List of people from Bath

The Theatre Royal

• Jennifer Biddall (born 1980)[1]
• Adam Campbell (born 1980) – actor in Epic Movie and Date Movie[2]
• Julia Davis (born 1966)[3]
• Anthony Head (born 1954).[4]
• Michael Gwynn (1916–1976)
• Jonathan Hyde (born 1948)[5]
• Kym Jackson (born 1981)
• Andrew Lincoln (born 1973)[6]
• Jonathan Lynn (born 1943) – actor, writer and director[7]
• Angelica Mandy (living) – in Vanity Fair and Harry Potter series as Gabrielle Delacour
• Leo McKern (1920–2002) – Rumpole actor[8]
• Tom Payne (born 1982)[9]
• Arnold Ridley (1896–1984)[10]
• Sarah Siddons (1755–1831) – actress[11]
• Indira Varma (born 1973)[12]

The Palladian Bridge, Prior Park Gardens

• Robert Adam (1728–1792) – architect of Pulteney Bridge, also produced unbuilt designs for the Assembly Rooms and Bathwick estate.[13]
• Thomas Baldwin (c. 1750–1820) – architect of Great Pulteney Street and Bath Guildhall.[14]
• Sir Reginald Blomfield (1856–1942) – architect of the Bath War Memorial and extension of the Holbourne Museum.[15]
• Thomas Fuller (1823–1898) – emigrated to Canada, where he co-designed the Parliament House in Ottawa.[16]
• Frederick Gibberd (1908–1984) – architect of Bath Technical College.[17]
• Henry Goodridge (1797–1864) – architect of Beckford's Tower, Cleveland Bridge and The Corridor shopping arcade[18]
• Sir Thomas Graham Jackson (1835–1924) – architect of the World War I memorial aisle Bath Abbey.[19]
• William Eden Nesfield (1835–1888) – architect, one of the leaders of the Gothic revival in England
• John Palmer (c. 1738–1817) – architect of the Pump Room and Lansdown Crescent.[20]
• Charles J. Phipps (1835–1897) – Theatre Royal, Bath and other theatres around Britain.[21]
• John Pinch the Elder (1769–1827) – the original Royal United Hospital[22]
• John Pinch the Younger (1796–1849) – architect
• Charles Harcourt Masters (born 1795) – active in Bathwick including Sydney Gardens.[23]
• George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878) – restoration of Bath Abbey, architect of St Andrew's church destroyed by World War II bombing[24]
• Frederick William Stevens (1847–1900) – architect, emigrated to India.[25]
• John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754) – architect of Queen Square and the Circus.[26]
• John Wood, the Younger (1728–1772) – architect of the Royal Crescent.[27]

• Roy Ascott (born 1934) – new media artist
• Daniel A. Baker (living) – artist
• Sir Peter Blake (born 1932) lived in Wellow village, near Bath, in the 1970s.[28]
• Peter Brown (born 1967) – painter[29]
• Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) – painter[30]
• Heywood Hardy (1842–1933) – painter[31]
• Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830) – painter[32]

• Claire Calvert (born 1988) – first soloist at the Royal Ballet

• Marie Bethell Beauclerc (1845–1897) – England's first female shorthand teacher[33]
• Raymond Carr (1919–2015) – historian[34]
• Roderick Kedward (born 1937) – historian[35]
• Isaac Pitman (1813–1897) – inventor of shorthand[36]
• William Harbutt (1844–1921) – headmaster and inventor of plasticine[37]

Street performance near Bath Abbey

• Jesse Honey (born 1977) – BBC Mastermind champion 2010[38]
• Beau Nash (1674–1761) – master of ceremonies in Georgian Bath[39]
• Bill Bailey (born 1965) – comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author

• Louis XVIII (1755–1824) – before ascending the French throne[40]
• Haile Selassie I (1892–1975) – during World War II[41]

