's Road Croydon, CRO	2005
Charles James Freake Charles James Freake Sir Charles James Freake, 1st Baronet was an architect and builder, responsible for many famous 19th century facades in west London, including Eaton Square and Onslow Square... (1814–1984)	Builder and Patron of the Arts	21 Cromwell Road London, SW7	1981
George Formby (1901–1961)	Banjolele player, singer and comedian	3, Westminister Street Wigan	Unknown

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement... (1869–1948)		Kingsley Hall, Powis Road Tower Hamlets, E3	1954
Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement... (1869–1948)		20 Baron's Court Road Hammersmith and Fulham, W14	1986
Anna Maria Garthwaite Anna Maria Garthwaite Anna Maria Garthwaite was an English textile designer known for creating vivid floral designs for silk fabrics hand-woven in Spitalfields near London in the mid-18th century. Garthwaite was acknowledged as one of the premiere English designers of her day... (1688–1763)	Textile designer	2 Princelet Street Spitalfields, E1	1998
Marcus Garvey Marcus Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League... (1887–1940)	Pan-Africanist leader	53, Talgarth Road Hammersmith, W14	2005
W. G. Grace W. G. Grace William Gilbert Grace, MRCS, LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest players of all time, having a special significance in terms of his importance to the development of the sport... (1848–1915)	Cricketer	Fairmount, Mottingham Lane Mottingham, SE9	1966
Robert Graves Robert Graves Robert von Ranke Graves 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works... (1895–1985)	Writer	1 Lauriston Road Wimbledon, SW19	1995
Walter Greaves Walter Greaves (artist) Walter Greaves was a British painter, etcher and topographical draftsman.-Biography:The son of Charles William Greaves, a Chelsea boat builder and waterman, and his wife, Elizabeth Greenway, Greaves was born in 1846 at 31 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. His father had been J. M. W. Turner's boatman... (1846–1930)	Artist and etcher	104 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea	Date unknown

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Georg Friedrich Händel George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music... (1685–1759)	Musician	25 Brook Street Handel House Museum The Handel House Museum is a museum in Mayfair, London dedicated to the life and works of the German born baroque composer George Frideric Handel, who made his home in London in 1712 and eventually became a British citizen in 1727. Handel was the first occupant of 25 Brook Street, which he rented... Westminster, W1	1952
John Harrison John Harrison John Harrison was a self-educated English clockmaker. He invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought device in solving the problem of establishing the East-West position or longitude of a ship at sea, thus revolutionising and extending the possibility of safe long distance sea travel in the Age... (1693–1776)	Inventor of the marine chronometer	Summit House, Red Lion Square Red Lion Square Red Lion Square is a small square on the boundary of Bloomsbury and Holborn in London. The square was laid out in 1698 by Nicholas Barbon, taking its name from the Red Lion Inn. According to some sources the bodies of three regicides - Oliver Cromwell, John Bradshaw and Henry Ireton - were placed... Camden, WC1	1954
James Harrington (1611–1677)	Author of "Oceana"	Manor House, Rectory Lane, Milton Malsor Milton Malsor Milton Malsor is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, England. It is south of Northampton, south-east of Birmingham, and north of central London; junction 15 of the M1 motorway is east by road... Northamptonshire, NN7 3AQ	2008
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (Althony Hope) (1863–1933)	Novelist	41 Bedford Square Bedford Square Bedford Square is a square in the Bloomsbury district of the Borough of Camden in London, England.Built between 1775 and 1783 as an upper middle class residential area, the sqare has had many distinguished residents, including Lord Eldon, one of Britain's longest serving and most celebrated Lord... Camden, WC1	1976
Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter... (1942–1970)	Guitarist and songwriter	23 Brook Street Brook Street Brook Street is one of the principal streets on the Grosvenor Estate in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair. It was developed in the first half of the 18th century and runs from Hanover Square to Grosvenor Square. The continuation from Grosvenor Square to Park Lane is called Upper... Mayfair, W1	1997
James Hilton James Hilton James Hilton was an English novelist who wrote several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips.-Biography:... (1900–1954)	Novelist	16 College Road Walthamstow, E17
Stanley Holloway Stanley Holloway Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE was an English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady...  OBE (1890–1982)	Actor and Singer	25 Albany Road Newham, E12	2009

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO was a British Royal Navy admiral who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in World War I... (1859–1935)	Admiral of the Fleet	25 Draycott Place Kensington and Chelsea, SW3	1975
Dame Celia Johnson Celia Johnson Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE was an English actress.She began her stage acting career in 1928, and subsequently achieved success in West End and Broadway productions. She also appeared in several films, including the romantic drama Brief Encounter , for which she received a nomination for the... (1908–1982)	Actress	46 Richmond Hill Richmond upon Thames, STW10	2008

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Boris Karloff Boris Karloff William Henry Pratt , better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein , Bride of Frankenstein , and Son of Frankenstein... (alias for William Henry Pratt) (1887–1969)	Actor	36 Forest Hill Road East Dulwich, Southwark, SE22	1998
John Keats John Keats John Keats was an English Romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the key figures in the second generation of the Romantic movement, despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death.Although his poems were not... (1795–1821)	Poet	Keats House, Keats Grove Hampstead Hampstead Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland... , NW3 2RR	ca.1925
Lord Kelvin (alias for William Thomson) (1824–1907)	Physicist	21-25 College Square East, Belfast	Unknown
John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes of Tilton, CB FBA , was a British economist whose ideas have profoundly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, as well as the economic policies of governments... (1883–1946)	Economist	46 Gordon Square, WC1	1975
Mary Kingsley Mary Kingsley Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English writer and explorer who greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and African people.-Early life:Kingsley was born in Islington, London on 13 October 1862... (1862–1900)	Traveller and ethnologist	22 Southwood Lane Highgate, N6	1975
Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature... (1865–1936)	Poet and story writer	43 Villiers Street, London WC2	1957
Sir Alexander Korda (1893–1956)	Film producer	21 Grosvenor Street Westminster, W1	2002
Prince Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921)	Theorist of Anarchism	6 Crescent Road Bromley	1989

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Lillie Langtry Lillie Langtry Lillie Langtry , usually spelled Lily Langtry when she was in the U.S., born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a British actress born on the island of Jersey... (1852–1929)	Actress	Cadogan Hotel Cadogan Hotel The Cadogan Hotel is a hotel located in Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London, England that was built in 1887.The Earls Cadogan, via their company Cadogan Estates have owned Sloane Street and the surrounding area for many generations.... , 21 Pont Street Pont Street Pont Street is a fashionable street in Knightsbridge and Belgravia, central London, England, not far from the Knightsbridge department store Harrods to the north-west. The street crosses Sloane Street in the middle, with Beauchamp Place to the west and Cadogan Place, and Chesham Place, to the east,... Kensington and Chelsea, SW1	1980
Charles Laughton Charles Laughton Charles Laughton was an English-American stage and film actor, screenwriter, producer and director.-Early life and career:... (1899–1962)	Actor	15 Percy Street Camden, W1	1992
T. E. Lawrence T. E. Lawrence Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO , known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916–18... (1888–1935)	"Lawrence of Arabia"	14 Barton Street Westminster, SW1	1966
T. E. Lawrence T. E. Lawrence Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO , known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916–18... (1888–1935)	"Lawrence of Arabia"	2 Polstead Road Polstead Road Polstead Road is a residential road that runs between Kingston Road and Hayfield Road to the west and the Woodstock Road to the east, in the suburb of North Oxford, England. Half way along it forms the southern junction of Chalfont Road... Oxford, OX2	Unknown
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869–1944)	Architect	13 Mansfield Street Westminster, W1 (joint plaque with John Loughborough Pearson John Loughborough Pearson John Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5... )	1962
John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music... (1940–1980)	Musician	251 Menlove Avenue 251 Menlove Avenue 251 Menlove Avenue, named "Mendips", was the childhood home of John Lennon, singer and songwriter with the Beatles, and is now preserved by the National Trust.... Liverpool	2000
Joseph Lister Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister OM, FRS, PC , known as Sir Joseph Lister, Bt., between 1883 and 1897, was a British surgeon and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery, who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary... (1827–1912)	Physician & Chemist	Strand Strand, London Strand is a street in the City of Westminster, London, England. The street is just over three-quarters of a mile long. It currently starts at Trafalgar Square and runs east to join Fleet Street at Temple Bar, which marks the boundary of the City of London at this point, though its historical length... Deal, Kent	2000
Sir David Low (1891–1963)	Cartoonist	33 Melbury Court, Kensington High Street, London

