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[edit]Andrew Wilson Baird (1842–1908), Scottish colonel of the Royal Engineers; s:Baird, Andrew Wilson (DNB12), d:Q18670720
Bernard Sapiens (fl. 805), traveller in Palestine; s:Bernard_(fl.865)_(DNB00), d:Q18526649
Thomas Best (navy captain) (1570–1639), English naval captain; Best, Thomas, d:Q18528759
Pietro Bizari, Pietro Bizzarri (1530?–1586?), Italian historian, spy and poet in England; s:Bizari,_Pietro_(DNB00), d:Q18530664
Edward-Charles Blount, Sir Edward Charles Blount (1809–1905), Parisian banker and promoter of French railways; s:Blount, Edward Charles (DNB12), d:Q2401629, fr:Edward-Charles Blount
Michael Bruce (minister) (1635–1693), Scottish presbyterian minister; s:Bruce,_Michael_(1635-1693)_(DNB00), d:Q18530369
Buite (d. 521), Irish saint; s:Buite_(DNB00), d:Q2927784, fr:Buite (saint)
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[edit]Oliver Carter (priest) (1540?–1605), Church of England clergyman; Carter, Oliver, d:Q18530537
John Cary (merchant) (1649–1719x22), merchant and writer; Cary, John (d.1720?), d:Q18530236
John Cecil (priest) or John Snowden (priest) (1558–1626), Roman Catholic priest and spy; Cecil, John, d:Q18530243
Roger de Clifford (died c. 1285) (died 1286) English soldier and judge; Clifford, Roger de (d.1285?), d:Q7359190, de:Roger de Clifford
John Cockburn (minister) (1652–1729), Church of Scotland minister and Church of England clergyman; Cockburn, John, d:Q18530293
Cormac mac Eogain, Corbmac (fl. 6th century) Irish saint; Corbmac, d:Q18534788
Charles Robert Cureton, Charles Cureton (1789–1848), British army officer; Cureton, Charles Robert, d:Q18546124
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[edit]Robert Dalzell (died 1758) (1661/2–1758), Scottish army officer; Dalzell, Robert, d:Q18559851
John Davidson (minister, died 1604) c.1549–1604), Church of Scotland minister, church leader; Davidson, John (1549?-1603), d:Q18559786
Richard Davies (Quaker) (1635–1708), Welsh quaker; Davies, Richard (1635-1708), d:Q18559845
Hugh Debbieg (1731–1810), general, Royal Engineers; Debbieg, Hugh, d:Q18559763
William Dick (Provost), Sir William Dick of Braid, (c.1580–1655), Provost of Edinburgh; Dick, William, d:Q18531161
William Steel Dickson (1744–1824), Minister of the Presbyterian General Synod of Ulster and political radical, United Irishman; Dickson, William Steel, d:Q18534979
Charles William Doyle (1770–1842), Irish army officer; Doyle, Charles William, commons:Category:Charles William Doyle, d:Q16830239
- Sir John Dymoke, John Dymoke (died 1381) (died 1381), king's champion of England; Dymoke, John, d:Q18576492 (Wikipedia has an article on the Dymoke family.)