• Manolo Blahnik (born 1942) – shoe designer[42]
• James Buckley Thorp (living) – founder of Bath clothing brand Rupert and Buckley

• David Lassman (living) – screenwriter[43]
• Ken Loach (born 1936) – film director[44]
• Charlie McDonnell (born 1990) – YouTube star as "Charlieissocoollike"[45]

• Mary Berry (born 1935), CBE – food writer born in Bath and made a freeman of the city.[46]
• Dr William Oliver (1695–1764) – inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit and a founder of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital[47]

The Parade Gardens

• Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882) – civil servant[48]
• William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1788) – Prime Minister and MP for Bath, 1757–1766[49]
• William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806) – Prime Minister[50]
• Sir William Tite (1798–1873) – architect and MP for Bath, 1855–1873[51]
• Chris Patten – MP for Bath 1979–1992, then Governor of Hong Kong 1992–1997[52]
• Don Foster (born 1947) – MP for Bath, 1992–2015[53]

• Jane Austen (1775–1817) – novelist:[54] Joan Aiken reports that Austen did not love the city: when she learnt her family were moving to Bath "she fainted dead away."[55]
• William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844) – wrote Vathek and a series of works on travel.[56]
• Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830) – novelist and editor, died in Bath on 25 February 1830.[57]
• Jane Bowdler (1743–1784) – poet and essayist, was born at Ashley, near Bath, on 14 February 1743 and died there in 1784.[58]
• John Bowdler (1746–1823) – moral reformer and religious writer, was born in Bath on 18 March 1746.[59]
• Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825) – physician and expurgator of Shakespeare, was born at Box, near Bath, on 11 July 1754.[60]
• Charles Dickens (1812–1870) – novelist and frequent visitor to the city, who set much of the Pickwick Papers there[61]
• Henry Fielding (1707–1754) – novelist[62]
• "Rita" (1850–1938) – wrote A Grey life,a novel set in Bath. She lived at Combe Down from about 1923 and is buried in Bath Abbey Cemetery.[63]
• Morag Joss (born 1955) – novelist[64]
• David Lassman (living) – novelist born in Bath, co-author of the Regency Detective series
• Mary Shelley (1797–1851) – novelist, author of Frankenstein.[65]
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) – playwright[66]
• Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) – physician, surgeon and novelist, who partly set The Expedition of Humphry Clinker in the city and wrote an essay on the Bath waters.[67]
• Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998) – children's novelist, author of the Bannermere series[68]
• Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945) – children's author born in Bath[69]

• Kayleigh Pearson (born 1985) – glamour model

Beckford's Tower on Lansdown Hill

• Gabrielle Aplin (born 1992) – singer/songwriter[70]
• Danny Byrd (born 1979) – drum and bass producer with Hospital Records[71]
• Eddie Cochran (1938–1960) – rock and roll musician, who died in Bath[72]
• The Family Rain
• Fred V & Grafix – drum and bass production duo educated at Bath Spa University
• Peter Gabriel (born 1950) – musician[73]
• Interview – New wave band
• Alison Goldfrapp (born 1966) – singer of Goldfrapp[74]
• Peter Hammill (born 1948) – singer/songwriter
• Raymond Leppard (1927–2019) – conductor, educated Beechen Cliff School[75]
• Naked Eyes – musical group[76]
• Thomas Linley (1733–1795) – musician[77]
• Propellerheads
• Peter Salisbury (born 1971) – drummer and percussionist of The Verve
• Alberto Semprini (1908–1990) – pianist[78]
• Innes Sibun (born 1968) – blues singer, guitarist and songwriter[79]
• Tears for Fears – musical group[80]
• Midge Ure (born 1953)

• Ralph Allen (1693–1764) – postal reformer, quarry owner and mayor, developed the first nationwide cross-country postal network.[81]
• John Palmer (1742–1818) – inventor of a lightweight mail coach[82]