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Douglas Macmillan Douglas Macmillan Douglas Macmillan MBE was a civil servant and charity founder. He was the seventh of eight children of William Macmillan and his wife Emily... (1878–1967)	Founder of Macmillan Cancer Support Macmillan Cancer Support Macmillan Cancer Support is one of the largest British charities and provides specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer....	15 Ranelagh Road, Pimlico Pimlico Pimlico is a small area of central London in the City of Westminster. Like Belgravia, to which it was built as a southern extension, Pimlico is known for its grand garden squares and impressive Regency architecture.... Westminster Westminster Westminster is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross... , London, SW1V 3EX	1997
Robert Martineau (1798–1870) Thomas Martineau (1828–1893) Ernest Martineau (1861-1652) Wilfred Martineau (1889–1964) Denis Martineau (1920–1999)	(Lord) Mayors of Birmingham (see Martineau Family (Birmingham))	Birmingham Council House foyer 1 Victoria Square B1 1BD	2008
John Masefield John Masefield John Edward Masefield, OM, was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967... (1878–1967)	Poet Laureate	30 Maida Avenue Westminster, W2 1ST	2002
Karl Marx Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement... (1818–1883)	Philosopher	28 Dean Street Dean Street Dean Street is a street in Soho, London, England, running between Oxford Street to the north and Shaftesbury Avenue to the south.-Historical figures:The street has a rich history. In 1764 a young Mozart gave a recital at 21 Dean Street... Westminster, W1D 3RZ	1967
James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell of Glenlair was a Scottish physicist and mathematician. His most prominent achievement was formulating classical electromagnetic theory. This united all previously unrelated observations, experiments and equations of electricity, magnetism and optics into a consistent theory... (1831–1879)	Physicist	16 Palace Gardens Terrace Kensington and Chelsea, W8 4RP	1923
Herman Melville Herman Melville Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd.... (1819–1891)	Author of Moby-Dick Moby-Dick Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, was written by American author Herman Melville and first published in 1851. It is considered by some to be a Great American Novel and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod,...	25 Craven Street Westminster, WC2N 5NT	2005
George Meredith George Meredith George Meredith, OM was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era.- Life :Meredith was born in Portsmouth, England, a son and grandson of naval outfitters. His mother died when he was five. At the age of 14 he was sent to a Moravian School in Neuwied, Germany, where he remained for two... (1828–1909)	Poet and novelist	7 Hobury Street Kensington and Chelsea, SW10 0JD	1976
John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, economist and civil servant. An influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy, his conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He was a proponent of... (1806–1873)	Philosopher	18 Kensington Square Kensington and Chelsea, W8	1907
Sir John Everett Millais (1829–1896)	Painter	2 Palace Gate Kensington and Chelsea, W8 5HH	1926
A. A. Milne A. A. Milne Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.-Biography:A. A... (1882–1956)	Author of Winnie the Pooh	13 Mallord Street Kensington and Chelsea, SW3 6DT	1979
Nancy Mitford Nancy Mitford Nancy Freeman-Mitford, CBE , styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Peter Rodd thereafter, was an English novelist and biographer, one of the Bright Young People on the London social scene in the inter-war years... (1904–1973)	Writer	Heywood Hill's bookshop, 10 Curzon Street Curzon Street Curzon Street is located within the exclusive Mayfair district of London. The street is located entirely within the W1J postcode district and is 400 yards to the north west of Green Park tube station... Mayfair, Westminster, W1	1999
Field Marshal Montgomery, Viscount of Alamein (1887–1976)	Field Marshal	Oval House, 52-54 Kennington Oval Lambeth, SE11 5SW	1987
Henry Moore Henry Moore Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA was an English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.... (1898–1986)	Sculptor	11a Parkhill Road Hampstead Hampstead Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland... , London, NW3 2YH	2004
Keith Moon Keith Moon Keith John Moon was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. He gained acclaim for his exuberant and innovative drumming style, and notoriety for his eccentric and often self-destructive behaviour, earning him the nickname "Moon the Loon". Moon... (1946–1978)	Drummer Drummer A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...  with The Who The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...	90 Wardour Street Wardour Street Wardour Street is a street in Soho, London. It is a one-way street south to north from Leicester Square, up through Chinatown, across Shaftesbury Avenue to Oxford Street.-History:... , Soho Soho Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable... , London, W1F 0UB Site of the Marquee Club Marquee Club The Marquee was a music club first located at 165 Oxford Street, London, England when it opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts.It was also the location of the first ever live performance by The Rolling Stones on 12 July 1962....	2009 (unveiled by Roger Daltrey Roger Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also... )
Lady Ottoline Morrell Lady Ottoline Morrell The Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell was an English aristocrat and society hostess. Her patronage was influential in artistic and intellectual circles, where she befriended writers such as Aldous Huxley, Siegfried Sassoon, T. S. Eliot and D. H... (1873–1938)	Literary hostess and patron of the arts	10 Gower Street Gower Street Gower Street may refer to:*Gower Street *Gower Street... Westminster, WC1E 6DP	1984
Samuel F. B. Morse Samuel F. B. Morse Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, co-inventor of the Morse code, and an accomplished painter.-Birth and education:... (1791–1872)	American painter and inventor of the Morse code Morse code Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment...	141 Cleveland Street Westminster, W1	1962
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC, FRS , was a British statesman and naval officer, and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh... (1900–1979)	Last Viceroy of India	2 Wilton Crescent Westminster, SW1	2000
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music... (1756–1791)	Composer	180 Ebury Street Ebury Street Ebury Street is a street in Belgravia, City of Westminster, London. It runs from the Grosvenor Gardens junction south-westwards to Pimlico Road. The odd numbers run from 1 to 231 on the east side and even numbers 2 to 230 on the west side... Westminster, SW1	1939
Alexander Muirhead Alexander Muirhead Alexander Muirhead, FRS, born in East Saltoun, East Lothian, Scotland was an electrical engineer specialising in wireless telegraphy.-Biography:... (1807–1889)	Electrical engineer	20 Church Road Shortlands, Bromley, BR2	1981
Hugh Hector Munro, alias Saki Saki Hector Hugh Munro , better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy... (1870–1916)	Short story writer	97 Mortimer Street Westminster, W1	2003
Jimmy Murphy (1910–1989)	Football manager	Treharne Drive Ton Pentre Ton Pentre Ton Pentre is a village in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Ton Pentre, a former industrial coal mining village, is a district of the community of Pentre. The old district of Ystradyfodwg was named after the church at Ton Pentre... , Wales	2009

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Isaac Newton Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."... (1642–1727)	Natural Philosopher	87 Jermyn Street, SW1, Westminster	1908
Harold Nicolson Harold Nicolson Sir Harold George Nicolson KCVO CMG was an English diplomat, author, diarist and politician. He was the husband of writer Vita Sackville-West, their unusual relationship being described in their son's book, Portrait of a Marriage.-Early life:Nicolson was born in Tehran, Persia, the younger son of... (1886–1968)	Writer and gardener	182 Ebury Street Belgravia, Westminster, SW1 (joint plaque with Vita Sackville-West Vita Sackville-West The Hon Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH , best known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author, poet and gardener. She won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927 and 1933... )	1993

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile , he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder... (1778–1842)	General, Statesman and Liberator of Chile Chile Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...	Clarence House, 2 The Vineyard, Richmond TW10 6AQ, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	1994
Percy Lane Oliver (1878–1944)	Founder of the first voluntary blood donor service	5 Colyton Road, East Dulwich, SE22	1979