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[edit]James Fleming (priest) (1830–1908), Church of England clergyman; s:Fleming, James (DNB12) d:Q18761986
John Fox (minister) (d. c.1677), English nonconformist minister; s:Fox, John (fl.1676) (DNB00) d:Q20635228
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[edit]Alexander Gil the younger (1596/7–1642?), English headmaster and poet; s:Gill, Alexander (1597-1642) (DNB00) d:Q18670662
Sir Henry Goodere, Henry Goodere (died 1627) (bap. 1571, d. 1627), English landowner and courtier; s:Goodyer, Henry (1571-1627) (DNB01) d:Q18671393
Samuel Gosnell Green (1822–1905), English Baptist minister; s:Green, Samuel Gosnell (DNB12) d:Q18954558
Sir William Grey (1818–1878), English administrator in India and colonial governor; wikisource:Grey, William (1818-1878) (DNB00) d:Q18672763
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[edit]Jonathan Hanmer (1606–1687), English clergyman and ejected minister; s:Hanmer, Jonathan (DNB00) d:Q18576575
Henry Headley (1765–1788), English poet and writer on literature; s:Headley, Henry (DNB00) d:Q18671405
Richard Heyrick (1600–1667), Church of England clergyman; S:Heyrick, Richard (DNB00) d:Q18672086
John Hippisley (actor) (1696–1748), actor and theatre manager; s:Hippisley, John (d.1748) (DNB00) d:Q18671822
Walter Hope Long Howard (1759–1830/31), English peerage claimant; s:Howard, Walter (DNB00) d:Q18530973
George Howe (physician) (1654/5–1710), English physician; s:Howe, George (DNB00) d:Q18671278
Laurence Howell (c.1664–1720), nonjuring Church of England clergyman; s:Howell, Laurence (DNB00) d:Q18674071
William Huggins (translator) (bap. 1696, d. 1761), English translator; s:Huggins, William (1696-1761) (DNB00) d:Q20639384
John Hughes (priest, 1787–1860) (1787–1860), Church of England clergyman; s:Hughes, John (1787-1860) (DNB00) d:Q18671851
David Home of Crossrig (1643–1707), Scottish judge and diarist; s:Hume, David (1643-1707) (DNB00) d:Q18527559
James Hutton (minister) (1715–1795), Moravian minister and bookseller; s:Hutton, James (1715-1795) (DNB00) d:Q18671585
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[edit]Jacob Ilive (bap. 1705, d. 1763), English printer and religious polemicist; s:Ilive, Jacob (DNB00) d:Q4058881
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[edit]Sir George Le Grand Jacob, George Jacob (army officer) (1805–1881), army officer in the East India Company; s:Jacob, George Le Grand (DNB00) d:Q18671286
Bartholomew James (1752–1828), English naval officer and writer; s:James, Bartholomew (DNB00) d:Q18670787
James Sligo Jameson (1856–1888), Scottish naturalist and traveller in Africa; s:Jameson, James Sligo (DNB00) d:Q18671589
John of St Giles (d. 1259/60), English Dominican friar and physician; s:John of St. Giles (DNB00) d:Q18672039
John Jones (Benedictine) (1575–1635), Leander a Sancto Martino, Welsh Benedictine monk; s:Jones, John (1575-1636) (DNB00) d:Q18671893
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[edit]George Skene Keith (1752–1823), Church of Scotland minister and writer; s:Keith, George Skene (DNB00) d:Q18527442
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[edit]Brooke Lambert (1834–1901), social reformer and Church of England clergyman; s:Lambert, Brooke (DNB12) d:Q18819377
Sir Edward Fitzgerald Law (1846–1908), diplomat; s:Law, Edward Fitzgerald (DNB12) d:Q18810677
John Lawrence (writer) (1753–1839), writer on horses and animal welfare; s:Lawrence, John (1753-1839) (DNB00) d:Q18671971
Christian Lilly (died 1738), German military engineer; s:Lilly, Christian (DNB00) d:Q18527070
James Lindsay of Crawford (died 1395/6), Scottish nobleman; s:Lindsay, James (DNB00) d:Q18671612