• Adelard of Bath (c. 1080 – c. 1152) – astronomer, philosopher and mathematician[83]
• Adela Breton – artist and archaeologist, primarily known for recording Mexican frescoes in the 1890s.[84]
• Mike Cowlishaw (living) – computer scientist and engineer[85]
• Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817) – writer and inventor[86]
• David Hartley (the Younger) (1732–1813) – philosopher and inventor[87]
• William Herschel (1838–1922) – astronomer, discoverer of Uranus and musician[88]
• Thomas Robert Malthus (1866–1934) – philosopher and economist[89]
• Richard J. Roberts (born 1943) – Nobel-prize-winning biochemist[90]

• George Attfield (1826–1925) – first-class cricketer active in the 1840s and 1850s.[91]
• Roger Bannister (1929–2018) – athlete, first man to run sub-4-minute mile[92]
• Olly Barkley (born 1981) – England international rugby player[93]
• Ashley Barnes (born 1989) – professional football player playing for Burnley F.C.
• Tony Book (born 1934) – football player, former Manchester City captain and manager, part of the Bath-based Book footballing dynasty[94]
• Jamie Chadwick (born 1998) – racing driver
• Jason Dodd (born 1970) – football player, former Southampton captain who holds the record for the most Premiership appearances by an English player without ever being named in an England squad[95]
• Jason Gardener (born 1975) – athlete, 4 × 100 m Olympic gold medallist[96]
• Matt Green (born 1987) – professional footballer[97]
• Mike Gregory (born 1987) – darts player, runner up at 1992 World Professional Darts Championship[98]
• Jeremy Guscott (born 1965) – England and Bath rugby player[99]
• Ed McKeever (born 1983) – kayak world champion (K1 200m)[100]
• Tyrone Mings (born 1993) – professional footballer for Aston Villa F.C.
• Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (born 1995) – swimmer, silver medallist at the 2016 Olympic Games
• Andy Robinson (born 1964) – rugby coach, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[101]
• Jack Rowell (born 1964) – Bath Rugby director, former England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[102]
• Ben Rushgrove (born 1988) – paralympic athlete[103]
• Anya Shrubsole (born 1991) – England cricketer
• Scott Sinclair (born 1989) – Celtic F.C. player[104]
• Talan Skeels-Piggins (born 1970) – Paralympic alpine skier[105]
• Amy Williams (born 1982) – winter Olympic gold medallist[106]
• Clive Woodward (born 1956) – British Olympic Committee Director of Elite Performance, England international team coach and Bath Rugby team coach[107]

Holy Trinity Church, Combe Down

• John Hales (1584–1656) – theologian[108]
• William Jay (1769–1853) – preacher[109]
• Oliver King (c. 1432–1503) – Bishop of Bath and Wells, rebuilt Bath Abbey[110]
• Abraham Marchant (1816–1881) – early Mormon leader, settler of Kamas, Utah[111]

• Queen Anne (1665–1714) – visited the city for treatment for gout.[112]
• Princess Claire of Belgium (born 1974) – born in Bath
• Edgar of England (c. 943–975) – crowned king of England in Bath Abbey in 973[113]
• Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) – on a visit to the city ordered the restoration of Bath Abbey.[114]
• Mary of Modena (1658–1718) – stayed in Bath for treatment for infertility. After she gave birth to Prince James Francis Edward Stuart she paid for a cross to be erected in what became the Cross Baths.[115]
• Queen Victoria (1819–1901) – when still a princess stayed in Bath and opened Royal Victoria Park.[116]

• Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805) – admiral, freeman of Bath.[117]
• William Edward Parry (1790–1855) – rear-admiral and Arctic explorer[118]
• Harry Patch (1898–1909) – supercentenarian and last trench veteran of World War I, lived in Combe Down.[119]
• George Wade (1673–1748) – field marshal and MP for Bath 1722[120]
• James Wolfe (1727–1759) – general[121]

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City of Bath.