20th-century English non-fiction writers

British writer and journalist (1903–1950)

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)

British-American poet (1907–1973)

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and, as of 2016, controlled five companies.

English poet and novelist (1895-1985)

Geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1892-1964)

British broadcaster, journalist and writer

English scientist (1919–2022)

British science fiction writer (1925–2017)

British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)

British physician, writer, and social reformer (1859-1939)

British actor (1906–1972)

British writer, academic and educator

British aristocrat (1866-1923)

English food writer and television cook (born 1960)

British naval historian (1909–1993)

English writer, poet, and gardener (1892–1962)

British journalist and television host (born 1965)

British Wiccan leader (1884–1964)

British academic (1893-1950)

English poet and man of letters (1909–1995)

English composer and suffragette (1858–1944)

British writer (1855-1924)

British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949)

British politician (1913-2010)

British author (1934–1995)

British philosophical writer (1864–1912)

British classical scholar, linguist and feminist (1850–1928)

British journalist (1911-2017)

British moral philosopher (1919–2002)

English film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter (1935-2013)

British author, scholar and soldier (1915–2011)

British politician and academic (1930–2021)

British diplomat, author, diarist and politician (1886-1968)

English linguist, philosopher, writer (1889–1957)

British suffragist & educator (1830–1921)

British politician (born 1962)

English writer

English philosopher

British theologian (1921–2011)

British writer and publisher (1892-1981)

British writer and feminist (1853–1922)

British novelist and playwright (1853-1931)

British cookery writer (1913–1992)

politician (1904-1978)

British psychologist (1930–2023)

U.S. based British conjoined performing twins

British novelist (1933–2024)

British sociologist (1918-2014)

English physicist (1887-1971)

Dame Jilly Cooper was an English author and journalist, best known for her long-running Rutshire Chronicles series. She began her career in journalism and published several works of non-fiction, including books on class, animals and marriage, before turning to fiction. Her first book was How to Stay Married, which was published in 1969. She published several collections of journalism, alongside other non-fiction volumes throughout much of her career. Cooper's first novel to be published was the romance Emily, which appeared in 1975 and was followed by five more, as well as a volume of short stories. Cooper was also an anthologist and wrote the Little Mabel series of children's books.

British writer (1928–2021)

English publisher, editor, writer, poet, activist (1847–1922)

British documentary filmmaker (born 1955)

British sociologist (1943–2023)

Round-the-world, cyclist and writer (1854-1935)

English real tennis player (1868–1948)

Australian explorer (1884-1967)

English actor (1923–2014)