John Livingstone (minister) (1603–1672), Scottish Presbyterian minister in the Netherlands; s:Livingstone, John (DNB00) d:Q18671989
Thomas Lushington (1590–1661), English author and theologian; s:Lushington, Thomas (DNB00) d:Q18672615
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[edit]Archibald Maclaren (1755–1826), Scottish playwright; s:Maclaren, Archibald (DNB00) d:Q18729993
Sir George Allan Madden (1771–1828), English army officer in the British and Portuguese services s:Madden, George Allan (DNB00) d:Q18534165
John Magee (journalist) (1750?–1809), Irish journalist; s:Magee, John (DNB00) d:Q18731562
Geoffrey de Marisco (born before 1171, died 1245), justiciar of Ireland; s:Marisco, Geoffrey de (DNB00) d:Q18527122
Sir John Marshal (d. 1235), English baron and justice; s:Marshal, John (1170?-1235) (DNB00) d:Q18731675
John Maxwell, 4th Lord Herries of Terregles (c.1512–1583), Scottish nobleman; s:Maxwell, John (1512?-1583) (DNB00) d:Q18731731
John McBride (minister) (c.1650–1718), minister of the Presbyterian General Synod of Ulster and religious controversialist; s:McBride, John (DNB00) d:Q18576535
Sir Philip Meadows (bap. 1626, d. 1718), English diplomat; s:Meadows, Philip (DNB00) d:Q18733979
William Augustus Miles (1753/4–1817), English political writer; s:Miles, William Augustus (DNB00) d:Q18736054
George Miller (priest) (1764–1848), Church of Ireland clergyman; Miller, George d:Q18730338
Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715–c.1790), German-born English naturalist and illustrator; s:Miller, John (1715?-1790?) (DNB00) d:Q3182444
Henry Montgomery (minister) (1788–1865), a founder of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster; s:Montgomery, Henry (DNB00) d:Q18671447
Hervey Montmorency Morres (1767–1839), Irish nationalist; s:Morres, Hervey Montmorency (DNB00) d:Q18730443
Hervey de Montmorency, Hervey de Mount Maurice (fl. c.1135–c.1189), Anglo-Norman adventurer; s:Mount-Maurice, Hervey de (DNB00) d:Q18730442
Armine Simcoe Henry Mountain (1797–1854), Canadian-English army officer; s:Mountain, Armine Simcoe Henry (DNB00) d:Q18526537
Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank, Gideon Murray, Lord Elibank (c.1560–1621), politician and judge; s:Murray, Gideon (DNB00) d:Q18730373
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[edit]Richard Newton (educationist) (1676–1753), English educational reformer; s:Newton, Richard (1676-1753) (DNB00) d:Q19074449
John Nicholls (controversialist) (1555-1584?), English religious controversialist; s:Nicholls, John (1555-1584?) (DNB00) d:Q18732394
Henry Norris (actor), Jubilee Dicky (1665-1730?), English actor; s:Norris, Henry (1665-1730?) (DNB00) d:Q18730431
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[edit]Daniel O'Mahony (general) (d. 1714), Irish general in the French and Spanish services; s:O'Mahony, Daniel (DNB00) d:Q3014500
John Ogle, Sir John Ogle (1569–1640), English military commander; s:Ogle, John (1569-1640) (DNB00) d:Q18673938
- John Oldfield (British Army officer) (1789–1863), British colonel-commandant Royal Engineers; s:Oldfield, John (1789-1863) (DNB00) d:Q18527417
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[edit]Joseph Palmer (writer), Joseph Budworth (1756–1815), English writer; s:Palmer, Joseph (DNB00) d:Q18756919
Wyatt Angelicus van Sandau Papworth, Wyatt Papworth (1822–1894), English architect and antiquarian;s:Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau (DNB00) d:Q18757266
Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet, Thomas Parkyns, Sir Thomas Parkyns (1664–1741), English architect and patron of wrestling; s:Parkyns, Thomas (DNB00) d:Q18530845