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Francis Turner Palgrave Francis Turner Palgrave Francis Turner Palgrave was a British critic and poet.He was born at Great Yarmouth, the eldest son of Sir Francis Palgrave, the historian and his wife Elizabeth Turner, daughter of the banker Dawson Turner. His brothers were William Gifford Palgrave, Inglis Palgrave and Reginald Palgrave... (1824–1897)	Compiler of The Golden Treasury	5 York Gate Regent's Park, Westminster, NW1	1976
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865)	Statesman	4 Carlton Gardens Westminster, SW1	1925
Dame Christabel Pankhurst (1880–1958)	Campaigner for women's suffrage	50 Clarendon Road Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 (joint plaque with Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement which helped women win the right to vote... )	2006
Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement which helped women win the right to vote... (1858–1928)	Campaigner for women's suffrage	50 Clarendon Road Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea, W11 (joint plaque with Dame Christabel Pankhurst)	2006
Sylvia Pankhurst Sylvia Pankhurst Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst was an English campaigner for the suffragist movement in the United Kingdom. She was for a time a prominent left communist who then devoted herself to the cause of anti-fascism.-Early life:... (1882–1960)	Campaigner for women's rights	120 Cheyne Walk Cheyne Walk Cheyne Walk , is a historic street in Chelsea, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It takes its name from William Lord Cheyne who owned the manor of Chelsea until 1712. Most of the houses were built in the early 18th century. Before the construction in the 19th century of the busy... Kensington and Chelsea, SW10	1985
Anna Pavlova	Prima Ballerina	Ivy House, North End Road, London	Not Known
Mervyn Peake Mervyn Peake Mervyn Laurence Peake was an English writer, artist, poet and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books. They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R... (1911–1968)	Writer	1 Drayton Gardens Kensington and Chelsea, SW10	1996
John Loughborough Pearson John Loughborough Pearson John Loughborough Pearson was a Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficiency unrivalled in his generation.-Early life and education:Pearson was born in Brussels, Belgium on 5... (1817–1897)	Architect	13 Mansfield Street Westminster, W1 (joint plaque with Edwin Lutyens Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE, PRA, FRIBA was a British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era... )	1962
Sir Robert Peel (1750–1830)	Manufacturer and reformer	16 Upper Grosvenor Street Westminster, W1	1988
Henry Pelham Henry Pelham Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754... (c. 1695-1754)	Prime Minister	22 Arlington Street Westminster, SW1	1995
Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man... (1633–1703)	Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty	12 Buckingham Street Westminster, WC1	1908
Spencer Perceval Spencer Perceval Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and First Lord of the Treasury, making him de facto Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated... (1762–1812)	Prime Minister	59-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields Lincoln's Inn Fields Lincoln's Inn Fields is the largest public square in London, UK. It was laid out in the 1630s under the initiative of the speculative builder and contractor William Newton, "the first in a long series of entrepreneurs who took a hand in developing London", as Sir Nikolaus Pevsner observes... Camden, WC2	1914
Frank Pick Frank Pick Frank Pick LLB Hon. RIBA was a British transport administrator. After qualifying as a solicitor in 1902, he worked at the North Eastern Railway, before moving to the Underground Electric Railways Company of London in 1906... (1878–1941)	Pioneer of good design for London Transport London Passenger Transport Board The London Passenger Transport Board was the organisation responsible for public transport in London, UK, and its environs from 1933 to 1948...	15 Wildwood Road Barnet, NW11	1981
William Pitt the Younger William Pitt the Younger William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806... (1759–1806)	Prime Minister	120 Baker Street Baker Street Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid the street out in the 18th century. The street is most famous for its connection to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who lived at a fictional 221B... Westminster, W1	1949
Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (1827–1900)	Anthropologist and archaeologist	4 Grosvenor Gardens Westminster, SW1	1983
Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College, Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and writer... (1932–1963)	Poet	3 Chalcot Square Primrose Hill, Camden, NW1	2000
Sir Nigel Playfair (1874–1934)	Actor-manager	26 Pelham Crescent Kensington and Chelsea, SW7	1965
Alexander Pope Alexander Pope Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson... (1688–1744)	Poet	Mawson Arms PH, 110 Chiswick Lane South Chiswick, Hounslow, W4	1996
Ezra Pound Ezra Pound Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry... (1885–1972)	Poet	10 Kensington Church Walk Kensington and Chelsea, W8	2004
J. B. Priestley J. B. Priestley John Boynton Priestley, OM , known as J. B. Priestley, was an English novelist, playwright and broadcaster. He published 26 novels, notably The Good Companions , as well as numerous dramas such as An Inspector Calls... (1894–1984)	Novelist, playwright and essayist	3 The Grove, Highgate, Camden, N6	1994
Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works... (1733–1804)	Scientist, philosopher, and theologian	Ram Place, E9	1985

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Lord FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)	Commander during the Crimean War Crimean War The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...	5 Stanhope Gate Hyde Park, Westminster, W1	1911
Sir William Ramsay (1852–1916)	Scientist, discoverer of the Noble Gases	12 Arundel Gardens Arundel Gardens Arundel Gardens is a street in Notting Hill, London, located between Ladbroke Grove and Kensington Park Road. It was built in the 1860s, towards the later stages of the development of the Ladbroke Estate, until that time a largely rural area west of the expanding suburbs of London.-History:In 1852... Notting Hill, W11	unknown
Eleanor Rathbone Eleanor Rathbone Eleanor Florence Rathbone was an independent British Member of Parliament and long-term campaigner for women's rights. She was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool.-Life:... (1872–1946)	Pioneer of family allowances	Tufton Court, Tufton Street Westminster, SW1	1986
Sir Terence Rattigan Terence Rattigan Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan CBE was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background... (1911–1977)	Playwright	100 Cornwall Gardens Kensington and Chelsea, SW7	2005
Eric Ravilious Eric Ravilious Eric William Ravilious was an English painter, designer, book illustrator and wood engraver.-Career:Ravilious studied at Eastbourne School of Art, and at the Royal College of Art, where he studied under Paul Nash and became close friends with Edward Bawden.He began his working life as a muralist,... (1903–1942)	Artist	48 Upper Mall, Hammersmith Hammersmith and Fulham, W6	1991
Lord Reith John Reith, 1st Baron Reith John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom... (1889–1971)	First director-general of the BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...	6 Barton Street Westminster, SW1	1994
Sir Harry Ricardo (1885–1974)	Mechanical engineer	13 Bedford Square Bedford Square Bedford Square is a square in the Bloomsbury district of the Borough of Camden in London, England.Built between 1775 and 1783 as an upper middle class residential area, the sqare has had many distinguished residents, including Lord Eldon, one of Britain's longest serving and most celebrated Lord... Westminster, WC1	2005
Ram Mohan Roy Ram Mohan Roy Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an Indian religious, social, and educational reformer who challenged traditional Hindu culture and indicated the lines of progress for Indian society under British rule. He is sometimes called the father of modern India... (1772–1833)	Indian scholar and reformer	49 Bedford Square Bedford Square Bedford Square is a square in the Bloomsbury district of the Borough of Camden in London, England.Built between 1775 and 1783 as an upper middle class residential area, the sqare has had many distinguished residents, including Lord Eldon, one of Britain's longest serving and most celebrated Lord... Camden, WC1	1985
Sir Rufus Isaacs Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, KC , was an English lawyer, jurist and politician... (1860 – 1935)	1st Marquess of Reading, lawyer, statesman	32 Curzon Street, Westminster, W1, London.	1971

