21st-century British male writers

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and served as consort of the British monarch from her accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in British history.

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

British novelist (born 1954)

Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)

Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian and writer. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned eight decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Blue Planet II. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black-and-white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolution. Over his life, he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator and one Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Personality - Non-Daily.

British academic historian and Marxist historiographer (1917–2012)

British musician

Gordon James Ramsay is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter, and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall and currently holds eight. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, which he founded, has held three Michelin stars since 2001 and is currently run by chef Matt Abé. After rising to fame on the British television miniseries Boiling Point in 1999, Ramsay became one of the best-known and most influential chefs in the world.

Scottish writer (1954–2013)

British-American historian (1916–2018)

Scottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)

Scottish writer

British screenwriter (born 1956)

British physicist (1946-)

British philosopher (1925–2011)

journalist, grand historian and speechwriter from England (1928–2023)

British-American philosopher and writer

British actor

Canadian-British film director

Irish radio and television broadcaster (1938–2016)

Pakistani novelist

British actor, comedian and writer

Canadian-born Hungarian-British writer (born 1974)

British-American journalist (born 1979)

Jamaican dub poet

Scottish poet and translator (1920-2010)

English writer (born 1948)

Anglican bishop

British citizen journalist and former blogger

British author of crime fiction (1952–2024)

British missionary (1915-2003)

British writer

British writer

British writer and director

British conservative politician and best-selling author (born 1948)

Irish poet (1941–2020)

British journalist (1935–2026)

former British Special Forces operative and soldier turned novelist

British director of communications and strategy, journalist, author and broadcaster

Canadian theologian (1926-2020)

novelist

Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (1925–2006)

British journalist, producer and presenter (1957–2024)

American-British writer (born 1931)

Northern Irish poet (1939–2025)

English novelist

British author

British writer and historian

British writer

Bermudian writer

British writer (born 1941)

British writer (1946–2013)

British crime-writer

British transhumanist philosopher (born 1959)

British journalist

English writer and journalist

novelist

English academic