James Parnel, James Parnell (1637?–1656), English pamphleteer and Quaker; s:Parnell, James (DNB00) d:Q18756806
William Parsons (actor) (1736–1795), English actor; s:Parsons, William (1736-1795) (DNB00) d:Q18757229
Thomas Patient, Thomas Patience (d. 1666), English Baptist minister; s:Patient, Thomas (DNB00) d:Q18530847
Thomas Paynell (fl. 1528–1567), English Augustinian and translator; s:Paynell, Thomas (DNB00) d:Q18577098
Edmund Peacham, Edmond Peacham (d. 1616), reputed English traitor; s:Peacham, Edmond (DNB00) d:Q18671024
John de Pelham, John Pelham (treasurer) (d. 1429), treasurer of England; s:Pelham, John de (DNB00) d:Q18756881
John Pennyman (1628–1706), English schismatic Quaker; s:Pennyman, John (DNB00) d:Q18756886
Sir Aeneas Perkins, Aeneas Perkins, Æneas Perkins (1834–1901), English colonel commandant Royal Engineers; s:Perkins, Æneas (DNB12) d:Q18819355
- John Perrot (Quaker) (died 1665), English schismatic Quaker; s:Perrot, John (d.1671?) (DNB00) d:Q18673949
Lewis Petit, Lewis Petit des Etans (1665?–1720), Huguenot brigadier-general and military engineer; s:Petit des Etans, Lewis (DNB00) d:Q18576637
John Philipot (merchant) (died 1384), English merchant and local politician; s:Philipot, John (d.1384) (DNB00) d:Q18593272
Adam de Port (courtier), Adam de Porz (d. 1213?), English courtier; s:Port, Adam de (DNB00) d:Q18759230
James Porter (political writer) (1753–1798), Irish minister and writer; s:Porter, James (1753-1798) (DNB00) d:Q18759299
Laurence Holker Potts (1789–1850), English physician and inventor; s:Potts, Laurence Holker (DNB00) d:Q18528448
Charles Povey (bap. 1651?, d. 1743), English writer and entrepreneur; s:Povey, Charles (DNB00) d:Q18759245
William Samuel Powell (1717–1775), English cleric and college head; s:Powell, William Samuel (DNB00) d:Q18759454
George Rundle Prynne, George Rundle Prynn (1818–1903), English hymn-writer; s:Prynne, George Rundle (DNB12) d:Q18527528
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[edit]Ralph (administrator), Radolfo (d. 1174), bishop of Bethlehem and chancellor of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem; s:Ralph (d.1174) (DNB00) d:Q18530687
William Norman Ramsay (1782–1815), Scottish Royal Horse Artillery officer; s:Ramsay, William Norman (DNB00) d:Q18762137
Sir Thomas Rawlinson, Thomas Rawlinson (vintner) (1647–1708), Lord Mayor of London; s:Rawlinson, Thomas (1647-1708) (DNB00) d:Q18530856
Sir William Rawlinson, William Rawlinson (barrister) (1640–1703), English barrister and serjeant-at-law; s:Rawlinson, William (DNB00) d:Q18784049
Lionel Benjamin Rayner, Lionel Rayner (1787–1855), English actor; s:Rayner, Lionel Benjamin (DNB00) d:Q18756939
Thomas Reade (royalist), Thomas Read (Royalist) (1606–1669), English Royalist; s:Read, Thomas (DNB00) d:Q18577103
Carew Reynell (writer) (1636–1690), English economic writer; s:Reynell, Carew (1636-1690) (DNB00) d:Q18761914
- Thomas Reynolds (informer) (1771–1836), Irish informer; s:Reynolds, Thomas (1771-1836) (DNB00) d:Q18784005
Richard of Wendover (d. 1252), English physician; s:Richard of Wendover (DNB00) d:Q18546748
Alexander Robertson (Jacobite), Alexander Robertson of Struan (1670?–1749), Scottish chief of the clan Robertson, Jacobite poet; s:Robertson, Alexander (DNB00) d:Q18783549
William Robertson (archivist) (1740–1803), Scottish antiquarian, deputy keeper of the records of Scotland; s:Robertson, William (1740-1799) (DNB00) d:Q18784060
John Robethon, Jean de Robéthon (d. 1722), secretary to George I; s:Robethon, John (DNB00) d:Q11723719
Matthew Robinson (priest) (1628–1694), English cleric and physician; s:Robinson, Matthew (DNB00) d:Q18783862