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Vita Sackville-West Vita Sackville-West The Hon Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH , best known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author, poet and gardener. She won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927 and 1933... (1892–1962)	Writer and gardener	182 Ebury Street Ebury Street Ebury Street is a street in Belgravia, City of Westminster, London. It runs from the Grosvenor Gardens junction south-westwards to Pimlico Road. The odd numbers run from 1 to 231 on the east side and even numbers 2 to 230 on the west side... Belgravia, Westminster, SW1 (joint plaque with Harold Nicolson Harold Nicolson Sir Harold George Nicolson KCVO CMG was an English diplomat, author, diarist and politician. He was the husband of writer Vita Sackville-West, their unusual relationship being described in their son's book, Portrait of a Marriage.-Early life:Nicolson was born in Tehran, Persia, the younger son of... )	1993
Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Loraine Sassoon CBE MC was an English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's... (1886–1967)	Writer	23 Campden Hill Square Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, W8	1996
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Vināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar was an Indian freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician. He was the proponent of liberty as the ultimate ideal. Savarkar was a poet, writer and playwright... (1883–1966)	Indian patriot and philosopher	65 Cromwell Avenue, Highgate, N6	1985
George Seferis (1900–1971)	Greek ambassador, poet, and Nobel laureate	51 Upper Brook Street Westminster, W1	2000
Peter Sellers Peter Sellers Richard Henry Sellers, CBE , known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor. Perhaps best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, he is also notable for playing three different characters in Dr... (1925–1980)	Comedian, and actor	Castle Road Southsea, Hampshire
Cecil Sharp Cecil Sharp Cecil James Sharp was the founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early 20th century, and many of England's traditional dances and music owe their continuing existence to his work in recording and publishing them.-Early life:Sharp was born in Camberwell, London, the eldest son of... (1859–1924)	Collector of English folk songs and dances	4 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3	1985
Mary Shelley Mary Shelley Mary Shelley was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus . She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley...   (1797–1851)	Author of Frankenstein Frankenstein Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...	24 Chester Square, SW1	2003
Alistair Sim  (1900–1976)	Actor	8 Frognal Gardens Hampstead, NW3	2008
Robert Smirke Robert Smirke (architect) Sir Robert Smirke was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture his best known building in that style is the British Museum, though he also designed using other architectural styles...   (1781–1867)	Architect	81 Charlotte Street, London
Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....   (1850–1894)	Scottish novelist. author of Treasure Island Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island; or, the...  (1883)	Mount Vernon, corner of Holly Place Hampstead Hampstead Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland... , NW3	ca.1960
George Frederic Still (1868–1941)	Paediatrician, first to describe ADHD ADHD predominantly inattentive ADHD predominantly inattentive is one of the three subtypes of Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder . While ADHD-PI is sometimes still called "attention deficit disorder" by the general public, these older terms were formally changed in 1994 in the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of...	28 Queen Anne Street, Marylebone, W1G	1993

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Alan Turing Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS , was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" with the Turing machine, which played a... (1912–1954)	Code-breaker and pioneer of computer science	2 Warrington Crescent Maida Vale, Westminster, W9	1998

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Vincent Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is... (1853–1890)	Painter	10 Holme Court,158 Twickenham Road, TW7 Isleworth	1973

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Thomas Wakley Thomas Wakley Thomas Wakley , was an English surgeon. He became a demagogue and social reformer who campaigned against incompetence, privilege and nepotism. He was the founding editor of The Lancet, and a radical Member of Parliament .- Life :Thomas Wakley was born in Membury, Devon to a prosperous farmer and... (1795–1862)	Reformer and founder of The Lancet The Lancet The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is one of the world's best known, oldest, and most respected general medical journals...	35 Bedford Square Bedford Square Bedford Square is a square in the Bloomsbury district of the Borough of Camden in London, England.Built between 1775 and 1783 as an upper middle class residential area, the sqare has had many distinguished residents, including Lord Eldon, one of Britain's longest serving and most celebrated Lord... Camden, WC1	1962
H. G. Wells H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games... (1866–1946)	Writer	13 Hanover Terrace Westminster, NW1	1966
Sir Richard Westmacott (1775–1856)	Sculptor	14 South Audley Street Westminster, W1	1955
Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s... (1854–1900)	Wit and dramatist	34 Tite Street Tite Street Tite Street is a street in Chelsea, London, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, England, just north of the River Thames. It was created in 1877, giving access to the Chelsea Embankment. In the late nineteenth century the street was a favoured and fashionable location for people of an... Kensington and Chelsea, SW3	1954
Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.... (1882–1941)	Novelist and critic	29 Fitzroy Square Fitzroy Square Fitzroy Square is one of the Georgian squares in London and is the only one found in the central London area known as in Fitzrovia.The square, nearby Fitzroy Street and the Fitzroy Tavern in Charlotte Street have the family name of Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, into whose ownership the land... , London, W1	1974
Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723)	Architect	The Old Court House, Hampton Court Green East Molesey, Richmond Upon Thames	1996

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms... (1865–1939)	Irish poet and dramatist	23 Fitzroy Road Camden, NW1	1957
Thomas Young Thomas Young (scientist) Thomas Young was an English polymath. He is famous for having partly deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics before Jean-François Champollion eventually expanded on his work... (1773–1829)	Man of science	48 Welbeck Street Welbeck Street Welbeck Street is a street in the West End, central London, England. It has historically been associated with the medical profession.- Location :... Westminster, W1	1951

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Person	Notability	Address	Year Issued
Israel Zangwill Israel Zangwill Israel Zangwill was a British humorist and writer.-Biography:Zangwill was born in London on January 21, 1864 in a family of Jewish immigrants from Czarist Russia, to Moses Zangwill from what is now Latvia and Ellen Hannah Marks Zangwill from what is now Poland. He dedicated his life to championing... (1864–1926)	Writer and philanthropist	288 Old Ford Road Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, E2	1965
Johann Zoffany Johann Zoffany Johan Zoffany, Zoffani or Zauffelij was a German neoclassical painter, active mainly in England... (1733–1810)	Painter	65 Strand-on-the-Green Strand-on-the-Green Strand-on-the-Green is an area of Chiswick in west London.-Location and description:Strand-on-the-Green is located immediately to the east of Kew Bridge, along the north bank of the river Thames... Chiswick, Hounslow, W4	1973
Émile Zola Émile Zola Émile François Zola was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism... (1840–1902)	French novelist	Queen's Hotel, 122 Church Road Upper Norwood, Croydon, SE19	1990

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Organisation, place, or event	Description	Address	Reference
The County Hall County Hall, London County Hall is a building in Lambeth, London, which was the headquarters of London County Council and later the Greater London Council . The building is on the bank of the River Thames, just north of Westminster Bridge, facing west toward the City of Westminster, and close to the Palace of...	The home of London Government from 1922 to 1986 (LCC 1889-1965, GLC 1965-1986).	Main Entrance, County Hall Lambeth, SE1
Television Television Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...	The world's, first regular, high definition, television service, was inaugurated, here by the BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... , 2 November 1936	Alexandra Palace Alexandra Palace Alexandra Palace is a building in North London, England. It stands in Alexandra Park, in an area between Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green... Wood Green, Haringey, N22
Tyburn Tree	Site of Tyburn Tree.	Traffic Island at the junction of Edgware Road and Bayswater Road Bayswater Road Bayswater Road is the main road running across the north of Hyde Park, London. To the east Bayswater Road becomes Oxford Street . It is where the fictional upper middle class Forsyte family live in the BBC series the Forsyte Saga... , W2

