David Bailey
(Born 1938 in Leytonstone in London), Photography
Famous 20th century fashion and celebrity photographer
Bryan Stanley Johnson
(Born 1933 in London in London), Fiction
The writer of Christie Malrys Own Double-Entry in 1973, a dystopian meta-fiction about a disalutions man rans his life using the Double-Entry book keeping system.
Bridget Riley
(Born 1931 in Norwood in London), Art
Bridget Riley is a British artist who was born in Norwood, London. After attending Cheltenham Ladies' College, she studied at Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art. She is known for her Optical Art, an abstract style which utilises optical effects to engage and stimulate the viewers senses. One of Britain's best known artists, her work appears in major collections around the world.
Jean Simmons
(Born 1929 in Lower Holloway in London), Music, Theatre
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1948 for her role in Hamlet, the Laurence Olivier version. During the 50s she moved to America and work in Hollywood. She performed in the Londons West End during the 70s.
Derek Davis
(Born 1926 in Wandsworth in London), Pottery and ceramics, Painting
Derek Davis developed his ceramics, coming up with several innovative techniques. In 1994 he had an eye operation which afterwards left him unable to work with the pottery kiln, which was when he then started to focus on his painting.
Anthony Alfred Caro
(Born 1924 in New Malden in London), Sculpture
Caro was a modernist sculptor who found success in the 1950s. He is also accredited with being the first person to remove the plinth, allowing viewers to be more connected with his work.
Antonia Forest
(Born 1915 in Hampstead in London), Childrens Fiction
Forest was a writer of books aimed at a young audience, you may as a child have read her most famous works about the Marlows.
Alicia Markova
(Born 1910 in Finsbury Park in London), Dance
Dame Markova was a great ballerina and along with Sir Anton Dolin was a founder of the English National Ballet.
Julian Bell
(Born 1908 in St Pancras in London), Poetry
He created two main books of poetry, Winter Movement in 1930 and Work for the Winter in 1936 among other works.
Kenneth Muir
(Born 1907 in London), Nonfiction
A scholar and prolific author of works on Elizabethan, Shakespearean and other theatre.
Eleanor Hibbert
(Born 1906 in Canning Town in London), Fiction
A prolific writer of romantic, historical and Gothic fiction with around 200 novels written under many pseudonyms.
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton
(Born 1904 in London), Photography
Famous British fashion photographer and award winning designer.
Eric Ravilious
(Born 1903 in Acton in London), Painting
Known particularly for his watercolours of the South Downs, he was a painter, designer, book illustrator, wood engraver and war artist.
John Melville
(Born 1902 in London), Painting
Painter, who was part of the Surrealist Movement.
William Roberts
(Born 1895 in Hackney in London), Painting
William Roberts, British artist, was a war artist and painted groups of figures and portraits.
John Nash
(Born 1893 in London), Art,Engraver
John Nash, British artist, painted landscapes and also worked as a wood-engraver and illustrator.
Mark Gertler
(Born 1891 in Spitalfields in London), Painting
Mark Gertler, British artist, painted portraits and still life pictures.
Claud Lovat Fraser
(Born 1890 in London), Painting
You may be a ble to see some of his work at the Tate in London, including works like The Slave Market, Nude Study and Seater Female Nude.
Christopher R. W. Nevinson
(Born 1889 in Hampstead in London), Painting
Christopher Nevinson, British artist, painted landscapes and also worked at etching and lithography.
Paul Nash
(Born 1889 in London), Painting
Paul Nash, British artist, painted surrealist pictures, landscapes and was a war artist and book illustrator.
Edith Mary Evans
(Born 1888 in Pimlico in London), Theatre
There is an English Heritage blue plaque on her house at 109 Ebury Street, London. She was mainly a stage actress but was in a silent movie called A Welsh Singer and she makes an appearance in East is East the 1917 film directed by Henry Edwards. It is quite a charming film that you can watch on the bfi site.
Virginia Woolf
(Born 1882 in Kensington in London), Fiction
Virginia was her middle name and Woolf her married name. She came from a wealthy family and home schooled. She wrote a number of novels, The Voyage out, Night and Day, Jacobs Room, Mrs Dalloway, To The Lighthouse, Orlando, The Waves, The Years and lastly Between the Acts. She was also a writer of short stories and a critic amongst other literary works.
Pamela Colman Smith
(Born 1878 in Pimlico in London), Illustration
Smith is most famous as the illustrator of the Rider-Waite tarot deck, that you would see in 1970s films. The original cards were around since the 15th century.
Ambrose Heal
(Born 1872 in Crouch End in London), Furniture
He was an apprentice cabinet-maker in Warwick and then bedding designer in the family firm, Heal and Son. He wa a founder member of the Design Club, which was formed back in 1909.
William Heath Robinson
(Born 1872 in Finsbury Park in London), Illustration
Robinson was a cartoonist and illustrator who created drawings of overly complicated devices, hence the term Heath Robinson, when describing something that is overly complicated for the task in hand.