- Richard Robinson (translator) (1544/5–1603), English translator; s:Robinson, Richard (fl.1576-1600) (DNB00) d:Q18811184
- Roger of Forde, Roger of Ford (fl. 1182), Cistercian monk and writer ; s:Roger of Ford (DNB00) d:Q18762085
Nehemiah Rogers (1593–1660), English cleric; s:Rogers, Nehemiah (DNB00) d:Q18811101
- Nicholas Roscarrock (1547x9–1633/4), English Catholic activist and hagiographer; s:Roscarrock, Nicholas (DNB00) d:Q18576789
- Patrick Ross (military engineer) (c.1740–1804), Scottish military engineer; s:Ross, Patrick (DNB00) d:Q18811137
- Thomas Ross (librarian) (bap. 1620, d. 1675), English courtier and librarian; s:Ross, Thomas (d.1675) (DNB00) d:Q18811314
John Row (minister) (c.1526–1580), Church of Scotland minister; s:Row, John (1525?-1580) (DNB00) d:Q18810892
- William Roy (Franciscan) (d. in or before 1531), English Observant friar and evangelical author,; s:Roy, William (fl.1527) (DNB00) d:Q2580420
Thomas Rugge (d. 1670), English diarist; s:Rugge, Thomas (DNB00) d:Q18530862
- William Russel (minister) (d. 1702), General Baptist minister and religious controversialist; s:Russel, William (DNB00) d:Q18811405
Samuel William Ryley (1759–1837), English actor and author; s:Ryley, Samuel William (DNB00) d:Q18546866
William Ryley (d. 1667), English herald and writer; s:Ryley, William (DNB00) d:Q18535042
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[edit]John de St John, Sir John de St John, John de Saint-John (d. 1302), English lieutenant of Aquitaine; s:Saint-John, John de (DNB00) d:Q18810849
Humphry Sandwith (1822–1881), English army physician; s:Sandwith, Humphry (DNB00) d:Q18529084
John Boscawen Savage, Sir John Boscawen Savage (1760–1843), Irish major-general; s:Savage, John Boscawen (DNB00) d:Q18810937
Andrew Schalch (1692–1776), German master-founder; s:Schalch, Andrew (DNB00) d:Q18526465
- William Sclater (nonjuror) (1638–1727), English nonjuring divine; s:Sclater, William (d.1717?) (DNB00) d:Q18531556
Henry Scogan, Henry Scoggin (1361?–1407), English poet; s:Scogan, Henry (DNB00) d:Q15972409
- Thomas Scott, Lord Petgormo, Thomas Scot, Lord Petgormo (died 1541), Scottish judge; s:Scott, Thomas (1480?-1539) (DNB00) d:Q18534983
William Edward Scudamore (1813–1881), English clergyman; s:Scudamore, William Edward (DNB00) d:Q18672967
- Charles Seager (orientalist), (1808–1878), British orientalist; s:Seager, Charles (DNB00) d:Q18526970
- John Sheares (1766–1798), United Irishman; s:Sheares, John (DNB00) d:Q18673974
John Shirley (scribe) (1366?–1456), English translator and transcriber; s:Shirley, John (1366?-1456) (DNB00) d:Q20926347
Sir Robert Shirley, 4th Baronet (1629–1656), English royalist conspirator; s:Shirley, Robert (1629-1656) (DNB00) d:Q18813347
George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness (d. 1582); s:Sinclair, George (d.1582) (DNB00) d:Q18527593
Leonard Smelt (1719-1800), English military engineer and courtier; s:Smelt, Leonard (DNB00) d:Q18576629
Aaron Smith (seaman) (born c.1793, died in or after 1852), seaman and alleged pirate; s:Smith, Aaron (fl.1823) (DNB00) d:Q18819350
Charles Felix Smith (1786–1858), lieutenant-general, colonel commandant of the Royal Engineers; s:Smith, Charles Felix (DNB00) d:Q18819382
John Smythe (diplomat), Sir John Smythe (diplomat), John Smith (diplomat), Sir John Smith (diplomat) (1534?–1607), English diplomat and military writer; s:Smith, John (1534?-1607) (DNB00) d:Q18819530
John Thomas Smith (British Army officer) (1805–1882), colonel Royal Engineers; Smith, John Thomas (1805-1882) d:Q18819528
Reginald Bosworth Smith (1839–1908), English schoolmaster and author; s:Smith, Reginald Bosworth (DNB12) d:Q18674368