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Charles Babbage Charles Babbage Charles Babbage, FRS was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer...  (1791–1871)	Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer	1a Dorset Street Dorset Street For the former London street of the same name, see Dorset Street Dorset Street is an important thoroughfare on the northside of Dublin, Ireland, and was originally part of the Slighe Midh-Luchra, Dublin's ancient road to the north that begins where the original bridging point at Church Street is... , W1		Westminster City Council Westminster City Council Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council, which is a rare distinction in the United Kingdom. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors...
Charles Babbage Charles Babbage Charles Babbage, FRS was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer...  (1791–1871)	Mathematician, astronomer and computer pioneer	Corner of Larcom Street and Walworth Road, SE17		Southwark Council London Borough of Southwark The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough in south east London, England. It is directly south of the River Thames and the City of London, and forms part of Inner London.-History:...
John Logie Baird John Logie Baird John Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube...  (1888–1946)		132-5 Long Acre Long Acre Long Acre is a street in central London, England. Starting from St. Martin's Lane it runs from west to east just north of Covent Garden piazza, one block north of Floral Street. The street was completed in the early 17th century. It was once known for its coach-makers, and later for its car dealers... , WC2		The Royal Television Society
Harry Beck (1903–1974)	Creator of the schematic Tube map Tube map The Tube map is a schematic transit map representing the lines and stations of London's rapid transit railway systems, namely the London Underground , the Docklands Light Railway and London Overground....	Finchley Central tube station Finchley Central tube station Finchley Central tube station is a London Underground station in the Church End area of Finchley, North London.The station is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line, between West Finchley and East Finchley stations and is the junction for the short branch to Mill Hill East station... , N3		London Regional Transport London Regional Transport London Regional Transport was the organisation responsible for the public transport network in Greater London, UK from 1984-2000. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public name and operational brand of the organisation was London Transport.The organisation was...  (grey)
Jack Kid Berg Jack Kid Berg Judah Bergman, known as Jack Kid Berg or Jackie Kid Berg , was an English boxer born in the East End of London.-Biography:Judah Bergman was born in Romford Street near Cable Street, St George in the East, Stepney...  (1909–1991)	Boxer	Noble Court, Cable Street Cable Street Cable Street is a mile-long road in the East End of London, with several historic landmarks nearby, made famous by "the Battle of Cable Street" of 1936.-Location:Cable Street runs between the edge of The City and Limehouse:... , E1		Stepney Historical Society (blue)
Hannah Billig Hannah Billig Captain Hannah Billig, MBE, GM was a British-Jewish doctor who worked in the East End of London. Her popularity with her patients, and her war-time efforts, led to her being called "The Angel of Cable Street".-Childhood:...  (1901–1987)	Physician	198 Cable Street Cable Street Cable Street is a mile-long road in the East End of London, with several historic landmarks nearby, made famous by "the Battle of Cable Street" of 1936.-Location:Cable Street runs between the edge of The City and Limehouse:... , E1		London Borough of Tower Hamlets London Borough of Tower Hamlets The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It is in the eastern part of London and covers much of the traditional East End. It also includes much of the redeveloped Docklands region of London, including West India Docks...
Enid Blyton Enid Blyton Enid Blyton was an English children's writer also known as Mary Pollock.Noted for numerous series of books based on recurring characters and designed for different age groups,her books have enjoyed huge success in many parts of the world, and have sold over 600 million copies.One of Blyton's most...  (1897–1968)	Writer	83 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, BR2		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby	Private secretary to Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...	1 Eaton Square Eaton Square Eaton Square is a residential garden square in London's Belgravia district. It is one of the three garden squares built by the Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia in the 19th century, and is named after Eaton Hall, the Grosvenor country house in Cheshire... , SW1		Private
Harold Bride	Wireless operator aboard the RMS Titanic	58 Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley Bromley Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
Anne Brontë Anne Brontë Anne Brontë was a British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.The daughter of a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England, Anne Brontë lived most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the Yorkshire moors. For a couple of years she went to a...  (1820–1849)	Writer	Grand Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire		Unknown
Malcolm Campbell Malcolm Campbell Sir Malcolm Campbell was an English racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s using vehicles called Blue Bird...  (1885–1948)	Racing motorist, Journalist	Bonchester, Bonchester Close, Off Camden Park Road, Chislehurst		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
Richard Carr-Gomm Richard Carr-Gomm Major Richard Carr-Gomm, OBE was the founder of the Abbeyfield Society, the Morpeth Society and the Carr-Gomm Society, UK charities which provide care and housing for disadvantaged and lonely people....  (1922–2008)	Humanitarian, founder of the Abbeyfield Abbeyfield Abbeyfield, formally The Abbeyfield Society, is a large national charity in the United Kingdom, which provides sheltered housing and care homes for elderly people....  and Carr-Gomm Societies	36 Gomm Road, Bermondsey		Southwark Council London Borough of Southwark The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough in south east London, England. It is directly south of the River Thames and the City of London, and forms part of Inner London.-History:...
Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I... (1889–1977)	Actor, film maker	287 Kennington Road Kennington Road Kennington Road is a long straight road, approximately a mile in length, in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England, running south from Westminster Bridge Road to Kennington Park Road.... , London, SE 11		The Dead Comics Society (blue)
J. A. Chatwin J. A. Chatwin J. A. Chatwin FRIBA, RBS, FSAScot , was a designer of buildings and the most prolific architect involved with the building and modification of churches in Birmingham, England, building or altering many of the parish churches in the city. He used both the Gothic and Classical styles...  (1830–1907)	Architect	Lloyds Bank, Queen Square, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...		Wolverhampton Civic Society/Lloyds Bank Lloyds Bank Lloyds Bank Plc was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1765 until its merger into Lloyds TSB in 1995; it remains a registered company but is currently dormant. It expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and took over a number of smaller banking companies...
Clementine Churchill Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, GBE, CStJ was the wife of Sir Winston Churchill and a life peeress in her own right.-Early life:... (1885–1977)	Wife of Winston Churchill	107 High Street, Berkhamsted Berkhamsted -Climate:Berkhamsted experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Castle:... , Hertfordshire		Berkhamsted Town Council, 1979
Alvin Langdon Coburn Alvin Langdon Coburn Alvin Langdon Coburn was an early 20th century photographer who became a key figure in the development of American pictorialism...	Pioneering photographer	Ffordd Isaf, Harlech Harlech Harlech is a town and seaside resort in Gwynedd, within the historical boundaries of Merionethshire in northwest Wales. Lying on Tremadog Bay and within the Snowdonia National Park, it has a population of 1,952, of whom 59% speak Welsh... , Gwynedd, Wales		Royal Photographic Society Royal Photographic Society The Royal Photographic Society is the world's oldest national photographic society. It was founded in London, United Kingdom in 1853 as The Photographic Society of London with the objective of promoting the Art and Science of Photography... /Olympus Corporation Olympus Corporation is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,...  (blue/octagonal)
Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...	Writer	Blenheim Road, Minehead Minehead Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the border with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National Park... , Somerset Somerset The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...	2001	Minehead Town Council (blue)
William Sands Cox William Sands Cox William Sands Cox was a surgeon in Birmingham, England. He founded Birmingham's first medical school in 1828 as a residential Anglican-based college in Temple Row, where a blue plaque commemorates him on the House of Fraser department store, and in Brittle Street...	Surgeon	House of Fraser store, Temple Row, Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...		City of Birmingham (blue)
Thomas Crapper Thomas Crapper Thomas Crapper was a plumber who founded Thomas Crapper & Co. in London. Contrary to widespread misconceptions, Crapper did not invent the flush toilet. He did, however, do much to increase the popularity of the toilet, and developed some important related inventions, such as the ballcock...  (1837–1910)	Plumber and engineer	12 Thornsett Road, Bromley		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
Richmal Crompton Richmal Crompton Richmal Crompton Lamburn was a British writer, most famous for her Just William humorous short stories and books.-Life:...  (1890–1969)	Author	'The Glebe', Oakley Road, Bromley Common, BR2		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (green)
Walter de la Mare Walter de la Mare Walter John de la Mare , OM CH was an English poet, short story writer and novelist, probably best remembered for his works for children and the poem "The Listeners"....  (1873–1956)	Writer	14 Thornsett Road, Anerley, SE20		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
Bernard Delfont Bernard Delfont Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont , born Boris Winogradsky, was a leading Russian-born British theatrical impresario....  (as Baron Delfont)	Impresario	Prince of Wales Theatre Prince of Wales Theatre The Prince of Wales Theatre is a West End theatre on Coventry Street, near Leicester Square in the City of Westminster. It was established in 1884 and rebuilt in 1937, and extensively refurbished in 2004 by Sir Cameron Mackintosh, its current owner... , Coventry Street Coventry Street Coventry Street is a short London street, within the City of Westminster, running from Piccadilly Circus to Leicester Square. The street is the main conduit between Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square and at the weekend up to 150,000 people walk from one to another along the street... , SW1		Comic Heritage
Grantly Dick-Read Grantly Dick-Read Grantly Dick-Read was a British obstetrician who is regarded by many as the father of natural childbirth movement. He dedicated his life to educating expectant parents about the benefits of giving birth naturally, with as little intervention from obstetricians and health professionals as possible...  (1890–1959)	Obstetrician	25 Harley Street Harley Street Harley Street is a street in the City of Westminster in London, England which has been noted since the 19th century for its large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery.- Overview :... , W1		Westminster City Council Westminster City Council Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council, which is a rare distinction in the United Kingdom. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors... /National Childbirth Trust National Childbirth Trust The National Childbirth Trust is a UK-based charity with registered charity number 801395.The National Childbirth Trust is the leading charity offering information and support in pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthood.-History:...  (green)
Robert William Dale Robert William Dale Robert William Dale was an English Congregationalist church leader.-Life:Dale was born in London and educated at Spring Hill College, Birmingham, for the Congregational ministry...  (1829–1895)	Nonconformist church leader	Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham		Birmingham Civic Society (blue)
Air Commodore Edward Mortlock Donaldson Edward Mortlock Donaldson Air Commodore Edward "Teddy" Mortlock Donaldson CB, CBE, DSO, AFC & Bar was an RAF Second World War Flying ace, and former holder of the airspeed World Record.-Biography:...  CB CBE DSO AFC* LoM (USA) (1912–1992)	Flight airspeed record holder	Park Lane, Selsey Selsey Selsey is a seaside town and civil parish, about seven miles south of Chichester, in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. Selsey lies at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea... , West Sussex West Sussex West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming... 86, Grafton Road, Selsey, West Sussex		West Sussex County Council West Sussex West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...  (Blue)
Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...  (1859–1930)	Writer	2 Upper Wimpole Street, W1		Westminster City Council Westminster City Council Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council, which is a rare distinction in the United Kingdom. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors... /The Arthur Conan Doyle Society (green)
Geraint Evans Geraint Evans Sir Geraint Llewellyn Evans was a Welsh baritone or bass-baritone noted for operatic roles including Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and the title roles in Falstaff and Wozzeck...  (1922–1992)	Opera singer	34 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, BR5		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
