Many famous historical people have connections with Cumbria - either because they were born there, or some of their most memorable works were done there.
| A Wainwright | 1907-1991 |
| W.G. Collingwood | 1854-1932 |
| Beatrix Potter | 1866-1943 |
| John Ruskin | 1819-1900 |
| Kurt Schwitters | 1887-1948 |
| Thomas de Quincey | 1785-1859 |
| Arthur Ransome | 1884-1967 |
| Sir Hugh Walpole | 1884-1941 |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | 1772-1834 |
| Norman Nicholson | 1914-1987 |
| Robert Southey | 1774-1843 |
| William Wordsworth | 1770-1850 |
| Canon Rawnsley | 1851-1920 |
who did work in Cumbria |
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| M.H. Baillie Scott | 1865-1945 |
| William Butterfield | 1814-1900 |
| A.W.N. Pugin | 1812-1852 |
| E.W. Pugin | 1834-1875 |
| Thomas Rickman | 1776-1841 |
| Anthony Salvin | 1799-1881 |
| Sir George Gilbert Scott | 1811-1878 |
| Sir Robert Smirke | 1781-1867 |
| Sydney Smirke | 1798-1877 |
| Charles F Voysey | 1857-1941 |
| Philip Webb | 1831-1930 |
| Paley and Austin | |
| George Webster | 1797-1864 |
| Thomas Mawson | 1861-1933 |
| Lady Anne Clifford | 1590-1676 |
| A. Heaton Cooper | 1864-1929 |
| W. Heaton Cooper | 1903-1995 |
| L.S. Lowry | 1887-1976 |
Designers |
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| Sir Edward Burne-Jones | 1833-1898 |
| Henry Holiday | 1839-1927 |
| William Morris | 1834-1896 |
| Charles E Kempe | 1837-1907 |
| Josefina de Vasconcellos | 1904-2005 |
| Thomas Woolner | 1825-1892 |
| Hunter Davies | 1936- |
| Margaret Forster | 1938- |
| Melvyn Bragg | 1939- |
| Colin Telfer | |
Fletcher Christian (1764-1793), mutineer
In 1789, mutineers took control of the Bounty from Captain William Bligh, who, together with 18 non-mutineers, were cast adrift in a small boat. In 1790, nine of the mutineers settled on Pitcairn Island.
- Wikipedia biography
- Times & Star biography
- Fletcher Christian - Master's Mate - Mutineer, age 23
- 'Isabella' by Fiona Mountain
John Dalton (1766-1844), scientist
Eaglesfield's John Dalton is the chemist and physicist who developed the atomic theory of matter and is regarded as one of the fathers of modern physical science.
Fearon Fallows (1789-1831), astronomer
The Reverend Fearon Fallows, born in Cockermouth in 1789, became astronomer to King George IV, and founded the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
Millican Dalton (1867-1947) was an eccentric mountain guide working in Borrowdale
during the inter-war period. He is most famous for living in a cave, which you can still visit today.
Donald Campbell (1921-1967), world water speed record breaker with his boat Bluebird on Coniston Water and Ullswater.
Chris Bonington (b.1934), mountaineer, writer and photographer
Ken Russell (b. 1927), film and television director
Roxanne Pallett (b. 1982), actress and singer
See also The Past People of Allerdale (83 page pdf file)