- Richard Smith (book collector), Richard Smyth (book collector) (1590–1675), English law officer and book-collector; s:Smith, Richard (1590-1675) (DNB00) d:Q18821837
Richard John Smith (1786–1855) English actor, known as O Smith; s:Smith, Richard John (DNB00) d:Q18526914
John Somer (astronomer), John Semur, John Somerarius (fl. 1380), English Franciscan astronomer; s:Somer, John (DNB00) d:Q18593284
John Southey Somerville, 15th Lord Somerville (1765–1819), English agriculturist; s:Somerville, John Southey (DNB00)
Thomas Speght (fl. 1600), schoolmaster and editor of Chaucer; s:Speght, Thomas (DNB00) d:Q13416890
James Spiller (actor) (1692–1730), English comedian; s:Spiller, James (DNB00) d:Q18576407
Edward Stanhope (died 1608) (1546?–1608), English civil lawyer and MP, chancellor of the diocese of London; s:Stanhope, Edward (1546?-1608) (DNB00) d:Q19061703
- Miles Stapleton, 1st Lord Stapleton, Miles de Stapleton (d. 1314), English baron; s:Stapleton, Miles de (d.1314) (DNB00) d:Q18821821
Henry Seton Steuart (1759–1836), Scottish landowner; s:Steuart, Henry Seton (DNB00) d:Q18821793
- Patrick Stewart (British Army officer) (1832–1865), Scottish major of the Royal Engineers; s:Stewart, Patrick (1832-1865) (DNB01) d:Q18821825
Robert Stewart (royalist) (d. 1670?), Scottish governor of Londonderry; s:Stewart, Robert (d.1670?) (DNB00) d:Q18821860
John Stokes (British Army officer) (1825–1902), English lieutenant-general, Royal Engineers; s:Stokes, John (DNB12) d:Q19043272
Edward Strother (d. 1737), English medical writer; s:Strother, Edward (DNB00) d:Q18528389
Edmund Symes-Thompson (1837–1906), English physician; s:Symes-Thompson, Edmund (DNB12) d:Q18546146
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[edit]Christopher Tancred (benefactor) (1689–1754), English benefactor; s:Tancred, Christopher (DNB00) d:Q18575995
John Charles Tarver (1790–1851), English educational writer; s:Tarver, John Charles (DNB00) d:Q18576564
John Taunton 1769–1821), English surgeon; s:Taunton, John (DNB00) d:Q18576565
Wittewronge Taylor (1719?–1760), English naval captain; s:Taylor, Wittewronge (DNB00) d:Q18531690
James Tennant (army officer), Sir James Tennant (1789–1854), British brigadier-general, colonel commandant Bengal artillery; s:Tennant, James (1789-1854) (DNB00) d:Q18576409
Frederick Rennell Thackeray (1775–1860), English general, colonel commandant Royal Engineers; s:Thackeray, Frederick Rennell (DNB00) d:Q18527042
George Thicknesse (1714–1790), English schoolmaster; s:Thicknesse, George (DNB00) d:Q18527608
Benjamin Thompson (dramatist) (1776?–1816), English dramatist; s:Thompson, Benjamin (1776?-1816) (DNB00) d:Q18670801
- George Thomson (army officer) (1799–1886), Scottish lieutenant-colonel Bengal engineers; s:Thomson, George (1799-1886) (DNB00) d:Q18876511
John Thomson (physician) (1765–1846), Scottish physician and surgeon; s:Thomson, John (1765-1846) (DNB00) d:Q18879270
Edward Parry Thornton (1811–1893), English civil servant of the East India Company; s:Thornton, Edward Parry (DNB00) d:Q19326528
Philip Tisdal (1703–1777), Irish politician; s:Tisdal, Philip (DNB00) d:Q18593408
- Elliott D'Arcy Todd (1808–1845), British resident at Herat; s:Todd, Elliott D'Arcy (DNB00) d:Q18593030
- Thomas Tomkins (priest) (1637?–1675), English cleric; s:Tomkins, Thomas (1637?-1675) (DNB00) d:Q18757185
William Torr (1808–1874), English agriculturist; s:Torr, William (DNB00) d:Q21183707
Joseph Train (1779–1852), Scottish antiquarian; s:Train, Joseph (DNB00) d:Q18528077
George Trevor (1809–1888), English High Church cleric; s:Trevor, George (DNB00) d:Q18527623
James Turner (army officer), Sir James Turner (1615–1686?), Scottish soldier and author; s:Turner, James (DNB00) d:Q18671650