Humphrey Gainsborough Humphrey Gainsborough Humphrey Gainsborough was a non-conformist minister, engineer and inventor.Humphrey Gainsborough was pastor to the Independent Church in Henley-on-Thames, England. He was the brother of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. He invented the drill plough , winning a prize of £60 from the Royal Society for...	Non-conformist minister, engineer and inventor	Christ Church United Reformed Church, Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from Reading, 10 miles upstream and west from Maidenhead...		Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board/Oxford Civic Society (blue)
Sampson Gamgee Sampson Gamgee Dr Joseph Sampson Gamgee, MRCS, FRSE was a surgeon at the Queen's Hospital in Birmingham, England. He pioneered aseptic surgery , and, in 1880 invented Gamgee Tissue, an absorbent cotton wool and gauze surgical dressing...	Surgeon	Repertory Theatre Birmingham Repertory Theatre Birmingham Repertory Theatre is a theatre and theatre company based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England... , Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham Broad Street, Birmingham Broad Street is a major thoroughfare and popular nightspot in Birmingham City Centre, United Kingdom. Traditionally, Broad Street was considered to be outside Birmingham City Centre, but as the city centre expanded with the removal of the Inner Ring Road, Broad Street has been incorporated into...		Birmingham Civic Society (blue)
Graham Greene Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world...	Writer	St John's Boarding House, Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire		Berkhamsted Town Council
Tony Hancock Tony Hancock Anthony John "Tony" Hancock was an English actor and comedian.-Early life and career:Hancock was born in Southam Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, but from the age of three was brought up in Bournemouth, where his father, John Hancock, who ran the Railway Hotel in...	Actor and comedian	10 Grey Close, NW11		The Dead Comics Society (blue)
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins was an English sculptor and natural history artist renowned for combining both in his work on the life-size models of dinosaurs in the Crystal Palace Park, Sydenham, south London...  (1807–1889)	Sculptor and artist	'Fossil Villa', 22 Belvedere Road, Anerley Anerley Anerley is a district of South London, England, located in the London Borough of Bromley. It is situated south south-east of Charing Cross. Anerley is geographically an outer lying area of London, although it is considered to have characteristics of an Inner city suburb...		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (black)
Oliver Heaviside Oliver Heaviside Oliver Heaviside was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations , reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and...  (1850–1925)	Electrical engineer and mathematician	Homefield, Lower Warberry Road, TQ1		The Institution of Electrical Engineers Institution of Electrical Engineers The Institution of Electrical Engineers was a British professional organisation of electronics, electrical, manufacturing, and Information Technology professionals, especially electrical engineers. The I.E.E...  (blue)
Edward Heron-Allen Edward Heron-Allen Edward Heron-Allen was an English polymath, writer, scientist and Persian scholar who translated the works of Omar Khayyam.-Life:... (1861–1943)	Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Scientist	122 High Street Selsey West Sussex, PO20 0QE		West Sussex County Council West Sussex West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...  (Blue)
Gerard Manley Hopkins Gerard Manley Hopkins Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous 20th-century fame established him among the leading Victorian poets...  (1844–1889)	Poet	Manresa House, Roehampton Roehampton Roehampton is a district in south-west London, forming the western end of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It lies between the town of Barnes to the north, Putney to the east and Wimbledon Common to the south. The Richmond Park golf courses are west of the neighbourhood, and just south of these is...		Greater London Council Greater London Council The Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area...  (blue)
William Hutton William Hutton (Birmingham historian) William Hutton was a poet and the first significant historian of Birmingham, England.-Biography:...	Historian	Waterstones, High Street, Birmingham		Birmingham Civic Society (blue)
Sid James Sid James Sid James was an English-based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona...	Actor	Gunnersby Avenue, London		The Dead Comics Society
Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson , often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer...  & Joshua Reynolds Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA was an influential 18th-century English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy...	Founders of The Club The Club (dining club) The Club was a London dining club founded in February 1764 by the artist Joshua Reynolds and essayist Samuel Johnson.-Description:Initially, the club would meet one evening per week at seven, at the Turk's Head Inn in Gerrard Street, Soho. Later, meetings were reduced to once per fortnight whilst...	9 Gerrard Street, W1		Westminster City Council Westminster City Council Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council, which is a rare distinction in the United Kingdom. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors... /Honsway C&E Foundation (green)
Charles Keeping Charles Keeping Charles William James Keeping was a British illustrator, children's book author and lithographer. He first came to prominence with his illustrations for Rosemary Sutcliff's historical novels for children, and he created more than twenty picture books...  (1924–1988)	Illustrator	16 Church Road, Shortlands, BR2		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....	Politician and US President	14 Princes Gate, SW7		Unknown (blue)
Albert Ketèlbey Albert Ketèlbey Albert William Ketèlbey , born Ketelbey, was an English composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:...  (1875–1959)	Composer and musician	Birmingham and Midland Institute Birmingham and Midland Institute The Birmingham and Midland Institute , now on Margaret Street in the city centre of Birmingham, England was a pioneer of adult scientific and technical education and today offers Arts and Science lectures, exhibitions and concerts. It is a registered charity... , Cornwall Street, Birmingham		Birmingham Civic Society (blue)
Hetty King Hetty King Winifred Emms , best known by her stage name Hetty King, was an English entertainer who played in the music halls over a period of 70 years.-Birth:...  (1883–1972)	Music Hall artistes and male impersonator	17 Palmerston Road, Wimbledon		Erected by The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America is a registered theatre charity and non-profit making theatre organisation based in London and was founded by Adrian Barry in 1992... .
Frederick W. Lanchester	Scientist, inventor and engineer	Oxford Road, Moseley, Birmingham		Unknown (green)
Jessie Matthews Jessie Matthews Jessie Matthews, OBE was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period.-Early life:...	Actress, dancer and singer	Blue Posts Pub, 22 Berwick Street, W1		Westminster City Council Westminster City Council Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council, which is a rare distinction in the United Kingdom. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors...
John Le Mesurier John Le Mesurier John Le Mesurier was a BAFTA Award-winning English actor. He is most famous for his role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the popular 1970s BBC comedy Dad's Army.-Career:...	Actor	Baron's Court, London		The Dead Comics Society
Edward Lear Edward Lear Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.-Biography:...	Painter, poet and humorist	Bowman's Mews, N7		London Brough of Islington
Lloyds Bank Lloyds Bank Lloyds Bank Plc was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1765 until its merger into Lloyds TSB in 1995; it remains a registered company but is currently dormant. It expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and took over a number of smaller banking companies...  (Sampson Lloyd Sampson Lloyd There are three generations of Sampson Lloyd in the Lloyd family of Birmingham, England. The second co-founded Lloyds Bank.Sampson Lloyd I and Mary , Quakers of Welsh origin, moved from their Leominster, Herefordshire farm in 1698 to Edgbaston Street in Birmingham.After the death of Sampson I in... )	Origin of bank	Dale End, Birmingham		City of Birmingham (blue)
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury PC , FRS , known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was a polymath and Liberal Member of Parliament....  (1834–1913)	Banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist	High Elms Estate, Shire Lane, Farnborough, BR6		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...  (1915–1989)	Singer, songwriter and political activist	35 Stanley Avenue, Beckenham, BR3		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
James Joseph Magennis James Joseph Magennis James Joseph Magennis VC was a Belfast-born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...	Submariner and Victoria Cross Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....  recipient	Royal Naval Association building, Great Victoria Street, Belfast		Ulster History Circle (blue)
Karl Marx Karl Marx Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...  (1818–1883)	Philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary	101-8 Maitland Park Road, NW3		Camden London Borough Council Camden London Borough Council Camden London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London...
James McBey James McBey James McBey was a self-taught artist and etcher whose prints were highly valued during the later stages of the etching revival in the early 20th century....  (1883–1959)	Artist	1 Holland Park Avenue Holland Park Avenue Holland Park Avenue is a street located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in west central London in England. The street runs from Notting Hill Gate in the east to the Holland Park Roundabout in the west, and forms a part of the old west road connecting London with Oxford and the west... , London W11		Unknown (grey)
Joe Meek Joe Meek Robert George "Joe" Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter....  (1929–1967)	Record producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...  and pioneer of sound recording Sound recording and reproduction Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...  technology was born here	1 Market Square Newent Newent Newent is a small market town about 8 miles north west of Gloucester City, on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean, and lying within the Forest of Dean Local Authority District. Its population at the 2001 census was 5,073... , Gloucestershire		The Heritage Foundation (blue), 2011
Joe Meek Joe Meek Robert George "Joe" Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter....  (1929–1967)	Record producer - The Telstar man, pioneer of sound recording technology, lived, worked and died here.	304 Holloway Road, N19		Unknown (black)
Sir John Everett Millais (1829–1896)	Painter	The Octagon Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Salterton Budleigh Salterton is a small town on the south coast of Devon, England 15 miles south of Exeter. It is situated within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty designated East Devon AONB.- Features :... , Devon		Unknown (blue)
Spike Milligan Spike Milligan Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan Hon. KBE was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. His early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the...	Comedian	Camden Palace, Camden High Street Camden High Street Camden High Street is a short stretch of road in Camden Town, in London, England. It is part of the route from central London to Hampstead. It is the local high street and features major music venues at either end... , NW1		Comic Heritage (blue)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...  (1756–1791)	Composer	20 Frith Street Frith Street Frith Street is in the Soho area of London, England. To the north is Soho Square and to the south is Shaftesbury Avenue. The street crosses Old Compton Street, Bateman Street and Romilly Street.- History :... , W1		Royal Music Association (blue)
James Murray James Murray (lexicographer) Sir James Augustus Henry Murray was a Scottish lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1879 until his death.-Life and learning:...	Lexicographer	78 Banbury Road Banbury Road Banbury Road is a major arterial road in Oxford, England, running from St Giles' at the south end, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown, with its local shopping centre. Parallel and to the west is the Woodstock Road, which it meets at the junction with St... , Oxford		Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board/Oxford Civic Society (blue)
Heddle Nash Heddle Nash William Heddle Nash was an English lyric tenor who appeared in opera and oratorio in the middle decades of the twentieth century. He also made numerous recordings that are still available on CD reissues....  (1895–1961)	Opera singer	49 Towncourt Crescent, Petts Wood, Bromley		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (black)
J. A. R. Newlands (1837–1898)	Chemist	West Square West Square West Square is an historic square in south London, England, just south from St George's Road. The Square is within the London Borough of Southwark, but as it is located in postcode it is commonly said to be in Lambeth.... , London, SE11		Royal Society of Chemistry Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...
Joe Orton Joe Orton John Kingsley Orton was an English playwright.In a short but prolific career lasting from 1964 until his death, he shocked, outraged and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies...  (1933–1967)	Playwright	25 Noel Road, London, N1		London Borough of Islington London Borough of Islington The London Borough of Islington is a London borough in Inner London. It was formed in 1965 by merging the former metropolitan boroughs of Islington and Finsbury. The borough contains two Westminster parliamentary constituencies, Islington North and Islington South & Finsbury...  (green)
