21st-century British non-fiction writers

Joanne Rowling, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing Harry Potter, a seven-volume series about a young wizard. Published from 1997 to 2007, the fantasy novels are the best-selling book series in history, with over 600 million copies sold. They have been translated into 84 languages and have spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)

American author of Indian origin (born 1967)

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)

American-British author (born 1951)

Scottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)

British philosopher (1925–2011)

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

essayist, penwoman, conspiracy theorist (1933-)

British independent politician

British science writer

Anglican bishop

Louis Sebastian Theroux is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.

British missionary (1915-2003)

British writer (1928–2021)

Indian economist and writer

English author and curator

British actress, columnist and comedian

Canadian theologian (1926-2020)

British politician (born 1974)

British journalist, producer and presenter (1957–2024)

British politician (1918–1977)

British musician, writer, presenter and priest (born 1962)

British writer

British writer

South African-German-Israeli investor

British midwife, anthropologist and activist (1929-2015)

British journalist

British film critic and former radio producer (1933-2015)

British politician (born 1972)

Australian/British author (1927–2017)

British neuropsychologist (1935-2024)

British academic

English-American writer (born 1961)

British investigative journalist and author (born 1958)

British journalist and broadcaster (1919-2009)

British journalist, author, and broadcaster

British theologian

British politician (1936–2022)

biblical scholar

British politician (born 1951)

British journalist and author

British journalist. broadcaster and non-fiction author

Sudanese-born British writer and activist

British journalist and writer

British geneticist and anatomist; educator

British chemist, columnist and science writer

British novelist (1937–2024)

British politician (1930-2019)

writer and founder of Gateway Network for childless women

film critic

British author and cultural writer

British Anglican bishop (1961–2026)

British journalist and author

British politician

British journalist, anime writer

British politician

British anarchist author, teacher and organiser (1957–2002)