People
Many famous historical people have connections with Cumbria or the Lake District – either because they were born there, or some of their most memorable works were done there.
Writers & Artists
- A Wainwright – 1907-1991
- W.G. Collingwood – 1854-1932
- Beatrix Potter – 1866-1943
- John Ruskin – 1819-1900
- Kurt Schwitters – 1887-1948
- Margaret Forster – 1938- 2016
Novelists & Writers
- Arthur Ransome – 1884-1967
- Sir Hugh Walpole – 1884-1941
Poets
- William Wordsworth – 1770-1850
Writer & Conservationist
- Canon Rawnsley – 1851-1920
Architects of National Importance who did work in Cumbria
- 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
- Alfred Waterhouse – 1830-1905
- Philip Webb – 1831-1930
Other Architects
- Paley and Austin –
- George Webster – 1797-1864
Landscape Architects
- Thomas Mawson – 1861-1933
Restorer of Castles & Churches
- Lady Anne Clifford – 1590-1676
Artists
- L.S. Lowry – 1887-1976
Stained Glass Window Designers
- Sir Edward Burne-Jones – 1833-1898
- Henry Holiday – 1839-1927
- William Morris – 1834-1896
- Charles E Kempe – 1837-1907
Sculptors
- Josefina de Vasconcellos – 1904-2005
- Thomas Woolner – 1825-1892
Living Writers and Artists
- Hunter Davies – 1936-
- Melvyn Bragg – 1939-
- Colin Telfer –
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