Alexander Parkes Alexander Parkes Alexander Parkes was a metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham, England. He created Parkesine, the first man-made plastic.-Biography:...	Metallurgist and inventor	Museum of Science and Industry, Birmingham		Birmingham Civic Society (blue)
William Perkin	Chemist	Cable Street Cable Street Cable Street is a mile-long road in the East End of London, with several historic landmarks nearby, made famous by "the Battle of Cable Street" of 1936.-Location:Cable Street runs between the edge of The City and Limehouse:... , E1		Stepney Historical Trust (blue)
Dr Stephen Perse	Educator	Free School Lane Free School Lane Free School Lane is in the centre of the City of Cambridge, England. It is the location of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, the Department of History and Philosophy of Science the University's faculty of Social and Political Sciences, and is the original site of the Cavendish... , Cambridge		Cambridge Blue Plaque Scheme (blue)
Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works...	Scholar, scientist, theologian and discoverer of oxygen	Church of St Michael and St Joseph, New Meeting House Lane, Birmingham		Birmingham Civic Society (blue)
Gwen Raverat Gwen Raverat Gwendolen Mary "Gwen" Raverat née Darwin was a celebrated English wood engraving artist who co-founded the Society of Wood Engravers in England.- Biography :...	Artist	Darwin College Darwin College, Cambridge Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Founded in 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after the family of one of the university's most famous graduates, Charles Darwin... , Silver Street, Cambridge Silver Street, Cambridge Silver Street is located in the southwest of central Cambridge, England. It links Queen's Road to the west with Trumpington Street to the east. The road continues west out of central Cambridge as Sidgwick Avenue....		Cambridge Blue Plaque Scheme (blue)
Elizabeth Jesser Reid Elizabeth Jesser Reid Elizabeth Jesser Reid , was an English social reformer, anti-slavery activist and philanthropist. She is best remembered as the founder of Bedford College....	Slavery abolitionist and founder of Bedford College for Women	48 Bedford Square Bedford Square Bedford Square is a square in the Bloomsbury district of the Borough of Camden in London, England.Built between 1775 and 1783 as an upper middle class residential area, the sqare has had many distinguished residents, including Lord Eldon, one of Britain's longest serving and most celebrated Lord... , WC1		Unknown (green)
Willie Rushton Willie Rushton William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye satirical magazine.- School and army :William George Rushton was born 18 August 1937 in the family home at Scarsdale Villas,...	Satirist	Mornington Crescent tube station Mornington Crescent tube station Mornington Crescent is a London Underground station in Camden Town in north west London, named after the nearby street. The station is on the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line, between and... , NW1		Comic Heritage (blue)
Terry Scott Terry Scott Owen John "Terry" Scott was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven Carry On films. He also appeared in BBC1's popular domestic sitcom Terry and June with June Whitfield...  (1927–1994)	Actor and comedian	32 Tucker Street, Watford Watford Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...		Comic Heritage (blue)
Peter Sellers Peter Sellers Richard Henry Sellers, CBE , known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor. Perhaps best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, he is also notable for playing three different characters in Dr...	Actor and comedian	10 Muswell Hill Road, N6		The Dead Comics Society (blue)
Small Faces and Don Arden Don Arden Don Arden , born Harry Levy, was an English music manager, agent and businessman, best known for overseeing the careers of rock groups Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath....	1960s mod group and manager	52-55 Carnaby Street Carnaby Street Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in London, United Kingdom, located in the Soho district, near Oxford Street and Regent Street. It is home to numerous fashion and lifestyle retailers, including a large number of independent fashion boutiques... , London		Westminster City Council Westminster City Council Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council, which is a rare distinction in the United Kingdom. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors...  (green)
William Thomas Stead William Thomas Stead William Thomas Stead was an English journalist and editor who, as one of the early pioneers of investigative journalism, became one of the most controversial figures of the Victorian era. His 'New Journalism' paved the way for today's tabloid press...	Journalist	5 Smith Square Smith Square Smith Square is a square in the Westminster district of London, just south of the Palace of Westminster. The centre of the square is occupied by St John's, Smith Square, a Baroque church now used as a concert hall... , London		Westminster City Council Westminster City Council Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council, which is a rare distinction in the United Kingdom. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors...
Joseph Sturge Joseph Sturge Joseph Sturge , son of a farmer in Gloucestershire, was an English Quaker, abolitionist and activist. He founded the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society . He worked throughout his life in Radical political actions supporting pacifism, working-class rights, and the universal emancipation of...  (1793–1859)	Quaker, campaigner for peace, extension of the vote and abolition of slavery	Eden Croft, Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston Edgbaston Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton.... , Birmingham		Birmingham Civic Society
Harry Relph - "Little Tich" Little Tich Harry Relph, , known on the stage as "Little Tich", was an English music hall comedian. He was noted for the characters of The Spanish Señora, The Gendarme and The Tax Collector, but his most popular routine was his Big Boot dance, which involved a pair of 28-inch boots, commonly called "slapshoes"...  (1867–1928)	Music hall comedian	The Blacksmith Arms, Cudham, Bromley		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,... (1892–1973)	Writer	Sarehole Mill Sarehole Mill Sarehole Mill is a Grade II listed water mill on the River Cole in Hall Green, Birmingham, England. It is now run as a museum by the Birmingham City Council. It is one of only two working water mills in Birmingham, with the other being New Hall Mill in Walmley, Sutton Coldfield.Built in 1542 on... Hall Green Hall Green Not to be confused with Hall Green, Wolverhampton or Hall Green, SandwellHall Green is an area and ward in south Birmingham, England. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee... , Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...		Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society (blue)
J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,... (1892–1973)	Writer	1 Duchess Place Edgbaston Edgbaston Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton.... , Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...		Birmingham Civic Society (blue)
J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,... (1892–1973)	Writer	4 Highfield Road Edgbaston Edgbaston Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton.... , Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...		Birmingham Civic Society and The Tolkien Society (blue)
J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,... (1892–1973)	Writer	Plough and Harrow, Hagley Road Edgbaston Edgbaston Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton.... , Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...		The Tolkien Society (blue)
J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,... (1892–1973)	Writer	20 Northmoor Road Northmoor Road Northmoor Road is a road in North Oxford, England. It runs north-south parallel to and east of the Banbury Road. At the northern end is a junction with Belbroughton Road and to the south is a junction with Bardwell Road, location of the Dragon School... Oxford Oxford The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...		Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, established in 1999, is administered by the Oxford Civic Society. It oversees the installation of blue plaques on historic buildings in the county of Oxfordshire, England to commemorate famous residents and events...  (blue)
Edward Turner Edward Turner Edward Turner was a British motorcycle designer. He was born in Camberwell in the London Borough of Southwark, on the day King Edward VII was proclaimed King....  (1901–1973)	Motorcycle designer	8, Philip Walk, Peckham Peckham Peckham is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Southwark. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...  SE15		Southwark Council London Borough of Southwark The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough in south east London, England. It is directly south of the River Thames and the City of London, and forms part of Inner London.-History:...
William Turner William Turner (artist) William Turner was an English painter who specialised in watercolour landscapes. He was a contemporary of the more famous artist J. M. W. Turner and his style was not dissimilar. He is often known as William Turner of Oxford or just Turner of Oxford to distinguish him from his better known namesake...  (1789–1862)	Artist	16 St John Street, Oxford St John Street, Oxford St John Street is a street in central Oxford, England. The street mainly consists of stone-faced Georgian-style terraced houses. It was built as a speculative development by St John's College starting in the 1820s and finishing in the 1840s at the start of the Victorian era.At the northern end is...		Oxford Civic Society
Barnes Wallis Barnes Wallis Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, CBE FRS, RDI, FRAeS , was an English scientist, engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the RAF in Operation Chastise to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II...  (1887–1979)	Pioneer of aircraft design and inventor of the Bouncing Bomb Operation Chastise Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the "Dambusters", using a specially developed "bouncing bomb" invented and developed by Barnes Wallis...	241 New Cross Road, New Cross New Cross New Cross is a district and ward of the London Borough of Lewisham, England. It is situated 4 miles south-east of Charing Cross. The ward covered by London post town and the SE 14 postcode district. New Cross is near St Johns, Telegraph Hill, Nunhead, Peckham, Brockley, Deptford and Greenwich... , London, SE14		Lewisham Council London Borough of Lewisham The London Borough of Lewisham is a London borough in south-east London, England and forms part of Inner London. The principal settlement of the borough is Lewisham...  (scarlet)
Sam Wanamaker Sam Wanamaker Samuel Wanamaker was an American film director and actor and is credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London...  (1919–1993)	Visionary who recreated Shakespeare's Globe	Bankside Bankside Bankside is a district of London, England, and part of the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock to... , SE1		Southwark Council London Borough of Southwark The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough in south east London, England. It is directly south of the River Thames and the City of London, and forms part of Inner London.-History:...
Baron Dickinson Webster Baron Dickinson Webster Baron Dickinson Webster , son of Joseph Webster of Penns Hall, Sutton Coldfield , England, was a Justice of the Peace, a freemason, a member of the Aston Union and of the Turnpike Trust and was Warden of the town in 1844 and in 1855-1858 .A man of some prominence, he was much involved in the...  (1818–1860)	Wire manufacturer	Penns Hall Penns Hall Penns Hall is a hotel and country club operated by Ramada International on Penns Lane, Walmley, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. It is a Grade B locally listed building.- History :... , Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... 52.536484°N 1.808112°W		Sutton Coldfield Civic Society (blue)
H. G. Wells H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...  (1866-1846)	Writer	Chiltern Court, Baker Street, NW1		Unknown (blue)
H. G. Wells H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...  (1866-1846)	Writer	Primark Store, Market Place, Bromley, BR1		The H. G. Wells Society (scarlet)
William Willett William Willett William Willett , was an English builder and a tireless promoter of British Summer Time.-Biography:Willett was born in Farnham, Surrey, in the United Kingdom, and educated at the Philological School. After some commercial experience, he entered his father's building business, Willett Building...  (1856–1915)	Campaigner for daylight saving time Daylight saving time Daylight saving time —also summer time in several countries including in British English and European official terminology —is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less...	The Cedars, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst Chislehurst Chislehurst is a suburban district in south-east London, England, and an electoral ward of the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)
Kenneth Williams Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams was an English comic actor and comedian. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the Carry On films, and appeared in numerous British television shows, and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.-Life and career:Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February...	Comedy actor	57 Marchmont Street, WC1		The Heritage Foundation
Ted Willis, Baron Willis (1918–1992)	Playwright	5 Shepherds Green, Chislehurst, BR7		London Borough of Bromley London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley is a London borough of south east London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in the borough is Bromley.-Geography:...  (blue)

