| 1. |
Winston Churchill |
English statesman and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
24,950 |
| 2. |
Leslie Howard |
actor |
11,365 |
| 3. |
Basil Rathbone |
British actor |
7,532 |
| 4. |
Ronald Colman |
Actor |
7,392 |
| 5. |
Duke of Windsor |
Former King-Emperor of the British Empire |
5,911 |
| 6. |
Claude Rains |
English actor |
5,581 |
| 7. |
Herbert Marshall |
Actor |
3,659 |
| 8. |
C.S. Lewis |
Author, academic & Christian apologist |
3,198 |
| 9. |
Charles Laughton |
English-American stage and film actor |
2,368 |
| 10. |
Victor McLaglen |
Actor |
2,364 |
| 11. |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
British philologist and author |
1,458 |
| 12. |
James Welch |
American writer |
1,426 |
| 13. |
John Loder |
Actor |
894 |
| 14. |
Arthur Treacher |
British actor |
804 |
| 15. |
Clive Brook |
Actor |
636 |
| 16. |
George Nathan |
American, Critic |
633 |
| 17. |
A.A. Milne |
Novelist, playwright, poet |
615 |
| 18. |
William Desmond Taylor |
Actor, director |
589 |
| 19. |
Miles Mander |
Actor |
528 |
| 20. |
Stanley Holloway |
English actor |
391 |
| 21. |
Alan Mowbray |
Actor |
374 |
| 22. |
Bernard Dillon |
Irish jockey |
317 |
| 23. |
Nigel Bruce |
British, Actor |
299 |
| 24. |
Austin Osman Spare |
English artist |
232 |
| 25. |
Alexander Fleming |
Scottish scientist |
181 |
| 26. |
Anthony Eden |
British politician & Conservative prime minister |
167 |
| 27. |
Raymond Chandler |
Novelist, screenwriter |
141 |
| 28. |
Bud Flanagan |
Music hall comedy double act |
138 |
| 29. |
Edward Rigby |
British, Actor |
136 |
| 30. |
John Buchan |
British politician |
126 |
| 31. |
Herbert Wilcox |
British film director |
123 |
| 32. |
T.E. Lawrence |
archaeologist, soldier, author |
120 |
| 33. |
Saki |
writer |
116 |
| 34. |
Dennis Wheatley |
English writer |
95 |
| 35. |
Arnold Ridley |
Playwright, Actor |
94 |
| 36. |
John Christie (murderer) |
British serial killer |
89 |
| 37. |
Albert Ball |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
76 |
| 38. |
Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder |
Royal Air Force World War II air marshal |
74 |
| 39. |
Ralph Vaughan Williams |
English composer |
70 |
| 40. |
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein |
British Army officer, Commander of Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein |
69 |
| 41. |
William Hope Hodgson |
British, Author |
67 |
| 42. |
Nevil Shute |
British racing driver |
57 |
| 43. |
Adrian Carton de Wiart |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
52 |
| 44. |
Cyril Holland |
British Army officer |
51 |
| 45. |
Albert White (VC) |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
49 |
| 46. |
Trafford Leigh-Mallory |
British military officer during World Wars I and II |
46 |
| 47. |
Merton Beckwith-Smith |
British Army general |
46 |
| 48. |
E. H. Shepard |
|
46 |
| 49. |
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis |
British, Military |
46 |
| 50. |
Bombardier Billy Wells |
British boxer |
45 |
| 51. |
Robert Graves |
English novelist, poet |
44 |
| 52. |
David Bomberg |
Painter |
44 |
| 53. |
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany |
Novelist |
44 |
| 54. |
Allan Leonard Lewis |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
40 |
| 55. |
Keith Park |
Royal Air Force air marshals |
40 |
| 56. |
James Whale |
Film director |
39 |
| 57. |
Alexander Mitchell (Scottish entrepreneur) |
Scottish, Business |
38 |
| 58. |
John Cunningham (VC 1916) |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
37 |
| 59. |
Alfred Victor Smith |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
37 |
| 60. |
H. J. Round |
|
37 |
| 61. |
Frank Buckley |
English footballer and manager |
37 |
| 62. |
J.B. Priestley |
English Writer |
37 |
| 63. |
Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke |
British Field Marshal |
37 |
| 64. |
James MacKenzie (VC) |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
36 |
| 65. |
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener |
British general and politician |
36 |
| 66. |
Billy Cotton |
Bandleader |
34 |
| 67. |
Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
34 |
| 68. |
R.C. Sherriff |
playwright |
34 |
| 69. |
Alexander Buller Turner |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
33 |
| 70. |
Frank Foley |
Secret Service Agent |
32 |
| 71. |
R Austin Freeman |
|
32 |
| 72. |
Brian Turner Tom Lawrence |
British Army enlisted member and equestrian |
32 |
| 73. |
Henry Segrave |
British racing driver |
32 |
| 74. |
John Collins (VC) |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
31 |
| 75. |
Bernard Vann |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
31 |
| 76. |
Harold Macmillan |
British politician |
29 |
| 77. |
John Moyney |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
29 |
| 78. |
Wyndham Lewis |
British politician |
29 |
| 79. |
John Laurie |
Actor |
29 |
| 80. |
Sidney Frank Godley |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
28 |
| 81. |
Noel Godfrey Chavasse |
British VC and bar recipient, Olympic athlete |
28 |
| 82. |
Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard |
|
28 |
| 83. |
Alfred Denning, Baron Denning |
British, Writer |
28 |
| 84. |
Stanley Bruce |
Australian politician |
28 |
| 85. |
Thomas Young |
American, Scientist |
26 |
| 86. |
Vivian Woodward |
English footballer |
26 |
| 87. |
Stanley Rous |
President of FIFA |
26 |
| 88. |
Brian Horrocks |
British general |
26 |
| 89. |
Arthur Henry Cross |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
26 |
| 90. |
Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford |
Royal Air Force air marshals |
26 |
| 91. |
George William Chafer |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
26 |
| 92. |
M.E. Clifton-James |
Australian, Actor |
25 |
| 93. |
Jack Cock |
English footballer and manager |
25 |
| 94. |
Vyvyan Holland |
British author, translator |
25 |
| 95. |
James Duffy (VC) |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
25 |
| 96. |
Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery |
Scottish cricketer |
25 |
| 97. |
Frederick William Palmer |
Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
24 |
| 98. |
Harry Patch |
Soldier |
24 |
| 99. |
John Hogan |
British, Mathematician |
24 |
| 100. |
Frederick Selous |
British Army officer |
24 |