Ralph Hart Tweddell (1843–1895), English engineer and inventor of the hydraulic riveter; s:Tweddell, Ralph Hart (DNB00) d:Q18734127
Anthony Tyrrell (1552–1610?), English Catholic priest and spy; s:Tyrrell, Anthony (DNB00) d:Q18526528
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[edit]Gilbert V de Umfraville (1390–1421), English nobleman; s:Umfraville, Gilbert de (1390-1421) (DNB00) s:Q21192293
William Uvedale (soldier), Sir William Uvedale (1455–1524), English soldier and courtier; s:Uvedale, William (DNB00) d:Q18559922
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[edit]David James Vaughan (1825–1905), English cleric and social reformer; s:Vaughan, David James (DNB12) d:Q18922158
Richard Vennar, Richard Vennard (d. 1615?), English author; s:Vennar, Richard (DNB00) d:Q18917323
Richard Budd Vincent (1770?–1831), Royal Navy captain ; s:Vincent, Richard Budd (DNB00) d:Q18526971
Frederick Mortimer Vokes, Fred Vokes (1846–1888), English actor and dancer; s:Vokes, Frederick Mortimer (DNB00) d:Q18527053
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[edit]Robert Walpole (British Army officer), Sir Robert Walpole (1808–1876) (1808–1876), English army officer; s:Walpole, Robert (1808-1876) (DNB00) d:Q18672250
Antoine Vincent Walsh (bap. 1703 – 1763), Jacobite naval officer; s:Walsh, Antoine Vincent (DNB00) d:Q2856804
James Walton (manufacturer) (1802/3–1883), English clothing manufacturer and innovator; wikisource:Walton, James (DNB00) d:Q18917310
James Prescott Warde (1792–1840), English actor; s:Warde, James Prescott (DNB00) d:Q18534192
- Hugh Ware (1776–1846), Irish officer in the French service; s:Ware, Hugh (DNB00) d:Q18671497
- Charles Warren (1798–1866), Sir Charles Warren (1798–1866) (1798–1866), Welsh army officer, colonel of the 96th Foot; s:Warren, Charles (1798-1866) (DNB00) d:Q18917366
James Watson (agitator) (1766–1838), English radical agitator; s:Watson, James (1766?-1838) (DNB00) d:Q18917316
James Watson (printer) (1664?–1722), Scottish printer and bookseller; s:Watson, James (d.1722) (DNB00) d:Q18917313
Richard Watson (Royalist priest) (1611/12–1685), Church of England clergyman; s:Watson, Richard (1612-1685) (DNB00) d:Q18880214
James Westland (colonial administrator), Sir James Westland (1842–1903), Scottish administrator in India; s:Westland, James (DNB12) d:Q18954303
Edward Charles Whinyates, Sir Edward Charles Whinyates (1782–1865), English army officer; s:Whinyates, Edward Charles (DNB00) d:Q18576105
Peter Williams (biblical commentator) (1723–1796), Welsh biblical commentator; s:Williams, Peter (DNB00) d:Q18917233
Thomas Willshire, Sir Thomas Willshire, 1st Baronet (1789–1862), British army officer; s:Willshire, Thomas (DNB00) d:Q18762111
Archdale Wilson, Sir Archdale Wilson, 1st Baronet (1803–1874), British army officer; s:Wilson, Archdale (DNB00) d:Q6243388
William de Windsor, William Windsor, Baron Windsor (c.1325–1384), English administrator;s:Windsor, William de (DNB00) d:Q21395840
Richard Wiseman (surgeon) (bap.1620?–1676), English surgeon; s:Wiseman, Richard (DNB00) d:Q18917343
John Wishart (judge), Sir John Wishart of Pittarow (d. 1585), Scottish landowner and religious activist; s:Wishart, John (DNB00) d:Q18917563
Michael Wodhull (1740–1816), English book collector and poet; s:Wodhull, Michael (DNB00) d:Q19927871
Benjamin Woodroffe (1638–1711), English college head; s:Woodroffe, Benjamin (DNB00) d:Q18917297
Henry Woodward (English actor) (1714–1777), English actor; wikisource:Woodward, Henry (DNB00) d:Q19079674
William Wyllie (general), Sir William Wyllie (1802–1891), English army officer; s:Wyllie, William (DNB00) d:Q18784074