Places, organisations, or other

Organisation, place, or event	Description	Location	Year Issued	Issued by (colour)
The Clink The Clink The Clink was a notorious prison in Southwark, England which functioned from the 12th century until 1780 either deriving its name from, or bestowing it on, the local manor, the Clink Liberty . The manor and prison were owned by the Bishop of Winchester and situated next to his residence at...	Notorious prison Prison A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...  in Southwark Southwark Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...	Clink Street Clink Street Clink Street is a street in Bankside, London, UK, between Southwark Cathedral and the Globe Theatre.Narrow, dark and cobbled, it is best known as the historic location of the notorious Clink Prison, giving rise to the slang phrase 'in the clink', meaning 'in prison'... , London SE1		Issued by London Borough of Southwark London Borough of Southwark The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough in south east London, England. It is directly south of the River Thames and the City of London, and forms part of Inner London.-History:...  (Blue)
Live At Leeds Live at Leeds Live at Leeds is The Who's first live album, and is the only live album that was released while the group were still recording and performing regularly. Initially released in the United States on 16 May 1970, by Decca and MCA and the United Kingdom on 23 May 1970, by Track and Polydor, the album...	Site of legendary live recording by The Who The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...	The Refectory of the Leeds University Union Leeds University Union Leeds University Union is the representative body for the students at the University of Leeds, England. LUU is a charity for over 32,000 students. LUU is led by students, although many of the decisions are made by staff. There are shops, bars and clubs in the Union building... , University of Leeds University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England... , Leeds Leeds Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial... , West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....	2006	Leeds Civic Trust (Blue)